As God Is My Witness, I'll Never Vote For George Bush Again!

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As God Is My Witness, I'll Never Vote For George Bush Again!

"Traders" To The United States are "Obsured" And "Tresonous." (No, this is not a joke); Wonkette wanders into Freeperville for fun; Monica Goodling motor-mouths her way into history; Tell-all book finds Duke Cunningham in a dirty hot tub (naked, no less); and DUers CatShrink, ih8thegop, and TalkingDog rock it like it's meant to be rocked. All this and much, much more on the blogs this week. Enjoy!

Now We Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

If her name is Monica Goodling, it's because she's pretty damned stupid. Like Scarlett O'Hara, Goodling is sorry... sorry she got caught, that is. At last week's hearing, Monica thrice fingered U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as lying to Congress and/or to the public. When she finally realized what she'd done, her cheeks turned crimson and the number of "um" answers increased exponentially. If you missed any of the fun, firedoglake's Christy Hardin Smith live-blogged the entirety. Start here. Great graphic, isn't it?

For a play-by-play translation of Goodling's testimony, check out Cliff Schecter's blog post, "Monica's Big Day." Here's how it begins:

MONICA'S BIG DAY

The following is a completely accurate account, verbatim, of the congressional investigation of the firing of U.S. Attorneys: (Key: M= Monica, D= Democrat, R= Republican)

M: I'mMonicaGoodling callmeMonica eventhoughit'sreallycoolthatIhaveGOODinmylastname Isn'tthatcool? Ilikethismicrophone! Ithasbuttons! Youalllooksoniceandclean! Ismyoutfitokay? When'slunch?

D: You talk really fast, dear.

M: Thank you soooooooooooo much! Jesus loves you. Did I mention I graduated cum laude? Ow--mah--gahd! This room is, like, sooo big! Awesome plasma screen! Hieeee, CSPAN!! Hi photo guys! Do I look okay?

Chair: Order! Order! Photographers, for the last time, get your butts outta here! We can't see Ms. Goodling. Someone get her a booster seat.

M: Call me Monica, 'kay? 'Kay. 'Kay? 'Kay. I mean, like, "Ms." makes me sound...old. Ew.

D: You committed a crime, Monica.

M: Is that bad? I mean, like, I just broke a rule.

R: And you didn't mean to.

M: I know. Like, serious.

R: We believe you, Precious.

Catch the video replay of the whole (actual) enchilada if you can. This is what democracy looks like! Unlike...

Duke Cunningham Naked In The Nasty Potomac-Water Hot Tub With A Girlfriend

Nope, not a Clue game solution. Just the facts, as presented in TPM Muckraker's Paul Kiel's post on the new book about Randy "Duke" Cunningham:

...even (Brent) Wilkes drew a line on what he would do for the congressman. For one thing, Wilkes was totally disgusted by the hot tub Cunningham put on the boat's deck during the autumn and winter. What repelled Wilkes -- and others invited to the parties -- was both the water Cunningham put in the hot tub and the congressman's penchant for using it while naked, even if everybody else at the party was clothed. Cunningham used water siphoned directly from the polluted Potomac River and never changed it out during the season. "Wilkes thought it was unbelievably dirty and joked if you got in there it would leave a dark water line on your chest," said one person familiar with the parties. "The water was so gross that very few people were willing to get into the hot tub other than Duke and his paramour." That was a reference to Cunningham's most frequently seen girlfriend, a flight attendant who lived in Maryland.

Yuck. But wait. There's more, and it's not a Clue solution, either...

Fred Thompson In The Presidential Race With A Sleazy Slush Fund Deal For His Son

Avni Patel at ABC's The Blotter (don't get me started on mainstream news "blogs" - where they park juicy tidbits they don't want to showcase on their homepages, or heaven forbid, on their network news broadcasts) reports:

Former Tennessee Senator and potential Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson has shut down a political action committee that paid out more money to his son than it did in political donations.

Hmm. Don't hold your breath waiting for Thompson's "I am not a crook" moment.

Old Stereotype, New "American Taliban" Revival

The U.S. wants the British military to explain how they integrated gays into their forces... like it's some kind of miracle. John Aravois at AmericaBlog notes with sadness how our media still imbed drag queen photos inside stories on gays. Take a look:

Meanwhile, subpoena power may not be all it's cracked up to be...

Ignoring subpoenas is, according to TPM's Laura McGann, no big deal? Historically, maybe not; however, BushCo has never adhered to precedence on any issue, so why should they waste their beautiful minds over doing the right thing now?

"In theory, what happens is, after the House, or the Senate, goes through a certain process, (the case) is kicked over to a prosecutor," Tiefer said. But to think that will actually happen "is a naive way" of looking at Congressional investigations.

No top government official has ever been indicted for failing to respond to a Congressional subpoena. Tiefer, who signed off on more Congressional subpoenas than anyone else while counsel to the House from 1984 to 1996, explained that these investigations mount pressure to achieve results.

Pressure? You can only shame those who are capable of feeling shame. While Dems are spinning their wheels trying to shame, Attywood blasts the lid off of a mainstream press "unnamed sources" report on how scary Iran is supposed to be. Boo! Then, of course, while all of this crap is clogging the mainstream media pipes, criminal Rs continue to defy all sense of logic and laugh at the rule of law. Case in point...

No Conflict To See Here. Move Along.

Paul Kiel (TPM Muckraker Supreme) reports on the swindle perpetrated by Rep. Ken Calvert (R-California Should Know Better By Now), who profits immensely from a major real estate deal by declaring it ethical because he's not the only one to reap the benefits? Ahem.

Calvert used his power as a lawmaker to appropriate $5.6 million in taxpayer dollars to build a transit center that's within walking distance of seven of his properties (ranging from office and/or retail buildings to a storage facility). But there's no conflict there, mostly because any financial benefit Calvert achieved "would be experienced as a member of a class of landholders in the vicinity of the transit Center."

Sleazy is as sleazy profits. Jeez, Louise!

And No Ginormous "Voter Fraud" Scam To See Here, Either. Keep Moving

Over at Daily Kos, clammyc has connected the Rove dots in the US Attorney purging, vote suppression, vote counting, voter ID, phone-jamming... er, plot:

All of this done by design. By the republican party. At all levels. It is a simple story to tell, as ugly and complicated as it is to untangle. The republican party has used its power to undermine and suppress the votes of those most likely to vote Democratic in order to keep power. It should spell doom for the republican party for decades to come. Is anyone brave enough to call a duck a duck, take this story and give it the exposure it deserves?

My favorite comment:

I have had it with this thinking

Just because someone votes Republican does not make them bad people.

Bad people? Ok, maybe not. But definitely: (pick one or more, your choice): greedy, ignorant, racist, stupid, ill-informed, union-busting, anti-American, warmongerish, puerile, farcical, crass, self-serving, brain dead, corrupt, environment-hating, authoritarian, patriarchal, backward, uneducated, misogynist, lazy, fascist, cretinous, evil, dopey, jingoistic, selfish, dishonest, sexually repressed, compromised, moronic, despicable, felonious, treacherous, dimwitted, and/or complacent.

Wolfowitz Finally Takes The Hint & Quitz

And his Gal Pal is done with him, to boot. http://watchingwashington.blogspot.com/2007/05/lone-wolf-back-on-prowl.html">Watching Washington observes the dumping of Spit-Comb Boy:

Apparently, without all the power and prestige of being World Bank President masking his ragged good looks - and Brylcreem breath -- Shaha Ali Riza actually got a good look at her boyfriend. Ms Riza is the woman who got a cushy promotion and pay raises at the urging of her boss/boyfriend after he took the reigns at the World Bank.

The blog post ends with this hilarious note: "Hey, ladies! The lone Wolfowitz is back on the prowl! Ahhhhh-ooooooooooo!"

Ahhhhh-ooooooooooo, indeed. Catchy song. It's got a beat, and you can dance to it. I'd give it an 85, Dick. But wait. There's a new dance craze this year...

Let's Do "The Bush Dodge" Again!

Bush bobs and weaves. No, he's not boxing. He's dancing around Kelly O'Donnell's (NBC) question (via Think Progress):

"Sir, did you send your then Chief of Staff and White House Counsel to the bedside of John Ashcroft while he was ill to get him to approve that program," she asked, "and do you believe that kind of conduct from White House officials is appropriate?"

Naturally, Bush dodged the question twice before stating, "I'm not going to move the issue forward by talking about it." Asshat.

Freepers Refuse To Vote For Bush Again

I'm not kidding. Wonkette wandered into one of the Free Republic rubber chat rooms and found them furious about Bush's immigration plan. My favorite post:

I'm done with him on this and many other issues. I'll never vote for him again. Illegal invaders are going to kill us all.

Now that's funny!

Thank A DUer!

Thanks to Catshrink for this chuckle:

It's too late Poppy, it's too damn late.

Major kudos to ih8thegop for cornering the market on scathingly brilliant fundraising plans:

Each reply to this thread = $$ for DU

I will donate six cents for every reply by Wednesday at 9:58 PM EDT (6:58 PDT) PLUS eleven cents for each different DUer who posts at least one reply.

So if 56 different DUers post 89 replies to this thread, I will donate $9.52 to DU. (.11 x 56 = 3.36; .06 * 89 = 6.16).

Deleted responses and sex-related posts will NOT count.

Wow! Just plain wow!

Finally, thanks a million to DUers like TalkingDog, who keep us posted on freeper reactions to major news stories of Repub criminal behavior. Here's the post intro and a few of the hilarious freeper responses:

ABC breaks story of Bush authorization for covert action and Freepers respond

Here's the story:

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/05/bush_authorizes.html

"The CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert "black" operation to destabilize the Iranian government, current and former officials in the intelligence community tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com."

And here is how we know the freepers are responding:

David Reid misunderstood and thought we were opening trade negotiations:
"If it was a secret, it isn't any longer. I will turn off ABC News and never watch again. I consider ABC News Traders to the United States"

Philip R. Cramer says:
"Seems you & the media will go to any extreme to show you bias agains the Bush Administration. Revealing classified operations is consorting with the enemy. I hope you can live with your tresonous actions!!!!!!"

concerned thinks Mr. Ross' stories are "obsured". How obsured.:
"Not so secret anymore is it? This is why more than half of the stories Brian Ross reports are obsured. If it's so secret how'd did your team get the scoop? Secondly, if it is true, you should be arrested for espionage."

ROFLMAO here, TalkingDog!

As Dems face the BushCo line in the sand this week and decide whether to cave completely or take a principled stand against pouring more blood and money down the Iraq War hole, the Party Of Nixon giggles with glee, taking comfort in the fact that simply ignoring decency and the rule of law works extremely well... if you have no shame whatsoever. "Fiddle Dee Dee" is obviously their mantra, and they'll continue to flaunt their disdain for the Constitution and the rule of law until we all stand up together and proclaim, "Frankly, my dears, we no longer give a damn about taking the high road. Name the place and the time, and we'll be there."

Whew! That was fun. Thanks for the great blog links and DU post suggestions. See you next week!

-- Delilah Boyd

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