John Edwards – Guess it’s Not Just the $400 Haircuts Now

August 9, 2008 in John Edwards, Lies, Morality and Humanity, Politics, Too Much Power

We have said it before and we say it again – we don’t care which side of the aisle you’re on. Lying is lying.

WHEN.

“In 2006, I made a serious error in judgment and conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family and to my core beliefs. I recognized my mistake and I told my wife that I had a liaison with another woman, and I asked for her forgiveness. Although I was honest in every painful detail with my family, I did not tell the public. When a supermarket tabloid told a version of the story, I used the fact that the story contained many falsities to deny it. But being 99 percent honest is no longer enough.

I was and am ashamed of my conduct and choices, and I had hoped that it would never become public. With my family, I took responsibility for my actions in 2006 and today I take full responsibility publicly. But that misconduct took place for a short period in 2006. It ended then. I am and have been willing to take any test necessary to establish the fact that I am not the father of any baby, and I am truly hopeful that a test will be done so this fact can be definitively established. I only know that the apparent father has said publicly that he is the father of the baby. I also have not been engaged in any activity of any description that requested, agreed to or supported payments of any kind to the woman or to the apparent father of the baby.

It is inadequate to say to the people who believed in me that I am sorry, as it is inadequate to say to the people who love me that I am sorry. In the course of several campaigns, I started to believe that I was special and became increasingly egocentric and narcissistic. If you want to beat me up – feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself. I have been stripped bare and will now work with everything I have to help my family and others who need my help.

I have given a complete interview on this matter and having done so, will have nothing more to say.”

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2008 SelectSmart.com Presidential Candidate Selector

October 10, 2007 in Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Campaign 2008, Chris Dodd, Dennis Kucinich, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Hucakbee, Mitt Romney, Politics, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, Tom Tancredo

This is terrific! Go to SelectSmart.com and see how the candidates fit with what’s important to YOU.

***It’s been brought to our attention that this site sends out  SPAM e-mails. Here’s the trick to avoid that – after you’ve made all of your suggestions, a screen comes up and asks for your e-mail. DON’T FILL IT IN. There is a link at the very top of the page to move you to the results page. Once there, don’t fill out the section that says “E-mail Results.” 

This is just a fun questionnaire – we all came up with a 100% match with a “theoretical candidate.” The next closest match was 60%! Not so great, we think!!

The Democrats who enable Bush

October 6, 2007 in Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Campaign 2008, Congress, Cronie-ism, Democrats, Dennis Kucinich, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Joe Biden, John Edwards, Nancy Pelosi, Politics, The War, This Administration, Threat to America, Troop Withdrawal

We have stated before that we are no happier with the Democrats than we are with the Republicans and Mr. Bush. We are glad to see we are in such good company – Helen Thomas is one of our heroes!

By HELEN THOMAS
HEARST NEWSPAPERS

WASHINGTON — President Bush has no better friends than the spineless Democratic congressional leadership and the party’s leading presidential candidates when it comes to his failing Iraq policy.

Those Democrats seem to have forgotten that the American people want U.S. troops out of Iraq, especially since Bush still cannot give a credible reason for attacking Iraq after nearly five years of war.

Last week at a debate in Hanover, N.H., the leading Democratic presidential candidates sang from the same songbook: Sens. Hillary Clinton of New York, and Barack Obama of Illinois and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards refused to promise to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq by 2013, at the end of the first term of their hypothetical presidencies. Can you believe it?

When the question was put to Clinton, she reverted to her usual cautious equivocation, saying: “It is very difficult to know what we’re going to be inheriting.”

Obama dodged, too: “I think it would be irresponsible” to say what he would do as president.

Edwards, on whom hopes were riding to show some independence, replied to the question: “I cannot make that commitment.”

They have left the voters little choice with those answers.

Some supporters were outraged at the obfuscation by the Democratic front-runners.

On the other hand, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, and Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., are more definitive in their calls for quick troop withdrawals.

But Biden wants to break up Iraq into three provinces along religious and ethnic lines. In other words, Balkanize Iraq.

To have major Democratic backing to stay the course in Iraq added up to good news for Bush.

Now comes a surprising Clinton fan.

President Bush told Bill Sammon — Washington Examiner correspondent and author of a new book titled “The Evangelical President” — that Clinton will beat Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination because she is a “formidable candidate” and better known.

Sammon says Bush revealed that he has been sending messages to Clinton to urge her to “maintain some political wiggle room in your campaign rhetoric about Iraq.”

The author said Bush contends that whoever inherits the White House will be faced with a potential vacuum in Iraq and “will begin to understand the need to continue to support the young democracy.”

Bush ought to know about campaign rhetoric. Remember how he ridiculed “nation building” in the 2000 presidential campaign? Now he claims he is trying to spread democracy throughout the Middle East.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is another Democratic leader who has empowered Bush’s war.

Pelosi removed a provision from the most recent war-funding bill that would have required Bush to seek the permission of Congress before launching any attack on Iran. Her spokesman gave the lame excuse that she didn’t like the wording of the provision. More likely, she bowed to political pressure.

Is it any wonder the Democrats are faring lower than the president in a Washington Post ABC approval poll? Bush came in at 33 percent and Congress at 29 percent.

Members of Congress seem to have forgotten their constitutional prerogative to declare war; World War II was the last time Congress formally declared war.

Presidents have found other ways to make end runs around the law, mainly by obtaining congressional authorization “to do whatever is necessary” in a crisis involving use of the military. That’s the way we got into the Vietnam and Iraq wars.

So what are the leading Democratic White House hopefuls offering? It seems nothing but more war. So where do the voters go who are sick of the Iraqi debacle?

Helen Thomas is a columnist for Hearst Newspapers. E-mail: helent@hearstdc.com. Copyright 2007 Hearst Newspapers. On Nov. 3 Thomas will be the guest speaker at the ACLU of Washington’s Bill of Rights Celebration Dinner; for details, contact aclu-wa.org.

September 11, 2007

September 10, 2007 in 9/11, al Qaeda, Alberto Gonzales, Anti-War Protest, APEC, Banks, Barack Obama, Barbara Boxer, Bill Clinton, Bill Moyers, Bill Richardson, Campaign 2008, Chertoff, Chris Dodd, CIA, CNN, Congress, Conservatives, Conyers, Corruption, Cover-ups, Cronie-ism, Democrats, Dennis Milligan, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Dick Cheney, Draft, Economics, Environment, EPA, Executive Orders, Executive Privilege, FDA, FoxNews, Fred Thompson, Freedom of Speech, George Orwell's 1984, George W. Bush, Government, Healthcare, Hillary Clinton, Immigration, Impeachment, Iran, Iraq, Joe Biden, Joe Wilson, John Edwards, John McCain, Karl Rove, Larry Craig, Larry King, Loss of Liberties, Martial Law, Media, Michael Moore, Mike Hucakbee, Military, Mitt Romney, Money, Money-Money-Money, Nancy Pelosi, Neo-Cons, Nuclear "Programs", Oil, Pakistan, Pardon, Pat Tillman, Patriotism, Peace, Politics, Power, Republicans, Resignation, Rick Santorum, Right Wing Extremists, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, Rupert Murdoch, Scooter Libby, Secret Police, SiCKO, Stock Market, Supreme Court, Terrorists, The Constitution, The News, The Pentagon, The Press, The Senate, The War, This Administration, Threat to America, Tom Tancredo, Torture, Trade Deficit, Troop Withdrawal, U.S. Attorneys, Valerie Plame, Vietnam, Warrantless Wiretaps, Weapon of Choice, WMD's, WTC

We will not be posting Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. We are participating in the STRIKE FOR PEACE.

If you’ve had enough, you need to say “When.” Say-when.org

Amazing Candidate Chart

August 7, 2007 in Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Campaign 2008, Chris Dodd, Democrats, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Hucakbee, Mitt Romney, Politics, Republicans, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, The Debates, Tom Tancredo

Can’t keep the players straight without a scorecard? Want to check all of the candidates’ positions at a glance? Here’s how:

www.2decide.com

The CNN/YouTube “Debates”

July 24, 2007 in Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Campaign 2008, CNN, Democrats, Healthcare, Hillary Clinton, Immigration, Iraq, Joe Biden, John Edwards, Politics, The Debates, The Press, This Administration

Lots and lots and lots of e-mails about the debates that just ended.  I will absolutely NOT discuss who I thought “won” – I’ve already discussed the earlier “debates” and haven’t changed my mind.

I will limit my comments to the candidates “YouTube-style” campaign videos:

The winner – hands down – John Edwards!

The loser – and we’re taking bets around here how long the staffer who made that piece of cr@p has a job – Hillary Clinton!  What was she thinking?!

And that, folks, is The End of this installment of the Hillary and Obama Show.  Thanks for watching!

Say “When.”

If the Election For President Were Held Today, For Whom Would You Vote?

July 17, 2007 in Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Campaign 2008, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Hucakbee, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, Tom Tancredo

The graph won’t post – read it at The Billings Outpost News

We think you’ll be amazed!  Remember – Montana is a RED state!