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Showing posts with label 2006 election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2006 election. Show all posts
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Monday, October 02, 2006
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Congressman Mark Foley's Virtual Townhall Meeting
Yesterday, Florida Republican Congressman Mark Foley was forced to resign after revelations that he had sent sexually explicit instant messages to underage male congressional pages. For many in Foley's district, this news was quite shocking. But constituents who attended Foley's online "town meeting" back in June were perhaps less surprised...
Maf54: hi im congressman Mark Foley and welcome to my first live chat!
my apologies for the delay in getting started...i just rode 25-miles on my bike so im all hot and sweaty...but totally pumped about answering your questions!
lets get to it!
Marsha: Hi, Congressman Foley.
Maf54: hi marsha!
Marsha: I have a question about education. As the mother of twins who just completed their first year in high school, school funding is a big concern of mine.
Maf54: m or f?
Marsha: Huh?
Maf54: sorry...are your twins male or female?
Marsha: Oh. Not quite sure why it matters, but they're both girls.
Maf54: well marsha...im not on any of the education committees this year...but if you like...you could send your question to my staff and they might get back to you later...ok?
Marsha: Ok.
Maf54: thanks!
Peter: Hi, Congressman.
Maf54: hi peter!
Peter: Given the last response, I don't know if you can answer this, but I have a question about student loans.
Maf54: go ahead!
Peter: I've been thinking about applying for college aid next year.
Maf54: cool...how old are you now?
Peter: I'll be 18 in December.
Maf54: wow...from the tone of your question you sound much older...
Peter: Uh, thanks, I guess.
Maf54: what do you want for your birthday? what kind of stuff do you like to do?
Peter: ????
Maf54: ok...student loans is a very complex issue...but if you want... there are some documents i could send from my computer...do you have AIM?
Peter: Uh, Congressman, I really need to get back to studying. Thanks.
Maf54: but its summer break!
ok,,,,who else has a question?
Denise: Hello Mark!
Maf54: hi denise...are you the denise i think you are?
Denise: Sure am. I do have a question, but first I want to brag on you a bit!
Maf54: im blushing already!
Denise: Whenever someone says to me there are no decent people left in Congress, I always say, "You haven't met Mark Foley." He is what some of my Jewish friends here in South Florida call a mensch. When my son had a big soccer game, Congressman Foley was there. When my other son was competing in a wrestling championship, the congressman dropped everything he was doing and flew back to the district. When my daughter came back from serving in Iraq, Mark couldn't be there - both his grandmas were having surgery - but he sent a very nice note! That's just the kind of man he is.
I tell you, sometimes I think we don't need to re-elect Mark Foley, we need to clone him.
Maf54: haha now i have to rethink my stance on cloning! but trust me...theres more than enough of me to go around!
seriously,,,denise...i have a big night ahead of me...whats your question?
Denise: More a statement than a question: I've been having a lot of trouble with e-mails to your website. I wrote you from my personal address a bunch of times last year and it took me forever to get anything back. But when I sent an e-mail from my son's account, I got a response within an hour, asking for photos and if I wanted tickets to see Good Charlotte.
Maf54: oh...sorry about that...
Denise: I'm just hoping your webmaster isn't a Democrat or somebody trying to embarrass you.
Maf54: dont worry about it,,denise...that person has been disciplined very severely...and thank you for those pictures you sent
Denise: Anytime! Did you like my haircut?
Maf54: of course...i love the new pageboy!
Peter: Sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick
Maf54: peter...your back! you have a question about health care?
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Friday, September 22, 2006
Americans For Torture Speak Out
An e-mail I received today:
An e-mail I received today:
Dear Friend,
Today, the pro-torture movement took a major step forward. The compromise worked out between the White House and congressional Republicans isn't perfect, but it represents a significant advance for the cause of government-sponsored sadism.
When the Pro-Torture Coalition was founded in 1997 - by Augusto Pinochet, Henry Kissinger and Rick James - people laughed at us. But now our views are mainstream, with supporters in all three branches of the US government, and among more independent-minded members of the CIA and military. Regardless of what happens in this year's elections, we aren't going away. We have just begun to fight - and to inflict brutal, physical, emotional and mental pain on our adversaries through a variety of diabolically complex methods.
We'd like to thank some who have graciously, if belatedly, embraced our position. Senator John McCain, in particular, deserves kudos for recognizing the president's inherent right to decide what is and isn't torture, despite his personal conflict on this issue.
But as always, we can't stop now.
Yes, we may have scored a touchdown but the game isn't over. Organizations like Amnesty International are still on the playing field, raising money at glitzy Hollywood fundraisers and repeating the same tired old saws about "preserving human dignity" and "upholding the Geneva Convention." Some of these self-rightous "activists" won't be satisfied until no one is tortured. Imagine if we took a position that extreme.
Fortunately, there are ways to help. Contribute directly or click the link below to visit the Americans For Torture giftshop. There you can buy stickers with our slogan, "If You Outlaw Torture, Only Outlaws Will Torture"; and t-shirts with the legend, "If You Don't Approve Of Waterboarding, You're All Wet."
Every cent earned from these products will insure that someone, somewhere is brutally mistreated.
Support AFT: the fight is yours - whether you know it or not.
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Politico Ad Absurdum: Cats Vs. Dogs
The 2006 election season is officially underway. Election coverage has long been a staple of Lomblog. But this year, we're hoping to look at the campaigns through a more ...well, abstract lens. It's part of what I'm hoping will become a regular feature this fall, Politico Ad Absurdum.
Tonight, we envision a hypothetical political race between cats and dogs.
First, a message from the Dogs.
Now, the Cat counterresponse.
Let the best-loved housepet win.
The 2006 election season is officially underway. Election coverage has long been a staple of Lomblog. But this year, we're hoping to look at the campaigns through a more ...well, abstract lens. It's part of what I'm hoping will become a regular feature this fall, Politico Ad Absurdum.
Tonight, we envision a hypothetical political race between cats and dogs.
First, a message from the Dogs.
Now, the Cat counterresponse.
Let the best-loved housepet win.
Sunday, September 03, 2006
An Awesome Leader
By Special Guest Blogger, John Hindrucker
John Hindrucker edits the popular conservative blog, Right Thinkers.
I recently had the honor of seeing President Bush speak before a small group at the White House. He was in fine form - the best I've ever seen him. Maybe the best I've ever seen anyone. It had to be one of the four or five greatest experiences of my life. No, on second thought, it was the greatest experience of my life (let's hope my wife isn't reading this). The president is not commonly perceived as a great orator. But in person, he has the kind of charisma that makes Reagan, JFK, Churchill and Samuel L. Jackson look like retards.
Right from the moment he invited us on a special tour of the Oval Office, the president showed he's still very much on top of his game. "Mi Casa, Su Casa," he said, demonstrating the multi-ethnic flair that made him such a hit with Hispanoids and other minority voters whose registrations we left unchallenged. If the president thinks of himself as a "lame duck", he's definitely not letting on, or maybe he's not familar with that phrase. It's one reason why he'll be stumping for Republican candidates all over the country this fall, whether they want him to or not.
With the midterm election just ten weeks away, the president gave us a little pep talk. For me, and I'm sure, everyone else in attendance, there is just one word to describe his remarks: awesome. He spoke with force, clarity and the kind of confidence you would expect from a man who has weathered the harshest attacks the Left could muster and still has a third of America on his side.
Most importantly, he once again reiterated the central tenet which has guided his foreign policy thinking since the beginning: America is awesome. On this, he has never wavered. It was right there in the initial bombing campaign of the Iraq war, which you may remember was called "shock and awe" - awe being the root word of awesome. As the president explained it, at every awesome moment of our awesome history, America has acted and acted awesomely. We awesomely stood up to the Nazis and said, "You are not going to conquer Europe and kill millions of Jews without hearing from me, pal." Then the war ended, and we awesomely confronted the Soviet Union: "If you even think about subjugating millions to political oppression and centralized planning, we're going to take you down, bro." Now we face a new threat: terrorism that originates from the Muslim world. Or as I like to call it: Islamic-anti-awesomeness.
By habit or ideology, much of the Arab world has chosen to reject awesomeness. This anti-awesomeness is at the root of their America-hatred. In the tradition of past American leaders, President Bush has taken a stand and said, "Arabs have a right to be awesome too." But like the Nazis and the Soviets, the Islamo-anti-awesomenists aren't going down without a fight. Of course, it would help if the Democrats shared the president's resolve in this matter. Unfortunately, they've chosen to reject our bipartisan history of awesomeness and become Neville Chamberlain-style appeasers, as I've written before (cf. "The Democrats Are Against Awesome", The Weekly Standard December 2005).
That's why this coming election is so important. Does America want to "cut-and-run" or "stay-and-awe"? Ok, maybe the phraseology needs a little work. But I'm sure Karl Rove and the president's other advisors will think of something good. 'Cus those guys are awesome.
Like the president.
By Special Guest Blogger, John Hindrucker
John Hindrucker edits the popular conservative blog, Right Thinkers.
I recently had the honor of seeing President Bush speak before a small group at the White House. He was in fine form - the best I've ever seen him. Maybe the best I've ever seen anyone. It had to be one of the four or five greatest experiences of my life. No, on second thought, it was the greatest experience of my life (let's hope my wife isn't reading this). The president is not commonly perceived as a great orator. But in person, he has the kind of charisma that makes Reagan, JFK, Churchill and Samuel L. Jackson look like retards.
Right from the moment he invited us on a special tour of the Oval Office, the president showed he's still very much on top of his game. "Mi Casa, Su Casa," he said, demonstrating the multi-ethnic flair that made him such a hit with Hispanoids and other minority voters whose registrations we left unchallenged. If the president thinks of himself as a "lame duck", he's definitely not letting on, or maybe he's not familar with that phrase. It's one reason why he'll be stumping for Republican candidates all over the country this fall, whether they want him to or not.
With the midterm election just ten weeks away, the president gave us a little pep talk. For me, and I'm sure, everyone else in attendance, there is just one word to describe his remarks: awesome. He spoke with force, clarity and the kind of confidence you would expect from a man who has weathered the harshest attacks the Left could muster and still has a third of America on his side.
Most importantly, he once again reiterated the central tenet which has guided his foreign policy thinking since the beginning: America is awesome. On this, he has never wavered. It was right there in the initial bombing campaign of the Iraq war, which you may remember was called "shock and awe" - awe being the root word of awesome. As the president explained it, at every awesome moment of our awesome history, America has acted and acted awesomely. We awesomely stood up to the Nazis and said, "You are not going to conquer Europe and kill millions of Jews without hearing from me, pal." Then the war ended, and we awesomely confronted the Soviet Union: "If you even think about subjugating millions to political oppression and centralized planning, we're going to take you down, bro." Now we face a new threat: terrorism that originates from the Muslim world. Or as I like to call it: Islamic-anti-awesomeness.
By habit or ideology, much of the Arab world has chosen to reject awesomeness. This anti-awesomeness is at the root of their America-hatred. In the tradition of past American leaders, President Bush has taken a stand and said, "Arabs have a right to be awesome too." But like the Nazis and the Soviets, the Islamo-anti-awesomenists aren't going down without a fight. Of course, it would help if the Democrats shared the president's resolve in this matter. Unfortunately, they've chosen to reject our bipartisan history of awesomeness and become Neville Chamberlain-style appeasers, as I've written before (cf. "The Democrats Are Against Awesome", The Weekly Standard December 2005).
That's why this coming election is so important. Does America want to "cut-and-run" or "stay-and-awe"? Ok, maybe the phraseology needs a little work. But I'm sure Karl Rove and the president's other advisors will think of something good. 'Cus those guys are awesome.
Like the president.
Friday, September 01, 2006
The D.C.
By Special Guest Blogger, Punditta
Editors: At 15, Punditta is America's youngest, freshest, and by all accounts, most adorable political commentator. She's been publishing her own site since 2004, having left her original online forum, J*e*n*n*i G's Personal Hizzome-Page, over "creative differences." From there, her popularitiy skyrocketed. Last year, she was called "sassy, irreverent and essential" by the editors of Time Magazine, who recently hired her to tutor their children.
Other political scribes have also taken note of Punditta; at a recent DC society function, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd termed her "that little bitch".
Luckily for Lomblog, she has now joined our team, and will be posting here occasionally, but never on a school night. Enjoy.
The Ewwwww Department
Can you believe Congressman Tom Tancredo tried to add me to his MySpace?
Gross!!! Even my inbox needs a shower! Shouldn't he be out hassling brown people or something?
The scary thing is, he looks just like my Spanish teacher.
On The D Tip
Meanwhile on the other side of the aisle, the Dems are juiced about taking back the House. Yay! I really don't want to go to Canada, unless I get to personally strangle Nickelback.
How confident are the Donks? They just budgeted $450,000 on ad buys in swing districts, and another $600,000 to shoot more Botox into Nancy Pelosi's face.
Pelosi, you just got P'wned!
Some Enchanted Ceasefire
Like the musical reference? Believe it or not, I was in a theatre camp production of South Pacific this summer with - get this - Donald Rumsfeld's granddaughter Kaila! I'll be YouTubing some highlights later on. Very educative show, btw. Knowing the history really puts this appeasement talk in some perspective.
I digress. Can you believe my bf and I are still arguing Israel/Lebanon? We ended up debating Mideast issues through the whole VMAs last night ("If you love the IDF so much, why don't you marry it!" "Shh...Fall Out Boy"). Ugh. Thank God (and Mom) for TiVo.
Anyway, I hope you're happy, Ehud Olmert.
The Dukes Of Allen
A lot of blog-ink got spilled this week on the subject of Senator George Allen (R-Macaca) and his affiliation with Southern bigots.
Most embarrassingly for his re-election campaign, a picture came to light which shows G-Al with some old racist dudes and that actor they used to make fun of on The Simpsons:
We got a lot of letters on this topic, including one from a reader who calls himself "LF":
Thanks, LF!
My readers never let me down. It was they who they tipped me off to a pic on the homepage of Senator Allen's 19-year-old niece, Ravel.
It turns out she has a lot in common with her Dixie-loving uncle. Ravel is such a Confederate-sympathizer, she still wears Daisy Dukes!:
Welcome to America, Ravel. That Southern charm really runs in the family, doesn't it?
Please, dear readers, copy, save and distribute before the Senator's campaign staff has Ravel's tasteful pose scrubbed from the Internets.
That's it for me!
'Ditta
Punditta furnishings provided by Time/Warner, Inc. Hair, makeup and wardrobe provided by BloggerGrrrl.
By Special Guest Blogger, Punditta
Editors: At 15, Punditta is America's youngest, freshest, and by all accounts, most adorable political commentator. She's been publishing her own site since 2004, having left her original online forum, J*e*n*n*i G's Personal Hizzome-Page, over "creative differences." From there, her popularitiy skyrocketed. Last year, she was called "sassy, irreverent and essential" by the editors of Time Magazine, who recently hired her to tutor their children.
Other political scribes have also taken note of Punditta; at a recent DC society function, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd termed her "that little bitch".
Luckily for Lomblog, she has now joined our team, and will be posting here occasionally, but never on a school night. Enjoy.
The Ewwwww Department
Can you believe Congressman Tom Tancredo tried to add me to his MySpace?
Gross!!! Even my inbox needs a shower! Shouldn't he be out hassling brown people or something?
The scary thing is, he looks just like my Spanish teacher.
On The D Tip
Meanwhile on the other side of the aisle, the Dems are juiced about taking back the House. Yay! I really don't want to go to Canada, unless I get to personally strangle Nickelback.
How confident are the Donks? They just budgeted $450,000 on ad buys in swing districts, and another $600,000 to shoot more Botox into Nancy Pelosi's face.
Pelosi, you just got P'wned!
Some Enchanted Ceasefire
Like the musical reference? Believe it or not, I was in a theatre camp production of South Pacific this summer with - get this - Donald Rumsfeld's granddaughter Kaila! I'll be YouTubing some highlights later on. Very educative show, btw. Knowing the history really puts this appeasement talk in some perspective.
I digress. Can you believe my bf and I are still arguing Israel/Lebanon? We ended up debating Mideast issues through the whole VMAs last night ("If you love the IDF so much, why don't you marry it!" "Shh...Fall Out Boy"). Ugh. Thank God (and Mom) for TiVo.
Anyway, I hope you're happy, Ehud Olmert.
The Dukes Of Allen
A lot of blog-ink got spilled this week on the subject of Senator George Allen (R-Macaca) and his affiliation with Southern bigots.
Most embarrassingly for his re-election campaign, a picture came to light which shows G-Al with some old racist dudes and that actor they used to make fun of on The Simpsons:
We got a lot of letters on this topic, including one from a reader who calls himself "LF":
Dear Punditta,
Love your blog! It's almost as good as mine [link removed].
Looking at that Allen pic, I wanted to play One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other.
Let's see here: racist...racist...racist...racist...GUN NUT!
You see, they're NOT all the same!
Thanks, LF!
My readers never let me down. It was they who they tipped me off to a pic on the homepage of Senator Allen's 19-year-old niece, Ravel.
It turns out she has a lot in common with her Dixie-loving uncle. Ravel is such a Confederate-sympathizer, she still wears Daisy Dukes!:
Welcome to America, Ravel. That Southern charm really runs in the family, doesn't it?
Please, dear readers, copy, save and distribute before the Senator's campaign staff has Ravel's tasteful pose scrubbed from the Internets.
That's it for me!
'Ditta
Punditta furnishings provided by Time/Warner, Inc. Hair, makeup and wardrobe provided by BloggerGrrrl.
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