The Top 10 Conservative Idiots, No. 240

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The Top 10 Conservative Idiots, No. 240

April 10
Flaming Pants Edition

You know it's a watershed week for conservative idiocy when The Hammer resigns in disgrace and doesn't make it to the top slot on the list. George W. Bush (1) has that dubious honor in the wake of his flat-out fraudulent claims of a desire to stop White House leaks, while Tom DeLay (2) crawls into second place, followed closely by his supporters (3) - or as I like to call them, "petty thugs." Elsewhere, Chris Matthews (5) sucks up, John McCain (6) just sucks, and the Grand Old Pedophiles (7,8) get two slots on the list this week. As usual, don't forget the key (and yes, I know, we still need to fix it).



George W. Bush

George W. Bush has had a problem with leaks and leakers since 2003. Boy, has he been pissed at those leakers.

"...if there is a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is. And if the person has violated law, the person will be taken care of... I want to know the truth." - George W. Bush, September 30, 2003

"...there's a lot of leaking in Washington, D.C. It's a town famous for it. And if this helps stop leaks of - this investigation in finding the truth, it will not only hold someone to account who should not have leaked - and this is a serious charge, by the way. We're talking about a criminal action, but also hopefully will help set a clear signal we expect other leaks to stop, as well. And so I look forward to finding the truth. ... I don't know who leaked the information, for starters. So it's hard for me to answer that question until I find out the truth. - George W. Bush, October 6, 2003

It turns out that George W. Bush's promise to find the leaker is going to go down in history along with O.J. Simpson's promise to find the guy who killed his wife.

Last week it was revealed that Scooter Libby recently testified under oath that the president authorized him to release classified portions of a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) to members of the press. That's right folks - the whole time Our Great Leader was out there telling people how outraged he was about leaks, he was the Leaker-in-Chief.

The Bush administration's lame defense? Why, it's not technically a leak. Bush says that he declassified this information - and you can't leak declassified information, you can only disclose it. See? All you have to do is crack open a dictionary, parse a few sentences, read between some lines, and the whole thing becomes crystal clear. After all, doesn't the president always disclose important information by having his aides whisper it into the ears of friendly reporters while demanding anonymity?

Never mind that Scott McClellan announced that the information had been declassified on July 18, 2003 - a full ten days after Libby said he was authorized to make the disclosure. And never mind that Our Great Leader chose to only declassify portions of the NIE which were favorable to his case for war, leaving out all of his intelligence agencies' opposing opinions. The administration was trying to get the facts out there. Sure, not all of the facts, but hey - the facts that America needed to know at the time in order to support the Bush administration's invasion of Iraq. You know - the important facts. According to spokesman Scott McClellan, these leaks were "in the public interest."

Don't you get it? Before the invasion of Iraq, there were all these un-American scoundrels running around out there saying things like "Saddam Hussein doesn't have any weapons of mass destruction," and, "Invading Iraq would be a really bad idea," and, "This is going to cause chaos in the Middle East for decades to come." If those people had been allowed to continue telling the truth, Saddam might have used his non-existent nuclear weapons on us! So you can't blame the administration for cherry-picking pro-war intelligence and furtively leaking it to reporters in an effort to provide the American people with the other side of the story. They were just acting in the public interest.

Did you want Saddam Hussein to use his unmanned aerial vehicles to drop reconstituted nuclear weapons on America? Did you want the smoking gun to come in the form of a mushroom cloud? Then you should give George W. Bush a standing ovation. Because thanks to his bold decision to leak biased information, cover up his involvement, and then use the information to invade Iraq, we'll never again have to worry about that false but nightmarish scenario unfolding.



Tom DeLay

So, farewell, Tom DeLay. How lame your predictions of returning from the wilderness to lead the Republican party into permanent majority status now seem. DeLay announced his resignation from the House of Representatives last week, which clears the way for his final humiliation - the possibility of conviction and imprisonment for conspiracy. But DeLay certainly wasn't going down without a fight. When he was booked in Texas he name-checked Jesus ("Let people see Christ through me"), and last week it was the turn of Martin Luther King ("Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, I’m free at last"). Then the Bugman lashed out at his former colleagues in Congress, saying that the Republican leadership had no agenda.

DeLay managed to pull off one last screw-job on his supporters before resigning. He knew that the shit was hitting the fan well before his recent primary election but chose to run anyway. Why? Well, it turns out that all the money he managed to raise during the primary can go directly into his legal defense fund. Thanks for the cash, suckers of Congressional District 22.

Don't count Tom out just yet though - he has a plan to revamp the Republican party "from the outside." Whether he'll be able to do that from the inside of a prison cell remains to be seen. But you never know - if Ahmed Chalabi can go from wanted fugitive in Jordan to deputy prime minister of Iraq, could President Thomas D. DeLay be too far down the road? And hey, if America won't forgive him he could always literally follow in Chalabi's footsteps and run for office in Iraq. Actually scratch that - they've got enough to worry about.



DeLay Supporters

The fact that their hero has just resigned in disgrace hasn't dampened the spirits of Tom DeLay's supporters one bit. In a frenzy of disappointment and embarrassment, they decided to take out their frustrations on TX-22 Democratic candidate Nick Lampson last week.

Chris Homan, DeLay's campaign manager (sorry - former campaign manager), sent an email to supporters which read:

From: chris homan

To: 'Cress Ann Posten'

Cc: 'Leonard Cash'

Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 6:10 PM

Subject: FW: LAMPSON CALLS FOR MAY 13 SPECIAL ELECTION

We would meet tomorrow morning at 9:45 am on the first floor of the parking garage attached to the Marriott. Please get folks to call our campaign office 281.343.1333 and let us know they can do it - or e-mail Leonard Cash (in the cc field above) so that we can get some head count. Let's give Lampson a parting shot that wrecks his press conference.

A parting shot indeed. DeLay's band of thugs showed up at Lampson's event with signs and an air horn, shouting down the candidate and roughing up attendees. Here's how 69-year-old Lampson supporter Marsha Rovai described it: "I got pushed. I got hit. I got a sign wadded up in my face and my hat pulled down over my eyes. They just did it to be nasty."

Real classy. Don't these idiots have pictures of the Bugman that they need to go home and masturbate over?



George W. Bush

Last week Seymour Hersh reported that an invasion of Iran could be closer than you think. He said he'd been told by an unnamed Pentagon adviser that "this White House believes that the only way to solve the problem is to change the power structure in Iran, and that means war." Hersh reported in the New Yorker that the White House has started comparing Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Adolf Hitler and that planning for a war with Iran is "enormous," "hectic" and "operational." Stop me if any of this sounds familiar.

The Bush administration has obviously learned its lesson from Iraq though. Rather than re-run Donald Rumsfeld's patented method of invasion, which involves a quick victory on the ground carried out by not enough troops to prevent a disastrous insurgency, followed by the transfer of billions of dollars from the U.S. Treasury directly into the coffers of Halliburton and Friends, the Bush administration is pulling out all the stops with a "massive bombing campaign ... including use of bunker-buster nuclear bombs to destroy a key Iranian suspected nuclear weapons facility," according to the AFP. That's right - George W. Bush is planning to use nuclear weapons against Iran.

During the presidential debates in 2000, Bush said, "It really depends upon how (the) nation conducts itself in foreign policy. If we're an arrogant nation, they'll resent us. If we're a humble nation, but strong, they'll welcome us. And our nation stands alone right now in the world in terms of power. And that's why we've got to be humble and yet project strength in a way that promotes freedom. So I don't think they ought to look at us in any way other than what we are. We're a freedom-loving nation. And if we're an arrogant nation, they'll view us that way, but if we're a humble nation, they'll respect us." Somehow I don't think pre-emptive nuclear strikes falls into the "humble foreign policy" category.

Oh, but I forgot - September 11th changed everything. How foolish of me. Because 19 terrorists crashed planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, we now have to go around the world dropping nukes on people. It all makes perfect sense.

Incidentally, whatever happened to the guy who planned that whole thing? Osama something-or-other...



Chris Matthews

So I was watching MSNBC the other day and a promo for Hardball came on. There were some whiz-bang graphics and then Chris Matthews announced that he was sticking up for me and that he'd always ask the tough questions and that politicians should bow down and tremble in his presence because he was going to squeeze their nuts until they told him the truth. Or something like that. I wasn't really paying attention. If you watch MSNBC at any time other than weeknights at 8 PM it can be awfully easy to drift off.

But anyway, I guess I must have completely misunderstood what Matthews was trying to say. Turns out he's not going to ask the tough questions, and politicians don't have to bow down and tremble in his presence. At least, not if they're Tom DeLay. Harry Shearer at the Huffington Post obtained a not-meant-for-broadcast video of Chris Matthews and DeLay which was shot off-air during their little chat last week. It's not pretty. Here's the full transcript:

MATTHEWS: Hey thank you for calling me. It was a good thing for me, mostly.

DELAY: Oh really.

MATTHEWS: Oh of course it was. We got on the air as fast as we could....

(...)

MATTHEWS: Shannon (DeLay aide) told me, she called me, she said 'don't worry - he's not calling in to complain'...

MATTHEWS: Have you seen this new focus group stuff on the candidates?

DELAY: No I haven't

MATTHEWS: It's great stuff. I'll send it to you - it's great - yeah it's great stuff. Hillary, John Kerry. All these guys, all these democrats, and how they do. And, uh, Frank Luntz did it...

DELAY: who I like

CM: ...and Hillary did not do well. Kerry did well.

DELAY: You're kidding.

MATTHEWS: I am NOT kidding. They didn't like Edwards -- they thought he was a rich lawyer, pretending to care about poor people...

DELAY: Too slick. Too slick.

MATTHEWS: ...and Hillary was a know-it-all.

DELAY: Nothing worse than a woman know-it-all

(...)

MATTHEWS: Thanks. I owe you one. I owe you two - today and last night.

DELAY: No you don't.

MATTHEWS: No, I do.

DELAY: I appreciate it.

Jeez, get a room!



John McCain

If John McCain runs for president in 2008 he won't be driving the Straight Talk Express - sadly the wheels have come off that particular vehicle and it's in the shop undergoing repairs. McCain will instead be riding comfortably aboard the Flip-Flop Jalopy, leaving the middle of the road and making a hard right turn onto Wingnut Boulevard.

During his failed presidential campaign in 2000 McCain distanced himself from the religious right, calling Jerry Falwell an "agent of intolerance." But in a bald-faced attempt to reel in members of that powerful voting bloc, he recently recanted that statement.

I'm not entirely sure what Falwell has done since 2000 to prove to McCain that he's not an agent of intolerance. Perhaps it was the time in 2001 when he blamed "the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians" for the September 11th attacks. Or perhaps it was the time in 2002 when he said of Jimmy Carter, "His message of peace and reconciliation under almost all circumstances is simply incompatible with Christian teachings as I interpret them. This 'turn the other cheek' business is all well and good but it's not what Jesus fought and died for. What we need to do is take the battle to the Muslim heathens and do unto them before they do unto us." Or perhaps it was the time last month when he said, "Earlier today, reports began circulating across the globe that I have recently stated that Jews can go to heaven without being converted to Jesus Christ. This is categorically untrue."

But anyway, you heard it straight from the straight-talker's mouth: Jerry Falwell is no longer an agent of intolerance. And that's why McCain will be giving the commencement address at Falwell's Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia next month.

What a rebel! What a stand-up guy! Here's a man who says what he means and means what he says, unless of course what he says might be a bit too uncomfortable for the few remaining die-hard Bush supporters who could jeopardize his primary chances in 2008.



Grand Old Pedophiles, Part One

Last week I wrote that the conservative "morals and values" crowd continues to outdo itself - but this really does take the cake. US Department of Homeland Security deputy press secretary Brian Doyle was charged last week after allegedly using the Internet to send porn to a 14-year-old girl, according to the Associated Press. Unfortunately for Doyle, the 14-year-old girl turned out to be an undercover detective who was part of a child porn sting operation. Doyle has been placed on unpaid leave while he awaits trial. According to the AP:

Authorities said he sent her pornographic movie clips, as well as non-sexual photos of himself, officials said. One of the photos, released by the sheriff's office, shows Doyle in what appears to be DHS headquarters. He is wearing a Homeland Security pin on his lapel and a lanyard that says "TSA."

On several occasions, Doyle instructed her to perform a sexual act while thinking of him and described explicit activities he wanted to have with her, investigators said.

Meanwhile...

One of Florida's top federal cops pleaded no contest Wednesday to exposing himself to a 16-year-old girl last year in Orlando at the Mall at Millenia. The plea by Frank Figueroa, who ran U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Central and North Florida, keeps him from standing trial today in the Orange County Courthouse.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, "The arrest last year led to a nationwide review of the background checks conducted on federal employees who investigate the sexual exploitation of children. It was conducted because Figueroa previously ran Operation Predator, a federal program that deports foreign nationals convicted of sex crimes."

And these are the people who are supposed to be keeping America safe? No wonder they're into this warrantless wiretapping thing. What a great way to find new victims.



Grand Old Pedophiles, Part Two

But we're not done yet. According to the Arizona Daily Sun, "Two young men charged with sodomizing 18 boys at a youth camp last year have been offered a plea agreement that may net them little jail time and no record of sexual assault." The men "were charged in January with 18 counts of aggravated assault and 18 counts of kidnapping for the incidents, which happened at a youth camp last June." Why such a light sentence for such heinous crimes? Well, it just so happens that one of the men is the son of Arizona Senate President Ken Bennett (R-Obviously).

The younger Bennett confessed to police that he and Wheeler sodomized the 11- to 14-year-old boys with broomsticks and flashlights in at least 40 incidents, court documents show. Yavapai County prosecutors now say they'll drop all but one assault charge and likely recommend little or no jail time if Bennett agrees to plead guilty.

Morals and values? Personal responsibility? Pshaw! Go ahead, sodomize those 11-to-14-year-old-boys with broomsticks! You're the son of an elected Republican - it's not like you're going to get into trouble or anything.



Katherine Harris

The ongoing trials and tribulations of the Katherine Harris Senate campaign (see Idiots passim) continue to provide great fodder for the list. Last week, according to the Associated Press, "Katherine Harris' U.S. Senate campaign lost what was left of its core team when a top adviser, campaign manager and communications director resigned."

And what does Harris make of this? "We are stronger as a campaign today than we were yesterday," she said. Uh, whatever you say.

Former staffers have reported that Harris is losing it. According to the Tampa Tribune, she:

• Had locks changed and posted a security guard at the door of her campaign headquarters in Tampa and had former staff members escorted in to retrieve their belongings.

• Told a gathering of supporters in Cocoa Beach on Saturday that the Republican Party had "infiltrated" her campaign staff to put "knives in my back."

• Told a reporter that a longtime, trusted political adviser had leaked a story about her staff members quitting, then called back to retract the comments.

• Announced hiring her new staff without identifying them

Her former campaign manager said, "It smacks of real paranoia." Maybe not though - Jeb Bush put the boot in last week saying, "I am the party leader. I've got concerns. The campaign can't be about her. It has to be about Bill Nelson and the future of our state and so far, she asked my advice and I gave her that exact advice and it's gotten worse since."

Go team!



George W. Bush

And finally, Our Great Leader's approval rating sank again last week in several polls. According to the Associated Press:

President Bush's approval ratings hit a series of new lows in an AP-Ipsos poll that also shows Republicans surrendering their advantage on national security - grim election-year news for a party struggling to stay in power.

Democratic leaders predicted they will seize control of one or both chambers of Congress in November. Republicans said they feared the worst unless the political landscape quickly changes.

"These numbers are scary. We've lost every advantage we've ever had," GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio said.

Bush was also confronted at a town hall meeting by a man named Harry Taylor, who took to the microphone and said, "I feel like despite your rhetoric, that compassion and common sense have been left far behind during your administration. And I would hope from time to time that you have the humility and grace to be ashamed of yourself."

Humility and grace?



Unlikely. But nice going anyway, Harry.

Speaking of humility and grace, Our Great Leader threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the home opener of the Cincinnati Reds last week. You'd think that a guy who is edging ever-closer to approval ratings in the 20 percent range would think twice about making a spectacle of himself in front of thousands of unscreened Americans - but as usual, Bush had a plan. According to the Washington Post's Dan Froomkin:

...although he received scattered boos there, he insulated himself from the worst by walking out to the mound accompanied by two injured American soldiers and the father of a soldier who was killed in action.

Humility and grace indeed. See you next week!

-- EarlG

[babylonsister]

1. This topped off my night - thank you, DU and admins, and EarlG! nt

[gristy]

2. Very nice compilation, Earl. Thanks to all DU contributors!

:thumbsup:

[dalaigh lllama]

3. Always the highlight of my week here

Thanks, EarlG.

[Endangered Specie]

4. Grand Ol' Pedophiles...

nice, I think Im going to use that now.

[Memory Container]

14. I heard on another site that Doyle is a Democrat...

Here's the 'evidence';

http://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/04/doyle-rawlisting.php

1) the site seems pretty 'right wing'
2) Doyle still worked in a Republican Administration

But 'conservative' types are jumping on this to say, "SEE! not ALL perverts are Republican!"

Poor fools.

[FudgeBudgie]

16. GO-Pedos, lol

Good one! :spank:

[chervilant]

18. Check out this list...Grand Old Pedophiles, Indeed!!!

Republicans, the Family Values Hypocrites

* Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.

* Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

* Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

* Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.

* Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

* Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.

* Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.

* Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.

* Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.

* Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

* Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

* Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

* Republican Congressman Donald "Buz" Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

* Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.

* Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.

* Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.

* Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.

* Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter. (NOTE: Russell's step-daughter was Susan Smith, the notorious murderer of her two toddler sons.)

* Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger allegedly had sex with a 16 year old girl when he was 28.

* Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.

* Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

* Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. "Republican Marty"), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.

* Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.

* Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.

* Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.

* Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.

* Republican anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.

* Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.

* Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.

* Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.

* Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).

* Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.

* Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.

* Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.

* Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.

* Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.

* Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

* Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

* Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

* Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.

* Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.

* Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a "good military man" and "church goer," was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

* Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.

* Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation" Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.

* Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.

http://p216.ezboard.com/frigorousintuitionfrm33.showMes ...

[rpannier]

5. Flip Flop Jalopy

That's too funny.

[BIgJohn83]

6. I look forward to this list!

One for you to add to Dubya's campaign this week... He called, "Start Your Engines" at the NASCAR race in Ft. Worth Today... I used to really enjoy the races, especially living in Mooresville, NC (Race City, USA), but today all I heard were cheers from the crowd. What a head trip if ol commander koo-koo bananas was introduced and everyone boo-ed!!! Oh well, only a few months 'til football starts.

Seriously Earl...I love what you do with this list...Thank You.

[KT2000]

7. Love the Top Ten CI

But Grand Old Pedophiles stands out among the outstanding!!!

:rofl:

[shenmue]

8. Uh...underpants??

Why, precisely, is B*** holding up a pair of black underdrawers? What was the occasion?

I've got to start watching C-Span more, there are obviously things that I'm missing...

[mduffy31]

9. It is a Speedo

Given to him by the NCAA Swimming Championship team. In reference to his "no speedo here..hehe.." crack before going to Cancun.

[shenmue]

10. Thanks

:7

I feel much better now.

[Patchuli]

31. Erp!

:puke:

[DainBramaged]

11. Incidentally, whatever happened to the guy who planned that whole thing?

Osama something-or-other...


Those sentences say it all about the folly that is the mis-Administration under King George the 1st.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

12. Another brilliant list EarlG!!

The Top 10 List was what brought me to DU four years ago, and you have yet to disappoint!

Thank you :pals:

[durrrty libby]

13. After viewing that Matthews Delay barforama.

I too immediately thought about what a hypocrite CM was with his “get to the truth” promo. Sickening.

[Harper_is_Bush]

15. FLAMING PANTS? LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE?

Check out this song. Better than that Pink song, IMO:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2558864#2560650

[Bluzmann57]

17. About bush and the "First pitch"

I have to admit it, he looked pretty good out there throwing the ball to Cincinnatti catcher Jason LaRue, who is currently injured. Hell, bush is a much better ball thrower than he is a president. Of course that isn't really saying much...And later in the game, a television station I was watching the game on showed him sitting with the Reds owner, enjoying a drink. Now he had a napkin wrapped around the clear drink glass, so one couldn't tell what he had in it. I want to know, was he having an adult beverage? Why else would he wrap a napkin around his glass? It won't help keep it cold. Maybe he can't bring himself to actually touch the glass. Ew. I bet he had beer or something stronger in there. Just sayin'.

[Heywood J]

25. Question?

Drinking with the owner of the Reds? Wasn't it the Cincinnati owner who had a Nazi armband while thinking that Hitler had the right idea, who made slurs like "nigger" and "Jap", or am I thinking of another team? I mean, I think it's quite fitting, his choice of drinking partners here...

[Bluzmann57]

29. You are thinking of a former owner of the Reds

Marge Schott. She was a real piece of work. As far as I know, the current owner has never pubicly condoned Nazism or anything like that. The guy who owns them now was a former partner of bush's in Texas.

[Coventina]

19. Thanks for #8. It's been overlooked here in AZ because of the illegal

aliens hysteria.


The only thing Katherine Harris could possibly do now to salvage a tiny bit of her reputation would be to start singing like a canary about how she cheated to get Bush in power.

Unfortunately, she's so wacky that they could just try to dismiss her testimony at this point.

on edit: clarity

[Post]

20. Bill Frist's HankyCodes

We also liked the invitation from Bill Frist that seemed rather....gay, especially for a GOP wannabe: http://postanapology.blogspot.com/2006/04/bill-frists-hanky-codes.html#links

[Brazenly Liberal]

21. The saddest thing about this list

Like most Americans, I like lists. I like nice bullet-pointed info. (Unlike too many Americans, I can also read normal text, but I digress)

Any Top Forty or Top Ten or Top Five or even Top Two that runs for more than a month will sooner or later jump the shark. They'll run out of truly qualified listees and end up offering Anna Nicole Smith as one of the "101 Top American Hotties."

But this list of Top Ten Conservative Idiots never has to reach, never has to settle for questionably idiotic. Nope, every freaking week, there are at least 10 spectacularly idiotic conservatives. Entertaining, but sad.

[Dark]

22. One of your links isn't working.

It's the one where you quote the interview with Tom Delay and Chris Matthews.
Although. . .

"Nothing worse than a woman know-it-all"

Now, I'm not a woman, but that seems pretty offensive to me.

[ElboRuum]

23. Batshit Crazy Icon...

This seems to be another new one, but it looks evil. Really, it's damn hard to tell what it is.

Maybe the head of a bat with this face: :silly:

[Vert]

24. The list is the reason why I climb out of bed Monday morning. nt

[emarch]

26. bush's approval ratings - gallup poll

hello everyone – first post on DU!

speaking of bush's sinking approval ratings (#10), i was talking to my boyfriend this past weekend and i mentioned bush's across-the-board low ratings. he said he had heard gallup was trying to claim bush's rates were really not that low because they poll mostly in cities. they said his approval is more like 50%. i searched online a bit this morning but couldn't find anything – has anyone else heard this? and if so what network? i'm thinking he saw/heard it on CNN headline but i'm just curious.

so, first, if gallup is saying their polling results aren't a true reflection of the country, doesn't that discredit all of their polling results? i recall reading something that made me think they were biased, but even if they are, wouldn't it be stupid to say their results on one topic aren't accurate since their whole business rests on the accuracy of their polling data?

and second, if the results aren't accurate, why do all the other national polls say more or less the same thing? do all the other polling organizations poll mostly in cities, as well?

please enlighten me with your collective insights, thank you.

[FatDave]

32. not sure, but doesn't sound likely

First of all, welcome to DU emarch!

I haven't heard that "Gallup polls mostly in the cities" thing before. If it were true, you'd think it would have come up long ago. It's not like this is the first time a poll that looks bad for republicans has come up.

Also, as you stated, the other polls are all showing similar numbers. Do all pollsters follow this obviously flawed methodology?

Lastly, Gallup has been conducting polls for a long time. I think they probably know what they're doing and can obtain an accurate sample.

Your boyfriend didn't hear that on Fox News, did he? :evilgrin:

[MissMillie]

27. Thank you again, EarlG

this is a spectacular list.

[Maven]

28. DeLay: "Nothing worse than a know-it-all woman"

Yeah, why can't they stay pregnant and barefoot in the kitchen where they belong, right, you scumsucking TOOLBOX?

BURN IN HELL, YOU POS. :rant:

[Maestro]

30. Daily Show worthy.

You are really doing a great job with this! This stuff is great.

[Mugsy]

33. How to fix the Key.

If getting the Mouseover text on the keys is giving you trouble, try this fix instead...

Wrap each key image with:

<a href="" onMouseOver="self.status='enter key description here'; return true;" onMouseOut="self.status=window.location;">

This will show what the key is on the status line (bottom left) of your browser when you point at it.

Hope someone reads this.

[Mugsy]

34. #7 & 8 Spotlight "Sexually repressive freaks" everywhere on Right.

Isn't it curious that both the Church and the GOP attract these sexually repressive freaks that in public preach one thing, only for us to discover that in private they are total whack-jobs (pardon the pun). :)

In this light, the unholy union between the Religious Right and the GOP should come as no surprise, and it makes that whole "crucify Bill Clinton over his sexual escapades" crusade make sense.

[NI4NI]

35. Where's Dild O'Reilly's outrage

Isn't he the self proclaimed "culture warrior" who rants, raves, and threatens judges about handing out leniant jail sentences to child abusers. Or, is it because this time the judicial system is going easy on the son of a "Grand Old Pedophile" member from Arizona.