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May he RIP. What a loss to this community.

Not just a Democrat, he’s a delegate to the Democratic Convention in Charlotte.

It’s in fact quite hypocritical for Byrd to call out Vick on the alleged charges.

Byrd served as “Exalted Leader” and “kleagle” of the KKK — an organization that regularly held dogfights; using them as a fundraising activity. As late as the early 1930’s the Klan chapters regularly publicized the dogfights until public pressure forced them to go underground.

http://www.bestfriends.org/archives/forums/032105cultures.html

I’m not saying Byrd conducted, attended or even supported dogfights. But as a former leader of an organization that was the main proponent of dogfights for decades in America, denigrating someone who allegedly particpated in this activity seems hypocritical.

I need a copy of the transcript (or excerpt with date) where Madeline Albright is asked about discussions with the North Koreans regarding the Agreed Framework. She replied that it wasn't discussed but Kim Jung Il said she was pretty.

Any help?

TIA.

Very astute observations as always.

Damn shame we can't find a picture of her in those boots!

SO is the guy's name "Johnny Highland Woodland ME"? Or "Johnny Highland"? "Johnny Woodland"?

I didn't catch it but someone told me about it. Is this guy's CD's available anywhere?

TIA

> Fox saying Scott McClellan will have FOUR position announcements to make and so there might be two more.

Secretary of State, Agriculture secretary, Education secretary and Energy secretary.

I do not think this is where we want to go. You're suggesting Bush relies on the same type of bad judgement as Dan Rather? The same bad judgement being lambasted all over the internet for years and now the mainstream media?

We now know that Rather ignored key research of dissent from his thesis, notably Killean's wife and son. What research did Bush willfully ignore? Are you suggesting that Bush relied on possibly forged (or at least questionable) documents to make his case?

Awesome job. Keep up the good work!

>I also heard that Sasso was the dirty trickster. I think he is the one who put out the hit on Eagleton.


Sasso IS a dirty trickster. He's the guy who leaked the Biden "plagarist" tape to the New York Times, NBC and Des Moines Register, denied he did it and was summarily fired in a very public press conference by Dukakis.

As you may know, Estrich was Dukakis' campaign manager, so she is very familiar with him. Kerry was Dukakis' Lt. Governor in Taxachusetts.

Whouley is a very smart operative. Do not underestimate him.

Here's the exact quote: "I would have given the inspectors the time they needed before rushing to war. I would have built a genuine coalition of allies and made sure that every soldier that was put in harm's way actually had the equipment and the body armor that they needed."

Precious. And I know you know this, but contrast it with this:

Doyle McManus (LA Times): "If that amendment does not pass, will you then vote against the $87 billion?"

Kerry: "I don't think any United States senator is going to abandon our troops and recklessly leave Iraq to – to whatever follows as a result of simply cutting and running. That's irresponsible." ("Face the Nation," CBS, 9/14/03)

Go here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/
Then scroll down to where it says "Free Video".
Click the right arrow to to video #5.
Hit the Launch button.

Politics: What’s in Howard Dean’s Secret Vermont Files?
By Michael Isikoff
NEWSWEEK

Dec. 8 issue — As investigative reporters and “oppo” researchers flock to Vermont to dig into Howard Dean’s past, they have run into a roadblock. A large chunk of Dean’s records as governor are locked in a remote state warehouse—the result of an aggressive legal strategy designed in part to protect Dean from political attacks.

DEAN—WHO HAS BLASTED the Bush administration for excessive secrecy—candidly acknowledged that politics was a major reason for locking up his own files when he left office last January. He told Vermont Public Radio he was putting a 10-year seal on many of his official papers—four years longer than previous Vermont governors—because of “future political considerations... We didn’t want anything embarrassing appearing in the papers at a critical time.” “Most of the records are open,” said Dean spokeswoman Tricia Enright, adding there is “absolutely not” a “smoking gun” in those for which Dean has claimed “executive privilege.” Still, Dean’s efforts to keep official papers secret appear unusually extensive. Late last year, NEWSWEEK has learned, Dean’s chief counsel sent a directive to all state agencies ordering them to cull their files and remove all correspondence that bore Dean’s name—and ship them to the governor’s office to be reviewed for “privilege” claims. This removed a “significant number of records” from state files, said Michael McShane, an assistant Vermont attorney general.

The battle over Dean’s records began last year when three Vermont newspapers took him to court after being denied access to his official schedule. Reporters were trying to track Dean’s out-of-state political trips. State lawyers argued that release of the schedule could jeopardize his safety and that the governor’s office was not a public “agency” covered by state open-records law—two notions rejected by the Vermont Supreme Court. (The court ultimately ruled that those portions of the schedule related to his political trips had to be released, but those relating to state policy could be redacted.) Then last January, Dean’s chief counsel David Rocchio negotiated a sweeping agreement that resulted in about 140 boxes of Dean records containing several hundred thousand pages of documents being locked up for 10 years at a state archive in Middlesex, said Greg Sanford, the state archivist. The sealed papers include Dean’s correspondence with advisers on, among other matters, Vermont’s “civil unions” law and a state agency that critics charged was used to grant tax credits to Dean’s favored firms. Rocchio said the sealing agreement was driven by “legitimate” policy concerns, but also by, he later acknowledged, political factors. “All you have to do is look at what [Dean’s opponents] are doing with the existing records,” he said. “They’re distorting his record.”

>NY Times Retracts Hitler Bombshell

Well aware of that -- thanks, though.

Admin: Could you change the title from "Chief of staff to Benjamin Netanyahu: I'm an 'Admirer' of Hitler, Too" to "Chief of staff for Benjamin Netanyahu: I'm an 'Admirer' of Hitler, Too" -- for clarity purposes. Thanks.

Interesting comments. Click link for rest of article.

I found a link to the article here: PoliticsUS.com.

Tried to find her original story, no luck, but there is this:

...New Times Los Angeles columnist Jill Stewart penned an expose about Davis in November 1997 in which she described him as an "office batterer." "Long protected by the news media, the baby-faced Davis has been allowed to move higher and higher in public office despite his history of physical violence, unhinged hysteria, and gross profanity," Stewart wrote. "Davis' hurling of phones and ashtrays at quaking government employees and his incidents of personally shoving and shaking horrified workers 'usually while screaming the f-word with more venom than Nixon,' as one former staffer reminds me, bespeak a man who cannot be trusted with power." (Jill Stewart, "Closet Wacko vs. Mega-fibber," New Times Los Angeles, Nov. 27, 1997)

I believe that probably is one of the articles I remember. Another story I believe also from her says this:

“...Davis is an unstable and violent man who has physically attacked a number of his employees over the years, throwing ashtrays and telephones, and shoving a long-time executive secretary so hard that the 62-year-old woman suffered a stress breakdown and was protected from the state from ever having to work in the same room with Davis again."(New Times Los Angeles, May 21, 1998)

Hmmm... How come I vaguely remember this story in LA Weekly when Davis first ran for Governor? Is this fresh evidence, or an old story rehashed? (I remember the original story being written by Jill Stewart. She did a couple of great pieces...)

Ok, I found a realaudio link: http://www.geocities.com/gushyfart/kateaudio.mp3

She's an "actress".