Comments on: Tuesday Open Thread

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:14:53 +0000

rikyrah: Seems as if LIEberman can NO LONGER come to the Dems Parties!

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/9/1242...
Senate Dems Boot LIEberman From Weekly Party Meetings [i.e., weekly policy luncheons]

The Hill:

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) will not attend the Democratic policy lunches in the Senate this month, the latest sign that he is moving away from the party after criticizing Barack Obama at the Republican National Convention.

"I think it's probably wise for me and for my colleagues in the Democratic caucus to dine somewhere else for the next few weeks," Lieberman said in an interview with The Hill.

That, my friends, is called damage control. Because we see what really happened, courtesy of the subscription-only Roll Call:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has decided that Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) — one of Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) top supporters — can no longer attend Democrats’ weekly caucus lunches or the biweekly chairmen’s lunches used to formulate policy, senior Democratic aides said Tuesday.

The decision comes in the wake of Lieberman’s attacks on Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) at the GOP convention last week, and essentially formalizes a deal Reid and Lieberman had cut earlier this year under which Lieberman would not attend meetings that included discussions of sensitive campaign or political issues.

It's true Lieberman had voluntarily avoided the lunches for some time now, but now he has no choice in the matter. Lieberman may talk about "the next few weeks", but this thing is over. It's not quite booting him from the caucus, but getting ever closer. Meanwhile, Lieberman lost his legislative director.

Lieberman’s legislative director, Joe Goffman, announced his resignation Monday. Although Goffman gave no reason for his departure, Democratic aides familiar with his decision said once work was completed on Lieberman’s climate change bill, combined with Lieberman’s convention speech, Goffman felt that it was time to move on.

So while Lieberman acolytes like Marshall Whitman and Dan Gerstein may still be loyal to the guy, there are those within his circle that can no longer stomach (like his own constituents) what Joe has become.

Sure there's a song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Tiz6INF7I
Hit The Road Jack , well Joe :>) - Ray Charles

ENJOY!! :>)

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:28:43 +0000

whiterosebuddy: LOL! :>) :>) These people are da bom'!!! :>)

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:17:49 +0000

rikyrah: This comes under the heading - Didn't you learn from the other incident with the school??

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/09/mccain...
McCain Moves Rally From Fairfax School After Outcry!

Fairfax County school officials said that a rally scheduled tomorrow for Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, will be moved from Fairfax High School, following protests from some School Board members and parents that the event would violate school system policy.

Just LAST WEEK, a school protested McAncient"'s using their school as a BACKGROUND during his RNC Convention speech!!

When will he ever learn?? Oh! Wait. . . . "McAncient" - Learn - in the SAME sentence??? LMAO!!!! :>) :>) :>)

In addition: The McCain Campaign issued a statement that DID NOT QUITE TELL people that the school kicked him out!! And now that I write that - let me emphasize THE SCHOOL KICKED HIM OUT!! Maybe that explains this: 894/899 LOL!!! LOL!!!! :>) :>) :>)

The McCain campaign sent out statement that did not address the controversy. "Due to the overwhelming response from voters in Virginia, the space at the field house at Fairfax High School will no longer be able to hold everyone who wants to attend this rally," the statement said. "We have had double the amount of people respond than we originally expected. In order to accommodate everyone, we need to move the event to a location we are working on now."

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:50:51 +0000

rikyrah: HEAD BOW to victims. “Ike” is vicious! God Bless all!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/09/texas-...
Texas Officials Weigh Evacuations As Ike Nears

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:40:05 +0000

rikyrah: OOPS! “McAncient” didn't read to the end of the article. It hurt him MORE than Mr. Obama! Dumb!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/09/mccain...
McCain's Ad Cites Articles That RIP HIM Worse than Obama

By: msmartin

msmartin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:30:00 +0000

Start campaigning against them.

By: msmartin

msmartin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:30:00 +0000

Start campaigning against them.

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:23:55 +0000

msmartin: Thank you!! :>) A + video on Mr. Obama!! Yaaaa! :>) :>)

That's what I'm talking about!! :>) :>)

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:18:47 +0000

rikyrah: Here's Mr. Obama's RESPONSE to “McAncient's” Education ad attack!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/09/mccain...
McCain Sex-Ed Ad Launched; Obama Campaign: “PERVERSE”

And very quickly, the Obama campaign came out with a hard hitting response, pointing to a series of education accomplishments made by Obama, and calling McCain “perverse” for the latest attack.

“It is shameful and downright perverse for the McCain campaign to use a bill that was written to protect young children from sexual predators as a recycled and discredited political attack against a father of two young girls – a position that his friend Mitt Romney also holds. Last week, John McCain told Time magazine he couldn't define what honor was. Now we know why,” said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton.

By: msmartin

msmartin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:13:41 +0000

I saw the fact check on CNN. McCain for federal funding of all stem cell research including embryonic and Palin is against embryonic. He would have know this had he bothered to vet her.

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:09:51 +0000

Admiral: KEATING FIVE !!! :>)

By: Micheline

Micheline — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:08:21 +0000

No the reference was to McCain saying that he was the change agent

By: CraigHickman

CraigHickman — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:52:42 +0000

I missed it.

By: CraigHickman

CraigHickman — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:40:43 +0000

You think so?

I wouldn't call him that at all.

He was for human rights and social justice.

He used to give Jimmy Connors hell for not representing his country in Davis Cup competition.

When he kicked his ass in the 1975 Wimbledon final to the surprise of everyone in a stunning performance of strategy and grace to become history's only black male Wimbledon champion, he brought the watching world to its knees.

By: msmartin

msmartin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:39:07 +0000

Good reaso for you all to donate, I just did and I challenge you all to do the same.

By: rikyrah

rikyrah — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:31:13 +0000

this was so on the money, it's scary.

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:27:36 +0000

Brown Man: Just took a “Field Trip” to your site and made a comment! :>) :>)

Great analysis!! Props!! :>) :>) :>)

By: rikyrah

rikyrah — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:27:30 +0000

Come on now….you know the answer even as you typed the question

By: msmartin

msmartin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:20:43 +0000

Hey,

John McCain and Sarah Palin put out a new TV ad that broadcasts what news organizations are calling “naked lies.”

The Obama campaign is fighting back with a hard-hitting response ad. Watch the video and join this movement for change:

http://my.barackobama.com/spreadthetruth

Thanks

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:19:53 +0000

Rob M: Please allow someone else be the judge of that! :>) :>)

According to a modern theory of intelligence, there are 7 areas of intelligence!! NOT just test stuff! :>) :>)

http://professorlamp.com/ed/TAG/7_Intelligences...

Sooooo, YES U R!!!! Look at your ability to appropriately use the imagery!! :>) :>)

ENOUGH!! :>) :>)