http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/dopeydems/ en-us Fri, 3 Jul 2009 22:46:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285116/posts CNN's Rick Sanchez wonders if Gov. Sarah Palin is stepping down because she is pregnant "again." Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285116/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 22:46:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279209/posts Massachusetts Sen. Kerry has joined the fraternity of jokesters using Sarah Palin as a punch line. Kerry was meeting a group of business and civic leaders in the nation's capital when he decided to play comedian, according to The Boston Herald. He was talking about the disappearance of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, the Alaska governor's Republican peer. "Too bad," he said, "if a governor had to go missing it couldn't have been the governor of Alaska. You know, Sarah Palin." Kerry's joke came 24 hours before Sanford turned up to admit an affair with a woman living in Argentina,... Fox News.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279209/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:42:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273984/posts NEW YORK - Monica Weeks has met many men, but at age 51 she says she still hasn't found her "Barack." Among Weeks and her friends, President Barack Obama's name has become shorthand for a black man with integrity, character and spirituality, one who loves and values his wife and makes his family a priority — in other words, the kind of man that many black women had despaired of finding. Weeks said probably every single woman she knows is looking for her "Barack." "He absolutely makes me think it's attainable," said Weeks, a divorced mom in Somerset, N.J. "For... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273984/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:30:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272757/posts There was a tell-tale moment during Ed Schultz's repulsive rant on today's Morning Joe. In the course of alleging that Dick Cheney wants Americans to die in a terrorist attack, Schultz boasted: "I got a lot of support when I said that on the Ed program, I got a lot of support overnight when I said it again." [H/t reader Melody and Mitchell Blatt.] Translation: the ratings-starved Schultz will say pretty much anything if it garners him a few more eyeballs on the paranoid-lefty fringe. Here's Schultz spewing his bile . . . View video here. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272757/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:14:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271625/posts http://thepage.time.com/2009/06/14/stimulus-apologies/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271625/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:56:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253120/posts I have written many times in this space that I oppose any criminal prosecution of prior-administration officials on torture or other issues relating to the Iraq War and the war on terrorism, especially those CIA interrogators who relied in good faith on the instructions of policymakers and the legal opinions issued by Justice Department senior officials. I have agreed with President Obama on the need to look forward, not backward. But I have changed my mind about the need to indict former Vice President Dick Cheney for complicity in illegal torture. [Editor’s Note: Read Lanny J. Davis' columns in The... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253120/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 12:04:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251924/posts Oh, but they were released thanks to Australian media, and in any case The One surely knows he’s likely to lose the court fight to keep them suppressed. Then he can blame the judges and wash his hands of the whole matter. Patience, lefties, patience. There’ll be plenty of time for Iraqis to get good and angry again. Or will there? Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251924/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2009 23:36:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2245825/posts Chris Matthews and Richard Haass, former advisor to Secretary of State Colin Powell and author of "War of Necessity, War of Choice" discuss the War in Iraq. Again, Liberal Matthews is the one manipulating the evidence. Did we ever find weapons of mass destruction? No. Did Democrats view the same intelligence as the White House and approve military force in Iraq? Yes. Haass, like his former boss Powell, is a sellout and a joke and a traitorous fool. Richard is truly an (haa)ass. "It's a big freaking question, because it got us 5000 killed," says Matthews. ConservativeXpress, MS NBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2245825/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 02:29:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245729/posts Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) today said he was guaranteed seniority on committees by Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) in the final negotiations before his party switch last week, talks that, according to Specter, also included a pledge that he would become the next chairman of the Judiciary Committee in several years. Specter stood by his version of the one-on-one talks with Reid, despite the Senate leader's contradictory statements on the matter and the resolution that passed last night placing Specter in the most junior slot on most committees on which he serves. "When I talked to Senator Reid he... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245729/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 00:13:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242439/posts A follow-up to Wednesday night’s Kinsleyan gaffe: He’s sorry, he’s just not sure why he’s sorry. The closest we get to an explanation is that the decision to drop the bomb was “complicated,” but of course that’s why Cliff May brought it up — to draw a parallel with the decision to waterboard terrorists. The moral calculus about how far to go in roughing up jihadis to save how many lives is difficult, as was the calculus about how many lives would be saved in the long run by incinerating Japanese kids in Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war.... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242439/posts#comment Sat, 2 May 2009 00:02:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235708/posts WASHINGTON – Brushing aside the president's suggestions, congressional Democrats pushed ahead firmly on Wednesday toward investigations into the Bush administration's harsh interrogation of terror suspects including hundreds of instances of waterboarding and other abusive practices. President Barack Obama said a day earlier that if there was to be an investigation, the independent commission that looked into the Sept. 11 attacks would be a better model than a congressional probe that might break down along party lines. But Democrats were moving in their own directions, and Republicans were united in their opposition to a commission that they see as an effort... YAHOO NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235708/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:29:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2229177/posts Rescue Me is back from its 18-month hiatus, and the early episodes of Season 5 prove the show is again firing on all its raucous and raunchy cylinders. But it's also turning a more focused eye back on 9/11 and its impact on the men of 62 Truck. In doing so, this season brings mainstream attention to widespread conspiracy theories that suggest the 9/11 attacks were an "inside job." Fireman Franco Rivera — played by Daniel Sunjata, who in real life subscribes to these same beliefs — becomes the mouthpiece for these ideas on the show, something Sunjata admits he... TVguide.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2229177/posts#comment Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:34:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221908/posts France's president grins, schoolboy-like, as he welcomes Barack Obama to his country where Americans in recent years have not always felt so appreciated. An eager French colonel admonishes his men to keep their heads high as Obama strides past. Teenagers blush and beam at the chance to brush fingers with the American leader. The French — and especially their President Nicolas Sarkozy — are clearly out to set aside past strains and please the Obamas on their first presidential visit. For Nicolas Sarkozy, the trip, for a NATO summit on the French-German border, didn't come a moment too soon. The... sfgate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221908/posts#comment Fri, 3 Apr 2009 23:44:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219017/posts As one White House official explained it to me Limbaugh became an issue not because he is the most prominent Obama critic but because the talk show host embodies “hyper-partisanship.” Limbaugh became a stand-in for White House view of Republicans as a party that is not constructive, not willing to seek common ground and out of touch with a bipartisan thirst for solutions to pressing economic problems. Obama’s aides connect the dots and see a picture of a dark, unappealing political landscape on the right in which Republicans have become so in-grown that not one of them felt free to... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219017/posts#comment Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:59:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217740/posts Al Gore Leaves The Light On For Ya By Kleinheider Posted on March 29, 2009 at 12:00 pm Even during Earth Hour. President of the Tennessee Center For Policy Research Drew Johnson takes a Saturday drive by Al Gore’s during the time most environmentalists went dark: I pulled up to Al’s house, located in the posh Belle Meade section of Nashville, at 8:48pm – right in the middle of Earth Hour. I found that the main spotlights that usually illuminate his 9,000 square foot mansion were dark, but several of the lights inside the house were on. In fact, most... nashvillepost.com - post politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217740/posts#comment Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:01:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217700/posts Even during Earth Hour. President of the Tennessee Center For Policy Research Drew Johnson takes a Saturday drive by Al Gore’s during the time most environmentalists went dark: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217700/posts#comment Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:58:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217624/posts We're nearly 24 hours out of Earth Hour and the media are already proclaiming it a success as Michael Bates pointed out for NewsBusters in a blog post earlier today. However one prominent global warming alarmist reportedly didn't fully participate in the Earth Hour festivities. According to Drew Johnson, president of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, global warming activist and former Vice President Al Gore left his lights for the hyped Earth Hour. ...more... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217624/posts#comment Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:38:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217531/posts Was Earth Hour a bust? So it appeared in the San Fernando Valley of California, as demographically close to Middle America as anywhere. I stood on my balcony before the witching hour of 8:30 p.m., overlooking a vast landscape of twinkling lights, illuminated apartment buildings, pizza parlors, supermarkets and suburban bungalows. I waited. Even hoped. The minutes ticked by. I squinted. Could i even see a single light winking off in the distance? Nope. The LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217531/posts#comment Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:04:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217119/posts This is your reminder to LIGHT UP your home, car, deck light anything that will let you love shine in protest to...This year’s Earth Hour, which happens on March 28, Saturday, 8:30 p.m., aims to gather 1 billion “votes” for Earth, which will be presented to the world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The meeting will determine policies on global warming that will replace the Kyoto Protocol. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217119/posts#comment Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:15:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216993/posts Turn out the lights, the party’s over… Not just a badly performed song by Dandy Don Meredith at the end of Monday Night Football games, but turning out the lights has a different meaning today. It means you are — literally — supposed to turn out your lights. It’s called Earth Hour - an annual international event to raise awareness of climate change. Sponsored by the WWF, the organization asks that everyone in the world to turn off their lights for one hour, beginning at 8:30 p.m. local time. Sure there’d be much greater participation if it was held at... Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216993/posts#comment Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:53:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216929/posts This weekend, enviro-zealots will celebrate “Earth Hour” by turning off their lights. They’ve pulled this stunt for a few years now. But this time, they’ve added a new twist: “This year, Earth Hour has been transformed into the world’s first global election, between Earth and global warming. For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background have the opportunity to use their light switch as their vote – Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming.” How about voting for human achievement? Michelle Minton... Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216929/posts#comment Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:46:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216562/posts Landmarks go dark for Earth Hour The Forth Bridge is usually illuminated by spotlights at night Dozens of Scotland's landmark buildings will be plunged into darkness later as part of a global campaign highlighting climate change. Edinburgh Castle, the Forth Bridge, the Falkirk Wheel and the Wallace Monument in Stirling will be among those taking part in WWF's Earth Hour at 2030 GMT. The environmental group hopes millions of people around the world will switch off their lights. WWF called for a "show of support for decisive action on climate change". Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia, when... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216562/posts#comment Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:17:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213766/posts MSNBC host David Shuster, who usually touts the liberal line on "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue," filled in on Monday's "Countdown With Keith Olbermann" and came to Barack Obama's defense against comments made by Dick Cheney. Shuster played a clip of Sunday's "60 Minutes," where the President responded to allegations by the former Vice President that he is making the country less safe. The cable host asked guest and Huffington Post blogger Lawrence O'Donnell, "Basically, Obama is saying Cheney claims the founding fathers and American principles that were forged during wartime are failures. Is the President flirting here with calling Cheney un-American?"... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213766/posts#comment Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:56:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211696/posts BENICIA - About 40 anti-war protesters held what they said would be their final rally Thursday, six years after the United States-led invasion began against Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Patricia Kneisler, who has led the Benicia Peace Vigil for five of the last six years of the conflict, said the weekly demonstrations on First Street and Military began to subside after President Barack Obama's election in November. "People are really conflicted now," Kneisler said, explaining how many of the demonstrators felt they should not be protesting the war while Obama established his administration. The Benicia Peace Vigil was begun by a... Vallejo Times heral http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211696/posts#comment Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:37:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2211626/posts Fox New's Glenn Beck is increasing "the chance for people to take horrible action" on President Obama. So said HBO's Bill Maher Friday evening in a lengthy discussion about FNC's new primetime star. I guess Maher missed the hypocrisy concerning his disturbingly caustic views of the Bush administration while they were in power, in particular his expression of regret that the March 2007 assassination of Vice President Dick Cheney failed. Possibly even more delicious was that sitting to Maher's left was MSNBC's Keith Olbermann who himself has made an almost endless number of personal attacks on members of the Bush... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2211626/posts#comment Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:00:46 GMT