Iraqi Election Day

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Iraq has truly come a long way from its nightmarish days of dictatorship: Iraq wraps up election with no major violence.

BAGHDAD – Iraqis passed through security checkpoints and razor-wire cordons to vote Saturday in provincial elections that are considered a crucial test of the nation’s stability as U.S. officials consider the pace of troop withdrawals.

Polls opened shortly after dawn after a step-by-step security clampdown across the country, including traffic bans in central Baghdad and other major cities and closure of border crossings and airports. Voting ended 11 hours later with no reports of major violence, though voters at some polling stations complained that their names did not appear on lists. Balloting was extended for one hour to accommodate voters.

Officials said counting would begin Sunday with preliminary results are not expected before Tuesday.

UPDATE at 1/31/09 9:48:12 am:

There isn’t a single word about these historic elections on the White House website.

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152 comments
1 Chicken Kiev  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:44:28am

Take that, h8rs.

2 jcm  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:45:06am

The war is lost.....
/Reid

3 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:45:10am

Waiting for applause for the Iraqis from The One in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ....crickets.

4 wiffersnapper  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:45:34am

Now THAT'S change I can believe in!

5 screaming_eagle  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:46:20am

Iraqi Elections. Yet again. I need to find a liberal to tell me why this is bad. I forgot already.

6 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:46:20am

Quagmire! Retreat! It's an unwinnable war!

7 opnion  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:47:01am

They apparently are having a cleaner election than Cook County, IL.
There are no reports of the dead showing up to exercise their voting rights.

8 Charles Johnson  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:47:19am

Not a single word about the elections on the White House website.

[Link: www.whitehouse.gov...]

9 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:47:19am

*rimshot* to the Iraqis !
*salute* !

10 Dar ul Harb  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:47:19am

Names not on the lists, voting irregularities?

Has the President sent some of his "poll watchers" from Chicago to help out?

11 FrogMarch  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:47:22am

come on Democrats - there is still time to lose in Iraq! Remember, you hate the Iraqis.

12 FrogMarch  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:48:00am

Is Al Franken in the lead?

I hope they have blank ballots stashed just in case it's close.

13 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:48:56am

re: #8 Charles

Not a single word about the elections on the White House website.

[Link: www.whitehouse.gov...]

Is Google still flagging whitehouse.gov?

/should be

14 Occasional Reader  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:49:00am

re: #8 Charles

Not a single word about the elections on the White House website.

[Link: www.whitehouse.gov...]

Because it's An Inconvenient Truth.

15 jaunte  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:49:17am

George Bush is having a good day today.

16 abolitionist  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:49:37am

Any winners named Hussein?

17 jcm  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:49:53am

re: #12 FrogMarch

Is Al Franken in the lead?

I hope they have blank ballots stashed just in case it's close.

WA '04 there was no account for unused ballots, stacks of blank ballots where just handed out to poll workers mostly (D)s.

18 Occasional Reader  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:50:16am

Semi-flying pig; the Iraqi elections, and the relatively peaceful and orderly nature thereof, were the top item on NPR News this morning.

So the Obama White House is apparently to the left of even NPR.

19 MandyManners  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:51:00am
There isn’t a single word about these historic elections on the White House website.

Typical narcissistic reaction: if he didn't help cause it, it didn't happen.

20 slartybartfast  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:51:24am

re: #8 Charles

Not a single word about the elections on the White House website.

[Link: www.whitehouse.gov...]

And a slap-in-the-face to those brave Americans (and others) who "gave the last, full measure of devotion" for this.

21 screaming_eagle  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:51:45am

re: #13 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Is Google still flagging whitehouse.gov?

/should be


LMAO. Need a screenshot of that search. The House and Senate too. Need a 527 showing the site is dangerous during the Super Bowl.

22 Elcid  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:51:47am

Cheers to the Iraqis.

You understand that were there news from Hamas/Hezbollah, Obama would stand on the White House roof and shout it, don't you?

23 Geepers  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:52:08am

Charles (#8),

Not a single word about the elections on the White House website.

[Link: www.whitehouse.gov...]

Wierd.

You'd think he'd be claiming a great success after five years of failed Bush policies in Iraq.

24 jcm  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:52:22am

re: #13 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Is Google still flagging whitehouse.gov?

/should be

Google was under criticismA Google bomb is an attempt of artificially raising the importance of a Web page in the Google search results with a specific keyword. Google-bombing was in the news a few years back when the the search term ' miserable failure' indexed President Bush's homepage at the top of the results.

Google was under criticism earlier as it took four years to fix the Bush Google bomb, But this time it acted fast enough to diffuse the new bomb that targeted Obama.

25 realwest  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:52:22am

re: #8 Charles
No offense intended Charles, but given who is POTUS now, did you really expect there to be anything there?
I mean, politically it was George W. Bush who created another DEMOCRACY in the M.E.

26 vapig  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:52:27am

re: #8 Charles

Not a single word about the elections on the White House website.

[Link: www.whitehouse.gov...]

I think that's just unforgivable! None of the violence that marked the first election and these people (libtards) still can't accept that a positive "change" has occured in Iraq. Truly sickening!

27 least  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:53:02am
Polls opened shortly after dawn after a step-by-step security clampdown across the country, including traffic bans in central Baghdad and other major cities and closure of border crossings and airports.

Due to the al-queda version of ACORN.

Not a single word about the elections on the White House website.
Suhpahz, suhprahz suprahz
/Gomer off

28 Spare O'Lake  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:53:06am

What's this about Iraqi erections lasting for 11 hours?

29 Dark_Falcon  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:53:21am

re: #18 Occasional Reader

Semi-flying pig; the Iraqi elections, and the relatively peaceful and orderly nature thereof, were the top item on NPR News this morning.

So the Obama White House is apparently to the left of even NPR.

Saturday is a slow news day and it is a major story, so the MSM will cover in a decent manner. On Monday, they'll give Obama all the credit for the smoothness of the vote. They will say that the Iraqi public was calmed by the soothing words of The One.

30 Boxy_brown  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:53:23am

It would have been a Qaeda in Mesopotamia victory day had Obama,Reid and Pelosi gotten their way.

31 VegasRick  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:53:26am

Over 4,000 of the 14,000 candidates are women. Take that! goatfuckers!

32 Occasional Reader  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:53:49am

re: #16 abolitionist

Any winners named Hussein?

Indeed, I will await the results before popping too many champagne corks; who knows what the big Sunni turnout will produce. However, had it been up to Mr. Obama, a brutal dictator would DEFINITELY be running Iraq today.

33 realwest  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:53:56am

re: #20 slartybartfast
Absolutely.
But we shouldn't question their patriotism, now should we?

34 nyc redneck  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:55:05am

o doesn't like democracy.

35 Oh no...Sand People!  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:55:33am

Thank you to every troop who put themselves in harms way so others may have freedom.

36 Jetpilot1101  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:56:19am

re: #34 nyc redneck

o doesn't like democracy.

I think he's partial to socialism.

37 Occasional Reader  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:57:05am

re: #35 Oh no...Sand People!

Thank you to every troop who put themselves in harms way so others may have freedom.

Yes. And also to those brave Iraqis who stood up for democracy, and the (real) Iraqi martyrs who have died for it.

38 realwest  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:57:15am

re: #2 jcm Yep. Ya know I can't help but think that the news of this voting ought to be sent to Harry Reid's office by e-mail. Several hundred thousand times. Preceeded, of course with his infamous quote.

39 FrogMarch  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:57:19am

re: #17 jcm

WA '04 there was no account for unused ballots, stacks of blank ballots where just handed out to poll workers mostly (D)s.

Sick.
Cheating comes naturally when you're a (D).

40 slartybartfast  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:57:44am

re: #33 realwest

Absolutely.
But we shouldn't question their patriotism, now should we?

Maybe in their world, Democracy itself is nothing to celebrate...

Look at all the nice infrastructure in China! What about the wonderful health care in Cuba? And Bill Ayers is a well respected professor of education...

41 Dustyvet  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:57:57am

re: #38 realwest

Yep. Ya know I can't help but think that the news of this voting ought to be sent to Harry Reid's office by e-mail. Several hundred thousand times. Preceeded, of course with his infamous quote.

Let's do it...:)

42 Jetpilot1101  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:58:42am

FOX News is doing a pretty decent job of covering the Iraqi election. They have had reports throughout the morning from Baghdad and even had John Bolton on a few minutes ago.

43 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:59:00am
...though voters at some polling stations complained that their names did not appear on lists.

If ACORN was there, the name would appear 20 times.

44 MandyManners  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:59:09am

re: #40 slartybartfast

Maybe in their world, Democracy itself is nothing to celebrate...

Look at all the nice infrastructure in China! What about the wonderful health care in Cuba? And Bill Ayers is a well respected professor of education...

Never mind the babies dying from tainted formula!

45 BryanS  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:59:29am

Bush will be recognized when the current partisan dust settles for the long term strategic value a transformation of Iraq will be.

I have to remind my liberal friends just how bad the middle east was for us at the beginning of the Bush administration. Certainly Iran's nuclear program was not as advanced--only worse, it was advancing undiscovered.

Iraq can still go wrong, but Bush did a lot to make a better middle east at least possible.

46 Spare O'Lake  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 9:59:31am

re: #33 realwest

Absolutely.
But we shouldn't question their patriotism, now should we?



Democracy is necessary but not sufficient, as we have learned all too well from Hamas.
I wouldn't trust the Iraqis as far as I can throw them - which is not too far.

47 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:00:11am

re: #38 realwest

Yep. Ya know I can't help but think that the news of this voting ought to be sent to Harry Reid's office by e-mail. Several hundred thousand times. Preceeded, of course with his infamous quote.

Ot - I relpied re: #1134 Walter L. Newton

48 jcm  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:00:34am

re: #38 realwest

Yep. Ya know I can't help but think that the news of this voting ought to be sent to Harry Reid's office by e-mail. Several hundred thousand times. Preceeded, of course with his infamous quote.

Excellent.

Contact Harry Reid.

"Now I believe, myself, that the secretary of state, the secretary of defense and you have to make your own decision as to what the president knows: that this war is lost, that the surge is not accomplishing anything,"
Reid, D-Nev., Thursday, April 19, 2007

49 Ojoe  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:00:52am

A big purple finger to the religious authoritarians of the M.E.

They are confronted with a fact here.

50 Dustyvet  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:00:54am

re: #39 FrogMarch

Sick.
Cheating comes naturally when you're a (D).

“I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating”

Sophocles

51 Gang of One  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:01:42am
There isn’t a single word about these historic elections on the White House website.

Because the current schmendricks in the WH did nothing to make this occur, I'd wager.

52 Jetpilot1101  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:01:44am

re: #46 Spare O'Lake

Democracy is necessary but not sufficient, as we have learned all too well from Hamas.
I wouldn't trust the Iraqis as far as I can throw them - which is not too far.

I don't think the Iraqi populace is ANYTHING like the Palestinians and to even compare the two is an insult to the Iraqis. As far as I can tell, no known terrorists are among the 14,000 candidates. To use a "Mandy Mannersism", go piss up a rope.

53 Erik The Red  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:01:57am

Good night Lizards. Iron Fist Rule. Stay dry and scaley.

54 Walter L. Newton  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:02:44am

re: #50 Dustyvet

“I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating” Sophocles

Al Franken also said this... NOT!

55 opnion  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:02:54am

re: #19 MandyManners

Typical narcissistic reaction: if he didn't help cause it, it didn't happen.

Mandy, you are on fire. That is exactly it, this is not about him so therefore not important.
Even when the Surge worked, he could just not bring himself to credit the troops & W. No, that ass credited the 'Sunni Awakening." Get it?
Bush just got lucky, but Obama was still right.

56 SurferDoc  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:02:55am

re: #30 Boxy_brown

It would have been a Qaeda in Mesopotamia victory day had Obama,Reid and Pelosi gotten their way.

...with beheadings.

57 Truck Monkey  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:02:56am

Never in the history of the world has one nation given so much to another and expected nothing in return. We ALL owe a debt of gratitude to George W. Bush and our military.

58 Cathypop  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:03:56am

re: #8 Charles

Not a single word about the elections on the White House website.

[Link: www.whitehouse.gov...]


And the great and wonderful O is hiding with his hands over his ears going "LA LA LA LA LA I CANT HEAR YOU"

59 Occasional Reader  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:04:24am

Another semi-flying pig; on NPR news just a moment ago, they again noted the elections, orderly nature thereof, and their correspondent noted that typical Iraqis are noting as their top concern things like the economy and infrastructure, rather than security, "more normal topics", a situation that would have been unthinkable even a year ago.

60 Jetpilot1101  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:04:36am

re: #58 Cathypop

And the great and wonderful O is hiding with his hands over his ears going "LA LA LA LA LA I CANT HEAR YOU"

He's too busy drafting a slobbering love letter to dinnerjacket to know what the hell is going on in the world.

61 BryanS  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:04:37am

re: #46 Spare O'Lake

Democracy is necessary but not sufficient, as we have learned all too well from Hamas.
I wouldn't trust the Iraqis as far as I can throw them - which is not too far.

Hamas cited as an example of democracy being necessary, but not sufficient, falls into the trap of the left's arguments that assumes the result of Hamas in Gaza was an aspect of "democracy". Democracy is more than just a vote for who represents you. A liberal democracy includes civil rights, accountability and transparency of government, oversight, limits on the power of government, and civil rights such as freedom of speech and property rights. Hamas engendered nothing that democracy represents.

62 VegasRick  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:04:43am

re: #57 Truck Monkey

Upding!

63 Truck Monkey  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:04:47am

re: #58 Cathypop

And the great and wonderful O is hiding with his hands over his BIG JUG ears going "LA LA LA LA LA I CANT HEAR YOU"

fify

64 Ojoe  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:05:09am

re: #59 Occasional Reader

If I had the stomach I'd listen to Pacifica & tell you what they say.


But I don't

65 Cathypop  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:05:19am

re: #60 Jetpilot1101

He's too busy drafting a slobbering love letter to dinnerjacket to know what the hell is going on in the world.


And he will seal the envelope with a kiss. So sweet. Jackass

66 nyc redneck  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:05:47am

re: #48 jcm

Excellent.

Contact Harry Reid.

"Now I believe, myself, that the secretary of state, the secretary of defense and you have to make your own decision as to what the president knows: that this war is lost, that the surge is not accomplishing anything,"
Reid, D-Nev., Thursday, April 19, 2007

harry reid is a disgusting traitorous pos.
to benefit himself, he tried to derail a successful strategy at a time when so many lives would have been needless lost. he is evil.

67 SurferDoc  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:05:52am

re: #53 Erik The Red

Good night Lizards. Iron Fist Rule. Stay dry and scaley.

Thanks for all the great jokes on the overnight thread, Erik!

68 Jetpilot1101  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:06:19am

re: #48 jcm

I sent my email. I hope we overload his servers.

69 FrogMarch  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:06:24am

re: #48 jcm

Excellent.

Contact Harry Reid.

"Now I believe, myself, that the secretary of state, the secretary of defense and you have to make your own decision as to what the president knows: that this war is lost, that the surge is not accomplishing anything,"
Reid, D-Nev., Thursday, April 19, 2007

DNC media helping holy Harry white-wash and memory hole his back-stabbing statement.

70 Dustyvet  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:06:27am

re: #58 Cathypop

And the great and wonderful O is hiding with his hands over his ears going "LA LA LA LA LA I CANT HEAR YOU"

He's busy setting up his Super Bowl party...

71 SlartyBartfast  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:06:32am

re: #59 Occasional Reader

Did they mention any Unicorn sightings?

72 MJ  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:06:45am

A low-key Renee Zellweger loves to hide in plain sight

NEW YORK — Renee Zellweger has a new man in her life, but he doesn't know it.
"I have a crush on Jimmy Carter. I admit it," Zellweger says. "He has an extraordinary mind. He's an exceptional human being. And he writes poetry, for crying out loud. He's all good things."

[Link: www.usatoday.com...]

73 Ojoe  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:07:29am

re: #72 MJ

Get a life Renee

74 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:07:29am

Surge of Nerds Rebuilds Afghanistan


It's an interesting experiment. A Fab Lab is essentially a small-scale workshop and rapid prototyping facility where local participants can learn new technology skills that can be applied to small business. Much of the work of the Jalalabad Fab Lab has thus far involved basic projects: printed t-shirts, small art projects, wireless antennas. Over time, lab participants are supposed to build tools to tackle more complex problems.
...
Equipment and start-up costs equipment were provided in part by an National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. Volunteers took unpaid leave to travel to Afghanistan. Total cost? Around $40,000 (not including donated time and security work)


Science Ackbar!

75 screaming_eagle  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:07:38am

re: #70 Dustyvet

He's busy setting up his Super Bowl party...

After he figures out where the real door to the oval office is.

76 Jetpilot1101  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:07:48am

re: #72 MJ

A low-key Renee Zellweger loves to hide in plain sight

NEW YORK — Renee Zellweger has a new man in her life, but he doesn't know it.
"I have a crush on Jimmy Carter. I admit it," Zellweger says. "He has an extraordinary mind. He's an exceptional human being. And he writes poetry, for crying out loud. He's all good things."

[Link: www.usatoday.com...]

Not to mention he chases his viagra down with Bourbon Whiskey; Rene aught to love that one.

What a ditz.

77 alegrias  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:08:07am

Congratulations, Iraqis. Thank you, President Bush & all who served to make this happen during the last difficult years.

May that stupid shoe-sculpture Iraqi malcontents put up honoring President Bush's assaulter is eventually considered shameful by normal Iraqis.

May their hard-won freedom be prized & valued by Iraqis.

May George Bush's success in Iraq be an example for any Hezbollans or Palis looking for HOPE & CHANGE.

78 Cathypop  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:08:26am

re: #73 Ojoe

Get a life Renee

get a lobotomy

79 jcm  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:08:33am

re: #72 MJ

A low-key Renee Zellweger loves to hide in plain sight

NEW YORK — Renee Zellweger has a new man in her life, but he doesn't know it.
"I have a crush on Jimmy Carter. I admit it," Zellweger says. "He has an extraordinary mind. He's an exceptional human being. And he writes poetry, for crying out loud. He's all good things."

[Link: www.usatoday.com...]

HURL!
Rabbit Bait is one of the most vile piles of crap on the planet. One those with vacuous minds and dark hearts could spew such effluent out of the same hole they eat with.

80 rightymouse  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:08:35am

re: #43 Walter L. Newton

If ACORN was there, the name would appear 20 times.


IF ACORN was there, they would have been sure to have an Al-Queda rep on the ballot and then organize bus trips for terrorists to vote.

81 wrenchwench  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:08:38am

This is from yesterday's press briefing [added emphasis is mine]:

Q What's the President's expectations for this weekend's elections in Iraq? And how much will they be a litmus test, in terms of security, as he makes his decisions on the draw-down of troops?

MR. GIBBS: Well, obviously the President will watch the results, and believes that the provincial elections this weekend mark another significant milestone in Iraq's democratic development. There are a series of elections that will happen throughout the country throughout the rest of the year -- an important year, again, for that democratic development to continue.

Separately, the President has met with military advisors, the Joint Chiefs, the Secretary, commanders on the ground in the region over the past almost two weeks, to hear from them and quite honestly, for them to hear from him about a way forward in Iraq, Afghanistan. And also, I think as I mentioned yesterday, a fairly lengthy and engaged discussion at the Pentagon with the Joint Chiefs this week on the health of the military force that we have right now. I think the Pentagon said this, and it's true that we expect that we'll have recommendations and decisions on moving forward on Iraq quite soon.

And later:

Q Robert, with the Iraqi elections coming up this weekend, how concerned are you that external forces, neighbors of Iraq, specifically Iran and Syria, might play a role that is not in the best interest of the democracy --

MR. GIBBS: Well, let me not -- I don't want to go into hypotheticals about what may or may not happen other than to say that, you know, we're going to obviously watch these elections, watch their outcome, and believe that Saturday marks just another -- that Saturday marks a very important continued milestone for democratic development in Iraq, and that as the President laid out, that one of the -- one of the goals of his review process as it relates to our forces in Iraq is to give more responsibility for security and governing to the Iraqi government. And I think these elections, again, mark an important milestone towards achieving that and, we hope very soon, to giving them more of that opportunity and more of that responsibility.

Q Thank you, Robert.

The "just another" phrase was an interesting slip.

82 jcm  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:09:02am

re: #78 Cathypop

get a lobotomy

Must have one to say that.

83 Occasional Reader  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:09:18am

re: #71 SlartyBartfast

Did they mention any Unicorn sightings?


No, but on "This American Life" (which I have to admit, I often enjoy), they had a brief bit to the effect of, "please don't insist that Obama stop smoking, it's the only non-perfect thing that he does". Puke.

84 Lee Coller  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:09:18am

I just sent a comment to the white house through their web site asking why there is no mention of it.

White House Contact Form

Once you submit the form, it gives you other contact info, including a comments and switchboard phone number. I won't include those here due to Charles' rules.

85 Catttt  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:09:26am

re: #72 MJ

A low-key Renee Zellweger loves to hide in plain sight

NEW YORK — Renee Zellweger has a new man in her life, but he doesn't know it.
"I have a crush on Jimmy Carter. I admit it," Zellweger says. "He has an extraordinary mind. He's an exceptional human being. And he writes poetry, for crying out loud. He's all good things."

[Link: www.usatoday.com...]

Eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwww.

86 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:09:46am

re: #81 wrenchwench

"Just another milestone"
/Ha!

87 WhiteRasta  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:09:54am

Charles,

Where is my hat tip?

88 SlartyBartfast  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:10:28am

re: #72 MJ

A low-key Renee Zellweger loves to hide in plain sight

NEW YORK — Renee Zellweger has a new man in her life, but he doesn't know it.
"I have a crush on Jimmy Carter. I admit it," Zellweger says. "He has an extraordinary mind. He's an exceptional human being. And he writes poetry, for crying out loud. He's all good things."

[Link: www.usatoday.com...]

Oh, yeah...poetry. Here's another poet for ya, Renee.

89 Occasional Reader  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:10:54am

re: #72 MJ

A low-key Renee Zellweger loves to hide in plain sight

NEW YORK — Renee Zellweger has a new man in her life, but he doesn't know it.
"I have a crush on Jimmy Carter. I admit it," Zellweger says. "He has an extraordinary mind. He's an exceptional human being. And he writes poetry, for crying out loud. He's all good things."

[Link: www.usatoday.com...]

She's making "Bridget Jones" look absolutely dignified.

90 wrenchwench  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:11:19am

re: #86 Killgore Trout

"Just another milestone"
/Ha!

I think s0mebody is still focused on his 0wn milestone....

91 Ron Shaw  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:11:28am

re: #72 MJ

A low-key Renee Zellweger loves to hide in plain sight

NEW YORK — Renee Zellweger has a new man in her life, but he doesn't know it.
"I have a crush on Jimmy Carter. I admit it," Zellweger says. "He has an extraordinary mind. He's an exceptional human being. And he writes poetry, for crying out loud. He's all good things."

[Link: www.usatoday.com...]

It is true suckers are born every minute...and idiots every second!

You've got to love lala landers...they are so informed. PIMPROTFLMAO

92 AuntAcid  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:11:49am

re: #79 jcm

HURL!
Rabbit Bait is one of the most vile piles of crap on the planet. One those with vacuous minds and dark hearts could spew such effluent out of the same hole they eat with.

...have hammer will travel.

93 Dustyvet  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:11:50am

re: #89 Occasional Reader

She's making "Bridget Jones" look absolutely dignified.

She's on Jimmy like a cheap suit...:)

94 alegrias  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:12:11am

re: #72 MJ

A low-key Renee Zellweger loves to hide in plain sight

NEW YORK — Renee Zellweger has a new man in her life, but he doesn't know it.
"I have a crush on Jimmy Carter. I admit it," Zellweger says. "He has an extraordinary mind. He's an exceptional human being. And he writes poetry, for crying out loud. He's all good things."

[Link: www.usatoday.com...]

* * *
She's from Texas and loves Jimmy Carter? Doubly idiotic.
Crossing off my short list of movie actors to pay $$$ to see.

Oh, and O'Reilly was positing last night it may be Tom Hank's wife rita Wilson who's pulled Hanks leftward into looneydom. Wasn't actress Rita Wilson part Greek/Lebanese--she funded "My Big Fat Greek Wedding Movie"?

95 Jetpilot1101  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:12:31am

OT: Is it just me or does Obama look completely wiped out after only 2 weeks on the job? Good grief, he's had a couple meetings, signed a few pieces of paper and made love to dinerjacket and AlArabya. How hard has his job been?

96 Catttt  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:13:30am

re: #84 Lee Coller

I just sent a comment to the white house through their web site asking why there is no mention of it.

White House Contact Form

Once you submit the form, it gives you other contact info, including a comments and switchboard phone number. I won't include those here due to Charles' rules.

Thanks. Comment submitted.

97 jaunte  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:13:41am

re: #94 alegrias

Global warming effects:

"So wowed was Zellweger that she waited in the blistering Manhattan cold for 21/2 hours on Monday to have the 39th president sign her copy of his latest book, We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work."
98 alegrias  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:14:18am

re: #74 Killgore Trout

Surge of Nerds Rebuilds Afghanistan


Science Ackbar!

* * **
Nice use of National Science Foundation funds--helping fight the Taliban with Nerd Herds--while back at Headquarters in liberal Arlington, Virginia, NSF big whigs surf PRON sites at taxpayer expense for 20% of their day!

99 Cathypop  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:14:24am

re: #95 Jetpilot1101

OT: Is it just me or does Obama look completely wiped out after only 2 weeks on the job? Good grief, he's had a couple meetings, signed a few pieces of paper and made love to dinerjacket and AlArabya. How hard has his job been?

Looks like he needs to hire a new make-up artist.

100 Spare O'Lake  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:14:29am

re: #52 Jetpilot1101

I don't think the Iraqi populace is ANYTHING like the Palestinians and to even compare the two is an insult to the Iraqis. As far as I can tell, no known terrorists are among the 14,000 candidates. To use a "Mandy Mannersism", go piss up a rope.

Your gushing admiration for the Iraqi populace is premature.
I choose to reserve judgment and remain skeptical.
As for your gratuitous insult - same to you, you little snot.

101 Geepers  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:14:44am

Cathypop (#78),

get a lobotomy

Apparently she's already had one.

102 Ron Shaw  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:14:44am

re: #2 jcm

The war is lost.....
/Reid

Damned right! For the Democrats at least because the war IS WON!

Why do Dems (liberals) hate America so much...why?

103 Bloodnok  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:15:25am

re: #95 Jetpilot1101

OT: Is it just me or does Obama look completely wiped out after only 2 weeks on the job? Good grief, he's had a couple meetings, signed a few pieces of paper and made love to dinerjacket and AlArabya. How hard has his job been?

That's the longest he's held a job without going back on the campaign trail.

104 Rebar  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:16:16am

The Iraqi war is unwinnable...

/Ron Paul

105 Sharmuta  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:16:23am
There isn’t a single word about these historic elections on the White House website.

Because 0bama hates the Iraqis.

106 Occasional Reader  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:16:43am

re: #74 Killgore Trout

Surge of Nerds Rebuilds Afghanistan


Science Ackbar!

From your link:

Over this past month, a group of motivated geeks traveled to Osama bin Laden's old stomping grounds in Afghanistan to help oversee a novel project: the Jalalabad Fab Lab.

Whooaa Black Betty
(Jalalabad Fab Lab)
Whooaa Black Betty
(Jalalabad Fab Lab)

107 Spare O'Lake  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:16:45am

re: #61 BryanS

Hamas cited as an example of democracy being necessary, but not sufficient, falls into the trap of the left's arguments that assumes the result of Hamas in Gaza was an aspect of "democracy". Democracy is more than just a vote for who represents you. A liberal democracy includes civil rights, accountability and transparency of government, oversight, limits on the power of government, and civil rights such as freedom of speech and property rights. Hamas engendered nothing that democracy represents.

No leftist trap here. Merely having an election is not sufficient, and your entire post proves my point. Thank you.

108 Daisy  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:17:02am

Thank God they had no hanging chads to deal with .. then again, maybe that would put it on Obama's website ...

So many comments I'd like to upding .. but somehow, it's not working. Anyone w/suggestion to get me in good w/the dinger would be much appreciated.

109 yma o hyd  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:17:08am

re: #81 wrenchwench

I liked the expression 'continued milestone' - gawd, what an idiot!

110 rightymouse  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:17:16am
There isn’t a single word about these historic elections on the White House website.

Folks in the ME don't count as far as libs are concerned unless they are trying to blow up or hack innocent civilians to death. Then people like Jimmy Carter jump in to defend said 'sploders and hackers. Otherwise, libs could care less about anyone living in freedom and peace, let alone celebrate a new Democracy. Obama is no exception to typical lib mentality.

111 Taqyia2Me  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:17:16am

"There isn’t a single word about these historic elections on the White House website."

That does NOT fit the Obama White House narrative.

112 alegrias  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:17:59am

re: #95 Jetpilot1101

OT: Is it just me or does Obama look completely wiped out after only 2 weeks on the job? Good grief, he's had a couple meetings, signed a few pieces of paper and made love to dinerjacket and AlArabya. How hard has his job been?

* * *
Maybe because Obama keeps the White House at 70 degrees, poor hot house flower. How's a man supposed to stay lean & mean and sharp at temperatures like those of Waikiki Beach?

Real Men (TM) like Richard Nixon kept it ice cold & turned on the fireplace.

113 ConservatismNow!  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:19:19am

re: #57 Truck Monkey

Never in the history of the world has one nation given so much to another and expected nothing in return. We ALL owe a debt of gratitude to George W. Bush and our military.

And all we have ever asked in return is a place to bury our dead. 8 years and counting without an attack on American soil.

114 debutaunt  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:19:45am

re: #25 realwest

No offense intended Charles, but given who is POTUS now, did you really expect there to be anything there?
I mean, politically it was George W. Bush who created another DEMOCRACY in the M.E.

Not exactly a seamless continuation from Bush to Obama.

115 SlartyBartfast  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:19:46am

re: #81 wrenchwench

And also, I think as I mentioned yesterday, a fairly lengthy and engaged discussion at the Pentagon with the Joint Chiefs this week...

Engaged = argument.

as the President laid out, that one of the -- one of the goals of his review process...is to give more responsibility for security and governing to the Iraqi government. And I think these elections, again, mark an important milestone towards achieving that

Literally, these elections mark a milestone towards achieving the goal of His review process? Gibbs' doublespeak sucks. He's going to have to do better than that.

Gibbs, ask not for whom the bus rolls...it rolls for thee.

116 alegrias  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:19:58am

re: #97 jaunte

Global warming effects:

* * * *
Uggghhhh! Thanks for that detail...

Why didn't Ms. Renee just invite Jimmy Carter to lust in his heart, up in her hot hotel room, and sign her copy of his antisemitic screed there, in the privacy of her boudouir?

117 seekeroftruth  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:20:04am

re: #77 alegrias

Good news - the shoe thrower sculpture was taken down.

118 Daisy  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:20:46am

re: #95 Jetpilot1101

OT: Is it just me or does Obama look completely wiped out after only 2 weeks on the job? Good grief, he's had a couple meetings, signed a few pieces of paper and made love to dinerjacket and AlArabya. How hard has his job been?

That could have the effect of wiping one out for eternity.

119 jcm  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:21:05am

re: #102 Ron Shaw

Damned right! For the Democrats at least because the war IS WON!

Why do Dems (liberals) hate America so much...why?

The (D) party is overrun with socialists. Socialists hate liberty.
They need dependent people, not liberated ones.

120 realwest  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:21:08am

re: #48 jcm Hey jcm, I just did - thanks to your links.
My message was as follows:
"Dear Senator Reid: On April 9, 2007 you said the war in Iraq is lost militarily and 'can only be won diplomatically, politically and economically' after more than four years of fighting.

'Now I believe, myself, that the secretary of state, the secretary of defense and you have to make your own decision as to what the president knows: that this war is lost, that the surge is not accomplishing anything,' Reid, D-Nev., told reporters.

I just thought someone should tell you that the Iraqi's have just successfully completed their second time in electing leaders to their "congress" and there was no violence.
I certainly hope that the United States can help create other "failures" such as the one in Iraq.

Sincerely yours,
realwest [real name and addy and phone # included in the form for the e-mail to be sent]

I just hope a LOT OF OTHER LGFer's do the same. And thanks again, jcm, for providing those links.

121 rightymouse  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:22:13am

re: #95 Jetpilot1101

OT: Is it just me or does Obama look completely wiped out after only 2 weeks on the job? Good grief, he's had a couple meetings, signed a few pieces of paper and made love to dinerjacket and AlArabya. How hard has his job been?

Not just you. Noticed that this morning a well. He looks shot.

Dude actually has to WORK now. He's probably missing the days when he could breeze into the Senate, apologize for being late and vote 'present'.

122 alegrias  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:24:21am

re: #117 seekeroftruth

Good news - the shoe thrower sculpture was taken down.

* * *
Thank you, I did not know this good news. Hope the shoe thrower's artwork was take down by popular demand, not by government order.

123 The Shadow Do  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:26:17am

re: #8 Charles

Not a single word about the elections on the White House website.

[Link: www.whitehouse.gov...]

And not a surprise. The two most isolated jobs at the WH:
Sec Def and SoS (sorry Hill).

International relations/defense is a distraction from the social reengineering of America and are addressed from time to time with a few flowery words or an ass kissing letter.

"We are the ones we have waiting for!"

124 mattm  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:26:32am

The Dems will never realize or admit Bush succeeded in many ways.

125 seekeroftruth  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:27:04am

re: #122 alegrias

* * *
Thank you, I did not know this good news. Hope the shoe thrower's artwork was take down by popular demand, not by government order.

Your welcome. I do too.

126 jcm  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:27:13am

re: #120 realwest

You are welcome!

127 realwest  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:30:20am

re: #126 jcm
Now if only a few other LGFer's (or preferably a few thousand other LGFer's) would do the same thing.

Oh and btw, fwiw, I sent a copy of my e-mail to Fox News attn: Shep Smith and attn: Hannity.

128 alegrias  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:31:18am

Before jumping threads, want to note that that Octuplet Spawning California woman's old father sometimes works in Iraq as a translator. 14 children in one house, sounds like Baghdad life to me.

(Her name is Nadya Suleman-and she's sucking up tax dollars for expensive in vitro fertility treatments, for which normal people have to take loans backed by their homes as surety.)

Ain't America grand?

129 Spare O'Lake  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:35:10am

I take nothing away from the efforts and accomplishments of the US military and the Bush administration.
However, these are the same Iraqis who cheered as the Scuds landed in Tel Aviv. And half of them support Iran while most of them support Hamas and detest Israel.
Has the entire nation really been totally transformed by the removal of Sadaam Hussein and holding a couple of elections?
I'll reserve judgment if you don't mind.

130 debutaunt  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:35:34am

re: #83 Occasional Reader

No, but on "This American Life" (which I have to admit, I often enjoy), they had a brief bit to the effect of, "please don't insist that Obama stop smoking, it's the only non-perfect thing that he does". Puke.

Leave him alone!

Youtube Video
131 Stonemason  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:36:55am

re: #48 jcm

done

132 [deleted]  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:43:21am
133 AuntAcid  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:44:27am

"Too bad that all the people who know how to run this country are busy driving taxis and cutting hair."
- George Burns

(this is all I got...seems the voices in my head are talking some one else)

134 realwest  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 10:59:57am

re: #129 Spare O'Lake
"Has the entire nation really been totally transformed by the removal of Sadaam Hussein and holding a couple of elections?"
No, it hasn't - it's still an Islamic country. But this is a good START - having a true democracy in the M.E. besides Israel - and especially one with the geographical position of Iraq is indeed a good start.

135 thefallingman  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 11:06:22am

Makes me so proud. It means that six years of work are not in vain. I'm going to light up the same type of cigar as I did when we crossed the berm in 2003: Padron Anniversary Pyramid.

136 leereyno  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 11:21:56am

re: #5 screaming_eagle

Iraqi Elections. Yet again. I need to find a liberal to tell me why this is bad. I forgot already.

Liberals think that a free Iraq is a wonderful thing. Liberals will gladly shed blood, sweat and tears to bring freedom to others. The United States was founded by Liberals and its greatest leaders have all been Liberals.

Leftists on the other hand think that democracy is a bad thing because it forever ensures that the "right people" aren't in power. When people are left to their own devices and invested with personal, political, and economic power, the result is a society where the peons get to do what they want instead of doing what their betters tell them to.

From a leftist point of view, Iraq was primed for communist revolution. By removing its murderous dictator, and replacing tyranny with democracy, the US has set the left's hopes of communist revolution in Iraq back 50 years or more.

137 FrogMarch  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 11:31:45am

re: #72 MJ

A low-key Renee Zellweger loves to hide in plain sight

NEW YORK — Renee Zellweger has a new man in her life, but he doesn't know it.
"I have a crush on Jimmy Carter. I admit it," Zellweger says. "He has an extraordinary mind. He's an exceptional human being. And he writes poetry, for crying out loud. He's all good things."

[Link: www.usatoday.com...]


Another hollywood idiot who will not be receiving funding from me.

138 Shay4l  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 11:39:16am

Reid? Murtha? Kerry?
ANYONE(D)?

139 vagabond trader  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 12:31:09pm

re: #129 Spare O'Lake

I agree with you as an American and as a Jew.When they establish normal relations with Israel I will lift my reservations.

140 laxmatt1984  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 12:32:26pm

True glory and honor is almost never recognized.

141 Sifty  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 1:05:01pm

God Bless the Armed Forces of the USA for liberating another country from tyranny.

May the Iraqi people use the gifts we have bought for them with blood wisely and with honor and become a jewel in the desert and a staunch ally.

142 Sifty  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 1:06:27pm

re: #137 FrogMarch

Mental midget. Renee makes the characters she plays look smart by contrast.

143 Maui Girl  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 1:10:39pm

re: #112 alegrias

* * *
Maybe because Obama keeps the White House at 70 degrees, poor hot house flower. How's a man supposed to stay lean & mean and sharp at temperatures like those of Waikiki Beach?

Obama hasn't lived in Hawaii for 25+ years. Trust me, he's well acclimated to the cold. It's just that now he doesn't have to pay the heating bills.

144 Maui Girl  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 1:11:41pm

re: #142 Sifty

Mental midget. Renee makes the characters she plays look smart by contrast.

I'm running out of movie actors to watch. Gonna have to revert to merely reading books from now on.

145 Sifty  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 1:21:29pm

re: #144 Maui Girl

I hear that. Now even Tom Hanks is crapping out on us.

At least when I read I can do the casting.

146 Dr. Shalit  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 1:23:01pm

re: #139 vagabond trader

I agree with you as an American and as a Jew.When they establish normal relations with Israel I will lift my reservations.

Vagabond -

TRUST - AND- VERIFY. That is all.

-S-

147 Optimizer  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 2:35:09pm

There isn’t a single word about these historic elections on the White House website.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't even Bill Clinton have given some sort of congratulatory statement? The US spent the better part of a $1T for this (in part); some sort of recognition is in order. There's something truly evil about our new POTUS - and I'm sure that surprises nobody here.

And Reid? Or Pelosi? These people have a lot of nerve to talk about "post-partisanship".

148 William  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 2:47:43pm

The Associated Press works tirelessly to remind readers of every conceivable issue and flaw, which I've highlighted in bold below, in these historic Iraqi elections:

Associated Press
January 31, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama congratulated Iraqis on Saturday's provincial elections and urged the winners to work for their people.

Obama said the elections for the provincial council seats were significant, peaceful and important steps toward Iraqis taking responsibility for their future. His statement did not address complaints from local officials that the Shiite-led government attempted to keep the minority Sunnis from full participation.

"Millions of Iraqi citizens from every ethnic and religious group went peacefully to the polls across the country to choose new provincial councils," Obama said in a statement released by the White House. "It is important that the councils get seated, select new governors and begin work on behalf of the Iraqi people who elected them."

Obama also noted that the U.S. provided technical assistance to the Iraqi electoral commission, as did the U.N. and other international groups. He didn't, however, mention the U.S. troops that patrolled the country — away from voting booths — while the new Obama administration in Washington considers a new strategy for the unpopular war in Iraq.

It will be days before initial results are released, but officials in Iraq claimed success. Election observers and others were examining a growing list of complaints, including claims that hundreds of people — perhaps more — were wrongly omitted from voting lists in areas across Iraq.

Voters in all but four northern areas cast ballots and dipped their fingers in purple ink, the new symbol of democracy in a country once ruled by Saddam Hussein.

The elections were conducted without major violence, but there were claims of flaws and threats of challenges.

Those grievances could complicate politicians' efforts to force coalitions among the 14,000 candidates for the influential regional posts some six years after the U.S.-led invasion.

[Link: www.google.com...]

149 The Undead Buddy Holly  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 3:39:37pm

Wow, with a mere 141,000 U.S. troops on the ground the Iraqis had a peaceful election!

Call me when they have one on their own. Don't worry about waking me. As soon as democracy is demonstrated in Iraq without being backed up by US guns, I wanna know.

150 RexMundi  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 4:31:04pm

Wonderful news. Hope they don't vote in politicians that are allowed to give themselves pay raises.

151 swamprat  Sat, Jan 31, 2009 7:45:11pm

re: #149 The Undead Buddy Holly

Wow, with a mere 141,000 U.S. troops on the ground the Iraqis had a peaceful election!

Call me when they have one on their own. Don't worry about waking me. As soon as democracy is demonstrated in Iraq without being backed up by US guns, I wanna know.

I don't believe you.

152 harrisonp  Sun, Feb 1, 2009 3:00:24pm

There isn’t a single word about these historic elections on the White House website.

Shoddy, six year old IT equipment + weekends tends to prevent quick rollouts of website updates. If this hasn't changed in a few days, then we have reason to gloat here Charles.


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