ASTB 7/11/05 (waaah...)

[Berry Cool]

"Shhh...

"...don't tell anyone I'm off this week. The ratings might go in the toilet! And we can't have that, not when the Rovemeister might finally be about to go down in flames!

"Just stay quiet and enjoy Alison's brave attempt to take all this on! Or at least catch it on the re-air if you choose to watch Puffy McMoonface twisting and turning and grimacing on CSPAN instead!

"There should be plenty of interesting TV on this week either way...just don't expect to see me on any of it! Unless they show shots of the press box at the All-Sta...uh, er, forget I said that.

"Later, 'gators!"

--K.O.

[Botany]

1. Alison will come out snarking!

I hope she gets the Pillsbury Rove Boy ready for the oven ..... it is gonna
be hot ..... I betcha they show Puffy @ full "puff a tude" during today's press
conference.

I also hope she she goes over this * quote from yesterday

"Leaks of classified information are bad things."

I wonder why the U of Texas turned him down for law school? :rofl:

Stephanie :loveya: Miller

[SharonRB]

2. You go, David Gregory!

[Berry Cool]

15. Wasn't that rich??

I was yelling "Go, go, man!!" Hilarious!

[Sydnie]

7. Alison isn't buying any of this crap that he didn't do it

Did you happen to catch Orin on Hardball before this? What a skank she is.

I loved Alison on FuckerTucker's show. She kicked his ass!

[bunny planet]

99. Nothin says nothin like something from the oven.......

There were waaaaaaaay to many close-ups of Pillsbury Roveboy on Countdown tonight, I almost brought up din-din. It was worse than all those shots of Air Supply on Friday's show (was it Friday's show). Gack!

[Patsy Stone]

3. David Gregory! You're my hero!

I read that Newsweek article and it really does seem like Christmas!

Thanks, Alison! :loveya:

[SharonRB]

6. Hi, Pats!

I'm kvelling over David Gregory!

[Patsy Stone]

14. Absolutely Fabulous!

He really wasn't going to let Scotty get away with anything. Nice. :thumbsup:

[Sydnie]

17. Well, it's about time someone nailed their ass to the wall

David was almost as strong on his appearance on Tweety tonight too. He is, rightfully so, pissed off.

I hope more of them get pissed off. I hope someone contacts Helen Thomas and asks her what she would ask if she could. That would be tv worth watching for sure.

:hi: Patsy!

[Patsy Stone]

27. I think they're all done taking the BFEE's BS.

I hope so too, Sydnie. :hi:

[WolverineDG]

21. poor widdle scotty

i bet after the firing squa--, i mean "press conference" was over, he went back to his office, hid under his desk in a fetal position & cried "jeff jeff where are you when i need you jeff?" :cry:

did you catch the part where he said to reporters to remember their relationship with him? LOL treat people like shit & when it's your turn to twist in the wind, don't expect them to have your back.

dg

[Botany]

25. Old puffy did not have a good day.

to paraphrase a question ..... "So what you said at that podium ..... is it
still true?"

I hope he goes to the big house too ...... smirking little liar.

[Patsy Stone]

28. He had a baaaad day. And I loved every minute of it.

He must be really tired from all that tap dancing. Bwaahahhahha!!!

[Greylyn58]

4. Don't you love Simple Scotty's back-pedaling!

I love it!!! I dislike him as much as the pResident!!! His smirking smile make me sick, just like Shrub's does!!

:grr:

[RevCheesehead]

5. How disappointing.

I've been watching Rove-gate coverage on and off all day, and was really looking forward to hearing what Keith would do. Sorry, Alison just doesn't have the stuff. I dunno - lack of snark, or that plastic smile on her face - or maybe I'm just missing Keith. :cry:

Now we know why he waved goodbye on Friday. :cry:

[Greylyn58]

8. I agree Rev

I wanted to see Keith take a bite out of this story. It would have been glorious!!

[RevCheesehead]

9. Hi, Greylyn and Sheridan

:hi: Maybe he's under deep cover? Or under the covers? :evilgrin:

[SharonRB]

11. Or under the dugout

Maybe he's here for the All Star game tomorrow night.

[gkhouston]

101. I predict this story will still be here next weekI

although I'm not sure Simple Scotty will be. Another week of gaggles like today's and he may have a nervous breakdown. :cry:

I'm sure Keith will be saving up the snark, assuming he doesn't blog some more in the interim. You've seen how he feels about this Rove stuff. He's not going to let it drop.

[Sydnie]

10. Rev, after seeing her on Tucker's show, I don't think that is plastic

I think she is enjoying every minute that Rove's balls are on the BBQ! :rofl:

[SharonRB]

12. I agree, Syd

She's loving this as much as we are.

Isikoff makes me sick.

[RevCheesehead]

13. You know who really got into the story?

Lou Dobbs, of all people. He was interviewing David Gergen, and he was trying to get a political angle out of him - but Gergen was getting defensive. Finally, Lou said "I'm not interested in the defense - I want to hear the political implications." :)

Even Tweety seems to be salivating (which admittedly, isn't that unusual).

[Sydnie]

16. I didn't see Lou tonight - damn it

I watched Tweety, hoping he would talk about his call from Rove. Instead, it appears that he just got a bigger bucket for even more water.

[Berry Cool]

51. I'm wishing Keith had not chosen this week too.

Lousy timing...really. Don't mean to begrudge him anything, but jeez! :cry: We really needed him this week!

[Botany]

20. the Pillsbury Rove-Boy is going down!

and not on Jeff Gannon either.
Can you say treason?

BTW ..... Alison should re think the purple .......

you are my Fav EDV.

[Patsy Stone]

32. Drinks will be on my tab when that happens. :)

And I say when, not if... Hi, Botany!

[Botany]

37. I love you Ms. Stone!

Damn straight about when not if! :hug:

He hired a lawyer about Plame last summer (cheney did too)
DSM
the Ohio's election is about to blow up

Something VERY FUCKING BIG is gonna happen soon ... i can taste it!

the outing of Plame is called treason ..... and Rove does not seem
very tough to me ...... he will either have a Ray Lemme moment, spill
his big guts, or get a pardon from *.

I see the folks w/ pitch forks & torches @ the White House soon :bounce:


Scotty looked upset :evilgrin:

[SharonRB]

39. Just wait until September 24

impeachbush.org got their permits in place for the protest on both sides of the WH.

[WolverineDG]

48. can't be pardoned

until you're convicted...or at least indicted....

dg

[Berry Cool]

106. I thought Alison looked lovely in the purple and yellow

I just wished I could have seen her wearing it somewhere other than IN THE COUNTDOWN ANCHOR'S CHAIR...

[gkhouston]

102. yeah, that would be Barbie's BBQ grill. n/t

[Berry Cool]

18. Yep. He was looking forward to another week of giddy baseball heaven.

All-points bulletin...to all those in southeastern Michigan...be on the lookout for a man resembling Keith Olbermann at a ballpark near you...that is all...

[Berry Cool]

22. Special bulletin from Keith: "I am sorely distressed."

Keith sez...

"Look, you guys. You are disappointing me again. I pop in for a second to see what's happening on the Internets, and look at you...just look at you. *shaking head* This is terrible. Once again, I leave for what I consider to be a WELL-EARNED vacation and what happens? You all get on and kvetch and whine about my absence! And that after my having blogged this morning a blog to end all blogs!!!!

"And all this swooning and drooling over DAVID GREGORY?!?!? Hah! How soon we forget the 'C'mere's' of last week! For shame!!

"What does a guy have to DO to please you people?!? I give up!!!!...Sorry, gotta go. This Home Run Derby is a real barnburner!...ah, forget I said that. Later."

[Patsy Stone]

24. But Bobby Abreu has 23 Home Runs at the moment in the Home Run Derby

Doesn't that make you happy KO? Even if he does play for the National League?

ed: because he just got another. :)

[Berry Cool]

68. All I can say is, I'm watching on ESPN

and if one of these guys hits it into the stands and KEITH catches it...his cover will be blown big time!!!! :rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

72. LOL!

So right! :)

[RevCheesehead]

26. Keith - it ain't the fact that you're on vacation...

It's the fact that this story is breaking NOW - and you are sorely missed. I was hoping for a Keith/John Dean/Craig Crawford analysis of the events. Hurry back, please.

[Patsy Stone]

30. Floaties for Craig

in absentia, from Friday, when he kept referring to * as "his brother" during the Schiavo story about Jeb's abhorrent behavior.

:loveya: :loveya: Craig and KO!

[RevCheesehead]

33. Craig was on earlier this afternoon.

I think it was on CNN - because I thought, "how odd, I thought he was an MSNBC ex-officio consultant." Then again, I might have gotten the station wrong, too. :)

[Berry Cool]

46. Keith says, "Don't worry, I'll be back..."

"...but first there's a Home Run Derby to be watched, an All-Star Game to be enjoyed and lotsa card-tradin' to be done. Sorry, folks. You'll just have to enjoy Karl and Puffy hissin' and fryin' without me for a while. I'll be back next week...all I ask is in the meantime, don't change your name to the David Gregory Estrogen Brigade! Please...?"

[WolverineDG]

49. well, ko

mebbe if you hadn't just HAD a vacation 2 weeks ago, we'd be more understanding.... ;)

dg

[Berry Cool]

61. "Gggghhhh," says Keith,

"you're all a bunch of cheese-eating surrender monkeys!!!!"

[RevCheesehead]

63. Now that's getting personal, Berry.

I'm not that easy.

[Berry Cool]

69. Funny, that's not

what Sparky said...

[RevCheesehead]

71. Sparky's AWOL.

And when he shows up again, he'll probably get one of these: :spank:

[Berry Cool]

76. Rev, is that a threat

or a promise????

[RevCheesehead]

86. That's the snark of a lonely woman.

:cry:

[RevCheesehead]

19. Well, Happy Birthday, Slurpee.

47? The Slurpee is older than I am??? :shrug:

[RevCheesehead]

23. I was appreciating Blair's speech this a.m. -

He was focused on steps to be taken, and when he said something significant, they responded "Here, here," rather than breaking into applause.

Then they broke away to cover the blivet's speech, and it was "rah-rah American Patriotism." Such a contrast. What an embarrassment.

[Botany]

29. Hi Rev .... my fav EDV of the KOEB .....

son has the set ..... so I am getting Alison 2nd hand ......

but what about *'s latest

"Leaks of classified information are bad things."

[RevCheesehead]

31. the man's a fucking genius.

Good thing that Harvard Business School education didn't go to waste, eh? :puke:

[Botany]

34. If somebody said that in a job interview they would be toast.

Ever see the letter from the University of Texas Law School Dean telling
W that he did not give a shit who his daddy was he was not "smart
enough" for law school?

W is so clearly a tool it is not funny.

[RevCheesehead]

35. It begs the question: "What kind of TOOL is he?"

Post your answers here:

[SharonRB]

36. A screw (up) driver

[Botany]

38. Well he is not a ....

.... Cunning Linguist
...... or the sharpest tool in the shed

he is kind like one of those 30 in one tools that are on
late night night infomericals none of which are worth shit.

[RevCheesehead]

40. LOL

Like the Ronco "Bass-O-Matic?" :rofl:
Or the Ronco anything?

[Botany]

42. * he slices ... he dices .... he chops ... he even makes .....

... Julian Fries ..... you buy it use it once put it in a drawer .....
then pitch it....

[Berry Cool]

65. Makes a great Christmas gift!

(insert your own earworm of dogs barking "Jingle Bells" here)

And he's only $19.95!

[SharonRB]

41. Be careful, Bot

That may be construed as a sexual post -- we could get shut down!

[Botany]

43. what did I do?

I just meant that he was not very good with words.

:rofl:

Beside Laura?????? ewwwww!

[Sydnie]

47. RonCo Pocket President?

:rofl:

[Botany]

52. Yep!

$500.00 worth of sales for a $1.99 product but if you sell enough of them
you make money ..... or in *'s case Halliburton and his buddies make $.

He is just a tool

Act before midnight tonight and you get a Pillsbury Rove-Boy too.

[Sydnie]

55. ROFL - That Roveboy come with a poping fresh

double secret recipe too? :loveya: :rofl:

[Botany]

58. Not that you would want to eat it but .....

..... the Roveboy does have many secret little stuffings .......
I understand that he liked to walk the bulldog.

[RevCheesehead]

62. Eww - images of "Pigs in a Blanket" just shot through my mind.

And Bot - is the "Air Dog" a bulldog, too? :evilgrin:

[Botany]

67. Love it!

Pigs in a blanket.

No the Air Dog is a tic of *'s when he speaks

The Bulldog is Jeff/Jim/Gannon/Gugkurt who for money and (?)
had rough male on male sex but according to his web site ....
I only got through 1/2 before I had enough .... "I never leave marks
but I make a lasting impression."

the bulldog got access to the White House through sex but with whom?

Pillsbury Roveboy popular in prison showers!

[RevCheesehead]

70. That would be Puffy McMoonface, right?

What brand of dog IS the air-dog? An Airedale? :rofl:

You'll never look at "Pigs in a Blanket" the same way again. :evilgrin:

[Botany]

77. He is big ......

Although I don't know the breed .....

9/11 Iraq Saddam pat pat pat 9/11 terrorist pat pat pat

[RevCheesehead]

82. Maybe it's a Bay-Air, and not a dog?

Nah, they'd gulp him down and spit him out.... :)

[Botany]

87. No if * ever saw a real bear in the woods he would die.

I saw one in wisconsin about 20 miles north of Westfield .....
I looked @ Bay Air ..... Bay air looked @ me ..... he went one way
I went the opposite .....
about 20 feet apart across a little trout stream ..... I walked out
of a path as Bay Air was walking out a path

[Sydnie]

92. blivet** would follow it so he could answer that eternal question

"Does a Bay-Air shit in the woods"?

[Botany]

96. Doubtfull not unless he had a manly gun with him .....

.... my thought was where the Bay Air wants to go .... fine. :rofl:

If you put * out in any sort of wild area he would be toast .....

no handlers, no secret service, no guides ...... the boy can't ride
a bike ..... put him into the north woods in a canoe ..... and give him
time ..... hahahaha

[Berry Cool]

74. Well, Bot, you do ask an interesting question.

The Gackert got into the White House some way or other...by using some talent or other he has...and we know journalism sure ain't it.

So now the question becomes...who let him in the back door? In a manner of speaking??

[Botany]

81. Can you Imagine if a gay hooker spent more then a dozen nights in ...

..... Clinton's White House? Liberal press :rofl:

[Sydnie]

44. I watched a good portion of Blair's speech on C-SPAN this afternoon and

Once you get past the fact that he is really speaking very eloquent English (compared to the dumbing down we are used to), he didn't have much different to say than blivet** has in his last 4 or 5 speeches. It was all "stay the course" and "fighting them there" bullshit too. It made me think that someone had actually written this speech for Blair from one of blivets** old speeches. It was beautifully spoken, eloquently mastered, but it was still shit no matter how you cut it. I was very surprised to have come to that conclusion about it too.

[CBHagman]

97. I know. The coherent sentences are refreshing.

I am MORTIFIED for my country when I hear the British politicians delivering speeches and taking questions from various right honorable gentlemen/learned friends and then get a load of that strutting, preening, blithering boy at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. I would like to put Bush through Question Time. He'd probably implode. :nuke:

[SharonRB]

45. Just got a letter from Kerry with a petition to sign

calling for Rove to be fired. Please go to the link and sign!



<snip>
Now Karl Rove is embroiled in another controversy concerning the leaked identity of a covert CIA agent, which Bush Administration senior officials said was done to punish her husband, a man who had the courage to tell the truth about manipulated intelligence in Iraq.

Karl Rove is the President's top advisor in the White House and what he has admitted doing has deep and troubling consequences for our national security.

Just today the President spoke at Quantico praising our soldiers and the employees of the FBI, CIA, and DEA for their work rooting out terrorism.

He told them, "Your work is difficult. It is dangerous. I want you to know how much your country appreciates you, and so do I."

But at the same time the President was saying these words, it was becoming clear that his top advisor was involved in exposing a CIA agent in the name of politics by telling reporters about her work - making her already dangerous job that much more dangerous.

In order to do what the President called on us to do today - "continue to take the fight to the enemy" - the White House and Karl Rove must stop taking it to their so-called political enemies here at home.

It's perfectly clear that Rove - the person at the center of the slash and burn, smear and divide tactics that have come to characterize the Bush Administration - has to go.

http://www.johnkerry.com/petition/rove.php

The problem is that, instead of protecting the American people from real threats to our security, this Administration spends its time protecting Karl Rove. That's not leadership.

They're doing their best to brush off this new Rove controversy as just another political story, but this time they are having a harder time getting away with it. That's why, if we raise our voices now, we can really make a difference. Please ask all your friends to sign our "Fire Rove" petition today:

http://www.johnkerry.com/petition/rove.php

Despite carefully worded denials, it is now apparent that Karl Rove discussed the identity of an undercover CIA agent with a reporter. His clear aim was to discredit that agent's husband who had dared to challenge the Administration in the buildup to the war.

There appears to be no limit to the lengths to which Rove - and this Administration - will go. But, there is a limit to the patience of the American people - and we have reached it. President Bush has a choice to make: Spend the months ahead focused on protecting Karl Rove's job security or spend them focused on protecting America's national security.

We are asking the President and the White House to do what they promised. When the scandal first broke, here's what the President's spokesman, Scott McClellan, said:

"If anyone in this Administration was involved in it, they would no longer be in this Administration." (9/29/03, White House press briefing). Now we will find out if the Administration is good to its word. Call on President Bush to keep his word and fire Rove now:

http://www.johnkerry.com/petition/rove.php

It's as simple as this: We need President Bush and his White House staff to focus on finally taking action necessary to avoid a quagmire in Iraq. The American people can't afford to wait while the White House spends its time and energy defending a top presidential aide's dangerous political shenanigans.

What the President does in the days ahead will speak volumes. He'll either make good on his promise to hold accountable those who shared the identity of a secret soldier in the war on terror - or he'll prove that promise hollow.

We now know that Karl Rove "was involved" in a breach of national security. Decency - and the interests of the American people - demand an end to Karl Rove's days in the White House. It's time for you to demand it as well.

http://www.johnkerry.com/petition/rove.php

I urge you to take action right now.

Sincerely,

John Kerry

[Berry Cool]

50. Good for Kerry, he's grown his first pair since Vietnam.

Sorry, maybe that's cruel, but I wish he'd fought harder last year. He should have stood up better to the Not-So-Swift Boat Veterans for Lies.

[Sydnie]

53. He's always had a pair

He just doesn't wear them around his neck like bling.

He ran against the BFEE. That's balls in my book.

He IS my President (and my Senator).

[SharonRB]

54. Thanks, Sydnie

You said it for me (except for the part about being your senator -- he's not mine).

[Sydnie]

57. You're always welcome Sharon

:hug:

[Botany]

56. Although

I stood on the Ohio State Campus and listened to Bruce sing No Retreat ....
no surrender ..... in late Oct ..... for Kerry w/ a little tear in my eye ......


Bitter Table for one?

[Sydnie]

59. As I did in NH the Sunday before that

but all I got was Bruce Hornsby. ;)

I still believe, Botany. Sometimes, that's all we have to hold on to... what can be when this is through... know what I mean?

"That that does not kill you makes you stronger". Keep the faith. :hug:

edit - because "keept" is definately a blivet** word. ewwwww

[Botany]

60. Damn!

I wanted a "We have to hold on to each other." line. That i could use
for some sort of cheap and tacky come on .....:rofl:

although I will always feel kicked in the gut by Kerry ..... he should have
been in the Senate on 1/6/05. You have to understand I saw and heard
the fraud 1st hand ..... I went to the Ohio Democratic Party, Kerry's state HQ
(where I had worked), and gave sworn testimony .... all the time "We will
follow it up and get back to you" Never did.

[Sydnie]

66. I like I said

You gotta believe. ;)

No one is more kicked in the gut then he is himself Botany. He licked his wounds in a very public way. He had to do what he had to do in January. Could you have been there and stood the kind of scrutiny that he would have had to endure to if he had been there that day in January? I am one strong bitch, but I don't know that I could have done that. He had other things to do. The work of a shadow president is never done, you know. ;)

Don't give up on him Botany. He has not given up on us. He keeps hammering but his strikes are only as strong as the backup we give him now. So, send that petition to your contacts to sign and, as I said, keep the faith.

:hug: Then, maybe we'll cuddle later. ;)

[Botany]

75. Still he should have been there!

He promised ..... and that was the day the debt on the promise
came due ...... sure it would have been hard on him but the Conyers report
would have given him cover .....every single dem Senator or Congressperson
should have read a section of that report ...... to this day not one thing in
it has been refuted. But since the "leaders" did not make a stink about the
stolen election got marginalized and the lap dogs in the press got to call
a bunch of fine real patriots "sore loser & conspiracy nuts."

http://www.thousandreasons.org/get_article.php?article_id=13http://www.thousandreasons.org/get_article.php?article_id=13

hey but if you get mad @ me we can always have hot make up cuddles

[Sydnie]

79. It would have become about

"him" rather than about the acts that had taken place and needed to be aired in public. Our party is better off that he wasn't there.

Keep it up. There could be the withholding of a good spanking if you keep pushing it. :evilgrin:

[Botany]

84. Speaking of which look @ what a posted in the KO group ......

Does Crispini have friends in Arkansas?

[Sydnie]

89. ROFL

I prefer to use a whip myself! ;)

[Botany]

93. How drunk would you have to be to think getting whiped ....

.... some strippers naked on stage sounds like fun?

[Sydnie]

94. I think that depends on which end of the whip you were on

Sort of like waking up and wondering where the hell that tatoo came from on your butt. (Did I say that out loud?)

[RevCheesehead]

80. My turn to watch.

:popcorn:

[Sydnie]

83. ...

:rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

85. I'm wearing goggles, too...

because you never know when a snap might go flying...

[Botany]

90. Sorry Rev ...... no watching

Sydnie thinks i have been bad and needs to correct me alone.

:bounce:

[RevCheesehead]

91. Bleever - time to set up the video camera!

:popcorn: :beer: That's OK, Bot - I'll watch it later.

[gkhouston]

103. damn, you are missing Sparky

I pity him, when he resurfaces. He'll may end up wishing he'd gotten shit-face in a topless bar in Arkansas.

[RevCheesehead]

105. *snort*

What makes you think he didn't? :evilgrin:

[gkhouston]

107. why go all the way to Arkansas

when he can get shit-faced much closer to home?

[Berry Cool]

64. Sometimes when you're running against swine

you have no choice but to say "bling, bling."

[Sydnie]

73. You want bling bling?

Run Sean John (PDiddy). You want statesman? Run Kerry. He wasn't about to lower himself to blivet** level. Even blivet** started acting like Kerry... rolling up his shirt sleeves and appearing jacketless. That wasn't blivets** idea.

He took them to task with BCCI. He knew just who he was dealing with. What he hadn't counted on was so many fucking stupid sheeple to jump off the cliff behind blivet**. He wasn't counting on so many stupid Americans. He should have done a reality show the year before. He could have won easily with that crowd then.

[Berry Cool]

78. I guess I don't have THAT much faith in the integrity of ANY politician.

it's just that some of them are better than others.

But that's cynical me. Never quite been able to be a believer. I know more whom NOT to like than whom to.

[spooky3]

88. I wonder if Keefy will be blogging this week while he's on vacation.

[Berry Cool]

95. I sure hope so.

Rev and I will be lonely otherwise. :cry: :cry:

[gkhouston]

104. does a Bay Air shit in the woods?

only question is whether it will be on Rove, terrorism, the Surpreme Court, baseball, or all of the above.

[spooky3]

108. I don't see how he can resist them all.

[crispini]

98. Hi ladies!

OMG, this footage of the press conference is SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!

David Gregory! My new heart throb! :loveya: All of you in the Press Corps! I love you all! :loveya: I hereby resolve to not call you presstitutes for at least a week!

KKKarl is goin DOWN!!!!

[crispini]

100. OMG, ya'll..... that bull footage was something else....

That bull was TOTALLY going after that one guy! Jeez!