Morning Must Reads: Oil, Gaza and the Perils of Incumbency

Politicians live the high life on PAC money intended as campaign contributions. Most depressing is that this is unlikely to get fixed, no matter who is in office, especially with the current SCOTUS.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/01/AR2010060103887.html?sid=ST2010060200091

I’ve seen some Iron Chefs last longer than their PMs.

Additionally, Artur Davis ran against HCR. His opponent, Ron Sparks, was not only a supporter of HCR, but a Public Option proponent. Ron Sparks beat Artur Davis by 24 points. In Alabama.
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Does the media still want to go with the HCR will be the Dem’s “Waterloo” meme? Or are you now ready to let that go?

My comment is awaiting moderation????

Blocking links to WaPo?

Yeh, but it’s still Alabama after all. Or as Emanuel may put it, “GDMF’ingSOSA Alabama.”

From AP: Conservatives want Big Govt to stop Big Oil (Spill)….They must think we are stupid.

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“There’s nothing inherently contradictory in saying we believe in smaller government and demanding that the government protect public safety”

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hB4MkDFpEq9b5qRF9F-fUtyQs5yQD9G35UBG1
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Sometimes I think it would be easier If I were just to pack my bags and move to Gula Gula Island.

Mark Kirk lies about military record. Orrin Hatch to prosecute.

I’m in moderation too. “Moderation in everything,” I guess.

The interesting story in Alabama is that of Rep. Bobby Bright.
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One of the most conservative Democrats in the House, he decided not to follow Parker Griffith in his idiotic party switch, and he’s now likely to cruise to re-election, with 24-32 point leads over his three possible Republican opponents.
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http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20100228/NEWS02/2280339/Bright-fares-well-in-election-poll
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Maybe the political mood is neither “anti-Democratic” nor “anti-incumbent,” but simply “anti-selfpreservation.”

Apparently, so is mine…

I’m in moderation for a Montgomery Advertiser link, too.

Maybe JNS got tired of seeing our comments. (JNS: I’m kidding!)

Quote of the Day:.

“There’s nothing inherently contradictory in saying we believe in smaller government and demanding that the government protect public safety” Republican Congressman from Alabama

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Sometimes I think it would be easier If I were just to pack my bags and move to Gula Gula Island.

Acccording to Howie, BP will soon be Obama’s waterloo. Forget Healthcare. I can’t keep up.
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Forget Katrina: Is BP Obama’s Waterloo?
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/02/AR2010060201351_pf.html

Apparently my comment is in Mod too. Anyone got a saw?

They’ve abandoned “HCR is Obama’s Waterloo” and moved on to “Sestak is Obama’s Watergate” and “BP is Obama’s Katrina,” and when those don’t catch on, it’ll be “Afghanistan is Obama’s Vietnam,” “Rahm Emanuel is Obama’s Rasputin,” and then “Climate Change is Obama’s Soylent Green.”

Tony Heyward is too big to fail. Accountability is for suckers.

“Climate Change is Obama’s Soylent Green.”
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At 63, they can eat me.

So Jay, who’s the face and leader of the Tea Party? Is it Scott “Right is such a harsh word” Brown, Rand “Oil spills grease the wheels of the free market” Rand, or Sarah “Nobody sees my goodies until they pay me” Palin?
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I’ll write down your answer so I’m not confused again. There is only one answer, correct?

Oh they are trying to create one more Darling.

Yes, that’s Rand “Oil spills grease the wheels of the free market” Paul. Saying his name is like talking backwards backwards talking like is name his saying…

You forgot Bobby “It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” Jindal

Is Rand Paul the new Yoda? A case, do I make here?

aka, Paul “If you need a wheelchair ramp, build your own d__n building” Rand.

Miss Prissy just Tweeted that the oil was deliberately placed on the dragonfly so the MSM could make a stronger case against BP. There’s always a chance that thing could fly right up to her fence in Alaska.

Rand Paul on Dancing With The Stars. Let’s cut a rug.

The Force of the free market. Surrounds us it does. Penetrates us it does. But beware the Fed side. Seductive it is. Corrupt it will. And darn it if you won’t become a black welfare mother before you know it…

“Accountability is for suckers”

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If you have any doubt just look at our government

Deep, freeper. Very deep.

Really, if you hold a carrot in front of a dragonfly’s nose they won’t move. Don’t ask me why. MSM knows all the tricks.

I don’t think they need a picture of an oily dragonfly to make BP look bad. Really now.

My first instinct is to swat the thing.

“They said we were terrorists – it was absurd. They came into the part where the women were, lots and lots of them, dressed in black and with gigantic weapons as if they were in a war. They confiscated all of our telephones and all of our luggage and took everything out of the bags and put it on the floor.”

“We expected them to shoot people in the legs, to shoot in the air, just to scare people, but they were direct,” she said, in a separate interview with the Folha de São Paulo newspaper. “Some of them shot in the passengers’ heads. Many people were murdered – it was unimaginable.”

Gaza flotilla raid: ‘We heard gunfire – then our ship turned into lake of blood’

For people who find Christopher Hitchens unintentionally amusing: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/may/17/christopher-hitchens-digested-read

I write to the audience

That’s Bar-B-Que sauce and Barney Frank is going to eat it

“I write to the audience”
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Your a nut case free, but that was a good one. lol

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“Your a nut case free, but that was a good one”

To paraphrase my grandfather, I have been called worse by better people.

Just testing to see why all my posts are going into moderation.

Have I been banned for some reason?

Strong with the snark is this one…

In another edition of liberal’s “we know better”
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The Obama administration on Wednesday proposed sweeping changes to protect U.S. air travelers, including raising the amount airlines have to compensate passengers bumped from full flights to as much as $1,300

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Two Democratic senators are pressing BP to delay plans to pay shareholder dividends worth an expected $10 billion or more until the full costs for cleaning up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are calculated.
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Taxes on candy, gum, bottled water and beer are expected to bring in a combined $122 million over the next year to help deal with a $2.8 billion state budget gap stemming largely from the recession.

Smokers and soda-sippers also are being tapped: A $1-per-pack boost in the cigarette tax kicked in May 1, and a tax on carbonated beverages starts July 1. Together, those two are expected to bring in $135 million by the end of June 2011.

Gee, kevin, did it ever occur to you that it just might be a summation of those things? Coupled with the numerous lies perpetrated by this man….lying about not hiring lobbyists for white house positions, lying about not permitting no compete contracts and lying about the ultimate cost of HCR….ALL of those things, kevin, plus many more, simply means he has completely lost credibility. Why are you not outraged? Oh, I know…its business as usual. One pertinent fact, however, he promised to do better! You stated “it was a campaign slogan” and he should not be held accountable. My question to you…just why in the heck not? (and please, don’t start by blaming it all on Bush)

Politicians spend PAC money for personal benefits.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/01/AR2010060103887.html?sid=ST2010060200091

Trying again to post.

Money for elections spent on other things.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/01/AR2010060103887.html?sid=ST2010060200091

I tried three times to post a link to a WaPo article on politicians spending PAC money for their own lifestyles and it went into moderation each time. Just curious if it is the link.

I’m being stuck in moderation for just being me, apparently.

Hayward should resign. But, so should every shill like the weepy Melancon who has taken money from oil companies for years. That includes practically every gulf coast pol. They should be weeping in shame.

freeper: You are saying these are bad ideas?

I don’t know but I often participate in their daily Q&As. I usually get answered by the host. However, I asked 2 hosts, including Howard Kurtz, about Carville’s rants and Matlin’s weeping on CNN when they both have links to big oil. No response. They seem to be very sensitive right now. Kurtz, of course, also works for CNN. I have been moderated and never posted by CNN on the same question.
If you read WaPo comments, thanks to Haitt, they have attracted lots of wing nuts.

Often when I’m asked a truly dumb question, I just pretend I didn’t hear it. I suspect that this is the same approach Free is taking to this one apr.

I had commented to freeinpa, earljr1, 3xfire3, and Rusty (and others) that the Black community knows how to come to their own decisions, and that race is not a factor in their decision making.
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The outcome proved me right.
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Now, perhaps, with Glenn Beck’s outrageous race-baiting parody exploiting Obama’s 11 year old daughter, they can now check that one off and begin to address how their own peers make them appear in the eyes of nonwhite voters.
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For some reason, I don’t think I’m going to hold my breath, though…

mine too.

wha?

moderation. That’s what I’m in.

“To paraphrase my grandfather, I have been called worse by better people.”
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I’m betting it could be the family motto.

apr2563; doing the slumming so you don’t have to.

I know. I feel dirty all over. And not in a good way.

Evidently he is unable to respond and needs you to take his place. Or, you are just butting in.

“I know. I feel dirty all over. And not in a good way.”
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Thanks for the laugh.

“Often when I’m asked a truly dumb question, I just pretend I didn’t hear it.”

DIng ding ding. We have a winner. The governemnt cannot efficiently do the things it is constitutionally obligated to do why would folks want the nannies screwing up anything else.

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“Or, you are just butting in.”

Are you condemming an everyday practice by many of the liberals here? I am sure the irony of your response is lost given the fact you don’t seem to mind the government budding in!

Priceless!