tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post3232128675260343298..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Is It Fair To Ask Chelsea Clinton About Monica Lewinsky?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-40311620494616006212008-03-27T08:45:00.000-04:002008-03-27T08:45:00.000-04:00The person that asked the question was a Hillary s...The person that asked the question was a Hillary supporter!<BR/>Rush had the audio of an interview with the questioner afterwards.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85772226657007315602008-03-27T08:39:00.000-04:002008-03-27T08:39:00.000-04:00'Rat:Big Al?'Rat:<BR/>Big Al?Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48151236737602148312008-03-27T03:08:00.000-04:002008-03-27T03:08:00.000-04:00The Clintons are not sending the daughter out ther...The Clintons are not sending the daughter out there, unless they have confidence in her.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25125239287626507962008-03-27T03:06:00.000-04:002008-03-27T03:06:00.000-04:00A good answer, she had answered it many times, in ...A good answer, she had answered it many times, in the coaching warm-ups, that she had been used to.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3652924693401649302008-03-27T02:46:00.000-04:002008-03-27T02:46:00.000-04:00gag reflex said..."Watch the video again of Chelse...gag reflex said...<BR/><BR/>"Watch the video again of Chelsea responding to the question. I say the person asking the question was planted. The question was fed to him/her and he/she was paid to ask it."...<BR/><BR/>She was very poised indeed.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19133955631064057732008-03-27T02:26:00.000-04:002008-03-27T02:26:00.000-04:00Will doing so introduce some modest prospect of a ...Will doing so introduce some modest prospect of a conservative revival?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Absolutely not.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54131190980962280202008-03-27T02:24:00.000-04:002008-03-27T02:24:00.000-04:00Andrew Bacevich, conservative:"So why consider Oba...Andrew Bacevich, conservative:<BR/><BR/>"So why consider Obama? For one reason only: because this liberal Democrat has promised to end the U.S. combat role in Iraq. Contained within that promise, if fulfilled, lies some modest prospect of a conservative revival."<BR/><BR/>Specifically, he's promised to bring home the combat troops, which would (given that you can't just bring home the combat troops) effectively end OIF - but then OIF effectively ended years ago anyway. That mission's long done.<BR/><BR/>What's stopping the administration from doing this? From changing the mission again? Besting Obama by actually announcing the end of something that doesn't exist anymore, as well as the end of the thing that followed it that, in the absence of a name change, was confused with a continuation of the first thing - and introducing the shiny new thing?<BR/><BR/>Imagine if Petraeus were brought out in October and his replacement were...General Stanley McCrystal.<BR/><BR/>That's a shiny new thing, alright. And a change about, oh, two years overdue.<BR/><BR/>Special Ops, you see, aren't "combat troops." Why, they're not even "troops." Those you can send home.<BR/><BR/>If the Bush administration doesn't do it, Obama may just do it anyway. And good on him if he does.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6068432461972689002008-03-27T01:12:00.000-04:002008-03-27T01:12:00.000-04:00Night Landing<A HREF="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?template=zoom&Site=C4&Date=20080326&Category=NEWS07&ArtNo=80326085&Ref=AR" REL="nofollow"> <STRONG>Night Landing</STRONG> </A>Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-26765027047677187762008-03-27T01:06:00.000-04:002008-03-27T01:06:00.000-04:00Officials at Whiteman Air Force Base, near Knob No...<I>Officials at Whiteman Air Force Base, near Knob Noster, Mo., insist the jets are not grounded, a status typically reserved for planes with identified defects that need fixing. If B-2s were needed for combat, the Air Force says, they could fly immediately to any target in the world.<BR/><BR/>Rather, the command at the 509th Bomb Wing says the planes are idled in a “safety pause.” Initially, Whiteman officials said they would take advantage of a planned lull in flights to have pilots and ground crews train without flying and to prepare for a coming inspection of its readiness for nuclear missions.<BR/><BR/>That was to last a few weeks.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/546701.html" REL="nofollow">Not Flying</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86396835317807805902008-03-27T00:55:00.000-04:002008-03-27T00:55:00.000-04:00Looks like a flying saucer in some of those shots....Looks like a flying saucer in some of those shots.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2889133813401885302008-03-27T00:50:00.000-04:002008-03-27T00:50:00.000-04:00Damn, that B-2 is neat. And I'm not a warmonger.Damn, that B-2 is neat. And I'm not a warmonger.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51816319666235112602008-03-27T00:27:00.000-04:002008-03-27T00:27:00.000-04:00The decision will potentially affect thousands of ...<I>The decision will potentially affect thousands of pending applications for permanent U.S. residence. The cases of hundreds of others who have been denied green cards since December will also be reexamined, said Jonathan "Jock" Scharfen, deputy director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.<BR/><BR/>All the applicants are living in this country under refugee or other visa provisions or political asylum.<BR/><BR/>Most of the applications involve people linked to groups that U.S. immigration and counterterrorism laws have defined as "undesignated terrorist organizations" because they took armed action against a foreign government. The groups include U.S. allies that fought against former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and the Taliban government in Afghanistan, as well as Burma's military junta and Sudan's Islamic leaders.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/26/AR2008032603281.html?hpid=topnews" REL="nofollow">Stopping Green Card Denials</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30307444432949622872008-03-27T00:19:00.000-04:002008-03-27T00:19:00.000-04:00About aging--some folk have a real talent for it--...About aging--some folk have a real talent for it--my aunt's mind was clear, and beautiful too, up until about age 96, and even after that, it was still pretty good--I'm not sure what the secret is--good genes I quess--but being a darling, eating right, always doing your own work, being concerned about everyone around you, doesn't hurt either. A great sense of humor doesn't hurt either.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6734004868954271952008-03-26T23:33:00.000-04:002008-03-26T23:33:00.000-04:00There is a real danger that the special relationsh...<I>There is a real danger that the special relationship could eventually die a slow death through a combination of political indifference, a decline in British defense spending, and the erosion of British sovereignty within the European Union. It will be up to a future Prime Minister to reverse this process, as there is scant evidence that Brown has any appetite for doing so.<BR/><BR/>It remains to be seen whether David Cameron, the increasingly popular leader of the Conservative party, will reinvigorate the alliance if he is propelled to power at the next election, which must be held by 2010. For the future of the free world though it is vital that he does.<BR/><BR/>The special relationship has been the most enduring and successful alliance of modern times, and provides the best hope for defeating the threat of militant Islam and protecting the West against rogue regimes.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/922cipww.asp?pg=1" REL="nofollow">Anti-Churchill</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-91207306291710550392008-03-26T23:03:00.000-04:002008-03-26T23:03:00.000-04:00Watch the video again of Chelsea responding to the...Watch the video again of Chelsea responding to the question. I say the person asking the question was planted. The question was fed to him/her and he/she was paid to ask it.<BR/><BR/>This is just a giant photo op/sound bite for Chelsea and all things Clinton. Her answer was very calculated and her timing was perfect. I don't trust any of them.MOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307879234693014691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39360654718918493752008-03-26T22:49:00.000-04:002008-03-26T22:49:00.000-04:00Hey, schlepping all that Merlot sherpa-like at 9,0...Hey, schlepping all that Merlot sherpa-like at 9,000 ft from wine shop to apartment block burns a few calories.<BR/><BR/>The housekeeper doesn't do *everything*.<BR/><BR/>13 lbs gone and I have to find a good tailor hereabouts.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73160718420531518292008-03-26T21:54:00.000-04:002008-03-26T21:54:00.000-04:00Obama and Clinton try to defame McCain by claiming...<I> Obama and Clinton try to defame McCain by claiming he’d provide a “third term for Bush,” but the Republican standard bearer wisely refuses to accept that designation. He’s differed with enough Bush policies (especially regarding run-away government spending and the early mismanagement of the war) to run credibly as a candidate of conservative change.<BR/><BR/>Those who support the Bush administration (more than one third the electorate, remember) will back McCain anyway, so avoiding the enthusiastic embrace of the administration costs him nothing while giving him a better chance to appeal to independents and wavering Democrats. It’s not that the status quo is indefensible, in other words, but just that there’s no presidential contender who’d gain by defending it.<BR/><BR/>In this situation, feverish alarmists inevitably drown out the voices of reassurance, and the public feels persuaded of a prevailing state of crisis and desperation. It becomes fashionable, in other words, and all but inevitable, for citizens to view our national condition in grim and frightening terms, at the same time that they speak to friends and family (and even to pollsters) of their manifold reasons for private satisfaction gratitude and optimism.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelMedved/2008/03/26/resolving_the_contradictions_in_the_national_mood" REL="nofollow">National Mood</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88632990275473001382008-03-26T21:27:00.000-04:002008-03-26T21:27:00.000-04:00Bobal: Have you read that news article, aenea? The...Bobal: <B>Have you read that news article, aenea? The one in the paper today said the shute had some old marking on it, maybe ruling out D.B. Cooper.</B><BR/><BR/>Since none of the $200,000 went into circulation, I believe he died that night. Since the money was found on the Columbia River at Vancouver, the next tributary up is the Washougal, and so I believe he landed in the hills east of Vancouver and broke his neck. But this parachute was found in Amboy, so it can't be the right one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-79052543926822173542008-03-26T21:16:00.000-04:002008-03-26T21:16:00.000-04:00McCain's campaign billed the foreign policy speech...<I>McCain's campaign billed the foreign policy speech as a major address, the first of several set for the coming weeks as the GOP nominee-in-waiting seeks to reintroduce himself to the general public and outline his stances on a range of issues.<BR/><BR/>Judging by excerpts made available by the campaign, however, the speech initially appeared to offer little more than repackaged previous proposals, including his push for better relationships with democratic allies.<BR/><BR/>He again called for creating a new global compact of more than 100 democratic countries to advance shared values and defend shared interests. He also advocated anew a successor to the Kyoto Treaty.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=8072647" REL="nofollow">Policy Positions</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77085476973010241062008-03-26T21:05:00.001-04:002008-03-26T21:05:00.001-04:00doug, you found more to dislike about John McCain ...doug, you found more to dislike about John McCain ...<BR/><BR/>And we're just gettin' started.<BR/><BR/>Wonder where Big Al stands on student visas?desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55503210574334987712008-03-26T21:05:00.000-04:002008-03-26T21:05:00.000-04:00Sure Whit, I did read it, not carefully, but I did...Sure Whit, I did read it, not carefully, but I did read it. My impression was that the author's POV was that Islam is like Catholicism, there is no deviation from the ordained hence it is nonsense to make a fundamentalist claim. That was her opinion, and I'm sure there is some truth to it, but, in the immortal words of one of your heros, Dick Cheney "So?"Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06232405130481114127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-38565095788352583852008-03-26T21:03:00.000-04:002008-03-26T21:03:00.000-04:00Gore/Obama, heard another report on that subject, ...Gore/Obama, heard another report on that subject, also on FOX.<BR/><BR/>Different head, same message.<BR/><BR/>Better tune into MSNBC, see if the babble is consistent across the arc, or part of the "right wing conspiracy".desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27859170333553601562008-03-26T20:58:00.000-04:002008-03-26T20:58:00.000-04:00“I’m a human being. I made a mistake and owned up ...<I>“I’m a human being. I made a mistake and owned up to it,” she said.<BR/><BR/>“But that’s not what people talk to me about. When I’m out campaigning … people want to talk about the economy and health care, and they want to know what are you going to do to get fix our country and get it back on track, and help my family and me.<BR/><BR/>“And that what I’m really engaged in. Because, you know, when you’ve been on a campaign for 14 months there’s all kinds of other distractions, but at the end of the day this is a hiring decision,” she said.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/26/clinton-insists-dems-race-is-a-long-way-from-over-looks-toward-convention/" REL="nofollow">Looking Toward Convention</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34338794664992614092008-03-26T20:47:00.000-04:002008-03-26T20:47:00.000-04:00I asked a simple, civil question Ash:Did you read ...I asked a simple, civil question <I>Ash:<BR/>Did you read this post? How much plainer do we need them to make it?</I><BR/>which did not call for a wise-acre response.<BR/><BR/><I>hunh Whit? What's Islam got to do with any of the discussions in this thread?</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44559595486844012022008-03-26T20:45:00.000-04:002008-03-26T20:45:00.000-04:00sam said...$4.76BMan, there's a lot of psycho's ou...sam said...<BR/>$4.76B<BR/><BR/>Man, there's a lot of psycho's out there.<BR/><BR/>and how much was spent on pot, crack, coke, meth, booze, cigs, lap dances, starbucks, sugar sodas, chocolate, valium, oxycoton, sports events, mega churches & ice cream?<BR/><BR/>most people are f*ckin psychos... we just consume the poison of our choice...What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08237879055691019968noreply@blogger.com