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LaWood wrote:Wait, what's the form of address for a priest?

"Prisoner #24733"? But you can call me Sav, since I don't have a thing for altar boys...

"Just this week, a group of Republican senators re-introduced the Federal Marriage Amendment to the Constitution, which, would ban gay marriage.

This isn’t especially surprising. Republicans are looking at the political landscape, and they’re feeling awfully discouraged. The polls look bad, the base looks depressed, and fundraising looks iffy. Rallying the far-right troops with an anti-gay amendment to the Constitution — even though it has no chance at even getting so much as a hearing — might be helpful to the conservative movement.

But the funny part is looking over the list of the 10 original sponsors. Most of the names are predictable — Brownback and Inhofe, for example — but there are two others whose names stand out: Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and Larry Craig (R-Idaho).

Yes, two of the principal sponsors of a constitutional amendment to “protect” marriage include one far-right Republican who hired prostitutes and another far-right Republican who was arrested for soliciting gay sex in an airport men’s room.

As my friend Kyle put it, these two are “not exactly the poster boys of the family values crowd or particularly upstanding examples of the supposed sanctity of the ‘union of a man and a woman.”‘

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Darrel wrote:"Just this week, a group of Republican senators re-introduced the Federal Marriage Amendment to the Constitution, which, would ban gay marriage.

DOUG
The Republicans don't want them to marry because they don't want gay men to be monogamous. They want to be able to find them in the restroom when they need them.

"Larry Craig wants to keep people
like Larry Craig from marrying
other people like Larry Craig."

"Republican presidential candidate John McCain was asked about an Associated Press report that $158 million in cigarettes have been shipped to Iran during George W. Bush’s presidency despite restrictions on U.S. exports to that country.

“Maybe that’s a way of killing them,” McCain told reporters..."

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Bonus (this is humor):

McCain Issues Top Ten Funniest Ways to Kill Iranians

Citing what he called the "overwhelmingly positive response to my jokes about killing Iranians," presumptive G.O.P. presidential nominee John McCain issued today a list of his favorite humorous remarks on the subject.

Titled "John McCain's Top Ten Funniest Ways to Kill Iranians," the list was published on his official campaign website at www.JohnMcCain.com/funnywaystokilliranians.

Speaking in a video on the site, a smiling Sen. McCain says, "My friends, in these trying times in which we live, there's one thing all Americans can agree on: killing Iranians is hilarious."

Sen. McCain, who first joked about killing Iranians months ago by singing "bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" to the tune of the Beach Boys' hit "Barbara Ann" and who yesterday commented that the U.S. could kill Iranians with cigarettes, was apparently "just warming up," one aide said today.

"Anyone who has enjoyed Sen. McCain's side-splitting jokes about killing Iranians will be blown away by this list," the aide said. "He's in fine form."

Sen. McCain's list of funny ways to kill Iranians ranges from the caustic -- "Send Iran lead-based hookah pipes from China" -- to the whimsical -- "Tell Christie Brinkley that Iran has been cheating on her."

The list ends with what Sen. McCain dubs the number one funniest way to kill Iranians: "Vote for me."

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DAR
This is already covered on the GOP hypocrite thread but it deserves another mention here:

Troy King is State Chairman of John McCain’s Alabama campaign. The following is a quote from Troy King on John McCain’s campaign website:

“Alabama is a state where actions definitely speak louder than words,” said King. “More than just talk, John McCain’s strong record of support for state rights, and his devotion to the conservative principles of protecting life and the institution of marriage make him the right leader for Alabama.”

Wonketteadds this about the recent revelations regarding Mr. King:

"This may come as a shock, but a prominent anti-homosexual Republican attorney general has apparently been caught having homosexual sex intercourse with his homosexual gay male assistant. Bonus: The dude’s wife caught him, in their bed. This is the rumor that the AG’s office has officially denied, so now of course everybody is spilling the sordid details.

AG in question is Troy King, who, of course, is only interested in outlawing homosexuality and sex toys. His gay lover is either a college “buddy,” or a very young youngster and “Homecoming King” from Troy University. What are the odds of a dude named Troy King getting caught in bed with a Homecoming King from Troy University? This seems like a wacky sitcom plot, on a gay porn channel."

Lots more juicy links to follow here!

"This is the week that should have effectively ended McCain's chances, but you wouldn't know it
if you watched any of the mainstream media outlets or followed political reporting in the major newspapers.

During this past week: McCain called the most important entitlement program in the U.S. a disgrace, his top
economic adviser called the American people whiners, McCain released an economic plan that no one thought
was serious, he flip flopped on Iraq, joked about the deaths of Iranian citizens, and denied making comments
that he clearly made --- TWICE. Yet watching and reading the mainstream press you would think McCain
was having a pretty decent political week, I mean at least Jesse Jackson didn't say anything about him."
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"During a speech in Jerusalem, President Bush jumped head first into the 2008 presidential campaign by taking a shot at Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama, by comparing his willingness to hold diplomatic talks with Iran to the appeasement of Nazis in the 1930’s."

Vs.

"In a surprising development in the tense American-Iranian relationship, the US announced this week that it would send a high-level State Department official to attend talks with Iranian nuclear negotiators in Switzerland over the weekend." --Christian Science Monitor

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In an interview with Der Spiegel released on Saturday, Maliki said he wanted U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq as soon as possible.

“U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes”[..]

And

“The Americans have found it difficult to agree on a concrete timetable for the exit because it seems like an admission of defeat to them. But it isn’t,” Maliki told Der Spiegel.

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DAR
This is rich:

C & R notes:

"How many more of these will it take before we finally dispense with the idea that John McCain is some sort of foreign policy genius who is uniquely qualified to be commander-in-chief?"

"...on “Good Morning America,” John McCain was asked whether he agreed with Barack Obama when he says the situation in Afghanistan is “precarious and urgent.” He responded:

"We have a lot of work to do. It’s a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border."

McCain doesn't know that there is no common border between Iraq and Pakistan?



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Somehow I think if Obama didn't know this basic fact, it would be a really really big deal.

Well, he just ASSUMED it was a neighboring country because, you know, Iraq is the middle of everything.

I don't get the free ride McCain is getting, either. But I"ll be Olbermann and Stewart have something to say about this...

"[McCain had] spent, several weeks with the main theme of his campaign being, quite literally, to criticize Barack Obama for not having been physically present in Iraq recently. This (of course) got Obama to go to Iraq, thus setting up a dilemma. Either Obama would survey the “progress” in Iraq and change his position, thus making him a flip-flopper, or else he would refuse to change his position, thus making him obstinate and out of touch with reality.

But instead of either of those things happening, Obama went to Iraq and Iraqi leaders said he’d been right all along! That’s about as close to “game, set, match” as you get in terms of real world events influencing your political campaign. What’s more, given the domestic situation and John McCain’s inability to talk about domestic issues persuasively, he can’t afford to play for a draw on Iraq."
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DAR
I thought the "General Petreaus, or General Betray Us?" ad from moveon.org was tacky and childish and I later removed myself from their list.

Now comes this stupidity from a republican state senator:



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That is so childish it's mind boggling that an adult professional would agree to have it on his website. JESUS!

Speaking of the New York Times, didja hear the one about how the NYT is refusing to print an article by John McCain about Obama's trip to the Middle East, because it's just negative partisan BS - since they did print an article by Obama, the McCain camp is saying the paper is being unfair - now the RNC wants to buy an ad, like the Petraus ad, to print McCain's article. Why don't they just take a gun and shoot themselves in the foot, instead? Would be faster and cheaper.

“Obama must condemn organizations like MoveOn and DailyKos if he truly wants to run without a race component. These are the people who are dividing Americans along racial lines. It is not a stretch to say MoveOn is the new Klan." --Bill O'Reilly

"If Budweiser is made by a different country, I don't drink Budweiser anymore. I'll go back to Wild Turkey."
--Jordan Moore, 21 year old resident of St. Louis, MO., on the $52 billion sale of iconic American brewery Anheuser-Busch to InBev NV of Belgium. Wild Turkey is owned by French company Pernod Ricard SA. --TIME

Scott McClellan admits to Chris Matthews that the White House made a deliberate effort to use FOX News commentators like Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly to disseminate White House talking points:

Matthews: “Did you see FOX television as a tool when you were in the White House? As a useful avenue to get your message out?”

McClellan: “I make a distinction between the journalists and the commentators. Certainly there were commentators and other, pundits at FOX News, that were useful to the White House.” […] That was something we at the White House, yes, were doing, getting them talking points and making sure they knew where we were coming from.

Matthews: “So you were using these commentators as your spokespeople.”

McClellan: “Well, certainly.”

C & L

"Barack Obama was in Germany, where the Germans treated him like a rock star. This is amazing...until you realize that they also treat David Hasselhoff as a rock star." --Jay Leno

DAR
When war supporters say "the surge is working" it's important to provide some context.

Paris Hilton's mum (donor to McCain's campaign) on McCain's new ad mocking her daughter:

"I've been asked again and again for my response to the now infamous McCain celebrity ad. I actually have three responses. It is a complete waste of the money John McCain's contributors have donated to his campaign. It is a complete waste of the country's time and attention at the very moment when millions of people are losing their homes and their jobs. And it is a completely frivolous way to choose the next President of the United States." Link