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No More Wimpy Democrats!

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:34:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Let's hear it for Joe Biden ... telling it like it is!

Lawmakers Respond To Bush: ‘Bullsh*t’ And ‘Malarkey’ That Is ‘Beneath The Dignity’ Of The Oval Office

In strong terms today, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, criticized President Bush’s remarks to the Israeli parliament that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Democrats favor a policy of appeasement toward terrorists. Biden said it was “bullsh*t” and “malarkey” for the president of the United States to go to a foreign country “and make this kind of ridiculous statement.”

The GOPhers Cure For Depression

Wed, 14 May 2008 20:38:40 GMT

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Clip Source: www.crooksandliars.com

GOP’s Inadvertently Fitting New Slogan

By: Bill W. @ 7:20 AM - PDT

Nice catch by Jason Linkins at HuffPo:

In today’s New York Times’ Caucus blog, Carl Hulse reports that House Republicans have got themselves a brand-new slogan:

It looks like Republicans will counter the Democratic push for change from the years of the Bush administration with their own pledge to deliver, drum roll please, “the change you deserve.” […]

What the GOP doesn’t seem to realize, because they are idiots, is that “the change you deserve” is the registered advertising slogan of Effexor XR. … also known as Venlafaxine, is approved for the treatment “of depression, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder in adults.”

And if that wasn’t funny enough for you, as Jason points out, the FDA took issue with the company over the Effexor ad “saying that the company made “unsubstantiated superiority claims.”“

Bush's Sacrifice

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:23:51 GMT

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Clip Source: thinkprogress.org

Bush gives up golfing because of Iraq war.

In a new interview with the Politico today, President Bush says that he has given up golf because of the Iraq war, to show “solidarity” with U.S. troops and their families. He added that “playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal”:

Q Mr. President, you haven’t been golfing in recent years. Is that related to Iraq?

THE PRESIDENT: Yes, it really is. I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the Commander-in-Chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be as — to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.

Evidently, Bush learned his lesson since this incident after 9/11. Watch it:

UpdateCernig writes, "You go to war with the handicap you have…" Brandon Friedman adds, "In today's world, sacrifice is defined in terms of not being able to afford a Hummer; of having to see a few images of war on TV; and of giving up golf."

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