Howard and Jim are first!

 His Fraudulency is last.

And the bum is giving his last SOTU speech. That's cause for some celebration right there.

And the bum is giving his last SOTU speech.<<<<<<<<<<<<

Hey,what a great way to look at, thanks:) 

Our informed citizenry is amazing.

WAKE UP....and REMEMBER, drink plenty of water to flush out the Koolaid.

UUGGGHHHH....it's happening......



Poll: McCain springs ahead in California
Story Highlights
John McCain has 13-point lead over Mitt Romney in California, poll find
Arizona Republican has jumped 19 percentage points since last poll
McCain's increase support primarily from liberals, moderates




By Paul Steinhauser
CNN Deputy Political Director




(CNN) -- A new survey indicates that presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has made dramatic gains with California Republicans.

Sen. John McCain is leading in California, according to a CNN poll out Monday.

The Arizona senator is 13 points ahead of his closest rival in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Monday: Thirty-nine percent of likely California Republican primary voters back McCain, while 26 percent support former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/28/c...

Edwards makes large ad buy on upcoming Feb 5 states

Edwards' Feb 5 Ad buy

From NBC's Victoria Riess
In a confrence call today, the Edwards campaign announced an "aggressive media buy" in ten states over the next 48 hours, which it plans to expand as February 5th approaches. According to the campaign, the ad buys will give the public more exposure to Edwards' message and help him win support because, "as we saw in South Carolina, once people have a chance to hear directly from John Edwards, the numbers move."

The campaign added that fundraising is booming, totalling almost $4 million dollars even before Federal Matching Funds took effect. The campaign noted that the most significant trend in an increase in fundraising came from long-time online supporters who made first-time contributions.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2...

I'm having a fantasy that a brave bloc of progressives will hold up an "Impeach Cheney" sign tonight.

Elizabeth Holtzman | Impeach Bush and Cheney
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012808R.shtml
In The Philadephia Inquirer, Elizabeth Holtzman writes: "Since mid-December, members of the House Judiciary Committee Robert Wexler (D-Florida), Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) have called for hearings on the impeachment of Vice President Cheney."

Wow, this is a surprise.

American Nurses Ass'n (Association) endorses Hillary

Mon Jan 28, 2008 at 04:34:23 PM PST
The American Nurses Association, a national organization that represents the interests of 2.9 million nurses, has announced its endorsement of Senator Hillary Clinton.

This is a huge endorsement and shows that the hard-working men and women who toil in the nation's hospitals and clinics and nursing homes understand that Hillary Clinton is the best choice to tackle our health care nightmare.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/28/...

Hitchens today:

"How can one equal Bill Clinton for thuggery and opportunism when it comes to the so-called "race card"? And where does one even start with the breathtaking nastiness of his own conduct, and that of his supporters, in the last week? Barack Obama carries South Carolina having made no sectarian appeal to any specific kind of voter, and the best Clinton can say is that this is no better than Jesse Jackson managed to do. Really? Did Jackson come south having already got himself elected the senator from Illinois? And, come to think of it, was Jackson so much to be despised and sneered at when he was needed as Clinton's "confessor," along with Billy Graham, during the squalor of impeachment?

This calculated willingness to shop on both sides of the street of racial politics was actually analyzed quite shrewdly by Dick Morris, the former consigliere of the gruesome twosome, in conversation with Sean Hannity last week. The Clintons, he thought, would be quite happy to lose big to the "black vote" in South Carolina. It would enable them to signal that they were the ones to stem the flow of the color tide. Morris' host protested that this seemed a touch cynical. Morris jovially assured him that he knew the people he was talking about."

The party's heros

5. seashell "impeach cheney" sign tonight.

...wouldn't that be sweet.

My comment at #9 was originally #3?!?!?!

Please fix the blog.

American Nurses Ass'n (Association) endorses Hillary

Ha, you wouldn't believe how many nurses are pissed off about that endorsement !

Backlash.

Alter says the Clinton polling does not show BC is a liability in the party.  What does it take for you folks to get it with him???  Does he have to drop the N word?? Would that even be enough??  He is appealing to the worst in us rather than the best.  He should be ashamed, but of course you all know he has no shame.

oops............

8:18 blog time~

Is everybody happy that Caroline K's 3 teenaged children led to all the Kennedy endorsements?  I'm not.  Teenagers go ga-ga over rock stars and then what does this say about Caroline's ability to think for herself?  

I wonder how old they are?  Isn't this fun to have a rock star running for president?  Perhaps American Idol will endorse him next.

Jeez.  I was fine with all this until Keith reported on the childrens' role.

Oh well.  We'll get the leaders we deserve.   And I can move.

I want to hear bush at 9:00

Bah!

Hillary walked the picket line with the nurses in Dubuque, must have had an impact

Obama earned that endorsement from the Kennedys I say good for him, time for Gore to endorse Edwards.

and Chris Dodd gets most of the credit for todays Senate vote (with a little help from hin friends)

Keithie and wag were saying that BO was appealing to the black vote in SC.  So what?  It makes sense.  HC is trying to get women.  Did we really think it would be any different? 

5:30 lefties

The Center for Disease Control has issued a medical alert about a highly contagious, potentially dangerous virus that is transmitted orally, by hand, and even electronically.This virus is called Weary Overload Recreational Killer (WORK). If you Receive WORK from your boss, any of your colleagues or anyone else via any means whatsoever - DO NOT TOUCH IT. This virus will wipe out your private life completely.If you should come into contact with WORK you should immediately leave the premises. Take two or more good friends to the nearest grocery store and purchase one or both of the antidotes - Work Isolating Neutralizer Extract (WINE) and Bothersome Employer Esteem Rebooter (BEER).Take the antidote repeatedly until WORK has been completely eliminated from your system. You should immediately forward this medical alert to five friends. If you do not have five friends, you have already been infected and WORK is controlling your life.

Wow,

nobody here. 8:34

That's why it's good to not have a timestamp. Nobody knows when who said what when.

Long live confusion! ~

The nomination is still  open and the country is already becoming even more divided.    Clintons, Kennedys, black, white, man, woman.

The repubs are copying all this down.  

We are the Borg!

Is it too much to hope that Gore will endorse Edwards?  That would give JE a good shot at winning.

Democrats are united and every state will have a say as to the direction of the party and hence the nation.

when you are the person stuck at the bottom you are sure no one is here

HC is trying to get women. 

Fair enough. The problem is, it's not going to be enough. Of course, if you have all the women you only need  few men.

8:47 blogland time

Gore endorsing Edwards would be an Assault on Reason

Nothing worked for a while.  I had to reboot the lap top.

Five US soldiers killed in flashpoint Iraq city by Mujahed Mohammed
1 hour, 26 minutes ago

MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) - Five US soldiers were killed in flashpoint Mosul city on Monday when their patrol was struck by a roadside bomb and then attacked by gunmen holed up in a nearby mosque, the American military said.

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It's hard to believe they're still dying after many years of QUAGMIRE.

What a strategic disaster Iraq has turned out to be.

And the cost....some 12 BILLION dollars a month....that would make a nice tax rebate check to the 20 MILLION elderly who are being denied one under the current stimulus package. Shame on the War Parties.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sg_NRC8ozk

Keith just reported that after the blowhard, HC, BO "and others" will be on.

Amazing how frightened the CM and DLC dems are of JE

More $ to him.......... 

 Nothing worked for a while.

As far as I'm concerned

nothing works if the media of communication doesn't work.

If you have no vocal cords you are not heard. etc.....

Reboot, reboot.

The fix to all evil~

seashell wrote "Is it too much to hope that Gore will endorse Edwards?"

Way, way too much. 

Nurses endorsement is from the management ~ teachers managed to overcome theirs

Phil ~ good one!

hey sea ~ I prefer, We are the Blog :-)

oops, 9:04 pm est

hi sunlight :-) you aren't here alone, it's the jumpy blog. More recent comments often get posted above the end of the thread.

::sigh::

9:05 pm est

ooh, bloggie has caought up w/ itself, my posts are at the bottom!

I'll check back in for the SOTU report, have a few things to do.

Paine, forgot to tell you earlier, check your messages

bbl

♥'s to all

Kindness is free!

9:08 pm est

http://www.truthnews.us/?p=1802New Hampshire Primary: Sham Chain of Custody  the shell game with the votes

Recently I got an invitation to a Vermont Democratic House Campaign Fundraiser.

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Please come to a party to support the

Vermont Democratic House Campaign

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Invites you to meet Special Guest

Speaker Gaye Symington

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The one that did not support the impeachment resolution and supports Hillary Clinton.

Give me a break. And you call Vermont progressive? Good Lord.

Kurt Nimmo
Truth News
January 27, 2008

Back in the day, acting up in class resulted in a trip to the principle’s office, a one-way ticket to “detention” — think of Bart Simpson compelled to make amends with chalk and chalkboard — or a note sent home with the offender.

Now? It results in handcuffs and a trip to a mental ward: “Police and school officials are investigating a mother’s allegations that her 5-year-old son was handcuffed and taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation after throwing a temper tantrum in his Queens kindergarten,” reports the Associated Press. “Jasmina Vasquez tells the Daily News her son, Dennis Rivera, was ’scared to death’ by the Jan. 17 incident at PS 81.”

Of course he was scared to death — and that’s the point: to teach children that if they act out in any unapproved way they will find themselves enmeshed in the claws of the state. It’s the sort of object lesson to be used later in life. It helps to do these sort of things during the formative years.

Well, at least there is a somewhat upbeat end to this story of government coercion and terrorism — in response, Vasquez has enrolled her son in a private school, where he will be safe, for now, that is until the government begins attacking private schools like they do in Germany.

Watching the SOTU.  Some observations.

For one thing, the guy's had more than a near beer before talking.  Another thing is that the rethugs have been so overly instructed to stand up and cheer that they do it at inappropriate times.  Dems are standing up too, so I can only assume they are adjusting their shorts.

bush doesn't seem to understand the platitudes he is barfing out.  Plus the speech is all about him, not about the country.  Nancy Pelosi is practically biting the inside of her cheeks trying not to laugh.

Phil,  I think dems will eventually unite behind s/o...but getting there is not very smooth...maybe it's not supposed to be.

Oh goody.  Putz wants a bill to prevent human cloning.  Whew!  I wouldn't want another putzie.

Oh, here comes the North American Union part.  Yikes

Phil,  good one.  :-)

Did you know that Iraqis held up ink stained fingers?  OMG he's actually using the 911 card!  Gulliani hold the patent on that one.

Did you know that we will deliver justice to our enemies?  You did?  I just found out.

I am learning soooo much from this speech.  Like I never knew the word was pronounced 'terranee.'

Gonna switch to the all-weather channel.  There's nothing to see here, just move along. 

I'm going to go out and walk the dog in the rain.  Why should bush be the only one who's all wet?

I need to get the lies out of my head.

Watching these critters jumping up and down, clapping...no wonder...no wonder.  They should be throwing rotten fruit and booing.  They are almost all whipped into submission.

This cruel adolescent deserves no respect and yet they clap away, continuing the charade.

I need a bath. 

donna, water is restorative...you walk in the rain. I'm gonna take a bath with baking soda and essential oils. 

I also need to wipe the bs off the tv screen. 

kindness is free.

 Sorry to be picky.

I enjoy kindness. Not everybody is lucky enough to receive it for free.~

It's embarrassing to see Pelosi and the dems standing. 

9:44

Just proves that I have been hoging this blog  for too long.

Who is applauding Bush?
I wonder, do they hire applauders?

Bush: It's important for the US to succeed.

Yeah, that's where he gets the majority of Americans.

But what is success?

from icasualties:

28-Jan-2008 5 | US: 5 | UK: 0 | Other: 0

US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Mosul - Ninawa Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Mosul - Ninawa Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Mosul - Ninawa Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Mosul - Ninawa Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US NAME NOT RELEASED YET Mosul - Ninawa Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

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It really is amazing to continue seeing these American men and women die.

The president just mentioned a generation standing up. Not sure what that means.

Probably a lot like Vietnam. All the lies year in and year-out that there was a light at the end of the tunnel. Kind of like what the president is saying tonight... the terrorists will be defeated.

And still 45 MIILION Americans lack healthcare coverage.

::sigh::

God said never to call anyone a fool, but I wonder if God knows George W. Bush.

-- volney

Now I'm really impressed. Hogging.?

This blog is dead if there is no communication from HQ with us.

HQ is weak. Has it never heard of: You have the power?.
There all have a nice little job. At HQ. Fine.
What I want to know.
Who do they serve?

Why do they have a blog that barely functions technically?

9:58

last point of reference~ waving good nite

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0128phx-obama.html

Betty Reid and Matt Benson

The Arizona Republic
Jan. 28, 2008 04:27 PM

Hooray, the chimp has shut up. Now if Russert will shut up I might be able to enjoy "Medium". If it's on.

Or not.

-- volney

Shortcut to: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

"Of the Democratic congressional endorsements, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York leads the remaining candidates competing for their party's nomination with 79 viable endorsements. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois is in second with 59, and former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina follows with 16.

Democratic congressional endorsements play an important role in a candidate's ability to secure the party's nomination, beyond any influence they might have with voters. Each Democratic member of Congress gets one vote at the party’s national convention in Denver this August, where the official nominee is elected. These are “superdelegate” votes — independent of their home state's primary or caucus outcomes, which result in the distribution of “pledged” delegates.

To win the nomination, a candidate needs 2,025 of the 4,049 available votes at the convention. There are 480 Democratic members of Congress. Of those, only 462 — about 11 percent of the total convention vote — will have a vote at this year’s convention, because Florida and Michigan have lost their seats due to violations of Democratic Party primary scheduling rules."

NOTE: THERE ARE NOT 480 DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
Otherwise, this might be an accurate total of Congressional super delegate pledges.

American Nurses Ass'n (Association) endorses Hillary

Ha, you wouldn't believe how many nurses are pissed off about that endorsement !

Backlash.

+++

sunlight -

Indeed.

My wife is a nurse and she never cared much for the ANA anyways (called them out of touch with everyday nurses).

My RN wife is for Obama.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/world/...

5 G.I.’s Die in Ambush in Mosul

By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
Published: January 29, 2008

BAGHDAD — Sunni Arab guerrillas ambushed an American convoy in the northern city of Mosul with a roadside bomb on Monday, then sprayed survivors with machine-gun fire from perches in a nearby mosque, killing five American soldiers.

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Before this mistake got off the ground, professional military leadership said it would be impossible to secure such a significant piece of geography with a skeleton force. Yet, thats what we have there.

Despite heavy losses in men and equipment, the guerrillas return even stronger. They continue to slip through the net.

new thread.

Now I'm really impressed. Hogging.?

This blog is dead if there is no communication from HQ with us.

HQ is weak. Has it never heard of: You have the power?.
There all have a nice little job. At HQ. Fine.
What I want to know.
Who do they serve? the new world order!!!! its here to drain your wallet and your mind, brake free  ron paul  stop the war! the irs the lost of liberty, sound progressive to me.

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