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Mancrush: Schwarzenegger

posted by hazmat 07/06/2008 02:28:52 AM EST

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Say what you want about the terminator, but he's a swell dude. (wait don't laugh--for real I'm serious!!!)

 

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Don't blame Karl Rove

posted by hazmat 06/10/2008 12:51:30 PM EST

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Many republicans are lamenting the state of the republican party, and lay the blame at Karl Rove's feet. But I see little to the none of the self-examination that would be required to purge the daemons of the past 7 years.

The article below suggests that its not just the Iraq policy republicans are unhappy with, but Rove's domestic politics that they see as a significant factor in their misfortunes.

It's easy to blame someone like Rove. But why stop there? Republicans decided collectively that win-at-all-costs was the right way to go. We heard phrases like

"drown the baby in the bathtub"

"the ends justify the means"

"we have convictions, but they don't"

Did I leave anything out? 

All throughout the last 15 years we've been subjected to these people and their extreme agenda.  The silent 49% minority watched as the media enabled and encouraged them, culminating in abridgement of the constitution, wreckless lawbreaking without consequence, wreckless fiscal policy, and a foreign policy that may well reduce our status as a superpower.

Republicans cheered when Rove gave speeches accusing democrats of "offering therapy" to terrorists. Did you see McCain's pathetic talk last week? They're still cheering the extremist, shrill doublespeak of their politicians. Even now in the current campaign McCain says that people who disagree with his foreign policy proposals want to "surrender". He just doesn't get it.

So don't blame Rove. Blame yourselves, republicans.  He only did what you asked of him, and rather well I might add.

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Memo to the Borg Collective, a.k.a. my fellow "Obamabots": The dream of a mandate is gone.

posted by hazmat 06/02/2008 05:17:44 PM EST

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I had a long conversation with a die-hard Hillary supporter last night (my mother) and came to some interesting conclusions. I wonder if any of you have had similar experiences and what your thoughts are. The bottom line is that I think Obama supporters need to recognize that, even though our candidate won, we find ourselves in an analagous situation to the election in 2004. It was close and there are some very dissappointed people on the losing side. Since most of us, Obama supporters and Hillary supporters alike, were together on the same side in that race, I hope that my fellow 'bamans can recognize the profound sense of loss and unfairness, which is inevitable in a close contest, that is driving anger among our Hillary supporting friends.

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Rupert Murdoch predicts: President Obama

posted by hazmat 05/29/2008 12:37:55 PM EST

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Got this from a link off Huffpo. Its all over the radio of course, but just in case you haven't heard: Murdoch thinks Obama's a rockstar, and his friend McCain doesn't stand for anything. He stops short of endorsing Obama, but says he's open. There's some interesting inside baseball on Keith Olberman too. Head over to Silicon Alley Insider and read this fascinating article.

Update [2008-5-29 17:12:20 by hazmat]: Video of the interview here. 

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She wants him assassinated

posted by hazmat 05/23/2008 08:18:12 PM EST

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Watch this video of recent remarks by Hillary openly hoping for an assassination attempt on the democratic nominee.

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Where's hazmat

posted by hazmat 05/20/2008 02:24:51 AM EST

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As fortune would have it fellow turks, hazmat made it on the front page of the Oregonian.

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Some lemmings pause at the cliff

posted by hazmat 05/17/2008 04:44:07 AM EST

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As Cenk, and numerous people on this forum have pointed out, there is a tsunami building behind Obama. Frank Rich of the NY Times also wrote an excellent column (you have to register for NYT) making this prediction. But we're partisan. What's more significant is that some conservatives are waking up.

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Go to Hell, Hillary

posted by hazmat 05/17/2008 03:41:19 AM EST

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This is partly a response to sunsawed's post. Sometimes I get so agitated that it seems worth airing to my newfound turk friends at large, as a full-blown blog post. I got some four-letter words for your perusal here. I don't use'em often. Apologies to sunsawed.

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Darth Vader crushes Jedi

posted by hazmat 05/13/2008 01:26:45 PM EST

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No, this isn't about Dick Cheney, or even Hillary. Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.

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How McCain can Win the White House

posted by hazmat 05/08/2008 01:11:08 PM EST

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Impeach Bush.

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Follow this logic

posted by hazmat 05/06/2008 03:04:23 PM EST

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Thanks to dsharma23 at Kos for posting Keith Olbermann's rundown of the "Clinton Rules":

I hereby nominate Keith Olbermann for an Emmy

Olbermann is officially the most talented journalist on Cable news (Cable is the operative word here). Anyone who can deliver a partisan satire/rant that fast for that long (> 4 min) deserves riches.

don't miss the Ron Paul GIRL video from my previous thread. 

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Just for Baracksters

posted by hazmat 05/05/2008 11:42:23 PM EST

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Get the dirt off your shoulders. Sure to send Hillary supporters into fits of vomitude. A new Barack video. Check it out.

Update [2008-5-6 12:31:52 by hazmat]: This is an old old video, but I hadn't seen it before and its pretty funny. Check out (dunh dunh dunh...)

RON PAUL GIRL 

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Obama-Clinton ticket?

posted by hazmat 05/05/2008 12:18:49 AM EST

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Wait, hold your fire people. I know, you're sooo tired of this steeming pile of ABC-bait. Smells like a bag of poop to me too. But take another peep.

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who the hell is Steve Novick?

posted by hazmat 04/30/2008 03:28:27 PM EST

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With all the hubbub about the presidential primary coming up in Oregon, there's a much more important race for the democratic nomination for the senate. You guys around the country probably don't care that much but there's a very vulnerable republican (Gordon Smith) incumbent this year. How did I miss Steve Novick on TYT (I listen to every show)? When was he on?

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Barack owes Women BIG

posted by hazmat 04/25/2008 02:47:05 PM EST

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I went to volunteer for the Obama campaign yesterday for the first time, and I was a little surprised by what I found there. Roughly 90% of the volunteers and staff there were women of all ages, mostly white. They were energetic, passionate and excited.

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