http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/slimeball/ en-us Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:57:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992940/posts Leave it to liberals to pile on Sen. John McCain with cheap shots about his age, and we're not talking making jokes about him serving in the Civil War or what not. Mocking John McCain's age, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann imagined that the senator could easily segue from talking about foreign policy or the economy to talking about "buying more Depends or something like that." (h/t Conservative Punk) "You can dissassociate yourself from that remark if you wish," Olbermann immediately added in his exchange with Rachel Maddow of the liberal Air America radio network. Yesterday NewsBusters noted a liberal blogger who... News Busters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992940/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:57:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1954945/posts Oh boy one has to believe that Huckabee will be getting some blow-back from this. These push polls have even brought out the South Carolina Attorney General to make this statement: “Last evening the Associated Press reported that that an out-of-state special interest group, Common Sense Issues, had launched a massive push polling effort disparaging John McCain and other candidates for president. In their push poll, Common Sense Issues makes several misleading claims regarding John McCain’s record.“Allow me to set the record straight. In the U.S. Senate, John McCain has been an unwavering voice for the rights of the unborn.... NW Republican http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1954945/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:45:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930705/posts BOW, N.H. (AP) -- Democrat John Edwards says his experience as a trial lawyer makes him the presidential contender best able to give voters hope — and to give the establishment grief. Edwards, a former senator from North Carolina, has focused his campaign on pledges to change a government system he says is rigged against most voters. "While you shop (for candidates), I hope you will think about two key things: Who can you trust to tell you the truth about what's wrong in Washington, and who can you trust to fight like hell to make it right?" Edwards said... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930705/posts#comment Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:17:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914924/posts WASHINGTON (CNN) — New York Rep. Charlie Rangel, a prominent supporter of Hillary Clinton, sharply criticized Republican presidential frontrunner Rudy Giuliani's personal life Monday, highlighting the fact that the former New York City mayor and his wife have each been married three times. "Two people, six spouses. It's a little complicated if you're not religious, especially if you're running against a Mormon," Rangel told CNN's Wolf Blitzer in a reference to Giuliani's chief rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. For the record, Romney has only been married once. "I think America has to look at all these things, and there... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914924/posts#comment Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:54:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1817551/posts Chicago tops L.A., will bid for Olympics By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Sports Writer 15 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Now Chicago takes on the rest of the world. The Windy City's bid to hold a Summer Games for the first time moved to the international stage Saturday when the U.S. Olympic Committee capped a yearlong search for an American candidate for 2016 by picking Chicago over two-time host Los Angeles. "It's just beginning," said Patrick Ryan, Chicago's bid committee chairman. "It's a long road."Having won over the USOC despite lacking venues ready for an Olympics, Chicago's task is to persuade... AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1817551/posts#comment Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:17:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1812023/posts One of the largest defense firms in the region has been awarded a $100-million contract, Rep. John Murtha said Wednesday. Murtha said Kuchera Defense Systems in Somerset County was granted a 10-year air-to-air missile project by Raytheon Missile Systems. He said the contract does not necessarily mean the military is gearing up for 10 more years of fighting in Iraq. "This war is going to end in the next year or so. There's no question in my mind this war is going to build down," Murtha said. He said while the war continues, he is in favor of a draft.... WJAC TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1812023/posts#comment Wed, 4 Apr 2007 20:20:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797793/posts WASHINGTON - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich acknowledged he was having an extramarital affair even as he led the charge against President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, he acknowledged in an interview with a conservative Christian group. "The honest answer is yes," Gingrich, a potential 2008 Republican presidential candidate, said in an interview with Focus on the Family founder James Dobson to be aired Friday, according to a transcript provided to The Associated Press. "There are times that I have fallen short of my own standards. There's certainly times when I've fallen short of God's standards." Gingrich argued in... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797793/posts#comment Fri, 9 Mar 2007 03:02:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1745766/posts Chuck swung by the Daily News for an editorial board meeting this morning, which you'll be able to read more about in tomorrow's News. A couple of tidbits from his broader discussion (forthcoming in book form) of how he sees the shifting terrain and the Democrats' edge struck me: "We're in better shape than [Republicans] are, because they don't realize that Reaganomics is dead, that the Reagan philosophy is dead," he said. "We realize that New Deal democracy, which is still our paradigm, which is sort of appeal to each group ... that doesn't work any more." He had said... Daily Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1745766/posts#comment Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:04:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739158/posts Exultant Chuck Says He’ll Veto the Next Alito; New King of Washington Promises Moderate Court; Rove-like, Plans Permanent Democratic Majority; More N.Y. Homeland Money, Iraqi Federalism More than the inability to influence Iraq policy or the President’s tax cuts, Chuck Schumer says that the single greatest failure of the Democrats as an opposition party was allowing Samuel Alito to join the Supreme Court. “Judges are the most important,” said Mr. Schumer, who orchestrated the implausible Democratic takeover of the Senate last week. “One more justice would have made it a 5-4 conservative, hard-right majority for a long time. That won’t... The New York Observer. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739158/posts#comment Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:12:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723025/posts <p>Philadelphia - A special three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals convened Wednesday to hear arguments on whether a Federal Civil Rights suit may proceed against Gov. Ed Rendell and overturn a 2003 lower court ruling that there was insufficient evidence. Rendell is charged with conspiring to suppress the First Amendment rights of protesters by having Teamsters Local 115 beat them while they demonstrated outside Philadelphia's City Hall during a Democratic fundraiser featuring President Bill Clinton. Rendell, who was mayor of Philadelphia at the time, admitted in a deposition following the Oct. 2, 1998 beatings to personally inviting Teamsters Local 115 Secretary-Treasurer John Morris and instructing the union to "drown-out" the Clinton protesters. "I specifically said I didn't want any interaction with the demonstrators. I wanted this to be extremely peaceful and extremely positive," Rendell also claimed in the deposition, which was taken two years after the fact. Morris was caught on video by local media placing a fedora over protester Don Adams' head, signaling the Teamsters to knock him to the ground and assault him. Adams was treated at a nearby hospital for a concussion, lacerations and multiple bruises. His sister, Teri, sustained minor injuries. Testimony from Morris' chief of staff revealed that, after the beatings, Rendell called Morris about the Teamsters who participated in the attack and said, "nothing is going to happen to these guys," and "I know how these things go." He then suggested that Morris and the Teamsters file a criminal complaint against Adams, which they did two days later on Oct. 4, 1998, alleging that he struck a woman in their group. Even though there was no police reports supporting the Teamster's claim, the incident was caught on video, and the District Attorney's Office pursued trial against Adams, who filed suit against the Teamsters and Rendell several months later. At one point, the Teamsters offered to drop their charges against him if he dropped his case. During that time, they launched a media campaign and accused Adams of being a woman-beater. Adams rejected the deal and was found not guilty on July 8, 1999. Five teamsters then pled guilty to various charges of assault and were granted probation, and Morris died in 2001. Arguments surrounding Rendell's involvement center not on how convincing the evidence is, but whether his interaction with Morris after the fact - consoling the Teamsters and advising them to sue Adams - can be used as evidence to support the charge of conspiracy. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in United States vs. Smith in 2002 that concerted actions to conceal unlawful behavior are relevant to a finding of conspiracy. The Supreme Court reached a similar conclusion in United States vs. Brodie last year. However, Philadelphia Law Department attorney Jane Lovitch Istvan, who represents Rendell, argued in brief, "The alleged conversation in this case ... contained no evidence of attempted concealment, nor is there a pattern of other alleged attempts to conceal." "I think he might have a case," Circuit Judge Restani said during oral arguments surrounding Adams' claim. The three circuit judges were appointed to hear the case from outside the Third Circuit Court's jurisdiction after a motion asking the entire Circuit to recuse itself was granted. This recusal was issued due to the fact that Rendell's wife, Judge Marjorie Rendell, sits on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.</p> The Evening Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723025/posts#comment Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:34:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1705411/posts Fighting a Swift Boat with Truth by: Xpatriated Texan Tue Sep 19, 2006 at 00:20:12 AM EDT I have a question for you. What were you doing in February of 1996? It was a month that saw yet another major snow storm hit New Jersey. Bill Clinton signed a telecom bill to widen competition and market access in cable television. Republicans were watching rightwing freakjob Pat Buchanan bury Bob Dole and Steve Forbes in the New Hampshire primary. Jersey Journal article, first pageKirsten Danis was writing an article [Page one, Page two] for the Jersey Journal revealing that then-Congressman Bob... http://www.bluejersey.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1705411/posts#comment Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:44:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1657429/posts The City Council asked Mayor Ron Gonzales to resign on Wednesday in the wake of his indictment over a secretly negotiated garbage contract. Gonzales voted against the proposal, which passed 8-3, and said he has no plans of quitting. Gonzales was booed by a heckler at one point when he vowed to stay in office. The council is now mulling ways to strip Gonzales of his power. Possible actions, according to City Attorney Richard Doyle, include cutting Gonzales' office staff's budget, revoking his city-issued credit card, withholding his travel funds, and reducing the mayor's $105,000 salary to as low as... AP on Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1657429/posts#comment Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:10:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636616/posts What's the price of Iraqi lives? We have witnessed enough to know that the US military is behaving more like Barbarian hordes than a well-trained army. Eyewitnesses, who insisted that Marines went on a rampage killing innocent Iraqi civilians to avenge the loss of their friend, have been proved right.   By Linda S. Heard , Special to Gulf News  Does man's inhumanity to man know no bounds? Last November, an IED (improvised exploding device) planted at a roadside near the Western Iraqi town of Haditha took the life of a US Marine. An official report of his death... Gulf News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636616/posts#comment Mon, 22 May 2006 23:40:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1634976/posts In the last year, ever since Tom DeLay became embroiled in the Jack Abramoff scandal, the Washington Post alone has published 168 articles mentioning Abramoff and DeLay. The Post's dogged Abramoff investigator, Susan Schmidt, has written 39 articles on Jack Abramoff in the last two years. Almost half of those made page A1 of the Post, and most were over 1,000 words in length. The Post has written enough about this scandal to fill a book -- literally -- and they probably will. Since Rep. John Murtha made his splash in November with his call for an American troop withdrawal... AMERICAN SPECTATOR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1634976/posts#comment Fri, 19 May 2006 14:56:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1590111/posts Iowa Senator Tom Harkin has called for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, saying it's the only solution after recent religious violence in that nation. Harkin's comments place him among the first members of Congress to publicly state that the war in Iraq has become a fight between Muslim factions. The criticism follows a CBS poll last week that showed 65 percent of respondents disapproved of President Bush's handling of the war, his worst marks since the war started three years ago. A White House spokesman says retreat before victory would be reckless. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1590111/posts#comment Sat, 4 Mar 2006 23:05:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1524255/posts MIDI - HANG ON SLOOPY Goodbye, Tookie...Tookie, goodbye Goodbye, Tookie...soon you will die Tookie Williams is a lowlife slimeball, everyone knows While free, he'd bring mayhem everywhere that he goes Tookie wrote kids books...the left is in awe It's clear that those fools have a brain deeply flawed And so, let's sing it Goodbye, Tookie...Tookie, goodbye Goodbye, Tookie...soon you will die You're gonna die...you're gonna die...you're gonna die...you're gonna die (musical break) Tookie will be led to a room where he's facing his death Get out the stop watches...time him holding his breath So goodbye, Tookie...it's about time Yes,... DFU SONGS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1524255/posts#comment Fri, 18 Nov 2005 03:35:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1523485/posts Michael Moore a victim of his own success By JANET STREET-PORTER THE INDEPENDENT Whatever happened to Michael Moore, the man who told us his mission in life was to stop President Bush from getting re-elected? The man who loathed Bush so much he spent millions of dollars making a film, "Fahrenheit 9/11," the main purpose of which was to discredit the president. The man who went on national television and relentlessly toured the United States begging people to vote the Republicans out of office. Moore never missed an opportunity to ram home the fact that he sought nothing less than... SeattlePi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1523485/posts#comment Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:19:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1486943/posts Michael Schiavo is co-writing a book with author Michael Hirsh to tell his side of the end-of-life case that divided much of the country. Schiavo's wife Terri suffered a brain injury in 1990 that left her in what some doctors called a "persistent vegetative state." She died March 31 after a bitter court battle between her husband and her parents. Hirsh expects the 280-page book, "Terri: the Truth," to be available just before the first anniversary of Terri's death. Dutton Publishing publicity manager Jean Anne Rose confirmed that the company is publishing the book in March. Michael Schiavo's decision to... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1486943/posts#comment Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:25:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1471029/posts HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, popular with the poor at home, offered on Tuesday to help needy Americans with cheap supplies of gasoline. "We want to sell gasoline and heating fuel directly to poor communities in the United States," the populist leader told reporters at the end of a visit to Communist-run Cuba. Chavez did not say how Venezuela would go about providing gasoline to poor communities. Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA owns Citgo, which has 14,000 gas stations in the United States. The offer may sound attractive to Americans feeling pinched by soaring prices at the... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1471029/posts#comment Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:05:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1401115/posts FLASH: LARRY FLYNT OBTAINS DIVORCE RECORDS OF BUSH UN NOMINEE JOHN BOLTON -- Divorce Records Show First Wife Fled Home When He Was Traveling Abroad... Explosive: Flynt asks questions about sex... "Allegations that Mr. Bolton’s first wife, Christina Bolton, was forced to engage in group sex have not been refuted by the State Dep't despite inquires posed by Hustler publisher Larry Flynt concerning the allegations. Flynt has obtained information from various sources that Bolton participated in paid visits to Plato’s Retreat, a popular swingers club that operated in NYC in late 1970s and early 1980s.... MORE COMING.... The Raw Story http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1401115/posts#comment Wed, 11 May 2005 17:53:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1323143/posts This morning I heard Debra Saunders on with Laura Ingraham. One of them quoted Bill Maher, a man who is constantly mocking those with religious values. Remember, Maher is the man who played the talking Clinton penis in the audio version AMERICAN RHAPSODY. Maher actually said the following in an interview with Tavis Smiley on 8-26-04: Bill: I understand that one group of people, you know, operates under this, you know, religious--George Bush, a very religious candidate. He appeals to religious-thinking people 'cause religious people are not, let's be honest, critical thinkers. That's what faith is. They believe something, and... kcet transcript http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1323143/posts#comment Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:07:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1304846/posts TIME Magazine has named George W. Bush as their Person of the Year, and the issue also features this great quote from Bush’s father: Michael Moore’s got to be the worst for me. I mean, he’s such a slimeball and so atrocious. But I love the fact now that the Democrats are not embracing him as theirs anymore. He might not get invited to sit in Jimmy Carter’s box [at the Democratic Convention] again. I wanted to get up my nerve to ask Jimmy Carter at the Clinton thing [the opening of Bill Clinton’s library], “How did it feel being... Little Green Footballs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1304846/posts#comment Mon, 20 Dec 2004 02:54:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1297039/posts TORONTO (CP) - A former United States marine told a refugee hearing for an American war dodger Tuesday that trigger-happy U.S. soldiers in Iraq routinely killed unarmed woman and children, and murdered other Iraqis in violation of international law. In chilling testimony intended to bolster the asylum claim of compatriot Jeremy Hinzman, former staff sergeant Jimmy Massey recounted how nervous soldiers trained to believe that all Iraqis were potential terrorists often opened fire indiscriminately. "I was never clear on who the enemy was," Massey, 33, told the hearing. "If you Canada.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1297039/posts#comment Wed, 8 Dec 2004 16:54:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1283379/posts From the archives, 5-2002 --- SPIRIT IN THE SKY FIND THE MIDI ON THIS SITE -- http://www.garyrog.50megs.com/midi3.htmlSee it once…you will laugh off your head The designer...he should be shot dead Somewhat hard to classify It looks just like a big trailer in the sky It looks just like a big trailer in the sky You won't believe what you see with your eyes It's ugly as his wife, you'd agree It's Willy's great semen-stained Lie-brary Yes, every kneepad knight is a sap Because they still worship Willy They have no I.Q., oh, my They'll pay to go through the great... DFU SONGS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1283379/posts#comment Fri, 19 Nov 2004 00:56:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1233185/posts Happy to report that after much hard work and commincation we held a successful FReep of the PROPAGANDIST Michael Moore who came to Jacksonville, Fl at the request of Rep Corrine Brown, (D)FL, on his "Get out the slacker vote tour. FReeper honor roll for tiday's FReep: Dutchgirl & her dog 'Willie Gumbo', OXENinFLA, Taxman, solsrchr2 & wife, and Chieftain. Unfortunately, Warrior Nurse was called in to work in the ER, but he was with us in spirit.We were joined by Swiftee Pete Webster from Vietnam Veterans for Truth (www.kerrylied.com), as well as Jax Beaches for Bush, Duval GOP, and... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1233185/posts#comment Sat, 2 Oct 2004 02:09:01 GMT