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Riverwatcher Commented on Reid: No Decisions Have Been Made On Lieberman's Fate by Greg Sargent

2008-11-06T20:05:21Z

Amen. Somebody needs to loosen Joe's desperate grip on the underside of the bus, so that we can get him with the wheels.

Riverwatcher recommended Knew The Pressure Would Break Him by Josh Marshall

2008-11-06T01:26:43Z

Riverwatcher Commented on McCain Wins Georgia, Networks Say by Greg Sargent

2008-11-05T02:21:04Z

Hoping for a cherry on top.......

Riverwatcher Commented on Obama Wins Pennsylvania, Networks Say by Greg Sargent

2008-11-05T02:02:52Z

AZ -- Too close to call!!!

Riverwatcher Commented on Get Ready! Here's How Your Info Will Come In by Eric Kleefeld

2008-11-04T23:08:05Z

Shhhhhhhhhhhh!

Riverwatcher Commented on Palin On Democrats: "Do They Think The Terrorists ... Are The Good Guys?" by Greg Sargent

2008-11-03T19:02:48Z

You mean, also, for instance, the way the tolerant GOP opened Pandora's box a crack and out popped..........Palin?

Riverwatcher Commented on Palin On Democrats: "Do They Think The Terrorists ... Are The Good Guys?" by Greg Sargent

2008-11-03T19:00:29Z

Palin using 'we' when describing those who stand for tolerance is particularly rich.

Riverwatcher Commented on Poll: McCain's Attacks On Obama Completely Flopped by Greg Sargent

2008-11-03T15:52:15Z

Stop it! The digital snark meter on my flat-panel just broke.....

Riverwatcher Commented on Obama: "You've Never Seen Dick Cheney Delighted Before" by Greg Sargent

2008-11-03T04:06:17Z

Sarah would be sooooo jealous!

Riverwatcher Commented on Obama: "You've Never Seen Dick Cheney Delighted Before" by Greg Sargent

2008-11-03T03:36:11Z

Funny, I thought they'd DESIGNED the posting process.

Riverwatcher Commented on Poll: Obama Has Banked Big Lead In Early Vote by Eric Kleefeld

2008-11-02T01:13:26Z

Good news, thanks much.

Riverwatcher Commented on Poll: Obama Has Banked Big Lead In Early Vote by Eric Kleefeld

2008-11-02T00:44:14Z

OT......CNN reports that McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds has responded to Dick Cheney's endorsement of McCain-Palin, showing just how much they like Dick: "Barack Obama and Dick Cheney aren't just cousins; they've shared support for the Bush energy policy and the out-of-control spending that John McCain has fought to oppose."

Riverwatcher Commented on The Prank Call: Palin Thinks She's Speaking To Sarkozy by Eric Kleefeld

2008-11-02T00:13:15Z

Co-sign.

Riverwatcher Commented on The Prank Call: Palin Thinks She's Speaking To Sarkozy by Eric Kleefeld

2008-11-01T23:52:25Z

Exactly, the more easily reported boneheaded maneuvers by McCain-Palin the better -- for Dem stress relief and to garble the Republican message-of-the-day.

Riverwatcher Commented on The Prank Call: Palin Thinks She's Speaking To Sarkozy by Eric Kleefeld

2008-11-01T23:27:25Z

But......can't she see Canada from Alaska?

Riverwatcher Commented on The Prank Call: Palin Thinks She's Speaking To Sarkozy by Eric Kleefeld

2008-11-01T23:11:01Z

Repulsed would be a better word.

Riverwatcher Commented on Did Palin Suggest We're At War With Iran? by Greg Sargent

2008-11-01T19:15:44Z

So who fathered the Republican Party?

Riverwatcher Commented on Did Palin Suggest We're At War With Iran? by Greg Sargent

2008-11-01T18:35:30Z

Careful jzap, no fair holding her to a higher standard than a bit of errant slime mold. You don't want to infringe on her right to free speech do you? LOL

Riverwatcher Commented on GOP Mailer In Pennsylvania Suggests Electing Obama Could Lead To Second Holocaust by Greg Sargent

2008-11-01T17:01:31Z

So do you think the problem for the "rational conservative" politicians is that they (1) have not exercised sufficient influence within the GOP until now, or (2) that their aggressive efforts to grap and hold political power by stoking the wingnuts failed to anticipate the consequences of allowing the nuts to gain critical mass? I see the situation as the latter. My guess is that the big question for power-seeking "rational conservative" politicians is whether they (1) are willing to remain a minority for awhile as they rebuild a reality-based conservative party or (2) seek power as quickly as possible by mending fences with the nuts while also getting those folks to tone things down a bit. Personally, I suspect they will attempt the second of these two options leading up to the next presidential election, find it virtually impossible, take a massive hit at the polls, THEN pursue the first option.

Riverwatcher Commented on More Slippage In Arizona For McCain by Greg Sargent

2008-11-01T01:21:22Z

Thanks for the link.

Riverwatcher Commented on More Slippage In Arizona For McCain by Greg Sargent

2008-10-31T22:55:30Z

One of their big problems was that they were playing a game of trick-or-treat, with them the trick and Obama the treat. The Rovian stuff was effective when based on a trick and a treat, because it gave the Republicans a treat after the tricky election. This time, it seems an important faction of their party saw this game as all trick, backstopped by more lousy governance.

Riverwatcher Commented on More Slippage In Arizona For McCain by Greg Sargent

2008-10-31T22:45:54Z

...and he got McCain and Palin to speak in tongues (forked)...well, maybe not something so difficult or miraculous.

Riverwatcher Commented on Is GOP Senator Gordon Smith Doomed? Early Voting Numbers Suggest It's Possible by Eric Kleefeld

2008-10-31T22:19:23Z

Well, Oregon State's colors are orange and black. So that's in the spirit. And the school's former athletic director was nicknamed "The Great Pumpkin". Does that count?

Riverwatcher Commented on Is GOP Senator Gordon Smith Doomed? Early Voting Numbers Suggest It's Possible by Eric Kleefeld

2008-10-31T22:16:55Z

FOR OREGON!

Riverwatcher Commented on New Dole Attack Ad: Hagan Went To A Party Hosted By Atheists! by Eric Kleefeld

2008-10-31T21:22:08Z

No fooling, and for me the worst part is when the yahoos start talking about the constitution as though they have (1) read it and (2) comprehend it. Awful!

Riverwatcher Commented on New Dole Attack Ad: Hagan Went To A Party Hosted By Atheists! by Eric Kleefeld

2008-10-31T21:14:47Z

Hey, I'm all for throwing parties, let's go throw the Republican Party off a cliff!

Darn, Liddy and her buddies already beat us to it.

Riverwatcher Commented on New Dole Attack Ad: Hagan Went To A Party Hosted By Atheists! by Eric Kleefeld

2008-10-31T20:52:48Z

Yep. There was a long thread on that here the other day,

Riverwatcher Commented on New Dole Attack Ad: Hagan Went To A Party Hosted By Atheists! by Eric Kleefeld

2008-10-31T20:50:06Z

Circuitry overloaded with Republican bullshit -- poor server.

Riverwatcher Commented on Polls: McCain's Pennsylvania Push Stalling Out by Eric Kleefeld

2008-10-31T20:30:02Z

"Every time I think to myself 'Now I've seen everything.' they go and show me something else I haven't seen before."

Very true. This is the exact reason I am almost counting on at least one more off-the-charts gaffe by the McCain-Palin campaign before the 4th.

Riverwatcher Commented on Obama Ad Hits Back At "Desperate" McCain Defense Spending Attack: "It's A Lie" by Greg Sargent

2008-10-31T19:59:33Z

The percentage may reflect the exact same nutjobs who'd like to start their own holy war in the Middle East.