tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post116723256879485263..comments2024-03-19T00:44:18.309-05:00Comments on Althouse: He told them they were losers for being there.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50125438381653057502011-12-09T11:11:36.983-06:002011-12-09T11:11:36.983-06:00nice post love reading it
Womens Leather Bombersnice post love reading it<br /><a href="http://www.leathernxg.com/14-womens-leather-bombers" rel="nofollow">Womens Leather Bombers</a>jhonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10030590814377920282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167501876502050022006-12-30T12:04:00.000-06:002006-12-30T12:04:00.000-06:00Also, given that Kerry was meeting with the NY Tim...Also, given that Kerry was meeting with the NY Times Baghdad bureau chief when the picture was taken, perhaps the troops were shunning the NYT.<BR/><BR/>Just a thought.<BR/><BR/>Again, Ann owes an apology to Senator Kerry for propagating a baseless attack on him.AlphaLiberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08711124490821422066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167499762528453922006-12-30T11:29:00.000-06:002006-12-30T11:29:00.000-06:00http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=5019http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=5019AlphaLiberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08711124490821422066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167427104729037462006-12-29T15:18:00.000-06:002006-12-29T15:18:00.000-06:00Alpha Liberal and Todd and in Charge,“…Kerry serve...Alpha Liberal and Todd and in Charge,<BR/><BR/>“…Kerry served his country in uniform and in harm's way.” “He was one, and fought valiantly and was awarded high honors by this country.” <BR/><BR/>I sincerely do not mean to be rude here but...HOGWASH!!! Maybe you folks would like to debunk the picture taken of Kerry hobnobbing with the enemy that hangs in the Vietnamese War Museum. Why is it such a surprise that the American military would have little of no respect for Kerry?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167415610539101722006-12-29T12:06:00.000-06:002006-12-29T12:06:00.000-06:00How many times does "paul a'barge" orgasm each tim...<I>How many times does "paul a'barge" orgasm each time he types the word "DHIMMIcRATs"</I><BR/><BR/>hahahahahah. Thanks for the laugh, charles. I wish I could rememer if he's the same guy who, with no sense of humor whatsoever, types "fliberals" as if it's supposed to mean something.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167376113708270572006-12-29T01:08:00.000-06:002006-12-29T01:08:00.000-06:00Daryl Herbert said... It's amazing how rabidly ent...Daryl Herbert said... <BR/>It's amazing how rabidly enthusiastic these idiot lefties are to debunk this particular photo, but they believed absolutely, wholeheartedly in the genuineness of the Rather forgeries, the Photoshopped and staged images coming out of Lebanon, etc.<BR/><BR/>(you can't be a true skeptic unless your skepticism goes both ways)"<BR/><BR/>Should I be skeptical over:<BR/><BR/>WMD's<BR/>The Cheney Energy Policy <BR/>No Child Left Behind<BR/>Mission Accomplished<BR/>The Next 6 Months<BR/>Last throes<BR/>The Next 6 Months<BR/>I'm a War President<BR/>The Next 6 Months<BR/>Deficits<BR/>More Deficits<BR/>Let's build a fence<BR/>Let's go to Mars<BR/>Let's reform Social Security<BR/>The Next 6 Months<BR/>Rumsfeld is the man<BR/>We need a fresh set of ideas<BR/>If the Generals want more troops they will get them, but they don't need them.<BR/>Let's send more troops.<BR/>We don't want them.<BR/>Let's send more troops.<BR/>The Next 6 months.hdhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573004614816464571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167375599320870452006-12-29T00:59:00.000-06:002006-12-29T00:59:00.000-06:00Charles Giacometti said... "The interpretation of ...Charles Giacometti said... <BR/>"The interpretation of the picture is just that. Rabid partisans like Althouse see what they want to see."<BR/><BR/>Precisely. Althouse regularly censors comments on her blog (fair and balanced annie we call her). As to "rabid" - that may be a bit extreme (almost said "bite" extreme) but the fact that ms. closedmind resorts to Michelle Malkin as a proof-source should make everyone on the planet shutter. Now that one is definitely testing positive.<BR/><BR/>The real deal here is that for the time of snapping a photo someone caught Kerry somewhere talking to one person (opposite) and around that these neocon slugs spun a story. If I took a picture of Annie Moonbeam coming out of a restroom would I or could I assume that she spends her entire day peeing? Could it be she OCD's to every sink she can find to wash up? Maybe she shook Bill O'Really?'s hand somewhere and he invited her into the restroom for a little "stall-chat"..I hear he is good at that...sure would explain the long lines cited in one of the "proofs" of his popularity...gosh Bill-0 had sex (phone or not) with Anthrax Annie...what a man, let me shake your hand" (you did wash it after didn't you?).<BR/><BR/>The extreme right of this country is so scared about hearings, mindlessly backing president moron, and a host of crap just waiting to hit the fan that they are tripping over themselves to hack at Senator Kerry in a dubious setting with a fairytale caption.<BR/><BR/>Can it be that the right wing in this country is sitting alone at some table..left behind by reason and purpose that they clearly never had? <BR/><BR/>Michelle Malkin my ass. (can we say hi to the Antrax Annies - Coulter and Althouse)hdhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14573004614816464571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167372756359970952006-12-29T00:12:00.000-06:002006-12-29T00:12:00.000-06:00So don't be so disingenuous, remember this is the ...<I>So don't be so disingenuous, remember this is the Internet and we are here to fact check your ass</I><BR/><BR/>No offense, but I clicked on this misleading link expecting to see at the very least a picture of Ann beside a donkey.Mortimer Breznyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16964027337144379262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167366879757261952006-12-28T22:34:00.000-06:002006-12-28T22:34:00.000-06:00Alpha Liberal said "...It's pretty clear a politic...Alpha Liberal said "...It's pretty clear a politician in election season is not going to mock the troops in harms way, especially one who previously served in harms way. Just not a plausible idea."<BR/><BR/>Unless you happen to live in Massachussets. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like there is so little interest in ROTC programs in Mass that MIT, Boston College, Harvard, and Tufts have to pool their students to field a detachment. I understand that ROTC has not been offered on the Harvard campus since 1969. <BR/><BR/>I was unable to find evidence of an ROTC program at Wellesley, Babson, Smith College, Amherst, or Mount Holyoke.<BR/><BR/>Nope, if you're in Massachusetts, it's pretty safe to beat up on the military.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167357006267654262006-12-28T19:50:00.000-06:002006-12-28T19:50:00.000-06:00For the record, this veteran admires Kerry, McCain...For the record, this veteran admires Kerry, McCain, Webb, Hagel, and all the other people who actually fought in Vietnam. And I loathe people like Bush and Quayle who used their connections to find a safe spot in the National Guard, or Cheney and Clinton who simply weaseled their way out of service.<BR/><BR/>The interpretation of the picture is just that. Rabid partisans like Althouse see what they want to see.<BR/><BR/>I do have a question though. How many times does "paul a'barge" orgasm each time he types the word "DHIMMIcRATs"?Charles Giacomettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223117217906965989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167356418037800802006-12-28T19:40:00.000-06:002006-12-28T19:40:00.000-06:00Elizabeth said,'It looks to me like he's sitting w...Elizabeth said,<BR/>'It looks to me like he's sitting with a couple of people eating and talking. Malkin's photo analysis seems fair, but the whole "Lonely Kerry" spin on this from the right is silly, and downright juvenile. He's clearly not alone in the photo, nor in other photos from the same trip.'<BR/><BR/>Yes, silly and the reason for my immediate reaction. The original poster and picture taker making statements not backed up in his/her own photo and Althouse and a dozen others running with it, gleeful and smirking a la 'Mean Girls'. I feel the same way whoever has been singled out for ridicule whatever their political position.Beauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03042543377988798299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167355437482424732006-12-28T19:23:00.000-06:002006-12-28T19:23:00.000-06:00'And all he had to say was, "Man. I screwed that o...'And all he had to say was, "Man. I screwed that one up. My bad." '<BR/><BR/>Words to live by, Pogo. Anyone who can do this with the goofy stuff that they completely buggered up in the heat of the moment is usually forgiven. Most people understand the humanity of the situation and how they themselves have made mistakes that they wish they could have instantly taken back. My guess is once a person has 'handlers' and a PR team it become more difficult to speak from the heart. <BR/><BR/>Someday someone will come along who won't be bothered about admitting the stupid gaffes, and that person will become President.Beauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03042543377988798299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167353101463862352006-12-28T18:45:00.000-06:002006-12-28T18:45:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167349039389413952006-12-28T17:37:00.000-06:002006-12-28T17:37:00.000-06:00reality check,I hope you're having fun hurling inv...reality check,<BR/>I hope you're having fun hurling invective because you're losing every argument you put forth with your silly histrionics.<BR/><BR/>Ann gets op-eds published because her blog is well written and thought out and attracts lots of readers--the kind of readers the dying print outlets would love to poach.<BR/><BR/>(And thank you, Abraham, for doing the hard work on my line of thought.)PatCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08920623662477828662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167346413721915642006-12-28T16:53:00.001-06:002006-12-28T16:53:00.001-06:00Re: "...it is simply not credible to believe that ...Re: <I>"...it is simply not credible to believe that Kerry would be so dumb as to insult the troops"</I><BR/><BR/>I don't think you know what "credible" means. Kerry is disliked by military folks for many things, and this 'joke' is part of his legacy.<BR/><BR/>It's the Mel Gibson problem. The loosed tongue mistakenly speaks the truth, and there's no childhood "take-backs" allowed. <BR/><BR/>And calling people who take his words at face value credulous or emotional doesn't advance his case any, it digs the hole even deeper. <I>"Not only are soldiers in Irak losers, they're irrational and overly-emotional!"</I> See how attractive that sounds?<BR/><BR/>And all he had to say was, <I>"Man. I screwed that one up. My bad."</I> And it would have been largely forgotten. This way, it remains a wound that is easily reopened, every time he speaks, and even when he just shows up.<BR/><BR/>Who can convince themselves that Kerry would stick a nasty attack on the troops in the middle of a speech? <BR/>Me. And alot of other people. Your judgement is that makes me stupid. My answer is that that makes him unelectable. Who has the larger problem?KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167346411683614392006-12-28T16:53:00.000-06:002006-12-28T16:53:00.000-06:00Regarding the photo of Kerry in Iraq.Isn't it inte...Regarding the photo of Kerry in Iraq.<BR/><BR/>Isn't it intellectually dishonest to not at least acknowledge the possible alternative explanations?<BR/><BR/>Maybe he had just sat down, and the others were still getting their food.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the party had finished eating, and other people had gotten up and left.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it was a private meeting between Kerry and only a couple of other people.<BR/><BR/>The fact that people who want to be taken seriously are pretending that they know exactly what this picture indicates shows that they are less concerned with intellectual integrity and more concerned with cheap shots at Kerry which lack a solid factual basis.<BR/><BR/>But what else is new.Twinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02540272057882328393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167345579467298272006-12-28T16:39:00.000-06:002006-12-28T16:39:00.000-06:00C'mon. Who can really convince themselves that Joh...C'mon. Who can really convince themselves that John Kerry would stick a random, out of context, and nasty attack on the troops in the middle of a series of jokes at the beginning of the speech?<BR/><BR/>I always figured that except for a few poorly informed people, everyone realized that Kerry was joking -- including all of those who pretend he was talking about the troops.<BR/><BR/>But I've read Ann's posts about Kerry's remark, and I take her at face value: She really, honestly believes Kerry was insulting the troops. <BR/><BR/>Even Bill O'Reilly acknowledges that it is simply not credible to believe that Kerry would be so dumb as to insult the troops.<BR/><BR/>But Ann illustrates that emotions affect interpretation; Ann loaths Kerry so completely that she comes to a conclusion that simply makes no sense.Twinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02540272057882328393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167340811371574142006-12-28T15:20:00.000-06:002006-12-28T15:20:00.000-06:00MM has posted a photo of the Baghdahd Embassy mess...MM has posted a photo of the Baghdahd Embassy mess hall where the photo of Kerry was apparently taken that might explain the non-US flags on the wall. A photo taken at Thanksgiving, 2006 shows the ceiling and walls decorated with many national flags.Der Hahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967487071137862252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167340692215345452006-12-28T15:18:00.000-06:002006-12-28T15:18:00.000-06:00Re: "Sometimes political blogging reminds me a who...Re: <I>"Sometimes political blogging reminds me a whole lot of junior high."</I><BR/><BR/>Dead on, Elizabeth, and guilty as charged.<BR/><BR/>Was I substantive? No.<BR/>But damn, it was fun. Like piling on in "kill the man" on the playground.<BR/><BR/>My inner 12-year-old remains an untamed and gutless beast. Nevertheless, on some days, I actually act my stated age!KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167340259541826072006-12-28T15:10:00.000-06:002006-12-28T15:10:00.000-06:00It's even better, with JFKerry, lonely, looking li...<I>It's even better, with JFKerry, lonely, looking like he's wondering if that little red-haired girl might actually come sit next to him, but she doesn't.</I><BR/><BR/>It looks to me like he's sitting with a couple of people eating and talking. Malkin's photo analysis seems fair, but the whole "Lonely Kerry" spin on this from the right is silly, and downright juvenile. He's clearly not alone in the photo, nor in other photos from the same trip. The reaction from the Kos side is likewise offensive and over the top. Sometimes political blogging reminds me a whole lot of junior high.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167340062678907932006-12-28T15:07:00.000-06:002006-12-28T15:07:00.000-06:00I don't use my position to bolster my arguments.Of...<I>I don't use my position to bolster my arguments.</I><BR/><BR/>Of course you do. Without your tenured professor position, you would not be getting your op-eds published and you would not be invited onto radio shows and frankly no one would have ever heard of you.<BR/><BR/>And while you may not be saying: <BR/><BR/>P: I am a law professor<BR/>Q: John Kerry is a loser<BR/>P=>Q<BR/>QED<BR/><BR/>You certainly say:<BR/>P: "Laypeople consuming early news reports may well have thought...."<BR/>Q: Judge Taylor is an activist judge<BR/>P=>Q<BR/>QED<BR/><BR/>In fact you waive your professorship up and down to get you access and to provide credibility. So don't be so disingenuous, remember this is the Internet and we are here to <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?q=fact-check+your+ass&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a" REL="nofollow">fact check your ass</A><BR/><BR/>Your comment about who is smart falls flat too. All this blog and your commenters are about is how dumb lefties are in general, in Madison in particular, and therefore by your own logic how stupid your own students at your Lefty University must be as well.<BR/><BR/>You constantly pick dickfights, and you constantly post dubiously sourced material about people that you dislike. And then you claim you are above all of that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167339744884462192006-12-28T15:02:00.000-06:002006-12-28T15:02:00.000-06:00In defense of John F. Kerry, Alpha Liberal asked w...In defense of John F. Kerry, Alpha Liberal asked why Ann was ..<BR/>"Judas Priest, are you people still flogging that dead horse?!"<BR/><BR/>I ask Alpha Liberal why libs still go nuts trying to prop up that dead horse? <BR/><BR/>And perhaps Althouse has helped the commenters find some common ground.I'm Full of Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241724007440718575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167339108919356432006-12-28T14:51:00.000-06:002006-12-28T14:51:00.000-06:00IR - my point was it is a meaningless photo op if ...IR - my point was it is a meaningless photo op if he was surrounded by adoring troops (ala Bush's turkey delivery a few years back) and it's a likewise meaningless photo, suggestive of nothing, when he appears surrounded by only a few troops.<BR/><BR/>Reading any more into it validates Ann's point that bloggers mostly take whatever news happens that day, then simply restate their already well-known point of view in connection with that event. But that's entertainment, I guess.Todd and in Chargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10319113560351546412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167338971701920332006-12-28T14:49:00.000-06:002006-12-28T14:49:00.000-06:00It's not hardly the biggest apology Kos' site owes...It's not hardly the biggest apology Kos' site owes you. Hey, look, lay off the lefties: you recently did a nice post about how <I>you</I> are a lefty. So'm I, although I'll give you I'm not smart. Try "blogosphere rapid partisans." Or, if that's too long, just try "fools."Sanjayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08285234006474903641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1167337050652278872006-12-28T14:17:00.000-06:002006-12-28T14:17:00.000-06:00Why are blogosphere lefties so obsessed with who's...Why are blogosphere lefties so obsessed with who's smart? It's embarrassing, you know. Say something smart. Don't talk about who's smart and who's not. And then there's the endless expression of envy because some people have better jobs than they do. If you want to argue with me, argue with me, but the endless whining about the fact that I have tenure is soooo pathetic. I don't use my position to bolster my arguments. So quit your whining. And get a job.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, Daily Kos owes me a big apology for calling me a liar.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.com