It's only taken 3 days to come up with an acceptable script. Not bad. Not good, either, Barry - you'll have to be quicker on your feet come 1/20.

History being written, that is forged, err that is faked, even as we watch.

Ok MSM. Your turn.

Why would it take a few days to tell the truth?

Your dam right. Rahm is down in the basement making them up as we speak?

President Liar Elect.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So how come Obama's name or people close to him keep appearing within the circle on info.

What meetings? I thought there was no contact

And, this language "share them with you" is nothing but an attempt to keep the MFM on his side, to co-opt them.

'I have never spoken to the governor on this subject. I am confident that no representatives of mine would have any part of any deals related to this seat.'

. But did they?

re: #4 MandyManners

Why would it take a few days to tell the truth?

He reminds me of me. When I was a child caught red handed.

I'll bet they're getting the bus out of mothballs as we type.

He never made available any records of his contacts, actions and discussions from when he was in the Illinois Senate, or his law firm records, or his ...

He also promised "change" but so far he's just more of the same.

Did Obama bring Sandy Berger onto his staff?

re: #11 NYCHardhat

He reminds me of me. When I was a child caught red handed.

I bet your parents didn't let you get away with "gimme' a few days".

Meeting? What meeting, I thought there were none!

0bama, how can you detail meeting with someone you never met?

Note: he is triangulating his position as he did during the entire election cycle: keep spouting something until it sticks. His administration will be no different.

It was his evil twin Skippy

re: #4 MandyManners
Excellent question!

re: #13 lifeofthemind

He never made available any records of his contacts, actions and discussions from when he was in the Illinois Senate, or his law firm records, or his ...

or any of the colleges that he attended.

re: #14 Sharmuta

He also promised "change" but so far he's just more of the same.

Oh, I don't know. Scandal prior to swearing in? That's a change.

re: #1 Russkilitlover

It's only taken 3 days to come up with an acceptable script. Not bad. Not good, either, Barry - you'll have to be quicker on your feet come 1/20.

They're drawing straws on who's going down.

re: #9 MandyManners

And, this language "share them with you" is nothing but an attempt to keep the MFM on his side, to co-opt them.

He'll text them at 3:00 AM with the details.

re: #4 MandyManners

It never does.

Truth can be told right away. Stories take a few days to prepare and rehearse.

re: #19 vxbush

Note: he is triangulating his position as he did during the entire election cycle: keep spouting something until it sticks. His administration will be no different.

If this is how he will respond to a crisis, we're fucked.

re: #17 CapeCoddah

Meeting? What meeting, I thought there were none!

Heh. Details, details.

re: #16 MandyManners
ROTFL!

re: #15 Oh no...Sand People!

Did Obama bring Sandy Berger onto his staff?

I think he is a foreign policy adviser. Also a special adviser on problematic paper products?

re: #24 father_of_10

They're drawing straws on who's going down.

As I said a couple of days ago, this might require a whole new bus!

re: #25 livefreeor die

He'll text them at 3:00 AM with the details.

But, it didn't work!

re: #26 WriterMom

It never does.

Truth can be told right away. Stories take a few days to prepare and rehearse.

Precisely.

Yes, 0bama, we understand you don't really know Gov. Blagojevich, Rev. Wright, Rev. Flaeger, Rev. Farrakhan, ACORN, Tony Rezko, Bill Ayers, Rashid Khalidi or Hatem El-Tadi.

We're just wondering if you actually know anyone in Illinois, or whether you've ever actually been to Illinois long enough to get to know anyone!

Well y'all it's been extremely interesting out here today, but I gotta go eat and medicate - I hope you all have a great day and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!

re: #10 Tumulus11

. But did they?

And Jesse Jackson Jr. said during his "press conference" yesterday that he just face to face with Gov. Blago for the first time in 4 years.

Ummm, Jesse- How about cellphone? Email? Blackberry? Landline? Two cans and a roll of string?

I can picture the conversation now:

Obama: Well did you get to the bottom of who talked to the Gov about selling the seat?

Aide: Yes Sir!

Obama; Well who was it?

Aide: It turns out you did, several times.

Obama: Well you know what this means.

Aide: Yes Sir I will go get my sword now and fall on it right away.

Well thats how it looks in my head anyway.

re: #17 CapeCoddah

Meeting? What meeting, I thought there were none!

those meetings were above his pay grade...

re: #30 Nevergiveup

I think he is a foreign policy adviser. Also a special adviser on problematic paper products?

Check that mans socks, shirt, pants, and underwear, you know he is hiding something.

Fitz will let him walk, just like he let Armitage and Powell walk in the Plame thing.

Is having met with him enough trouble for The One, no matter what conversations may have transpired?

re: #29 realwest

ROTFL!

It's kinda' sad that I'm looking at the next President as if he is a child and his administration is his bunch of friends.

re: #16 MandyManners

I bet your parents didn't let you get away with "gimme' a few days".

Hell no!

re: #39 Oh no...Sand People!

Check that mans socks, shirt, pants, and underwear, you know he is hiding something.

I ain't looking in his shorts.

re: #33 MandyManners

Wasn't it Abe Lincoln who said 'always tell the truth, then you never have to remember what you said to who' or something like that?

The press has invested 2 straight years in Obama. But theuy are also dying. And I don't mean dying in the sense that we're all gonna go sometime, I mean their industry's death is imminent.

And what was (so we've been told) journalism's high water mark? The unseating of a corrupt President. Woodward and Bernstein were made national heroes and their lousy profession was given a shot in the arm like it never had.

So, here they are, at the proverbial precipice. Their industry can cover for Obama and lose the last vestige of credibility it has, and next year we can watch every major newspaper go bankrupt... or they can do what they (used to) do best, publish every sorted detail which TV just can't do justice to, and take down the Illinois machine by turning over every rock and blasting sunshine into every corner.

It's come-to-Jesus time for the newspaper industry. This scandal may just be their last chance.

I think they'll blow it.

re: #43 buzzsawmonkey

I don't know why everyone's so darn suspicious. I'm sure there isn't a shred of evidence that implicates Obama or his staff.

/

Hey, Cognito? When did you get buzz's password?

re: #24 father_of_10

They're drawing straws on who's going down.

then it won't be WAB...

/white smoke

re: #15 Oh no...Sand People!

Did Obama bring Sandy Berger onto his staff?

As what? The paper shredder?

re: #45 MandyManners

How about his toe jam?

re: #27 MandyManners

If this is how he will respond to a crisis, we're fucked.

BOHECA...bend over, here it comes again

Whether there's anything to the accusations or not, I certainly HOPE they're true, to take just a little bit of the shine of the Chosen One.

re: #46 WriterMom

Wasn't it Abe Lincoln who said 'always tell the truth, then you never have to remember what you said to who' or something like that?

Lincoln or Twain?

Hold on.

A reading from Book of Obama

3:1 For The One spoke, and verily, all that He spake came to pass. Those with whom He had discourse in the past, knew not of what matter the discourse took.

2 Missals and privy tidings between His ambassadors and Lord Helmetlocks of Springfield vanished as like the dew.

3 But the Great Prosecutor, who had employed spies to catch out Lord Helmetlocks in foul trickery, did not heed the word of Obama. His recollection did not fade, nor did those of his minions.

4 Also, there were traitors in the land who sought to cast blame upon Obama, saying “Why dost He lie, and seek to deny that which all others say?”

5 And Obama smote the traitors saying, “Uhm, uh, Let me stop you there. We … I said I never had a meeting. And I didn’t. So let it be written, so let it be done.”

6 And the earth opened up and swallowed the traitors. Then the skies disgorged unicorns which shat flowers and rainbows.

There's got to be an incriminating taped telephone conversation involving Barry and Barry and Rod's disgusting, common acquaintances floating around out there.

I'm sure Bill and Hillary know all about it.

re: #45 MandyManners

I ain't looking in his shorts.

How come everytime a Democrat gets elected President, it inevitably leads to having to discuss his undergarments and associated-um-things?

re: #53 right_wing2

Whether there's anything to the accusations or not, I certainly HOPE they're true, to take just a little bit of the shine of the Chosen One.

Why would true accusation take the shine off the Zero?

re: #34 gmsc

Yes, 0bama, we understand you don't really know Gov. Blagojevich, Rev. Wright, Rev. Flaeger, Rev. Farrakhan, ACORN, Tony Rezko, Bill Ayers, Rashid Khalidi or Hatem El-Tadi.

We're just wondering if you actually know anyone in Illinois, or whether you've ever actually been to Illinois long enough to get to know anyone!

Unbelievable. Look at that list. Just look at it. Anyone, and I mean ANYONE who believes Obama is innocent has to log on to my list of bridges I am selling on ebay.

re: #27 MandyManners

If this is how he will respond to a crisis, we're fucked.

well, yeah... like that's news?

Because we need to think happy thoughts. There are some lovely pics on Theo Sparks site. No, not those pics! Bad doggie, I meant these pics.

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re: #43 buzzsawmonkey

I don't know why everyone's so darn suspicious. I'm sure there isn't a shred of evidence that implicates Obama or his staff.

/

And most likely nothing can be flushed out of the investigation efforts, either.

re: #31 livefreeor die

As I said a couple of days ago, this might require a whole new bus!

I think we are past the bus stage, O needs a deep gorge...

re: #46 WriterMom

Wasn't it Abe Lincoln who said 'always tell the truth, then you never have to remember what you said to who' or something like that?

I thought that was Bill Clinton.
/

Ever since the Gov Blago story broke we haven't heard Hilliary's name mention once? Interesting ha?

re: #46 WriterMom

Wasn't it Abe Lincoln who said 'always tell the truth, then you never have to remember what you said to who' or something like that?

When looking for that quote, I found this. CBBHO needs to read it.

re: #58 livefreeor die

How come everytime a Democrat gets elected President, it inevitably leads to having to discuss his undergarments and associated-um-things?

When you're trying to track down a scandal, you go right for the brains!

re: #64 CapeCoddah

I think we are past the bus stage, O needs a deep gorge...

Is there one in Fort Marcy Park? Or did they have to close that one after it filled up during the Clinton years?

...just a Governor from my neighborhood...

re: #63 father_of_10

And most likely nothing can be flushed out of the investigation efforts, either.

Ah stuff like this really burns my ass!

Why would low level aides possibly discuss a big league issue like this with the governor's office? This is a pretty big decisions and a big choice.

Even if Obama's people are in the clear, this is an awful precedent for our wet-behind-the-ears President.

re: #34 gmsc

Bbbbut, they were just PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD!

re: #51 WriterMom

How about his toe jam?

Oh, now I'm squicked out for the day.

Can you imagine the media HOWLING that would be going on if this were McCain?

Or if it were...George Walker Bush ?!?

.

Seriously did anyone expect anything different? This is his MO. Lie, lie again, twist the facts and then let the truth out bit by bit hoping the scandal will have blown away by then. The MSM is complicit in this also.

re: #52 LGoPs

Our enemies are laughing.

I think everybody here is suffering from the Cassandra Complex.

re: #47 Lizard by the Bay

The press has invested 2 straight years in Obama. But theuy are also dying. And I don't mean dying in the sense that we're all gonna go sometime, I mean their industry's death is imminent.

And what was (so we've been told) journalism's high water mark? The unseating of a corrupt President. Woodward and Bernstein were made national heroes and their lousy profession was given a shot in the arm like it never had.

So, here they are, at the proverbial precipice. Their industry can cover for Obama and lose the last vestige of credibility it has, and next year we can watch every major newspaper go bankrupt... or they can do what they (used to) do best, publish every sorted detail which TV just can't do justice to, and take down the Illinois machine by turning over every rock and blasting sunshine into every corner.

It's come-to-Jesus time for the newspaper industry. This scandal may just be their last chance.

I think they'll blow it.

The MSM's religion, big government, and their messiah, Obama, will save them with a 'bailout' as they get on their knees before him to ... pray... and ask for mercy.

re: #52 LGoPs

BOHEICA...bend over, here it comes again

FTFY!

re: #66 buzzsawmonkey

You've certainly boxed me in with that question. I will have to consider it briefly.

And then again, it depends.

re: #77 johnnyreb

Seriously did anyone expect anything different? This is his MO. Lie, lie again, twist the facts and then let the truth out bit by bit hoping the scandal will have blown away by then. The MSM is complicit in this also.

CNN is trying to deflect attention from this with an environmental alarmist story. Haven't had the stomach to check out MSNBC or other MSM sites.

re: #57 buzzsawmonkey

"Shred,"Mandy; shred.

Read between the lines.

Guess who's 8 out of 10 Bottom Comments?

re: #79 NYCHardhat

I think everybody here is suffering from the Cassandra Complex.

I know I am right now.

re: #78 MandyManners

Our enemies are laughing.

Especially hard since Nov 4th...

re: #58 livefreeor die

How come everytime a Democrat gets elected President, it inevitably leads to having to discuss his undergarments and associated-um-things?

Thongs?

re: #83 livefreeor die

CNN is trying to deflect attention from this with an environmental alarmist story. Haven't had the stomach to check out MSNBC or other MSM sites.

They can try to divert all they like, but this soap opera is too good to ignore.

re: #61 redc1c4

well, yeah... like that's news?

It just got hammered home to me again this morning.

Is Obama willing to take a lie detector test?

How about truth serum?

I won't be convinced until AFTER the water boarding.

Having been reminded of Rahm E's steak knife tirade at that dinner, and the fact that he, too, is from the Chicago school of politics, I'd be very surprised if he wasn't involved in this up to his neck.

It might be that none of the fallout from this may stick to Obama, but he is having to jump through hoops to make sure it doesn't. This is kinda fun to watch.

Hmmm. EVERY person that I know of that leaves a Senate seat discusses whom they would like to succeed them with whomever is given the decision-making process (person or persons). This is so much a standard practice nowadays that for The Mighty O to say that he never had any discussions with Blago about this is just a bald-faced LIE.

The person/s that are in the discussion doesn't/don't have to appoint the outgoing office-holder's request, but it's usually given much weight.

The pay-to-play may or may not have been an issue, but I'm standing firm in my above statement.

Who does he think he's fooling? Oh, wait - The Great Unwashed Masses, that's who...

JAFLW

re: #48 MandyManners

Hey, Cognito? When did you get buzz's password?

Speaking of which, where is Cognito right about now to tell us that Obama never spoke with Blagojevich?

re: #80 Oh no...Sand People!

The MSM's religion, big government, and their messiah, Obama, will save them with a 'bailout' as they get on their knees before him to ... pray... and ask for mercy.

While it may seem that Democrats are willing to bail out anybody, I don't think there will ever be a time we have state-owned or state-run newspapers in this country. It is impossible for a newspaper to accurately report on government if it sucks off the government teat. No one will read the US version of Pravda.

B H Oh who are the people in your neighbourhood?
In your neighbourhood, in your neighbourhood?
In your neighbourhood?
B H Oh, who are the people in your neighbourhood?
They're the people that you meet each day.

Well, terrorists are the people in your neighbourhood
In your neighbourhood, in your neighbourhood?
Yes terrorists are the people in your neighbourhood
They're the people that you meet each day

And grubby politicians, dirty financiers, cooky reverends...etc...

re: #75 MandyManners

My work here is done.

re: #81 redc1c4

FTFY!

Thanks...PIMF wouldn't have helped me...
:)

re: #91 subsailor68

That's an urban myth-stolen from the Blues Brothers IIRC.

re: #78 MandyManners

Our enemies are laughing.

Hell, I'm laughing Mandy. If I didn't laugh, I'd be crying. How in God's name can the 56 million Americans who voted for this boob's hope and change bullshit be so fuckin' stupid.

re: #91 subsailor68

Having been reminded of Rahm E's steak knife tirade at that dinner, and the fact that he, too, is from the Chicago school of politics, I'd be very surprised if he wasn't involved in this up to his neck.

Emanuel, up to this to his neck, surely you must be joking.
/

Rahm is one of the bigger slimeballs I've seen.

re: #94 Honorary Yooper

Speaking of which, where is Cognito right about now to tell us that Obama never spoke with Blagojevich?

Editorial staff meeting.

re: #100 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Hell, I'm laughing Mandy. If I didn't laugh, I'd be crying. How in God's name can the 56 million Americans who voted for this boob's hope and change bullshit be so fuckin' stupid.

Because they wanted to be.

re: #89 MandyManners

It just got hammered home to me again this morning.

good excuse to go get hammered... what'll you have?

/never to early to start a LNDT

But did 0bama meet with Fluffy?

re: #79 NYCHardhat

I think everybody here is suffering from the Cassandra Complex.

Nice. So that is what it is. I was really trying to figure out what would cause so many people to just throw evidence away for 'hope n' change'. I have been doing my best to give Obama a clean slate til Jan 20th, but he is fading quickly.

re: #97 WriterMom

My work here is done.

And you did it so well.

re: #15 Oh no...Sand People!

Yes, yes he did. Stuffed in his pants.

re: #27 MandyManners

If this is how he will respond to a crisis, we're fucked.

...and so are the Troops and the American Public that will be in harms way.

JAFLW

"Got ammo?"

re: #100 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Hell, I'm laughing Mandy. If I didn't laugh, I'd be crying. How in God's name can the 56 million Americans who voted for this boob's hope and change bullshit be so fuckin' stupid.

Raised and bred on a diet of liberal culture, especially from the TV...

re: #8 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

What meetings? I thought there was no contact

"Is" is not the only word with a multitude of meanings.

re: #100 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Hell, I'm laughing Mandy. If I didn't laugh, I'd be crying. How in God's name can the 56 million Americans who voted for this boob's hope and change bullshit be so fuckin' stupid.

We're living the Chinese curse.

re: #105 Sharmuta

But did 0bama meet with Fluffy?

Yeah, Fluffy was candidate #4.

re: #91 subsailor68

Having been reminded of Rahm E's steak knife tirade at that dinner, and the fact that he, too, is from the Chicago school of politics, I'd be very surprised if he wasn't involved in this up to his neck.

with any luck he'll get it in the neck too...

His staff is feverishly working at this very moment on his "I'm very disappointed in

re: #104 redc1c4

good excuse to go get hammered... what'll you have?

/never to early to start a LNDT

I'm busy today so nothing.

re: #102 MandyManners

ABSOLUTELY.

re: #111 LGoPs

Raised and bred on a diet of liberal culture, especially from the TV...

And school.

re: #23 Russkilitlover

Oh, I don't know. Scandal prior to swearing in? That's a change.

Watergate precedent

re: #100 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Hell, I'm laughing Mandy. If I didn't laugh, I'd be crying. How in God's name can the 56 million Americans who voted for this boob's hope and change bullshit be so fuckin' stupid.

i feel the same way.
(i actually feel a little sick to my stomach.)

re: #110 buzzsawmonkey

Hmmm. Inspired by our President-elect, I'm going to need a few days.

re: #109 just another four-letter word

...and so are the Troops and the American Public that will be in harms way.

JAFLW

"Got ammo?"

Getting more before the tax on it shoots through the roof.

re: #99 WriterMom

That's an urban myth-stolen from the Blues Brothers IIRC.

Oh no, say it isn't so! But, wait a minute - weren't the Blues Brothers from Chicago too? Aha! The connection.

:-)

re: #91 subsailor68

Having been reminded of Rahm E's steak knife tirade at that dinner, and the fact that he, too, is from the Chicago school of politics, I'd be very surprised if he wasn't involved in this up to his neck.

He is that is the point. Rahm was the go between, or potential bag man, between Blago and BHO. He and Obama were the two key movers on getting Blago into the governor's seat for Daley.

re: #110 buzzsawmonkey

I agree with you completely.

re: #124 subsailor68

I believe David Frum wrote about this urban myth about a month ago, when Emmanuel was appointed.

re: #110 buzzsawmonkey

Well, we all have our niche.

Personally, I think Cog gets a bit of a raw deal. He may be annoying at times, but he's not always engaging in mere contrarianism. And a lot of his comments would pass muster--perhaps even garner approval--if they were posted by someone else instead of having his name attached to them.

A Christmas season plea for goodwill.

Oh, all right. Just for you, I'll consider it.

And with a effortless wave of the One's hand, we've been told to move along.

Obama could say that he and his staff spent their time with Zeus up on Mt. Olympus and that would be as far as the MSM would take it.

re: #100 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Hell, I'm laughing Mandy. If I didn't laugh, I'd be crying. How in God's name can the 56 million Americans who voted for this boob's hope and change bullshit be so fuckin' stupid.

The teacher's unions.

re: #115 redc1c4

with any luck he'll get it in the neck too...

If it was Rahm who dropped the dime, the Machine will make sure his career does.

re: #70 livefreeor die

Is there one in Fort Marcy Park? Or did they have to close that one after it filled up during the Clinton years?

Nah, that one was backfilled and turned into a soccer field. The O is gonna need a deep one, the rockies, perhaps?

re: #98 LGoPs

Thanks...PIMF wouldn't have helped me...
:)

us old 11B's have to stick together...

Harmony Church, Jan-Apr '83

re: #110 buzzsawmonkey

Well, we all have our niche.

Personally, I think Cog gets a bit of a raw deal. He may be annoying at times, but he's not always engaging in mere contrarianism. And a lot of his comments would pass muster--perhaps even garner approval--if they were posted by someone else instead of having his name attached to them.

A Christmas season plea for goodwill.

Acknowledged, and promptly rejected.

re: #110 buzzsawmonkey

Well, we all have our niche.

Personally, I think Cog gets a bit of a raw deal. He may be annoying at times, but he's not always engaging in mere contrarianism. And a lot of his comments would pass muster--perhaps even garner approval--if they were posted by someone else instead of having his name attached to them.

A Christmas season plea for goodwill.

I'll grant the plea-if only because then I can feel less guilty for revelling in this news story during this season.

re: #130 MJ

Obama could say that he and his staff spent their time with Zeus up on Mt. Olympus and that would be as far as the MSM would take it.

CBBHO could have sex with a unicorn in the Rose Garden and the MFM would ignore it.

re: #125 lifeofthemind

He is that is the point. Rahm was the go between, or potential bag man, between Blago and BHO. He and Obama were the two key movers on getting Blago into the governor's seat for Daley.

Yep, that's what I thought as well. Good ol' Rahm - just one of the boys.

Bleh.

re: #133 CapeCoddah

Nah, that one was backfilled and turned into a soccer field. The O is gonna need a deep one, the rockies, perhaps?

How about the gravel pit left after they add him to Mt. Rushmore?

And now, for the most obvious headline award: Union Linked to Corruption Scandal

re: #110 buzzsawmonkey

Well, we all have our niche.

Personally, I think Cog gets a bit of a raw deal. He may be annoying at times, but he's not always engaging in mere contrarianism. And a lot of his comments would pass muster--perhaps even garner approval--if they were posted by someone else instead of having his name attached to them.

A Christmas season plea for goodwill.

I'm behind this sentiment wholeheartedly...I'm glad someone finally said as much since I've got no cred...

I believe this guy was elected for a reason. To have another Ronald Reagan. I just hope the price isn't too steep. Godspeed America.

re: #124 subsailor68

Oh no, say it isn't so! But, wait a minute - weren't the Blues Brothers from Chicago too? Aha! The connection.

:-)

Yes, but they were on a mission from G*d. Oh, wait a minute . . .

re: #137 MandyManners

CBBHO could have sex with a unicorn in the Rose Garden and the MFM would ignore it.

whoa, it better not be the unicorn he is supposed to send me.

re: #102 MandyManners

Editorial staff meeting.

ROTFLMFAO...

all my ideas were either delete or banning fodder. %-)

re: #83 livefreeor die

CNN is trying to deflect attention from this with an environmental alarmist story. Haven't had the stomach to check out MSNBC or other MSM sites.

is that the one with 100 million sharks killed a year? Did I actually hear that correctly?

re: #127 WriterMom

I believe David Frum wrote about this urban myth about a month ago, when Emmanuel was appointed.

I honestly didn't know that. Thanks! I'll have to check it out.

re: #64 CapeCoddah

I think we are past the bus stage, O needs a deep gorge...

And a whole backhoe crew to keep up with him!

re: #140 gmsc

And now, for the most obvious headline award: Union Linked to Corruption Scandal

Oh my goodness! First, Chicago politicians turn out to be corrupt, then it's the unions. Where will this madness end?
/channeling MSM

re: #142 NYCHardhat

I believe this guy was elected for a reason. To have another Ronald Reagan. I just hope the price isn't too steep. Godspeed America.

We're still making payments on the Carter catastrophe.

re: #110 buzzsawmonkey

Well, we all have our niche.

Personally, I think Cog gets a bit of a raw deal. He may be annoying at times, but he's not always engaging in mere contrarianism. And a lot of his comments would pass muster--perhaps even garner approval--if they were posted by someone else instead of having his name attached to them.
A Christmas season plea for goodwill.

I agree with Buzz.

With respect, (and having found Cog to be annoying as hell at times too), as I said yesterday, there seems to be a knee-jerk "whack Cog" thing going on here. I'm just sayin'.

re: #110 buzzsawmonkey

Well, we all have our niche.

Personally, I think Cog gets a bit of a raw deal. He may be annoying at times, but he's not always engaging in mere contrarianism. And a lot of his comments would pass muster--perhaps even garner approval--if they were posted by someone else instead of having his name attached to them.

A Christmas season plea for goodwill.

i'll be happy to donate him to Goodwill, but will they take him?

OT
I have to get ready for a meeting. Bill Richardson seemed to think that New Mexico could save money by turning over all Medicaid stuff to managed care companies, pay them to do it, but still keep all of the state employees and their departments that handled it before.

So this is the kind of thinking we are going to get with Big Bill at the head of Commerce. Just look at the economic powerhouse he turned New Mexico into. Last I checked, New Mexico was ranked 49th and 50th in terms of poverty and quality of living in the US. Yup, good ol' Bill, hand picked by Barry the wonder boy.

re: #23 Russkilitlover

Oh, I don't know. Scandal prior to swearing in? That's a change.

Just caught your comment.

BWAAAHAAAHAAA!

He sure is giving us change...some people fall to hit bottom, he started at the bottom and is now digging.

So did Blagojevich get sent a dead fish?

I'm going to gain weight from all this popcorn. Better switch to air popped with no butter.

Maybe Obama didn't know about any of this. He didn't know Bloggo was capable of this, he didn't know Ayers was anything other than a teacher, he didn't know Rekzo was pulling off deals, he didn't know...

Wait, if Obama has gone through all these years of politics, and these are NOT the people he knew, then I'm a little afraid of having someone like that run the country.

"Gee, that's not the Iran I knew. My apologies to Israel."

re: #100 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Hell, I'm laughing Mandy. If I didn't laugh, I'd be crying. How in God's name can the 56 million Americans who voted for this boob's hope and change bullshit be so fuckin' stupid.

and I thought I was stupid for not reading that paragraph correctly.

re: #137 MandyManners

CBBHO could have sex with a unicorn in the Rose Garden and the MFM would ignore it.

Now, if he ate the unicorn afterwards, that might get PETA upset...

re: #143 midwestgak

Yes, but they were on a mission from G*d. Oh, wait a minute . . .

See? See? See? Another connection!

:-)

re: #144 nyc redneck

whoa, it better not be the unicorn he is supposed to send me.

Doesn't the Ayatollah say that you have to sell that unicorn out of town after sex?

re: #110 buzzsawmonkey

Well, we all have our niche.

Personally, I think Cog gets a bit of a raw deal. He may be annoying at times, but he's not always engaging in mere contrarianism. And a lot of his comments would pass muster--perhaps even garner approval--if they were posted by someone else instead of having his name attached to them.

A Christmas season plea for goodwill.

No compromise of principles - no matter the season.

re: #139 livefreeor die

How about the gravel pit left after they add him to Mt. Rushmore?

The dumbest woman I ever dated thought that Mt Rushmore was a natural formation that just happened to greatly resemble former Presidents.

/well, the sex was great anyway

re: #51 WriterMom

How about his toe jam?

*snort* ROFL...
Sorry, dirty family secret had a great, great uncle, story was he collected toe jam, and belly button lint in mason jars... and kept them on the living room mantel.

re: #137 MandyManners

CBBHO could have sex with a unicorn in the Rose Garden and the MFM would ignore it.

Sorry, I've missed the meaning...what is the CB in CBBHO stand for?

re: #137 MandyManners

CBBHO could have sex with a unicorn in the Rose Garden and the MFM would ignore it.

OT -- doesn't Barney Frank have sex with unicorns?

/or is it the other way around?

re: #164 jcm

*snort* ROFL...
Sorry, dirty family secret had a great, great uncle, story was he collected toe jam, and belly button lint in mason jars... and kept them on the living room mantel.

Al Bundy?

re: #164 jcm

*snort* ROFL...
Sorry, dirty family secret had a great, great uncle, story was he collected toe jam, and belly button lint in mason jars... and kept them on the living room mantel.

So, does the nut fall far from the tree?

re: #153 father_of_10

OT
I have to get ready for a meeting. Bill Richardson seemed to think that New Mexico could save money by turning over all Medicaid stuff to managed care companies, pay them to do it, but still keep all of the state employees and their departments that handled it before.

So this is the kind of thinking we are going to get with Big Bill at the head of Commerce. Just look at the economic powerhouse he turned New Mexico into. Last I checked, New Mexico was ranked 49th and 50th in terms of poverty and quality of living in the US. Yup, good ol' Bill, hand picked by Barry the wonder boy.

all true and I'm no fan of BR...but what a great place to hunker down and be left alone

To Obama...

It's doesn't take three days to arrive at the truth...

re: #164 jcm

*snort* ROFL...
Sorry, dirty family secret had a great, great uncle, story was he collected toe jam, and belly button lint in mason jars... and kept them on the living room mantel.

Well, that story should help get my labor going.

The eventual story is going to be that some evil overzealous member of Obama's staff met with blago without authorization. I predict we're going to hear the word "authorize" until it loses meaning. The funny part is going to be when multiple "potential senators" turn out to have rogue staff members having approached Blagojevich without their authorization. As if they just wanted to surprise their boss with the senate seat, but only after it had been wrapped up with a bow on it. Watch.

capitalistonstrike
12/11/08 10:26:46 am

great comment from previous thread

re: #162 Bobibutu

Maintaining civility, even when we disagree is not a betrayal of principles.

re: #153 father_of_10

OT
I have to get ready for a meeting. Bill Richardson seemed to think that New Mexico could save money by turning over all Medicaid stuff to managed care companies, pay them to do it, but still keep all of the state employees and their departments that handled it before.

So this is the kind of thinking we are going to get with Big Bill at the head of Commerce. Just look at the economic powerhouse he turned New Mexico into. Last I checked, New Mexico was ranked 49th and 50th in terms of poverty and quality of living in the US. Yup, good ol' Bill, hand picked by Barry the wonder boy.

Massive security scandals and corruption at Energy under his watch if I recall.

re: #169 father_of_10

So, does the nut fall far from the tree?

It might explain a few things...
It's not my fault... it's heredity!

re: #164 jcm

You gotta be kidding. EWWW.

re: #162 Bobibutu

No compromise of principles - no matter the season.

DING

re: #172 livefreeor die

Well, that story should help get my labor going.

Due date today? Prayers and wishing for everything to be smooth, and everyone healthy!

re: #60 Oh no...Sand People!

Unbelievable. Look at that list. Just look at it. Anyone, and I mean ANYONE who believes Obama is innocent has to log on to my list of bridges I am selling on ebay.

Maybe he really doesn't know all those people. Maybe he just happens to be the most 0blivious person alive today!

It takes time to get the response to a text mail size message so all of his myrmidons will have the correct information at the same time.

Well, I have to go teach my final class of the semester (and the entire school year, thanks to el bambino!). Save some popcorn for me!

re: #177 WriterMom

You gotta be kidding. EWWW.

That's the family legend!

re: #179 Walter L. Newton

Barney Frank has sex with men. They place their penises into each others mouth and rear end. Simple?

nice

re: #152 redc1c4

i'll be happy to donate him to Goodwill, but will they take him?

I laughed. I'm a bad widdle gurl.

re: #174 WriterMom

Maintaining civility, even when we disagree is not a betrayal of principles.

I have no problem with that.

re: #156 doppelganglander

I'm going to gain weight from all this popcorn. Better switch to air popped with no butter.

me too. i had to give up that delicious "smart food" cheddar cheese pop corn.

re: #165 LGoPs

Sorry, I've missed the meaning...what is the CB in CBBHO stand for?

CommieBastard.

re: #155 NYCHardhat

No just a unicorn head..

re: #180 jcm

Due date today? Prayers and wishing for everything to be smooth, and everyone healthy!

Thanks! A couple of weeks away but any time now would be fine. Sooner than later would be nice. I don't get how those high school girls hide their pregnancies.

re: #157 Walter L. Newton

Maybe Obama didn't know about any of this. He didn't know Bloggo was capable of this, he didn't know Ayers was anything other than a teacher, he didn't know Rekzo was pulling off deals, he didn't know...

Wait, if Obama has gone through all these years of politics, and these are NOT the people he knew, then I'm a little afraid of having someone like that run the country.

"Gee, that's not the Iran I knew. My apologies to Israel."

He can copy the letter from Jimmy Carter, just substitute Israel for cat and show up for a funeral.

re: #169 father_of_10

So, does the nut fall far from the tree?

Only if it goes way out on a limb.

re: #191 livefreeor die

Thanks! A couple of weeks away but any time now would be fine. Sooner than later would be nice. I don't get how those high school girls hide their pregnancies.

My favorites are the ones who say, "I had no idea I was pregnant!"

re: #161 lifeofthemind

you're going to get an e-mail.

re: #184 jcm

That's the family legend!

A grey-brown stuff that accumulates between your toes. Primarily composed of dead skin cells, sock fluff and sweat.

re: #137 MandyManners

CBBHO could have sex with a unicorn in the Rose Garden and the MFM would ignore it.

Pitching or catching?

re: #59 gmsc

If these charges are true, I think some people just might realize they've been sold a bill of goods on someone who's no different than any other politician. Sure, worldwide opinion of him would still be through the roof, but a few people here just might start questioning their kool-aid drinking tendencies.

re: #191 livefreeor die

Thanks! A couple of weeks away but any time now would be fine.

What a lovely Christmas gift...

OT "Day without a Gay" fizzles.

re: #171 jcm

To Obama...

It's doesn't take three days to arrive at the truth...

Reply: Yes it does because I do not live in realty.

re: #179 Walter L. Newton

heh ... I know
I was trying to make a very off-color allusion there.

I wanted to repeat this comment because it's the crux of the issue:

re: #47 Lizard by the Bay

The press has invested 2 straight years in Obama. But theuy are also dying. And I don't mean dying in the sense that we're all gonna go sometime, I mean their industry's death is imminent.

And what was (so we've been told) journalism's high water mark? The unseating of a corrupt President. Woodward and Bernstein were made national heroes and their lousy profession was given a shot in the arm like it never had.

So, here they are, at the proverbial precipice. Their industry can cover for Obama and lose the last vestige of credibility it has, and next year we can watch every major newspaper go bankrupt... or they can do what they (used to) do best, publish every sorted detail which TV just can't do justice to, and take down the Illinois machine by turning over every rock and blasting sunshine into every corner.

It's come-to-Jesus time for the newspaper industry. This scandal may just be their last chance.

I think they'll blow it.

So- when certain people start putting their bread and butter under the same scrutiny they place LGF and other blogs, perhaps they'll stop showing up on the "Bottom Comments". Until then, I will continue to judge them as harshly as I judge their peers.

re: #111 LGoPs

Raised and bred on a diet of liberal culture, especially from the TV...

I knew there was a reason I don't watch TV!

re: #179 Walter L. Newton

Barney Frank has sex with men. They place their penises into each others mouth and rear end. Simple?

Double jointed?

re: #129 SummerSong

And with a effortless wave of the One's hand, we've been told to move along.

That was a great allusion:

Stormtrooper: Let me see your identification.
Obi-Wan: [with a small wave of his hand] You don't need to see his identification.
Stormtrooper: We don't need to see his identification.
Obi-Wan: These aren't the droids you're looking for.
Stormtrooper: These aren't the droids we're looking for.
Obi-Wan: He can go about his business.
Stormtrooper: You can go about your business.
Obi-Wan: Move along.
Stormtrooper: Move along... move along.

Why in the world would a responsible politician moving to a higher political office NOT confer with the appointing authority regarding the question of his replacement?

It is absurd to think Obama did not discuss this with the Governor and I see no problems with it. Apparently neither did Obama and his crew (or anyone else) until the allegations of "pay for play" arose. Now he backs off and pretends he had ZERO input into his replacements selection? Preposterous.

The new Presidential pet should be a Bull Mastiff and a Shitzu cross breed. Then the MSM will finally have to acknowledge that there is at least one bullshitter in the white house during the next four years.

re: #155 NYCHardhat

So did Blagojevich get sent a dead fish?

He is a Serb, do they use dead fish?

re: #179 Walter L. Newton

Barney Frank has sex with men. They place their penises into each others mouth and rear end. Simple?

yes... anything more than that is getting complex, and waaay more detail than i, for one, need.

/brain bleach, anyone?

re: #202 pre-Boomer Marine brat

heh ... I know
I was trying to make a very off-color allusion there.

I was just trying to clear things up for anyone who wasn't quite sure of the situation.

re: #200 rawmuse

OT "Day without a Gay" fizzles.

It went poofies?

re: #179 Walter L. Newton

Barney Frank has sex with men. They place their penises into each others mouth and rear end. Simple?

Well there goes dinner!

re: #206 ErnieG

Good thing I'm not a stormtrooper.

re: #105 Sharmuta

But did 0bama meet with Fluffy?

outstanding! Is this one of yours?

re: #179 Walter L. Newton

Barney Frank has sex with men. They place their penises into each others mouth and rear end. Simple?

That is the "normal" spectrum of it, if Zombie's UYA page is credible.

re: #211 Walter L. Newton

I was just trying to clear things up for anyone who wasn't quite sure of the situation.

Maybe he just likes to snuggle.

Above all else the msm is arrogant,they believe they delivered the presidency for Obama and if he turns around and stonewalls them on this made for TV story they could turn on him.

Snow in New Orleans!

/Man Made Global Warming™

re: #210 redc1c4

yes... anything more than that is getting complex, and waaay more detail than i, for one, need.

/brain bleach, anyone?

And sex with unicorn's is not too much detail?

re: #200 rawmuse

OT "Day without a Gay" fizzles.

What day was it I was not supposed to be happy?

re: #203 Sharmuta

and your style is legitimate where others simply pile on needlessly...imo

re: #207 Outrider

Why in the world would a responsible politician moving to a higher political office NOT confer with the appointing authority regarding the question of his replacement?

It is absurd to think Obama did not discuss this with the Governor and I see no problems with it. Apparently neither did Obama and his crew (or anyone else) until the allegations of "pay for play" arose. Now he backs off and pretends he had ZERO input into his replacements selection? Preposterous.

I would find it incredibly strange if CBBHO did not talk with the man who would find his replacement.

re: #211 Walter L. Newton

I was just trying to clear things up for anyone who wasn't quite sure of the situation.

Did you see the article "The Nose on Your Face" did on Frank and the running of the bulls in Papaloma (?). It was hilarious. It's what was on my mind re "unicorn".

re: #216 bloodnok

No, but this one is.

Waiting for Hillary to declare it a vast right wing conspiracy.

re: #197 Racer X

Pitching or catching?

brain bleach!

re: #223 albusteve

Thanks.

re: #215 buzzsawmonkey

You forgot-the lights on Broadway dimming...

re: #214 MandyManners

Good thing I'm not a stormtrooper.

But there's about 56 million out there who are...

re: #199 scottishbuzzsaw

What a lovely Christmas gift...

It always sounds so nice to have a kid on or around Christmas. However, it's usually hell on the kid.

I had a friend born on Dec. 26th. He would always get "combined birthday/Christmas presents". After 3 years of this, he finally got smart. He started keeping a record of everyone who gave him these "combined" presents, and would return the favor, regardless of when their birthday was. His cards would usually read something like: "It's June 12th, so happy birthday! Here's your combined birthday and Christmas present!"

When Christmas rolled around? "But, I already gave you your combined birthday/Christmas present!"

Yeah, that "combined present" stuff stopped in less than 2 years.

re: #213 Nevergiveup

Well there goes dinner!

Wasn't sausages was it? ;-)>

“I have never spoken to the governor on this subject.

Just imagine the horror, shock and outrage when we find out that Obama's as good at parsing as Clinton was, and can claim that "this" - the focus of everyone's discussion on Blagojavich's intent to profit from Obama's seat and who would succeed him allows him to weasel out of trouble - or not.

Obama is pretty definitive in that he never had discussions with Blago on "this" subject.

If he is found to have done so, that's grounds for charges of obstruction of justice. Fitzgerald knows as much - since that's how Libby got in to the mess he did.

It's called a perjury trap, and those definitive statements are going to come back to bite hard if anyone can show otherwise.

If Obama didn't have any contacts as he claims, Obama's in the clear on Blago for the moment. That doesn't mean Obama doesn't have problems relating to Rezko or that Blago and Obama didn't discuss other issues that might rise to the level of criminality. We just haven't gotten to that point yet.

This is what happens when you allow yourself to be surrounded by crooks, hooligans, terrorists, and unsavory characters. You will be dragged down to their level, and if you willingly chose to associate with these people, then you're no better than them.

re: #166 pre-Boomer Marine brat

OT -- doesn't Barney Frank have sex with unicorns?

/or is it the other way around?

BWAAHAAA!

/Drinks bleach to clear mental image...

re: #231 LGoPs

But there's about 56 million out there who are...

The hold cannot last forever.

re: #220 Racer X

Do the Copeland's still run their snow machine in their yard there at Christmas?

re: #219 bulwrk

Above all else the msm is arrogant,they believe they delivered the presidency for Obama and if he turns around and stonewalls them on this made for TV story they could turn on him.

That doesn't make the MSM arrogant. By their nature they are hyenas. It does make Obama stupid for trusting them to have his back, though.

re: #209 CapeCoddah

He is a Serb, do they use dead fish?

yes, but you don't wanna know what for...

re: #226 Sharmuta

No, but this one is.

Incorporation of "youse" = 1 upding.

“I have never spoken to the governor on this subject. I am confident that no representatives of mine would have any part of any deals related to this seat. I think the materials released by the U.S. Attorney reflect that fact,” Obama said at a Chicago news conference. “I’ve asked my team to gather the facts of any contacts with the governor’s office about this vacancy so that we can share them with you over the next few days.”

Ah yes, working on the real problems the country faces, right away.

///

re: #220 Racer X

Snow in New Orleans!

/Man Made Global Warming™

Must be that infernal Bush again...damn him, why can't he leave that poor city alone...
/

re: #239 redc1c4

yes, but you don't wanna know what for...

LOL, you are correct!

re: #235 Oh no...Sand People!

BWAAHAAA!

/Drinks bleach to clear mental image...

You'll need more bleach.

re: #213 Nevergiveup

Well there goes dinner!

why? were you going to have beans and weenies?

/white smoke

re: #242 LGoPs

Must be that infernal Bush again...damn him, why can't he leave that poor city alone...
/

Yeah, where the hell is GWB, A tree came down in my yard last night in the wind...

re: #230 WriterMom

You forgot-the lights on Broadway dimming...

Well, I'm glad this "day off" day didn't happen tonight, tomorrow, Sat. or Sun. or else our Della would have no one to "let her hair down" for in "The Gift of The Magi." LOL.

re: #214 MandyManners

Good thing I'm not a stormtrooper.

how about at least the boots? could you just wear the boots?

/white smoke

re: #249 redc1c4

how about at least the boots? could you just wear the boots?

/white smoke

Those boots go well with a leather chest strap and a cattle prod, so I hear.

re: #248 taxfreekiller

All, every cent of the left over campaign money is now being spent on
de-bugging, listening devise location stuff, and "bug" clean cars and planes to meet and talk it over in.

Can people legally remove bugs that have been placed with a warrant?

re: #249 redc1c4

how about at least the boots? could you just wear the boots?

/white smoke

I could put some pastries over my ears.

re: #221 Walter L. Newton

And sex with unicorn's is not too much detail?

it was when we got to the pitch/catch part...

re: #246 CapeCoddah

Yeah, where the hell is GWB, A tree came down in my yard last night in the wind...

I heard a report that Cheney was lurking around your neighborhood...

re: #250 CapeCoddah

And the laser rifle...

.re: #250 CapeCoddah

Those boots go well with a leather chest strap and a cattle prod, so I hear.

re: #252 MandyManners

I could put some pastries over my ears.

LOL, Danishes would work!

Russ

It's only taken 3 days to come up with an acceptable script. Not bad. Not good, either, Barry - you'll have to be quicker on your feet come 1/20.

President Reagan had his "Well" when he needed 5 seconds to think about a question. Barry has his "My staff will look into it" when he needs 3 days to respond. Or maybe it's his "We are considering that".

re: #251 MandyManners

Can people legally remove bugs that have been placed with a warrant?

If you use Edgar-off (tm).

re: #254 LGoPs

I heard a report that Cheney was lurking around your neighborhood...

Son of a bitch...

re: #211 Walter L. Newton

Some of us are very naive, Walter.

um...I have a question that may have been answered already, but why won't Blago resign? He is caught on tape, not like a sex scandal, but of a crime! what can he negotiate? I'm lost

can he really be found "insane" and avoid trial or even talking to prosecutors?

re: #244 pre-Boomer Marine brat

You'll need more bleach.

Kee-ripes...I can't keep the tears out of my eyes. That is hilarious.

re: #252 MandyManners

I could put some pastries over my ears.

Why would you wear pasties on your ears?