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PLAME ENDGAME 

John Hannah, WHIG* member  Mary Matalin and two names new to me in connection with Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation - David Wurmser and Cathie Martin have been called in to talk with Inquisitor Fitzgerald. Increasingly, there's the delicious rumor that Cheney's on the verge of resigning - which has most of us lefties salivating - but, really, that WOULD be too good to be true - wouldn't it?

(*WHIG - White House Iraq Group)

Liz Smith:  Bush's "government is simply reeling with rumor. It's like the old days of Watergate with almost as much at stake."  [NYP]

Salon.com has this: The Plame speculation has gone on for so long and with such intensity that bloggers across the political spectrum have gone from euphoria to the five stages of grief, imagining and reimagining every possible outcome - from 22 indictments and Cheney's resignation to no indictments at all and no final report. But the fact is very few people have any idea what's going to happen, and the waiting game continues... [Peter Daou]

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You must have excellent contacts with evangelical Christians, NASCAR fans, true patriots, and angry white males. You are equally friendly with billionaire corporate raiders, oil barons, and godless capitalists.

The ideal candidate is very comfortable speaking exclusively on "deep background" and avoiding public appearances. You are the kind of person who does not have to say anything publicly -- you make journalists, folks at town hall meetings, and American troops say it for you.

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Experience with push polling and direct mail a plus.

Job may start as soon as NEXT WEEK!!!! Maybe even sooner. Please send your resume and references to [email protected], with "Boy Genius" in the subject line.

The White House is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.

(*As Wonkette pointed out - if the WH is really an equal op employer, shouldn't the ad read: GENIUS NEEDED: MFGBLT?)


"YOU GOT THE RIGHT ONE BABY" - NOT!
Salon.com: Blumenthal says DUBYA's "No longer the 'Right Man' "

For his second term, Bush took his narrow victory as a mandate to govern from the hard right. At last, he would begin the privatization of Social Security, rolling back the signature program of the New Deal. But he stumbled upon a dirty little secret of conservatism: Members of the public support conservative presidents so long as they leave the liberal programs that benefit them alone...

Despite Bush's faithful implementation of conservative ideas, disloyal ideologues blame him personally to deflect attention from the failure of their ideas as they position themselves for whatever or whoever is next. Like Trotskyists for whom communism always remained an unfulfilled ideal, conservatives now claim that conservatism has not been tried, and that Bush is a "betrayer" and "impostor." In his attempt to avoid the nemesis of his father, he is reliving it. [Sidney Blumenthal]

REPLY TO ALL NUT-FUNDIES,
EVANGELISTAS, THEOCRACISTS, ET AL...

The proof of God is God? You're welcome to your belief, Friend, but you seem oblivious to the fact that others may choose a different religion or a different interpretation of the Bible than you - or they may choose REASON. I don't believe anything unless I can see it, hear it, eat it, drink it, drive it, boink it or perceive evidence of its existence. I don't say you're delusional because you believe as you do - but because you seem to be incapable of recognizing the validity of other life-views.

 

If the monotheist religions were "true", wouldn't their scriptures - purportedly the "word of God" - be consistent? If God told Abraham and all monotheists accept it, why do their scriptures disagree? This brings us back to the original question concerning "lost" or rejected texts. Who cares? I'd rather waste my time watching "Deadwood" or "Rome" on HBO; or "Desperate Housewives"; or "The Daily Show"; or timeless film noir on Turner Classic Movies.

 

BTW, I have two grown sons who were raised to believe in only one scary guy and he warn't in the sky. We raised them to respect themselves and their family and to extend that respect to everyone. We taught them that there are rules in society, for better or worse. If you break the rules, even the stupid ones, there are consequences. It ain't rocket science, but it was enough for them, apparently. They're raisin' good kids and they've never been in jail. I think we did well without Jesus, Moses, Muhammad, Marx or Jack Kemp.

AND THEN SHE SAID, "DIE, YOU STUPID SHITHEAD, DIE!"
Andrea Harris blogs @ Least-Loved Bedtime Stories

 Men say they want equals, but all too often what they really seem to want is an impossible combination of adoring audience, virginal prostitute, (cook) and nursemaid, and this is as true in the arena of internet pontificating as it is in meatspace.

Cheeses! That's GONZO! Andrea, you go Grrrl!

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