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Biden and Graham on MTP, once again. Can't Russert get any NEW talent out of the Senate? Why do we have to hear from these two week after week?

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Thanks for the posting and effort AB. Congratulations to last weeks winners too. And, last but not least, Hello to everyone from a snowed in and cold Denver.

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Meet the Press: Tim Russert's guests: Sens. Joe Biden, D-Del., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

Tim really needs to expand his circle of acquaintances.

[Raise your hand if you think either Joe Biden or Lindsey Graham will say anything you haven't heard them say for the last year or longer.]

Thanks, AB & Good Morning to EveryOne! Congrats to last weeks topsters!

In Russert's world, these are the "talented" like him. Because they are opposed to everything Bush.

Though McCain is absent, his proxies - Graham & Lott are there. But from now on, they SHOULD be VERY CAREFUL because 2008 primary just started & we will be watching them "carefully".

Biden vs. Graham....A SMARMY-FEST!!!

Quick, change the channel before the controls become too oily to work!

With a couple of exceptions, what a lineup of commies. I think I'll keep my breakfast in my stomach and read a book instead.

I think Fox is the only one I can bear to watch.

OMG, this week's shows are unwatchable. I think I will take down my tree today instead.

Morning AB, All,

Warm as summer here in the swamps of Delaware.

Joe Biden...ah. Seems this fellow's been out and about and pontificating.

This coming week ladies and gems, Joseph Hairplugs Biden, his official name, will be in his glory. It will be as if he ascended into heaven, met 72 virgins and had on hand a fistful of Viagara.

For Biden, now head of some important committee, I forget, will commence the "hearings".

There will be, go with me here, TELEVISION CAMERAS all around.

Ahhh. Better than the 72 virgins per Biden's brain.

He will be in his glory and, of course, he will tell us all about it on MTP.

Nothing much new here except my beloved Belgian shepherd got attacked by a loose dog as I took her on her daily walk. This is the SECOND dog to attack her, all while she's on her leash and tethered with the harness and walkinig innocently upon a public street.

First one was a Pomeranian, I'm not making this up. Thing weighs about ten pounds. Last week it was a cocker spaniel. Both dogs bolted out of their yard and ran right up to my BIG Belgian Malinois...big, folks. She's a BIG dog! Big teeth!

She's not vicious, not at all. But go with me here, when a dog, ANY dog attacks her, well, hey, THEY DO NOT WIN.

The people with the cocker think I should pay for their dog's vet bill. Jo-Ann did a number on the cocker, folks. I got my hands tore up trying to break them up and precious granddaughter watched the whole thing, screaming in abject fear as Mom-Mom rolled around in a ditch trying to break up the two dogs.

Of course I am not paying their Vet bill and for God's sake, they OUGHT TO PAY MINE. Jo-Ann DID get a bite, just a small one as the cocker had but one shot at the big dog and after that, the cocker was Jo-Ann's to destroy. But the cocker's bite was significant. The cocker attacked her underbelly as these things go with a small dog going after a big one. The cocker got some kind of vein and it bled profusely. My Vet had to put her up on the table rightaway and stitch her with no anesthetic.

THOSE idiots called the SPCA (I did not because hey, two dogs got in a fight, their dog was loose, I did nothing wrong). The SPCA guy got here, he talked to us, he told me he could talk to me all day because hey, I can talk now. Jo-Ann was a big puppy when he asked to see her.

I asked him "Just what is Jo-Ann supposed to do when a dog attacks her? She should just sit down and take it?"

Hey folks, we do live in a la-la liberal hell anymore and such as common sense self-defense seems to have gone out the window.

So yesterday the cocker's owners stop me as I was on the road and ask if we can settle this Vet bill. Translation, will you give us money for OUR Vet bill? I'm perfectly serious here, folks, this is the kind of stupid America we live in now. No one has a single shred of common sense anymore.

I was nice about it and these folks, their dogs are always running loose.

Oh and did I tell you about the butcher knife?

Let me stop and gather my wits. Between Biden and the Cocker...well what's the difference, really?

My new years resolutions:

1. Stop Watching the Sunday Political shows
2. Give up Coffee.
3. Find the perfect woman to marry, and then DONT.
4. Stop Watching the Sunday Political shows.

Oh my what a group

I just figured out Bush's problem. He's hired the wrong generals to run the war.

He should have hired General Bill Kristol, Generalette Nina Easton, General Fred Barnes, General Juan Williams. They seem to know how to run the war.

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Chris Matthews starts his show by calling the increase of troops in Iraq "The Second Invasion"

So why aren't McCain or Lieberman on any of these shows....unbelievable....everyone needs to see these two Senators who do understand the Catastrophic Consequences of Leaving Iraq too soon....McCain's words....

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Sen. McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Lieberman (I-CT) on Iraq Troop Surge Recently returned from a fact-finding mission to Iraq, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) explain their support for a troop surge. Also at this American Enterprise Institute event, an updated version of "Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq" will be released. 1/5/2007: WASHINGTON, DC:

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I guess the Pubbies are finally concluding that the RATS want us to lose in Iraq. Krystal on Fox News Sunday proved it by reading Reid et al's letter to the President. Juan then went on to prove it by demanding it as a requirement of public opinion.

On the subject of public opinion that is just the problem Iraq faces. I know the ordinary pundit of the left seldom reads anything but the NYT and the Washington Post but he or she may profit from reading Jose Ortega y Gasset's The Revolt of the Masses. On page 127 of the paperback edition Ortega y Gasset in 1930 nailed the problem in Iraq which is:

"...What happens is at the times public opinion is nonexistent. A society divided into discordant groups, with the forces of public opinion canceling one another out, leaves no room for a ruling power to be constituted. And as "nature abhors a vacuum" the empty space left by the absence of public opinion is filled by brute force...

"...forthright, commonplace; there can be no rule in opposition to public opinion."

I do hope West Point still has Machiavelli on their reading list and can only hope they might add Jose Ortega y Gasset.

In Baghdad we must restore order, overcome the brute force being used by all parties and find a common public opinion sufficient to permit orderly rule. Leaving things to drift will ennoble savagery and pillage as an alternative to civilized living.

I had a restful, political TV-free Christmas vacation, so I'm sorry even tuned into MTP.

I didn't really tune into it, it just followed the local newscast I had on in the background. In retrospect, I should have switched to anything else, maybe cartoons, I think Curious George was on...

Any Delawareans out there?

Living in assachusetts, and having Double Dipsh*t Senators, I can't say anything about why Biden keeps getting elected, but somebody needs to 'splain to me exactly what Joe Biden has ever done to deserve so much air time (that's a rhetorical question).

I'd like to suggest it was due some kind of sexual relationship between Russert and Biden, but even I wouldn't believe that.

Except for maybe mutual self-gratification (aka mental masturbation), or deriving perverse pleasure by committing verbal sodomy upon the MTP audience.

And how stupid and duplicitous does Biden have to be, to keep repeating "My friend" about a member of the political opposition?

He's lying right out of the starting gate. Does he think anyone will believe anything he says after that?

It's akin to the old conundrum "Everything I say is a lie".

I wish I could go back on vacation : )

Honorable Mention Awards for Sunday January 7, 2007 (listed alphabetically)

advertising guy

#93; "I thought Goober was gonnna cry just now.............no we cannot leave IRAQ.....nooooooooooooooooooooooo"
#102; "hammers Reid and Pelooooosi who sent a letter to Dubya demanding we leave IRAQ in 4 months. Goober asks Plug head if that is a good idea? Plug head says no.BUT...."

Alas Babylon!

#23; "(Biden vs. Graham), Miss Marple? I doubt it. They'll both be more in agreement with each other than not. Both will agree that Bush is bad, Iraq is a failure, and they know more of anything better than you or me." (Note: response to Miss Marple's post #14)

altura

#195; "All I can say is, 'Hillary has a mom?' ... Who knew?" (Note: response to anita's post #17, and it is wicked, evil, nasty and very, very funny!)
#401; "Snugs, this seems to have officially become a 'dog' thread. ... Thanks for the pictures of dear old Spot. ... I guess a dog thread is appropriate since these Sunday shows have become dogs and feature dogs. ... Sorry for the insult to dogs."

Arizona Carolyn

#426; "I guess it's no worse than the ditz on FOX this morning saying the voters gave the Dems a mandate on November 7th. It had me screaming at the screen.... they barely have a hold on the Senate by one vote and not too much more in the Congress and they call it a 'mandate.' ... Currently, they are drunk with power, but wait until they start raising taxes, on the middle class. for pay-go and then see how the American Public feels about them. ... John Kasic started out being really nice to Martin Frost when both were guests on FOX yesterday, but by the end he was spitting bullets because Frost said the upper eschelon needed to pay more in taxes, Kasic asked isn't 50% enought, you want more? Frost is telling him he's a crybaby and only paid 32% to which Kasic is turning red and telling him then he needs to add in state taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, etc., and it's easily 50% or more.... then they cut them both off."

Carolinamom

#82; "It's a pity the Capitol police don't have SWI (Speaking while intoxicated) law to enforce. ... With 100 Senators and over 500 Representatives, why do the Sunday shows always have the same old faces and voices? Their stances are reliable as Old Faithful's gushing."

chiller

#122; "Biden has no idea that his over-enunciation is a huge turn-off to the people he's trying to win over. He might as well say; 'You're stupid and incapable of understanding intelligent thought.' ... Condescenion on that order should play well in his presidential campaign, don'tcha' think?" (Note: response to Bahbah's post #57)

Ernest_at_the_Beach

#279; "... they GET IT ....this war is much bigger than Iraq...and leaving Iraq doesn't stop the War. ... And as McCain says ...this ain't Vietnam...when we left Vietnam the Vietnamese weren't interested in following us HOME>...Al Queda says they PLAN ON Following Us HOME!!!"
#285; "The press is the propaganda arm of the American left and they have an agenda...see this: ... Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left"
#288; "See the CSPAN Video clip....they address the Pentagon's concern about stress on the troops....McCain says the only thing worse than a stressed army is a DEFEATED Army....which is where the MSM and Leftie Democrats are leading us.... Lieberman...says it is ridiculous to use resource limits to impose POLICY choices.,....if we need them ...then get them...."

Fishtalk

#19; "... Joe Biden...ah. Seems this fellow's been out and about and pontificating. ... This coming week ladies and gems, Joseph Hairplugs Biden, his official name, will be in his glory. It will be as if he ascended into heaven, met 72 virgins and had on hand a fistful of Viagra. ... For Biden, now head of some important committee, I forget, will commence the 'hearings' ... There will be, go with me here, TELEVISION CAMERAS all around. ... Ahhh. Better than the 72 virgins per Biden's brain. ... He will be in his glory and, of course, he will tell us all about it on MTP. ..."
#262; "... I heard Tim Russert say, and I paraphrase, "Now that the Dem's are in charge of congress and we have REAL oversight"...yada, yada. ... Folks, is this not damning in just the phrasing? "REAL" oversight? What's the implication here? The Republicans weren't doing oversight? How's the average Joe going to interpret that loaded statement? ... I also heard with mine own lying ears, Joe Biden, AKA Hairplugs, respond to Russert's questions re Pelosi and Reid's letter to the President re Iraq, that it was, and I quote exactly here, a "RED HERRING". Come on, ladies and gems, a member of their own party is admitting the letter is a load of crap! ..."
#278; "... I am a Delawarean. Not necessarily proud of it, understand, but Biden is mine own senator and hey, just this past November, Delawareans elected, get this, BEAU BIDEN, as state Attorney General. ... He's reproduced, folks, and you're not done hearing from him yet. ...He may be our next President, one never knows. ..."
#286; "I also heard Biden say, and I paraphrase, that the ONLY way to win this war is to negotiate with Iran and Syria. ... I must pray that this guy is never elected President."

Getsmart64

#404; "... The AMT almost got me last year....it kinda snuck up on me...I've never ever been close to it....they keep changing the rules and now it's starting to hit us lower middle income classes....have you heard of any changes in the AMT for 2007?" (Note: response to Bahbah's post #201)

HawaiianGecko

#222; "Biden is talking in circles. In July 2006, the date of Bush's press conference just shown on MTP, Biden was condemning the President for 'staying the course and not having enough troops.' Today, the President essentially is 'changing the course, adding troops' and Biden is still condemning him. ... The man is a born liar and living proof that Democrats stand for nothing except being Anti-Bush. If Bush tried to appoint Hillary Clinton to the USSC, they'd vote her down."

Mo1

#173; "Chris Matthews starts his show by calling the increase of troops in Iraq 'The Second Invasion'"

mystery-ak

#301; "I was hoping the Repubs would grow some spine after the Nov elections...I was wrong."

OESY

#304; "Fox must do a better job of advertising who will MC FNS. If I had known that Brit Hume (or Jim Angle or Brian Wilson) was going to question the guests and lead the discussions, I would have watched the program."

OldFriend

#50; "The lineup is so pathetic I think I'll put my tree back up!" (Note: nominated for an honorable mention award by Getsmart64 in post #398)
#75; "I am less concerned with the nice nice talk than what is actually done! I don't see McConnell as a pushover. ... Playing the game for the sheeple is all." (Note: response to maica's post #66)
#80; "Whatever Biden is smoking, it's clearly illegal." (Note: in response to Bahbah's post #71)

Pukin Dog

#43; "Yep, this is where I come to find out what happened, without having to look at the face of Lindsey Graham, and getting all pissed off. He gives closets a bad name."
#49; "Yes, is it going to be fun watching the Dems pander to Cindy Sheehan this year, just so they can say they TRIED to do what the moonbats want, instead of just admitting that they still dont have the power to force the President to do anything."

Right_in_Virginia

#85;"Hoyer: There will be 15 hearings over the next few weeks on Iraq. ... Words fail me."

roses of sharon

#294; "Did McConnell say anything interesting this morning? ... Because the Anti-American Nancy just made headlines by telling our enemies in Iraq to hold on, and that the US President will soon defeated by defunding our military in Iraq. ... McConnell needs to be a ruthless SOB, not civil, (been there, done that)."

samantha

#405; "#386, I am sorry I missed all the fun today also. That picture of Timmah looks like what the Rats are going through now trying to figure out how to be Communist/Socialists Anti American Pro-Terrorist without being obvious. They are turning somersaults trying to spin their agenda to suit the Voter choices in November. As usual they are tone deaf, and got it wrong, but that matters not to them, they do not care they will try to jam through their leftist. hateful agenda through the back door if they have to. I missed all the shows and all this thread, RA is not being kind to me today takes half a day just to be able to make a fist, and walk like someone besides Herman Munster. I have lots of catching up to do..." (Note: response to AliVeritas' post #386 with an animated GIF of Tim Russert's head spinning)

STARWISE

#387; "Before he was elected Attorney General of Delaware, Beau Biden's position was used by his father, "Plugs," who didn't hesitate to bloviate and fudge the truth, but he may have raised a son who gives it back to him. Biden's been known to shamelessly use his son's status in some of his ramblings about the Geneva Conventions discussions ..leading folks to believe Beau was active duty. ... Fact is, his son Beau was in the Delaware National Guard .. doing stateside work as a judge advocate!!! ... Remember that the next time you hear his faux outrage about anything .... I think Beau must've dressed him down, and good for him. ... And Michelle didn't miss it. ... JOE BIDEN IS A WEASEL ... By Michelle Malkin · June 14, 2004 ... <snip> ... How low can you go, Joe???" (Note: post included excerpt from great Michelle Malkin article, which is also linked)

ThreePuttinDude

#13; "Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio.... The talent pool must not be very deep if they have to flop out this old cod..."

TomGuy

#9; "... Tim really needs to expand his circle of acquaintances... [Raise your hand if you think either Joe Biden or Lindsey Graham will say anything you haven't heard them say for the last year or longer.]"
#169; "Given his popular status as a maverick war hero, John McCain has a good shot at winning the 2008 presidential election - if he can get his party to nominate him, writes the former NYTimer. ... McCain has several big issues to overcome: ... McCain on the First Amendment isn't going to help him either: ... McCain and 'the Constitution' ... <snip> ... Recall that McCain, under McCain-Feingold CFR, has tried two different times to restrict voters' rights: ... FEC Won't Regulate Internet Politics ... <snip> ... McCain-Feingold's Electioneering Communication Prohibition Held Unconstitutional as Applied to Genuine Grassroots Lobbying ... <snip> ... Look for more attempts by McCain, and possibly Hillary and Jon Carry, to restrict voters' rights and Internet use during the coming year. ... McCain Looked into Caucusing with Democrats ... <snip> ... " (Note: excerpts from linked articles removed for space)

txradioguy

#390; "I skimmed the channels and saw it was wall-to-wall libtard gloatfest and decided to play X-Box."

VictoryGal

#267; "It is really really odd (though I guess not for the Drive-By-Media) to not have Lieberman and McCain on the shows today. The surge is by far the top story, and they don't have the two most visible proponents of it on the shows? Bah. I bet all these guys would rather make today a big Bela Pelosi lovefest. ... I wish McC & L WERE on for some questions. I'm concerned that I hear from some news rumblings that the military can only muster 9,000 for the surge-- this concerns me-- they need to increase significantly and tell 'em to take the gloves off and no reprisals. What good is even 100,000 more troops if they're not allowed to do their job? Tough times for the troops-- I'm praying as hard as I can these days."
#289; "... I just wonder how much McCain is doing it to win the GOP base back. I would trust Lieberman more, and I don't trust him either."
#322; "... The great thing about the anti-war crowd is that they carry the seeds of their own destruction. Did you see the slag Sheehan and her minions messing up a Dim press conference the other day? Made me feel all warm and fuzzy."

zook

#292; "I've basically stopped watching the news. It isn't really even 'news' anymore. ... You know where I've started hearing the most in-depth and balanced newscasts? On the Chinese English service short-wave radio. They give you dozens of stories from the US and around the world, and they're really quite balanced in the presentation."

And two Special "it is interesting but has nothing to do with the Sunday Shows" Merit Awards to:

Fishtalk, Pukin Dog and several others for the discussions of cooking stuff, particularly the bits about Alton Brown.
snugs, Fishtalk and a ~~host~~ pack of others for the discussion about dogs

The Top Ten will be posted shortly. Sorry for the delay. I had problems with a stitch this week and could only read for about 10 minutes at a time. I only finished reading all of the posts this morning. Hey, I'm slow but still annoying!