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If You Like It, You Shoulda Put A Presidential Nomination On It

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DangerMouse
01/13/09

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From the linked article: "Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) said he's been informed that President Obama will support his proposed legislation to make public some opinions from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, which issued some of the Bush Administration's most sweeping claims of executive power."

This made me unduly happy. I love the words "make public".

Also, I'm not sure whether it was Jez or Obama who made me actually give a crap about politics, but I will thank you both.
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Trashtastic
01/13/09

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"If Roland Burris can out maneuver Harry Reid, what the hell hope does Reid have of out-maneuvering the Republicans?"

I am embroidering that on a tea cozy as we speak...
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stacyinbean
01/13/09

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This comment over at Politico on the Meghan McCain thing made me choke on my french fry with delight!

"Why do the narrow minded Libs hate Sarah so much. We do know why Lib women are sooooooooooooooo jealous of her. She has alot going for her and they have misery going for them."
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Trashtastic
01/13/09

@stacyinbean: NO EFFING WAY.
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ellaesther
01/13/09

@stacyinbean: In all honesty and seriousness? She (Palin) doesn't strike me as a happy woman. Ok, "happy" is a little much to ask of any of us all day long, but content. She does not strike me as being at ease, content, any of that. Even taking away the ideology, I wouldn't want to be her for all the tea in the Wasilla Starbucks.
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NefariousNewt
01/13/09

@stacyinbean: They are talking about Sarah Palin, aren't they? Just checking.
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rosasparks
01/13/09

@ellaesther: She was out of sorts since she was in the Miss Alaska pageant in 1984 or whenever that was. I was a little kid and the first thing I noticed about her was how weird she was with her body. For someone who was supposed to be a badass basketball player/athlete, she looked weird. She made wacko faces while playing the flute, while talking. It was really obvious, especially since she was an attractive lady.

In hindsight, I realized, later when she was Mayor, she always looked like someone ill at ease in her own skin. All the affectations (winking, gosh-darnit nonsense) are of someone who isn't truly IN their own body. Which says a lot, to me, moreso than her mangling of facts and the English language.
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Crabby Cakes
01/13/09

@stacyinbean: @NefariousNewt: She DOES have a lot going for her! I mean, she can see Russia from her house! Doesn't that count for something these days?
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margareita metermaid
01/13/09

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North Korea's not gonna be there? I wanted an "axis of evil" round of karaoke. Forget it, I'm not going now.
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NefariousNewt
01/13/09

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Harry Reid does not have the stones anymore, if it can ever be said he truly had them. Time for him to quietly slip into the background.
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eatsshootsleaves
01/13/09

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It's nice that, for once, all of the news in the round-up is good (or at least, in the case of Huckebee's homophobia and Reid's pussiness, expected). Yay for no sexist stimulus, yay for Gene Robinson, yay for reversing Bush executive orders, and a huge yay for nixing the tax credit for new jobs that would be abused by businesses. Damn, am I glad Obama was elected.
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DangerMouse
01/13/09

@eatsshootsleaves: Hey, don't insult my pussy like that!

My diva cup overfloweth with unicorns and rainbows. WAY better than Harry Reid, thankyouverymuch.
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PilgrimSoul
01/13/09

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Dear Obama committee: you still don't get a gay rights gold star so long as some asshole who calls gays child molesters is on the program. The Inauguration is not a broadway revue; you cannot correct one bad performance with a good one.
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
01/13/09

@PilgrimSoul: But in America, everyone gets a gold star for trying! We like to grade on a curve.
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DangerMouse
01/13/09

@PilgrimSoul: @sarah.of.a.lesser.god (2009: a space ovumlord): "E" for effort!

(Okay, no.)
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Crabby Cakes
01/13/09

@PilgrimSoul: But, but... he totally didn't ever compare gays to pedophiles, like, ever! He totally said he DIDN'T do that! HE SAID HE DIDN'T. What more do you need?
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NefariousNewt
01/13/09

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In what is totally not an effort to make up for the Rick Warren thingie, the Inaugural Committee announced that the openly homosexual Episcopal New Hampshire bishop V. Gene Robinson will be giving the invocation at the opening event of the whole inaugural clusterfuck on Sunday...

ZING! Let's hope Rick Warren shit his pants when he heard that.
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sportz.star
01/13/09

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Oooh, North Korea, Iran and Iraq should all get to come and be required to be tied together during the whole inauguration to visually represent the Axis of Evil. They should also have to wear scary outfits.
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ellaesther
01/13/09

@sportz.star: My sister just gave me this book, "Cuisines of the Axis of Evil and Other Irritating States: A Dinner Party Approach to International Relations."

[www.amazon.com]

I've only just started reading it, but it's kinda awesome so far. Actually, the title itself is awesome enough for a whole shelf of books.
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BearDownCBears
01/13/09

@ellaesther: I can only assume pariah states consume REGULAR OREOS?!?
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ellaesther
01/13/09

@BearDownCBears: Dude! I totally throw my shoe at you! Oreo Originalism is the most American of dessert ideologies! Back off with your false Oreos!
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morninggloria
01/13/09

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I would like the new Obama puppy to bark for 5 minutes rather than have Beyonce perform.
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AthertonMerriweather
01/13/09

@morninggloria: Or an LOLCAT chorus?
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rosasparks
01/13/09

@morninggloria: I would, too. I am over her in the biggest way imaginable.

In fact, I'll put a ring on it and maybe she'll go away? ACK.
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stacyinbean
01/13/09

@morninggloria: Wait, no. A bark-off between new Biden pup and new Obama pup!!!
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katie.scarlett.o'hara
01/13/09

@stacyinbean: OMG there's gonna be 2 Biden pups!! And maybe 2 Obama pups! I am all up in the latest puppy gossip.
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Trashtastic
01/13/09

@morninggloria: Thank you! I cannot stand either of those songs she has out right now.
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Tart of Darkness
01/13/09

@katie.scarlett.o'hara: Because I am a total dog snob, I wish those media types and anonymous bloggers would stop referring to one of the choices as a Portuguese Water Hound. It's a Portuguese Water DOG. And I'd be surprised if they found one in a shelter.
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Samanthrax
01/13/09

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Aaaaaahhhhh suck a fuck Mike Huckabee.

The religious zealots are the ones that scare me the most. I swear, 'V for Vendetta' is not a far off nightmare.
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NefariousNewt
01/13/09

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Megan, I like the bun.
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ellaesther
01/13/09

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Ok, question: Are all transition periods this frenzied? With the press conferences and the fevered speculation and the pictures of the new Prez with bebbehs? And the INSANE levels of security in the nation's capital?

I have only been in the country for two as an adult, and they were W., when my husband reminds me we were all talking about the chads, not the transition, and... W. again. When it wasn't a transition and I was largely going "Fuck you, slim majority of voters! Lalala I can't fucking HEAR you!"

I'm sure the security is a result of 9/11 and the INSANE number of people planning on attending, and the pictures with bebbehs is because this is how we treat this President-elect. But the other stuff? Is it always like this? kthx.
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la.donna.pietra
01/13/09

@ellaesther: Not really. Mostly, it's boring stuff regarding swiping "W" keys on keyboards and terminally dull speeches.
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ArtfulSlinger
01/13/09

@ellaesther: I think the media is so crazy for Obama that they cover EVERYTHING. The curse of a 24 hour news cycle. Also, its been well documented that Bill Clinton shot himself in the foot hardcore during his transition time for his first term and honestly there is probably SO MUCH SHIT to clean up this time, they literally have to get the ball running from day one.
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sportz.star
01/13/09

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It does seem as if senate selection should be more transparent. In the usual course, people actually vote on things like senators. Not sure why Patererson thinks it's ok to refuse to even disclose all the names.
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sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
01/13/09

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I propose a pre-inaugural Robinson-Warren cage fight. Whomever survives represents the constituency that Obama has to support for the next four years. Robinson will be armed with Wolverine blades and the One Ring. Warren will arm himself with the immaculate self-control that keeps him from fucking every beautiful woman he sees.
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sportz.star
01/13/09

@sarah.of.a.lesser.god (2009: a space ovumlord): Robinson's a New Hampshire guy -- Live Free or Die. No contest, even without the One Ring.
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