CardowWhat was said during the campaign
U.S. President Barack Obama has told military leaders to draw up any additional plans necessary for a responsible U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq. Mr. Obama called for the measure during a meeting with his national security team on Wednesday. The new president has vowed to withdraw troops from Iraq within 16 months. He also supports a plan to nearly double the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan, where violence has increased in recent months.
"I won ... I will trump you on that"
At one point in Friday's meeting in the White House's Roosevelt Room, GOP Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona objected to a proposal to increase benefits for low-income workers who do not owe federal income taxes. Obama replied in a friendly but firm way that an election had been held in November, "and I won. I will trump you on that." [Obama did more than win, he trounced McBush by 8.5 million votes - 365 electoral votes to 173, or more than 2 to 1. Democrats made significant gains in both houses; 8 in the Senate and 20 in the House. Democrats are 59% of both houses. Obama doesn't really have to be that nice to the fucking losers - He and his party have a HUGE mandate from the American people.]
It is not a mere coincidence
"The time is right for the Marines to leave Iraq," Gen. James Conway, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps said Friday. Conway, a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the service leaders have been meeting on Afghanistan for quite some time, anticipating the arrival of President Barack Obama’s administration.[On day four, 'the time is right'? Our Generals are now free to do what's right in the real war on terror now that they have a Commander-in-Chief they can respect.]
I hope that's McGovern on the phone
"As you settle into the Oval Office, Mr. President, may I offer a suggestion? Please do not try to put Afghanistan aright with the U.S. military. To send our troops out of Iraq and into Afghanistan would be a near-perfect example of going from the frying pan into the fire." - 'Calling a Time Out' by George McGovern[I agree with George McGovern here to a point. McGovern, a man of peace, and a highly decorated World War II fighter pilot, is a man Barack Obama might want to listen to when it comes to Afghanistan. But we should not pull completely out of Afghanistan like he advocates until Osama bin Laden is either dead or dead, but what it should be is, 20,000 - 30,000 special forces with only one mission and that's not nation building, building schools or protecting highways. George W. Bush failed us miserably on every account in Afghanistan by lying us, and stupidly leading us into Iraq. He left us with a 7 1/2 year old infected boil. Obama needs to make sure the true mission gets done and then we should get the hell out of the Middle East and SE Asia for good.]
What about the kids the last 8 years?
BOEHNER: I think, at this -- at this point, we believe that spending nearly $1 trillion is -- is really more than what we ought to be putting on the backs of our kids and their kids.[John Boehner, a drunk and a punk who happily supported Reagan, GHW Bush and the GW Bush-the three men directly responsible for 95% of our $10.7 trillion debt, is all of a sudden worried about our kids? Boehner and GW just added over $5 trillion over the last 8 years! You phony-conservatives need to shut the fuck up and quit feigning concern about the people and the nation, you already fucked!]
The wicked Bitch is gone!
Rice was known as the "Wicked Witch of the West"
Reporting on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s introductory speech at the State Department this morning, Harper’s Scott Horton notes that last week several career State Department staffers compared former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz: I met last week with a number of career State Department employees and was surprised when one said she was looking forward to the “Glinda Party” next week. I asked her: if Hillary was Glinda, the Good Witch of the South from the Wizard of Oz, did that make Condoleezza Rice the Wicked Witch of the West? “You’re on to it,” she said.[Condoleezza Rice - An abject failure that epitomizes Bush. Did you happen to catch the rousing ovation Hillary Clinton received from the 1,000 State Department employees upon her arrival? If you didn't, check it out.]
That putrid stench still lingers
After it was revealed that Sarah Palin’s infamous campaign wardrobe was worth at least $150,000 dollars, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) remarked, “They’ll be donated at end of this campaign. They’ll be donated to charity.” But the conservative blog New Majority reports that the clothes are actually in trash bags at the RNC.Josef Mengele's legacy lives on
Nazi angel of death 'created twin town in Brazil'
The steely hearted "Angel of Death", whose mission was to create a master race fit for the Third Reich, was the resident medic at Auschwitz from May 1943 until his flight in the face of the Red Army advance in January 1945. His task was to carry out experiments to discover by what method of genetic quirk twins were produced – and then to artificially increase the Aryan birthrate for his master, Adolf Hitler. Now, a historian claims, Mengele's notorious experiments may have borne fruit. For years scientists have failed to discover why as many as one in five pregnancies in a small Brazilian town have resulted in twins – most of them blond haired and blue eyed.Like that makes up for the last 8 years
Bush whines like a baby when faced with the truth
WASHINGTON — On the plane, no longer Air Force One but now Special Air Mission 28000, they talked about the speech. George W. Bush, the former president, was heading home to Texas with his inner circle, having just left the west front of the Capitol, where his successor first thanked him for his service and then proceeded to trash it. The Bush team had worked assiduously to make the transition smooth for incoming President Obama and stayed out of the way as he used the post-election period to take leadership of the economy even before being sworn in. And now, as far as some of them were concerned, the new president had used his inaugural lectern to give the back of the hand to a predecessor who had been nothing but gracious to him.
[A month of 'cooperation' in the transition is suppose to make up for eight years of misery and carnage? Please.]
You fatasses should buy two seats!
After fighting it for nearly a year, Canada’s major airlines finally unveiled procedures they claim will comply with the Canadian Transportation’s Agency’s “one-person, one-fare” ruling. On all domestic flights within Canada, the carriers are required to provide additional seating to disabled travelers who must be accompanied by a personal attendant or to travelers determined by medical professionals to be functionally disabled by obesity.[Being fat is a disability in Canada?]
He's back
President Obama announced the nomination on Thursday of a former government lawyer, who had been critical of the legal rationale for the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program, to lead the Justice Department’s national security division. The lawyer, David Kris, served as a senior Justice Department official in both the Clinton and Bush administrations from 2000 to 2003, and is widely respected in Washington for his knowledge of intelligence law. In late 2005, following the public disclosure of the N.S.A. wiretapping program approved by President Bush, Mr. Kris wrote a 23-page legal analysis that described as “weak’’ and likely unsupportable some of the Bush administration’s key legal arguments in justifying the program.[Maybe Obama won't wimp-out on prosecuting Bush's illegal wiretapping of American citizens after all.]
You knew he was a hateful little prick
'Bush Pardon Party Goes Out With a Whimper'
“I was shocked when I heard this was the only [pardon],” Margaret Colgate Love, a former DOJ pardon lawyer, told the Times. Love, who represents about 20 imprisoned clients who were seeking clemency, was referring to Bush’s surprise move to commute the sentences of just two men on Monday. “There are a lot of disappointed lawyers in this town today,” said Love.[It's not surprising since it's always the evil, hateful little pricks that are the least forgiving. But of course, Bush saw it in his heart to commute the sentences of two conniving, corrupt, back-shooting, and evidence manipulating coward cops. It was all predictable.]
We sure do
"I gave it my all," a jovial Bush told a welcoming crowd in Midland, Tex. "Sometimes what I did wasn't popular, but that's okay. Popularity is as fleeting as the Texas wind. When I get home and look in the mirror tonight, I'm not gonna regret what I see."
Wow, that guy's an asshole!
Glenn Beck has been a treasure trove of unintended hilarity over the years and C&L has taken full advantage. Now that he's at Fox News and he's free to let his freak flag fly, Glenn's true colors come shining through. I saw this clip at Americablog and I couldn't think of a more fitting wingnut clip to show on the day of Barack Obama's historic inauguration than Beck getting choked up introducing the person who will most likely go down as one of the biggest punch lines in political history -- Sarah Palin.[If you get choked up thinking about the absolute dumbest politician (she's even dumber than Bush) ever to run for national office, you need some serious medical help. Don't waste too much time with the video at the link-go to 3:50 into it to witness Beck's wimpy, and fake, embarrassing behavior.]
Damn, I didn't know that ...
Oops. Just seconds into his term, President Barack Obama made a mistake about the history of his new office. In the second paragraph of his inaugural address, Obama said, “Forty four Americans have now taken the presidential oath.” Sorry. While Obama IS the 44th president, he is actually only the 43rd American to take the oath. Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms. He is counted as the 22nd president, serving from 1885 to 1889. He won back the office four years later, and is counted also as the 24th president, serving again from 1893-1897. Two presidents – but one American.
We can hope
The Limbaugh Award
The lie:
"You miss the point. I have always thought that those Muslims who are our enemies should be dealt with. It was Obama during the campaign who made it clear that he was going to go about this a different way, that it was our fault that they hated us. So here is another moment of hypocrisy. After a campaign full of "the world is going to love us," with on day three we wipe out ten Pakistanis in the Obama war on terror... "
The truth:
“I understand that President Musharraf has his own challenges. But let me make this clear. There are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans. They are plotting to strike again. It was a terrible mistake to fail to act when we had a chance to take out an al Qaeda leadership meeting in 2005. If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won't act, we will."
The winner:
OxyContin Pedophile Pigboy, Head Pom Pom Wussy for Whiney Bitches, and namesake of this 'prestigious, but infamous' award for liars, Rush Limbaugh.
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the 98th presentation of the Limbaugh Award.
Limbaugh, the 'Pied Piper of Ignorance' had a very rough week. At least 11 of the 'world renown' Committee members had already voted for him prior to his Friday comedy act because of his hilariously pathetic statement earlier in the week that adhering to our laws and Constitution, "is not what America does". We don't investigate espionage on American citizens but we do investigate consensual blowjobs? That's so typical of that immoral and perverted piece of shit.
Needlessly to say, PigBoy was a slam dunk, receiving 21 of 23 votes and winning his sixth Limbaugh, and first since waaaay back in week #77.
Congratulations lardass -- You're #98!
Past winners of the prestigious, but infamous,
The Limbaugh Award
Worst in History - George W. Bush - 1/18/09
Shamed & Failed Iraq Architect - Richard Perle - 1/11/09
General Gonzo - Alberto Gonzales - 1/04/09
Disgraced Ringleader - Dick Cheney - 12/28/08
Disgraced Accomplice - Condoleezza Rice - 12/20/08*
Crazy Illinois Governor - Hot Rod Blagojevich - 12/14/08
Worst in History - George W. Bush - 12/07/08
Worst in History - George W. Bush - 11/30/08
Rep. Michele Bachmann - (R-MN) - 11/23/08
Turd Blossom - Karl Rove - 11/16/08
Double-talking Wingnut - Brent 'Bozo' Bozell - 11/9/08
Rightwing Radio Nutjob - Bill Cunningham - 11/2/08
Josephine the Plumber - Ashley Todd - 10/26/08
Joe The Plumber - Sammie Joe Wurzelbacher - 10/19/08
Drug-Addicted Beer Queen - Cindy McCain - 10/12/08
Anti-Semitic Lying Traitor - Sean Hannity - 10/5/08
Bye Week - 9/28/08
Pretty Pork Princess - Gov. Sarah Palin - 9/21/08
Lying Lil' Bush - John McCain - 9/14/08
Pretty Pork Princess - Gov. Sarah Palin - 9/07/08
Pretty Pork Princess - Gov. Sarah Palin - 8/31/08
Alleged Pedophile Pigboy - Rush Limbaugh - 8/24/08
A Terrible American Liar - Sean Hannity - 8/17/08
Self-described Narcissist - John Edwards - 8/10/08
Al-Qaeda in Iraq Liar - Traitor Joe Lieberman - 8/3/08
McCain Campaign Operative - Katie Couric - 7/27/08
Stupid Hillbilly Bitch - Libby Dole R-N.C. - 7/20/08
Lyin' Lil' Bush - John McCain - 7/13/08
Fox Assholes & Friends - Doocey and Kilmeade -7/5/08*
Fear-Mongering Buckeye Fan - Hugh Hewitt - 6/29/08
A Terrible American - Sean Hannity - 6/22/08
Tim Russert Memorial Truce Week - 6/15/08
Fox's Toe-Sucking Ethics Expert - Dick Morris - 6/7/08*
Troop Level Idiot - John 'Lil' Bush' McCain - 6/1/08
Sub 10th Grade Debate Loser - Rush Limbaugh - 5/25/08
Scared Little Man - George W. Bush - 5/18/08
Sugar Momma Beer Queen - Cindy McCain - 5/11/08
Uncultured Wussy - Bill O'Reilly - 5/4/08
Nazi Running for Congress - Tony Zirkle, R-IN - 4/27/08
Fox's Toe-Sucking Ethics Expert - Dick Morris - 4/20/08
Lying Dickhead VP - Dick Cheney - 4/13/08
McCain's Chief Lobbyist - Charlie Black - 4/6/08
Neo-Nazi Supporter - Sean Hannity - 3/30/08
Shiite for a Brain - John McCain - 3/23/08
Client #9 - Governor Eliot Spitzer - 3/15/08*
Turd Blossom - Karl Rove - 3/9/08
Lying Redneck Rep - Jack Kingston R-GA - 3/2/08
Lying Little Twirp - Tucker Carlson - 2/24/08
Mr Straight Talk - John McCain - 2/17/08
Bye Week - 2/10/08
Mr Straight Talk - John McCain - 2/3/08
935 of them - Bush & the Gang of 7 - 1/27/08
Fox News Co-Liars - Hannity & O'Reilly - 1/20/08
Sheep's Favorite Liar - Rush Limbaugh - 1/13/08
Longtime Lobbyist - Trent Lott - 1/6/08
2007 Co-Champions - Dick Bush - 12/30/07
Lying Piece of - Mitt Romney - 12/23/07
Psycho Pervert - Michael Savage - 12/16/07
Sheepherder-in-Chief - George W. Bush - 12/9/07
Turd Blossom - Karl Rove - 12/2/07
Cowardly Welsher - T. Boone Pickens - 11/25/07
Republican Tool - Matt Drudge - 11/18/07
Their Favored Liar - Rudy Giuliani - 11/11/07
Fox News Liar - Chris Wallace - 11/4/07
Uncultured Wussy - Bill O'Reilly - 10/28/07
Phony Patriot Liar - Rush Limbaugh - 10/21/07
Old Kentucky Homo - Mitch McConnell - 10/14/07
Liar-In-Chief - George W. Bush - 10/7/07
Phony Patriot Pig - Rush Limbaugh - 9/30/07
Big Stretch 'the truth' - Bill Sammon - 9/23/07
Mr. Straight Talk - John McCain - 9/16/07
Sycophant - Gen. David Petraeus - 9/9/07
His own Idaho - Sen. Craig R-Idaho - 9/2/07
Turd Blossom - Karl Rove - 8/26/07
The Exterminator - Tom Delay - 8/19/07
Big 'Rooster' - Mitt Romney - 8/12/07
Total Suck Up - Glenn Beck - 8/5/07
General Gonzo - Alberto Gonzales - 7/29/07
Pro Liar - Tony 'Snowjob' Snow - 7/22/07 **
Bush bin Lyin - George W. Bush - 7/15/07
Freed Felon - Scooter Libby - 7/8/07
Mr. Overrated - Rudy Giuliani - 7/1/07
Crazy Lying Okie - James Inhofe - 6/24/07
Pro Liar - Tony 'Snowjob' Snow - 6/17/07 **
Mormon Moron - Mitt Romney - 6/10/07
Bye Week - 6/3/07
Commander Guy - George W. Bush - 5/27/07
Pat's Brother - Bay Buchanan - 5/20/07
Used Car Salesman - John Boehner - 5/13/07
Uncultured Wussy - Bill O'Reilly - 5/6/07
Mr. Overrated - Rudy Giuliani - 4/29/07
Turd Blossom - Karl Rove - 4/22/07
The Decider - George W. Bush - 4/15/07
Lying Chickenhawk VP - Dick Cheney - 4/8/07
Mr. Straight Talk - John McCain - 4/1/07
Attorney General - Alberto Gonzales - 3/25/07
Fox mouthpieces Sean Hannity and
Victoria Toensing - 3/18/07
Fox News guy - Brit Hume - 3/11/07
VA Secretary - Jim Nicholson - 3/4/07
Rep. Michele Bachmann - (R-MN) - 2/25/07
