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amybdk Happy 67th Birthday, Biden! Nov 20, 2009 10:15 AM Source This Week's Bidenisms Collecting the vice president's gaffes and head-slappers.     By Jeremy Stahl Posted Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at 12:07 PM ET   The vice president did not produce any new Bidenisms this week, but we've dug one out of the archives in honor of his 67 th birthday today. Please continue to send your nominations (with a link, please) to slatebidenisms@gmail.com . For more, and our stab at a definition, see " The Complete Bidenisms ."   "Oh, God … [laughter] … I wish I had that much hair … [laughter] … These guys are incredible … [laughter] … I don't know what to say … [laughter] … I had watched it before … [laughter] … But every time I watch it … [laughter] … They are good man, they are so good. And I turned it on, and I actually thought, I thought that the actress was actually Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live . She is so good, both of them … I mean … [laughter] … Anyway, they're … they're … it's funny … [laughter] … Oh, God."—Responding to a question about Saturday Night Live 's impersonation of him with seemingly uncontrollable laughter during interview with ABC's Good Morning America , Wilmington, Del., Oct. 8, 2008         Click on the video for a better sense of its Bideny goodness.
amybdk Good Morning, Obama Wants to Rape You Nov 20, 2009 8:52 AM Source     Maybe it is too early on a Friday for this, but, you know, there is not really a "good time" to post a 2-minute montage of conservative media figures—mostly Rush— repeatedly saying "rape." Over and over again.
Tulipe Lou Dobbs extended interview at the Daily Show... or... Why Jon Stewart is a inter(national) treasure ! Nov 19, 2009 2:14 PM
stephley Republicans Think Obama Stole the Election Nov 19, 2009 1:43 PM Because the situations were exactly the same, see? Public Policy Polling has blazed the trail in the past few months of asking the kinds of questions no one else is asking, like do you think Obama is descended from Lenin and so on (a slight exaggeration, but you get the idea). And now they've got another one: PPP's newest national survey finds that a 52% majority of GOP voters nationally think that ACORN stole the Presidential election for Barack Obama last year, with only 27% granting that he won it legitimately. Clearly the ACORN card really is an effective one to play with the voters who will decide whether Hoffman gets to be the Republican nominee in a possible repeat bid in 2010. Belief in the ACORN conspiracy theory is even higher among GOP partisans than the birther one, which only 42% of Republicans expressed agreement with on our national survey in September. Overall 62% of Americans think Obama legitimately won the election to only 26% who think ACORN stole it for him, as few Democrats or independents buy into that line of thinking. Yeah, sure, I get this. Because after all, those evil leftists felt this way about Bush, and really, when you get right down to it, there's no real difference between an election won by 537 hotly disputed votes and an election won by 9 million votes. You just have to have the correct perspective on those 9 million votes, and once you come to understand that they were basically illegitimate and stolen in a vast conspiracy that the leftist media covered up, well then, you're starting to see sense. Just imagine what things would be like in this country if Obama really had eked out a narrow victory. Thank God for small things I guess. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2009/nov/19/obama-public-policy-polling
stephley Frm. Atty Gen. & the Light Side of Ft. Hood Nov 18, 2009 10:27 AM Last week, Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) came out in strong support of Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to prosecute the five 9/11 defendants in U.S. federal court and sharply criticized Republicans who were attacking the decision. “They will seize on any opportunity to [demagogue], and that means they’ll even take a stand that’s un-American. It’s un-American to hold anyone indefinitely without trial. It’s against our principles as a nation.” Former Bush attorney general Michael Mukasey is one of the Republicans who has been speaking out against Holder. Last week at a Federalist Society conference, Mukasey said that holding the trial in Manhattan increased the risk of a terrorist attack on the city. In an interview with Washington Times radio this morning, the hosts asked Mukasey about Moran’s comments. Mukasey responded by suggesting that the congressman “get professional help” from Maj. Nidal Hasan: Q: Congressman Jim Moran of Virginia says anybody that questions KSM coming to New York City for a civilian trial — that they’re un-American. What is your reaction to that? MUKASEY: I think he’s lost touch with reality. He ought to get professional help, perhaps from Maj. Nidal. The segment then ends with the hosts laughing over Mukasey’s “joke.” Nidal, of course, is the Army psychiatrist suspected of going on a brutal rampage at Fort Hood and killing 13 people. Asked for a response to Mukasey’s comments, Moran’s spokesperson Emily Blout said, “Leading conservative activists and scholars agree with Mr. Moran’s position, which is based on this nation’s long history of upholding its most fundamental values- even in the face of horrific crimes.” Update In a similar bit of rhetoric, Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ) went on the House floor last night and personally went after New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for supporting having the 9/11 trial in Manhattan. "I saw the Mayor of New York said today, 'We're tough. We can do it,'" said Shadegg. "Well, Mayor, how are you going to feel when it's your daughter that's kidnapped at school by a terrorist? How are you going to feel when it's some clerk -- some innocent clerk of the court -- whose daughter or son is kidnapped? Or the jailer's little brother or little sister? This is political correctness run amok." http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/17/mukasey-nidal-moran/