Using the McCains, Vanity Fair has created a spoof of the controversial Obamas cover.
VanityFair spoofs the New Yorker “offensive” cover …
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/07/new-yorker-cover.html
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Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was arrested Monday by Serbian forces.
“Karadzic has been indicted by the U.N. war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia for genocide during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. He has been hiding since 1998.” (AP)
AP: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hDN-CfGY3szC6ylS1zL87_tRXoSwD922GAEG0
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Congressman Steve Cohen updates:
The Commercial Appeal endorses Steve Cohen.
“But Congress is not a job for beginners. And Tinker, who has been planning for the past two years to challenge Cohen again, gives little indication that she has boned up in the interim on specific issues, especially those that have both national and local impact.
“During his first term in Congress, Cohen, a 24-year veteran of the state Senate, used the skills he honed as a state legislator to build relationships within and across party lines that have helped him make an impact on the national and local stage. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls Cohen, a 59-year-old native Memphian, the ‘conscience of the freshman class,’ citing his votes on issues such as increasing the minimum wage and extending unemployment benefits.”
“Steve Cohen for Congress” from The Commercial Appeal.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/jul/22/editorial-steve-cohen-for-congress/
AND
Cohen has raised far more money than Tinker,
even with her (misguided) support from outside Tennessee Emily’s List donors.
CA/Bartholomew Solomon: http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/jul/22/gamblers-ante-up-64188-to-cohen/
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Attorney General Michael Mukasey wants Congress to “Subvert” the US Constitution.
“Attorney General Michael Mukasey prompted Congress Monday morning, during a speech to the conservative American Enterprise Institute, to create new rules governing the rights of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.”
RawStory: http://rawstory.com//news/2008/ACLU_Mukasey_calls_on_Congress_to_0721.html
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Actress Estelle Getty died this morning.
(Sophia Petrillo/Ma from the Golden Girls). She won two Emmys for Best Supporting Actress on the Golden Girls.
(AP: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iTMkQDONxgujdSXbarMnrHCD_7FwD923371O1)
Thank you for being a friend, Estelle. (Shady Pines, Ma!) …
VIDEO: Golden Girls Opener (with the all-important bridge): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuKZNmY3YDU
VIDEO: Sophia Petrillo in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLYds1dlPf0
Blanche: “I am abhorred by their behavior.”
Sophia: “We know what you are, Blanche. I’m glad to hear you finally admit it.”
Blanche: “Sophia, I said abhorred.“
Sophia: “A whore, a tramp, it’s all the same…”
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WikiLeaks has Torture Photo?
WikiLeaks has a terrible photo (http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Image:Us-detainee-wired-2004-08-06.jpg) of a US Detainee in 2003 whose lips have been sewn shut and whose cheeks have been pierced with wires. This is horrible, so maybe don’t even look.
“Photo of a detainee held by the United States, with his face wired, lips sewn, red eyes and torso sacked. According to digital camera metadata the image was taken on Feb 9, 2003 03:49:25. “
-http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Wikileaks
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Impeachment Update: Hearings in the House on Friday?
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv478I8p3e8
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Taser Kills Again
Healthy 21 Year Old Black Man tasered by police nine times while handcuffed. Oh, then he died. Police cover up?
Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-taser_witt-web-jul19,0,2201847.story
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NYTimes/Politico suggest Hillary Clinton is still being vetted for VP. Or not.
Politico: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0708/Wolfson_Clinton_not_being_vetted.html
NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/us/politics/20veep.html?hp=&pagewanted=print
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President Bush video released from “banned” camera …
Househunting for post Presidency. Heh.
(HUFFINGTON POST/Houston Chronicle)…
The first moments form the July 18 event find him speaking almost incoherently in admitting, for once, that his friends in big business had screwed up: “There’s no question about it. Wall Street got drunk —that’s one of the reasons I asked you to turn off the TV cameras — it got drunk and now it’s got a hangover. The question is how long will it sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments.”
Then, making light of the foreclosure crisis, he said: “And then we got a housing issue… not in Houston, and evidently not in Dallas, because Laura’s over there trying to buy a house. [great laughter] I like Crawford but unfortunately after eight years of sacrifice, I am apparently no longer the decision maker.”
HuffPo: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/banned-bush-video-surface_b_114363.html
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4fko-UbdjU
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Conan to take over the Tonight Show June 1 2009.
ByeBye Jay Leno. Oh, and Jimmy Fallon will replace Conan on Late Night. I love Conan. I will never watch Late Night after Fallon takes over. I’m just sayin …
New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/arts/television/22late.html
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McCain acuses Obama of not wanting to win in Iraq (again):
“This is a clear choice that the American people have. I had the courage and the judgment to say that I would rather lose a political campaign than lose a war. It seems to me that Sen. Obama would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign,” McCain said in Rochester, New Hampshire 22 July 2008.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/mccain-obama-mo.html
VIDEO: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=5426797
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A few John McCain ‘Misconceptions’ –
Lie: Iraq is safe enough to walk around without armor or protection.
28 March 2007
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/28/roberts-cnn-mccain-iraq/
“General Petraeus goes out there almost every day in an unarmed humvee.”
He told radio host Bill Bennett that there “are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods, today.”
CNN’s John Roberts rebutted McCain’s assertions, stating, “I checked with General Petraeus’s people overnight and they said he never goes out in anything less than an up-armored humvee.” He added that a new report by retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey “said no Iraqi government official, coalition soldier, diplomat reporter could walk the streets of Baghdad without heavily armed protection.”
Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/28/roberts-cnn-mccain-iraq/
Lie: “As a matter of fact I received the highest award from literally every veteran’s organization in America.”
23 May 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/mccain-vet-awards/
The recognition McCain has received from veterans groups is not “high awards” but failing grades:
— Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America gave McCain a grade of D for his record of voting against veterans. (By contrast, Obama got a B+.)
– Disabled Veterans of America noted McCain’s dismal 20 percent voting record on veterans’ issues. (Obama had an 80 percent.)
– In a list of “Key Votes,” Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) notes McCain “Voted Against Us” 15 times and “Voted For Us” only 8. (Obama voted for VVA 12 times, and against only once.)
Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/23/mccain-vet-awards/
Lie: John McCain has a good environmental record.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/environment/77913/
Reality: John McCain received a ZERO Rating for his environmental record from the League of Conservation Voters for his 2007 record. Out of 535 Members of Congress, John McCain is the only one who chose to MISS EVERY SINGLE key environmental VOTE last year.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/environment/77913/
Lie: John McCain is (intentionally) funny.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/15/sources-recall-mccains-jo_n_112955.html
Well, this isn’t really a lie he told, so much as a few jokes that were tasteless that he told:
…McCain asked the crowd if they had heard “the one about the woman who is attacked on the street by a gorilla, beaten senseless, raped repeatedly and left to die?”
The punch line: “When she finally regains consciousness and tries to speak, her doctor leans over to hear her sigh contently and to feebly ask, “Where is that marvelous ape?”
AND
“Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.”
AND
His funny “joke” about exporting more cigarettes to Iran in hopes of killing off Iranians with lung cancer and other related diseases.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/15/sources-recall-mccains-jo_n_112955.html
