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McCain To Katrina Victims In 2005: You're On Your Own

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:07:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It must be nice to have staffers writing that stuff for you.

Too bad he spent the months to follow leading the Republican charge against every Senate bill that would have actually helped Katrina victims or mandated investigations on how the Bush administration could have blown disaster response so thoroughly.

Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden jumped immediately to the aid of hurricane victims in the week after the 2005 disaster, authoring S.Amdt. 1661 "…to provide emergency funding for victims of Hurricane Katrina."

But with John McCain's help, the Republican-led Senate shot down the funding on a 41-56 vote with McCain voting against, while Biden and Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama voted for the funding.

the Republicans wanted no part of it and despite his post-Katrina pledge to "do all that is necessary to fund essential relief and recovery efforts and help those in need," John McCain was right there to shoot down every initiative that would have

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McCain To Katrina Victims In 2005: You're On Your Own

It doesn’t really come as a surprise to those of us who have watched John McCain over the years that he's about to make a campaign stop in New Orleans after Hurricane Gustav hits this week. After all, he's been exploiting the troops for years, what's a few hurricane victims after that?

What does seem odd is that McCain thinks Gulf Coast residents will forget how he, George W. Bush and the then-Republican Congress turned their backs on them so many times in the months after Katrina thundered ashore in 2005

McCain was big on rote sympathy right after the disaster,

American citizens have proven time and again how generous and selfless a people we are, and now we have an opportunity to come to the aid of those in need

A week later

Our work to help the victims of this national tragedy has just begun, and Congress must do all that is necessary to fund essential relief and recovery efforts and help those in need."

Tags: john mcbush - straight talk liar, whore monger, gold digger

John Edwards = John McCain

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:46:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Edwards was a typical "guy" in his cheating ways: "But going out and getting stupidly laid and then coming home and reconciling with the wife is not the same as going out, getting stupidly laid, then divorcing the crippled wife and marrying the pretty young thing (and taking out your marriage license before the divorce is final). One is stupid. The other is cruel. Brutal. Heinous. And well within the moral capacities of our Republican presidential candidate."

Cenk Uygur, in his regular blog at AOL News, observes, "Now that Edwards has admitted to an extramarital affair, everyone will now condemn him and say he has no political career left. I want to ask all of those people, how is Edwards' affair any different John McCain's? If Edwards is disqualified from running for office because of this, isn't McCain as well?"

Clip Source: www.editorandpublisher.com

Reaction from across the political spectrum has been strong to the news of John Edwards admitting he had an affair in 2006, with many condemning Edwards' actions and denials. But it may also produce an unwanted aftershock for John McCain, reviving references to his own extramarital affairs back in the mid-1970s.

Steve Chapman, the generally conservative Chicago Tribune columnist observed today, "Not that Republicans would be able to make full use of this exposure had Edwards been the nominee. Their prospective nominee, after all, was guilty of the same sin during his first marriage.

McCain

said that he was dating Cindy for nine months while still "cohabiting" with his first wife.

The Los Angeles Times recently revealed that McCain had not been fully truthful on the timeline for his divorce and remarriage.

So you heard about Edwards ditching his sick wife? Wait till you get a load of McCain....'"

Clip Source: www.1369lightbulbs.com

Tags: john mccain whoremongering gold digger

The VP Choice that Lost the Presidency for McCain

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:11:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It's also a slap in the face of Democratic women voters. They don't get Hillary but they get Sarah as the first potential woman President? In fact, I can just hear Biden saying, "Sarah Palin, you are NO Hillary Clinton!"

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

The VP Choice that Lost the Presidency for McCain

I think we will look back at today as the day when the Republicans most certainly lost the Presidency.

In choosing Sarah Palin of Alaska for Vice President, the Republicans have made a cynical but clever choice. At least they think it is clever.

Clip Source: wonkette.com

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

She has NO national experience.

She has never been under the intense scrutiny of a national campaign.

She is under investigation for some incident in Alaska that is messy and personal.

She has no international experience.

When Republicans and independents go into the voting booth, will they have the confidence to vote for a McCain-Palin ticket, knowing that John McCain has had several recurrences of his skin cancer, and will be the oldest President ever? Can they imagine Sarah Palin stepping into the Oval Office and dealing with all the problems we face right now?

It's a slap in the face of other Republican women like Kay Bailey Hutchison

Tags: john mccain whore mongering gold digger

How to Honor the U.S. Flag

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:32:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Since republicans have made flag politics a cornerstone of their campaigns (instead of trying to solve problems that face average Americans everyday), you would think the leader of the conservatives and republicans wouldn't keep disrespecting the flag as he does here and on opening night of the olympics.

However, I do think this symbolizes something very profound. America has gone backward under Bush and the republican presidency.

Sheesh, what a moron. Can we be done with the republicans already?

Clip Source: www.buzzflash.com

Old Glory, Oh Lordy! American Flag Flip-Flopped

George W. Bush seems happy as ever as America's cheerleader-in-chief at the Beijing Olympics. Too bad his handlers didn't take care of the flag business as they normally do in arranging props for the President.

So, is Dubya using the flag to make a political statement? Is he unAmerican? What if a figurehead like Miss America showed disrespect like this for America's number one symbol?

Tags: galf eht ot ecnaigella egdelp i

Conservative Republican Disrespecting US Flag at Olympics

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:09:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The leader of the republicans once again desecrates the U.S. flag and everything it stands for. You wish that just once they had an ounce of true patriotism.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

Bush Dissrespectful to American flag

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Tags: w - the constitution is just a piece of paper

Red Alaska going to Democratic Senate Candidate

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:12:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Another corrupt republican biting the dust. Apparently it is the women who are holding us to our higher standards. Way to go women.

Clip Source: www.rasmussenreports.com

Election 2008: Alaska Senate

Alaska’s U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Ted Stevens and Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich has been a toss-up for several months now, but the Democratic challenger is now ahead 50% to 41%. When “leaners” are included, Begich leads 52%to 44%

Stevens is the longest-serving Republican Senator in history. Begich was just six-years old when Stevens was first elected to the Senate in 1968

Six years ago, Stevens won re-election with 78% of the vote. Since then, however, he has been caught up in a federal corruption investigation. FBI agents served a search warrant on Stevens' Girdwood home

Among unaffiliated voters, Begich leads by a two-to-one margin. The candidates are relatively even among men but Begich has a twenty-two point advantage among women.

Clip Source: www.daylife.com

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) walks to the Republican party luncheon in the U.S. Capitol July 31, 2007 in Washington, DC. Federal agents raided Stevens' Alaska home yesterday

Clip Source: www.rasmussenreports.com

Begich is viewed favorably by 63% of voters

Tags: corruption equals republicans, people are tired of repugs

Republican Senate candidate not sure what state he lives in

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:43:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Ha ha ha ha....... I already suspect 2 comments I might see in the comment section. Something about 57 states? Ha Ha ha ha.......

Clip Source: www.scholarsandrogues.com

As the Colorado Senate campaign starts to hot up, GOP hopeful Bobblehead Shaffer has launched a new TV ad telling us how he’s the change Colorado needs. It’s a pretty spot, which features this scenic shot of Mt. McKinley towering majestically over … ummm, hold the phone…

The staff at The Onion are probably sitting around right now wondering how they’re going to top this one.

We need a change, all right. Specifically, we need to change to a candidate who can find Colorado on a map. Meanwhile, Alaska, you’re welcome to him.

UPDATE: Anchorage mayor Mark Begich, himself a US Senate candidate, responds here:

“While Alaskans can understand why Bob Schaffer would promote our beautiful mountain, I hope he doesn’t expect Alaska to cede North America’s highest peak to the State of Colorado.”

Tell you what - we’ll trade you Colorado Springs for it.

Tags: alaska, colorado, what's the difference

Party of McBush getting crushed in polls, key races

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:29:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More: In the polls, they are setting records (and not the good kind). The most recent Gallup Poll has 67 percent of voters disapproving of President Bush; those numbers are worse than Richard Nixon’s on the eve of his resignation. A CBS News poll taken at the end of April found only 33 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the GOP — the lowest since CBS started asking the question more than two decades ago. By comparison, 52 percent of the public has a favorable view of the Democratic Party.

The Democratic National Committee polling, according to a memo it provided, has two-thirds of swing voters expecting McCain to pursue policies very similar to Bush’s. The voters’ top three concerns about McCain: his age, his support for the war and his similarities to Bush.

Clip Source: www.politico.com

John McCain is planning to run as a different kind of Republican. But being any kind of Republican seems like some sort of death sentence these days.

In case you’ve been too consumed by the Democratic race to notice, Republicans are getting crushed in historic ways both at the polls and in the polls.

At the polls, it has been a massacre. In recent weeks, Republicans have lost a Louisiana House seat they had held for more than two decades and an Illinois House seat they had held for more than three. Internal polls show that next week they could lose a Mississippi House seat that they have held for 13 years.

Things are so bad that many people don’t even want to call themselves Republicans. The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has found the lowest percentage of self-described Republicans in 16 years of polling.

“The anti-Republican mood is fairly big, and it has been overwhelming,” said Michigan Republican Party Chairman Saul Anuzis.

Clip Source: www.doublespeakshow.com

Tags: 4 more years, vote mcbush

Bush's signature dooms Colorado republican running for Senate

Wed, 14 May 2008 04:58:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Bush, even when doing something right, is the republicans biggest liability.

Mark Udall currently leads republican Schaffer in the Senate election to replace retiring republican Seantor Wayne Allred.

Clip Source: www.politicswest.com

Democrats Monday used President Bush's recent signing of a bill that supporters say will eliminate sweatshops on the Northern Mariana Islands to settle a few political scores, including one in Colorado

Democrats have been trying since the mid-1990s to revoke the protectorate's exemptions from U.S. labor and immigration laws but had long been outflanked by powerful Republicans in the House and the islands' now-jailed lobbyist, Jack Abramoff.

Former Congressman Bob Schaffer's role in those efforts has been a campaign issue

"I know that from what I read and the people I listened to, it was clear that there were abuses there. . .. I don't understand how you could leave the Marianas thinking everything was perfect," said Rep. Mark Udall, referring to a fact-finding trip Schaffer took in 1999 that was partly arranged by Abramoff's lobbying firm. Schaffer said he found problems in only one out of 20 factories he visited.

Udall, D

and Republican Schaffer are vying for the U.S. Senate

Clip Source: www.ephblog.com

Mark Udall

Tags: republican battle cry "it's w, run away !"

Democrat tied to Obama wins special election in Mississippi

Wed, 14 May 2008 04:26:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More: The special election was held to fill the seat of former Rep. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), who was appointed to serve out the remainder of Sen. Trent Lott’s term last December. Wicker had never faced a competitive race since first elected in 1994, and the district gave President Bush 62 percent of the vote in 2004.

The results amount to a rebuke of the Republican strategy of trying nationalize the race by tying Childers to Sen. Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Obama held low approval ratings in the district, but the nearly $2 million that GOP groups poured into northern Mississippi failed to make the race a referendum on the national political landscape.

A GOP House leadership aide told Politico last week that “if we don’t win in Mississippi, I think you are going to see a lot of people running around here looking for windows to jump out of.”

Clip Source: www.politico.com

Democrats picked up a northern Mississippi House seat in one of the most conservative-minded districts in the country Tuesday night -- an upset that will reverberate darkly through a House Republican caucus already reeling from losses in special elections in Illinois and Louisiana.

With all precincts reporting, the Democratic nominee, Prentiss County Chancery Clerk Travis Childers, defeated Republican Greg Davis, 54 to 46 percent. Childers was able to expand his three-point margin of victory from the race's first round of balloting last month -- even as he faced an onslaught of Republican attacks.

Republicans dispatched a lineup of heavy hitters in the campaign’s final week, including a pre-election stop Monday by Vice President Dick Cheney. President Bush, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and First Lady Laura Bush recorded automated calls urging voters to support Davis.

"His victory has sent a political thunderbolt across America tonight," DCCC chairman Chris Van Hollen said

Clip Source: www.sourcewatch.org

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Tags: look out above, republicans jumping out of windows

GOP Leaders Warn of Election Disaster

Wed, 14 May 2008 04:18:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More: And in a closed-door session at the Capitol, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told members that the NRCC doesn’t have enough cash to “save them” in November if they don’t raise enough money or run strong campaigns themselves.
Although a top House Republican brushed aside Gingrich’s broadside as “hype from a has-been who desperately wants to be a player but can’t anymore,” the harsh words from Cole were harder to ignore.

National republican Campaign Committee run by an Oklahoman? No wonder they are getting they are getting their b***s kicked. I can think of only one or two states more out of touch with the rest of the country.

Clip Source: www.cbsnews.com

In a piece published in Human Events, the Republicans’ onetime captain, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, warned his old colleagues that they face “real disaster” on Election Day

Shellshocked House Republicans got warnings from leaders past and present Tuesday: Your party’s message isn’t good enough to prevent disaster in November, and neither is the NRCC’s money.

The double shot of bad news had one veteran Republican House member worrying aloud that the party’s electoral woes - brought into sharp focus by Woody Jenkins’ loss to Don Cazayoux in Louisiana on Saturday - have the House Republican Conference splitting apart in “everybody for himself” mode.

“There is an attitude that, ‘I better watch out for myself, because nobody else is going to do it,’” the member said. “There are all these different factions out there, everyone is sniping at each other, and we have no real plan. We have a lot of people fighting to be the captain of the lifeboat instead of everybody pulling together.”

Tags: oklahoman leading party to historical failure

Democrat linked to Obama and Pelosi wins Congressional seat in Louisiana

Sun, 04 May 2008 09:59:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The Obama campaign has said that it would run a 50 state campaign aiding down ticket candidates in the election bids in November.

The republicans "misunderestimate" the populaces desire to lessen their influence in national politics.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Democrat Cazayoux wins congressional seat in Louisiana

A Democrat won a special congressional election here Saturday, bolstering his party's majority status on Capitol Hill by taking a seat Republicans have held since 1974.

Don Cazayoux, a lawyer and state lawmaker, beat Republican Woody Jenkins to cap a race that Democrats viewed as a chance to further tighten control over Congress. The seat opened when Republican Richard Baker, a 20-year incumbent, resigned to take a lobbying job.

The congressional district includes Baton Rouge and surrounding parishes.

"People in Louisiana are hungry for a new direction in Washington," Cazayoux said in a written statement issued by his campaign.

the Cazayoux-Jenkins race attracted attention and money from Washington interest groups and the national parties.

Cazayoux, 44, who raised twice as much money as Jenkins, was attacked in ads that painted him as a supporter of presidential contender Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Clip Source: www.aroundthewaybooks.com

Tags: being linked to obama and pelosi results in a win

McCain disses republican Governor

Fri, 02 May 2008 08:29:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Maybe McCain thought that bridge was done in by terrorists from Iraq.. no wait..... Iran. ... . uhh Iowa.

Clip Source: blog.washingtonpost.com

MN Gov. Pawlenty Questions McCain's Stance on Bridge Collapse

Sen. John McCain today attempted to clarify comments about the collapse of a bridge in Minneapolis,

In Pennsylvania yesterday, McCain said the Interstate 35W bridge collapse last summer resulted from the fact that lawmakers have consistently spent taxpayers' dollars on items aimed at bolstering their political standing back home

The bridge in Minneapolis didn't collapse because there wasn't enough money," McCain told reporters. "The bridge in Minneapolis collapsed because so much money was spent on wasteful, unnecessary pork-barrel projects.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a backer of McCain's

told reporters that they should not necessarily accept the senator's analysis that a Minneapolis bridge collapse stemmed from wasteful federal spending

Pawlenty, one of McCain's co-chairmen and someone who is sometimes referred to as a possible GOP vice presidential nominee, said citizens should not jump to conclusions about the bridge

Clip Source: i.a.cnn.net

Tags: mccain, repubs rethink there choice

Oklahoma Republican wants to replace U.S. made military rifle with German made gun.

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:34:12 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More: More than $300 million has been spent on 221,000 of the carbines over the past two years alone. And the Defense Department is asking Congress to provide another $230 million for 136,000 more.

Lord, if republicans are going to deliver us BS wars couldn't they at least spend our taxpayer dollars on U.S. pork.

Here's somemore brilliance from Oklahoma, Tom Coburn's senatorial twin Jim Inhofe,

For example my area of expertise is the English language.
-- Sen. James Mountain Inhofe (R - OK)

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Now, as Congress considers spending millions more on the guns, this exclusive arrangement is being criticized as a bad deal for American forces as well as taxpayers, according to interviews and research conducted by the Associated Press.

"What we have is a fat contractor in Colt who's gotten very rich off our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.).

At about $1,500 apiece, the M4 is overpriced, according to Coburn. It jams too often in sandy environments such as Iraq, he adds, and requires far more maintenance than more durable carbines.

U.S. military officials don't agree. They call the M4 an excellent carbine.

There's not a weapon out there that's significantly better than the M4," said Col. Robert Radcliffe

Coburn is the M4's harshest and most vocal critic

his concern is shared by others, who point to the "SCAR," made by Belgian armorer FN Herstal, and the HK416, produced by Germany's Heckler & Koch,

Both weapons cost about the same as the M4

Tags: 500 million for guns, what a pity

Sooners Governor Endorses Obama - Brad Henry of Oklahoma

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:29:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Moderate Southern/Midwestern Governor tired of the politics of destruction coming out of the Clinton camp.

Clip Source: www.kswo.com

Governor Brad Henry is endorsing Illinois Senator Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Clip Source: www.governor.state.ok.us

Clip Source: www.kswo.com

In a statement released by the Obama press office in Chicago, Henry called Obama an inspirational leader who can unite the country. He says the senator will be able to move beyond the divisiveness and partisanship that has characterized Washington politics.

The endorsement gives Obama the official support of 3 of Oklahoma's 10 superdelegates, while Hillary Rodham Clinton has the backing of 1 superdelegate. The rest are uncommitted.

Henry -- a moderate Democrat in a Republican-trending state -- says his own efforts to build a consensus across party lines is why he's so enthusiastic about Obama's candidacy.

Clip Source: www.governor.state.ok.us

Brad Henry is currently serving his second four-year term as governor of Oklahoma. Originially elected in 2002, Governor Henry was re-elected in 2006 by one of the largest margins in state history.

He married the former Kim Blain, a Shawnee school teacher

have three lovely daughters

Tags: sooners president boren, and sooners governor henry endorse obama