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Rep Tom Davis Uses Term Tar Baby In GOP Memo

post from Crooks and Liars on 16 May 2008 09:20:12 PM. © Crooks and Liars

The Politico:In a 20-page memo on GOP electoral woes, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) repeatedly misspells Barack Obama?s name ? it?s one R, congressman, not two — and then manages to use the racially charged term ?tar baby? in a paragraph about Obama and immigration. ?Remember,? Davis writes, ?Hispanic voters are a swing group in [...]

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Mike Huckabee Is Seriously Deranged

post from MyDD on 16 May 2008 09:05:55 PM. © MyDD

Gotta wonder what happened to Mike Huckabee. At his peak, he was one of the most politically savvy candidates running in either party, always at the ready with a clever quip that made you chuckle. Not so his disturbing quip today during his speech at the[...]

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Obama Fires Back at McCain - Yet Again

post from Daily Kos on 16 May 2008 09:05:06 PM. © Daily Kos

Speaking to the NRA today, John McCain called Obama's foreign relations plans "reckless." The McCain quote (courtesy of from Ben Smith at The Politico):

Earlier today, Sen. Obama made a few remarks I would like to respond to. I welcome a debate about protecting America. No issue is more important. Sen. Obama claimed all I had to offer was the ‘naive and irresponsible belief’ that tough talk would cause Iran to give up its nuclear program. He should know better. I have some news for Sen. Obama: Talking, not even with soaring rhetoric, in unconditional meetings with the man who calls Israel a ‘stinking corpse’ and arms terrorists who kill Americans will not convince Iran to give up its nuclear program. It is reckless to suggest that unconditional meetings will advance our interests.

It would be a wonderful thing if we lived in a world where we don't have enemies. But that is not the world we live in, and until Sen. Obama understands that reality, the American people have every reason to doubt whether he has the strength, judgment and determination to keep us safe.

Barack fired-up that rapid response team and wasted no time hitting back (via press release):

"What's reckless is continuing the Bush-McCain foreign policy that has cost us thousands of lives and a trillion dollars in Iraq, strengthened Iran, enabled Hamas to take Gaza, took our eye off al Qaeda, failed to capture Osama bin Laden, failed to finish the job in Afghanistan, and left us less safe and less respected in the world. No amount of utterly predictable fear-mongering and tough talk can change the fact that John McCain is running to continue the most disastrous foreign policy in recent American history," said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton.

Holy shit --- that was a WWF style smack-down of McCain. Can you smell what Barack is cooking?

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President Bush’s “Jawboning”
With Saudis Over Oil Prices Hits A Brick Wall

post from THE GUN TOTING LIBERAL? on 16 May 2008 08:52:00 PM. © THE GUN TOTING LIBERAL?

President Bush In 2000 On Clinton Administration: “… the president must ?jawbone? oil producing nations and persuade them to drop rates.” President Bush In 2008 “Jawbones” With Saudis And They Tell Him “Don’t tell us how to run our bidness“

I’ve got to say, as an American taxpayer, I’m a more than a bit torqued off that I was forced to finance the jet fuel for Air Force One to travel fifteen hours to Saudi Arabia FOR NOTHING when President Bush promised us back in 2000 when he was pandering for our votes, President Bill Clinton simply had to do the same thing he himself did today to bring down oil prices — just hop into Air Force One, do a little “jaw-jacking” with the Saudis, and they’d see things our way and cut us some slack. Fast-forward eight years and we see the Truth with a capital “T” — (then) Governor Bush was either B-S’ing us or simply didn’t know what in the hell he was talking about.

And just the day before, he was in Israel, mouthing off about how “SOME” U.S. Senators (not Barack Obama, mind you — Source: The Politico), believe negotiating with them-thar “terr’ists” is going to work. Next day, there “Mister President” is, negotiating with “terr’ists” to drop their oil prices (again, HOW MANY of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudis?”, and whoa-lahhh… turns out he was right for once — the ~~Saudi Royal Family~~ “terr’ists” told him to STICK IT. Hey, even a broken clock gets it right twice per day, correct?

Anyhoo — the MSNBC Report on the topic for your reading pleasure — Both a blend of today’s news along with a “snippet” to take you on a trip down “Memory Lane” as well:

Saudi Arabia rebuffs Bush on oil production
White House: Riyadh says it’s already meeting customers’ demands
Associated Press
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia?s leaders made clear Friday they see no reason to increase oil production until customers demand it, apparently rebuffing President Bush amid soaring U.S. gasoline prices.
It was Bush?s second personal appeal this year to King Abdullah, head of the monarchy that rules this desert kingdom that is a longtime prime U.S. ally and home to the world?s largest oil reserves. But Saudi officials stuck to their position that they will only pump more oil into the system when asked to by buyers, something they say is not happening now, the president?s national security adviser told reporters. …”
(Snip!)
“… When Bush first ran for president in 2000, he criticized the Clinton administration for high fuel prices and said the president must ?jawbone? oil producing nations and persuade them to drop rates. At that time, oil was nearing $28 a barrel ? less than a quarter what it is now. …”

SO, there we go — those of us who thought President Bush was a B-S Artist -slash- DOOMAS back in 2000 were correct. Yay. We’ve been VINDICATED…

Meanwhile, we starve.

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H/T in part to MemeOrandum; Other H/T goes to Fark Politics…

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Addendum

post from Cotton Mouth on 16 May 2008 08:50:00 PM. © Cotton Mouth

John pretty much summed up my thoughts, but I would like to add one point. We had over 10,000 hits to the Cotton Mouth website on Tuesday, just slipping past our previous high. Thank you to all who visit Cotton Mouth regularly, we appreciate it.

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Happy Friday Night News Dump

post from Firedoglake on 16 May 2008 08:32:03 PM. © Firedoglake

Dear George Bush: Thank you for giving this son of immigrants the opportunity to deprive brown people of their right to vote. I'm just sorry I won't have the opportunity to do so during the 2008 election. Love, Hans I'm sorry. That's not exactly what[...]

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White House on Nazi smear: Who, us

post from Crooks and Liars on 16 May 2008 08:30:34 PM. © Crooks and Liars

In the morning, the president, in a speech to the Israeli Knesset, suggested that Democrats want to appease terrorists, the way some wanted to appease Hitler. In the afternoon, the White House thought it best to play dumb.Q:There?s some question about his comment here about ?some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists [...]

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After Endorsing Bush’s Comments, McCain
Camp Claims ‘We Never Used The Term Appeasement’

While speaking to the Israeli Knesset yesterday, President Bush compared those who advocate speaking directly to our enemies to Nazi appeasers, a comment interpreted as a hit at Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). Speaking on MSNBC this afternoon, Nancy Pfotenhauer, a policy adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), stood by Bush’s comparison even as she tried to claim that McCain had never used the word appeasement:

PFOTENHAUER: Senator McCain responded directly himself and said he took the president at his word, that those comments were not directed toward Senator Obama. […]
SHUSTER: Nancy, does the McCain campaign believe that talking to our enemies is the same as appeasing them?
PFOTENHAUER: We have never used the term appeasement and you know that.
SHUSTER: But the president did. […]
PFOTENHAUER: We have specifically not used the term appeasement.

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Pfotenhauer needs to get her facts straight. First, McCain himself specifically used the word “appeasers” yesterday, insisting “the president is exactly right“:

Yes, there have been appeasers in the past, and the president is exactly right, and one of them is Neville Chamberlain. I believe that it?s not an accident that our hostages came home from Iran when President Reagan was president of the United States. He didn?t sit down in a negotiation with the religious extremists in Iran, he made it very clear that those hostages were coming home.

What’s more, it’s unclear what Pfotenhauer was referring to when she said the McCain campaign “took the president at his words,” considering Bush never said that his comments were not directed toward Obama. In fact, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino confirmed that the comments did “include” him. CNN’s Ed Henry reported yesterday, “White House aides are acknowledging that this was a reference to the fact that Sen. Obama and other Democrats” support meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.

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Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread

Coming Up on Sunday Kos ....

DarkSyde will review Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life, a fascinating new book from best-selling science writer Carl Zimmer about lifestyles of the slimy and infectious.

brownsox will conduct an autopsy on the vaunted Permanent Republican Majority, now reduced to a regional minority.

DHinMI will suggest a candidate to be Barack Obama's running mate.

Devilstower will explain why your prejudice is worse than my prejudice: race, sex, and the presidency.

DavidNYC will ask, "Could Barack Obama really win... Mississippi?" The answer may surprise you.

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Howard Dean Raises a Toast to Living Liberally

Drinking Liberally Shot of TruthWe just couldn't let the week pass without posting this - this past[...]

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