From the Politico:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says a swipe that Vice President Cheney took at Democratic House leaders is “beneath the dignity of his office.”
To which the Vice President replied, "Go Cheney yourself".
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The politico article ends with:
Of course, Harry knows dignity (from the Corner):
Posted by: hit and run | December 07, 2007 at 02:51 PM
Senator Reid would have commented on the remark by calling Cheney a loser, but no http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/05/07/politics/main693713.shtml>High School auditorium was available at the time.
Posted by: MayBee | December 07, 2007 at 03:05 PM
I thought they were practicing their cartwheels. Infra Dig is it? What can possibly be beneath Congressional dignity these days?
Posted by: clarice | December 07, 2007 at 03:15 PM
Does this mean Pelosi is admitting there is nothing that is below the dignity of her office?
Posted by: Jane | December 07, 2007 at 03:20 PM
Dick can go Cheney himself...
Posted by: DEMO_ | December 07, 2007 at 03:28 PM
"What can possibly be beneath Congressional dignity these days?"
Coprophilia ?
Posted by: PeterUK | December 07, 2007 at 03:36 PM
What can possibly be beneath the White House dignity these days? Do they need to start another war on faulty intelligence? But, that's been the entire tenor of this administration.
Posted by: DEMO_ | December 07, 2007 at 03:47 PM
So it took Nancy Pelosi to defend the guys without big sticks. Kinda of proves Cheney's point.
Posted by: LindaK | December 07, 2007 at 03:59 PM
Gee, are there any rules about charging a private citizen with
conduct or motive unworthy.
RUSH would like a response too.
What a bunch of children.
Posted by: Ann | December 07, 2007 at 04:01 PM
The whitehouse is doing pretty damn well in the dignity department - also in the war department, the public opinion department, actually in every department when compared to the democrat congress.
On a different note, is anyone more moronic on TV than Shephard Smith?
Posted by: Jane | December 07, 2007 at 04:01 PM
Dignity isn't a term most people associate with the Bush White House. Incompetence, arrogance, and idiot are though. If you don't believe me read the Pew Poll
Posted by: DEMO_ | December 07, 2007 at 04:16 PM
I can't watch Shep. I can't watch Greta.
Posted by: Ann | December 07, 2007 at 04:18 PM
"On a different note, is anyone more moronic on TV than Shephard Smith?"
Sponge Bob has a definite edge wrt intelligence but I think Shep might be smarter than Patrick. Being smarter than a starfish isn't really something one would brag about though.
Posted by: Rick Ballard | December 07, 2007 at 04:23 PM
Is anyone having typepad problems today?
Trolls have posted all day and I get this:
We're sorry, your comment has not been published because TypePad's antispam filter has flagged it as potential comment spam.
I think my feelings are hurt! :) :)
Posted by: Ann | December 07, 2007 at 04:25 PM
Ann I got that same message earlier. Had to finally give up on the post.
Posted by: royf | December 07, 2007 at 04:27 PM
Trolls, trolls, trolls..I haven't posted in some time, but it's easy to circumvent Typepad's anti-troll filters. Thanks for the warm welcome...
Posted by: DEMO_ | December 07, 2007 at 04:35 PM
Ann, I get the spam message from time to time -- and for me it seems to be when I am trying to put in multiple links...or get especially long-winded.
Posted by: hit and run | December 07, 2007 at 04:44 PM
I think this goes under the dignity thread.
Has anyone seen this:
No Playboy for Plame
Posted by: Ann | December 07, 2007 at 04:45 PM
Should put a warning on the comment section!!
(To funny though)
Posted by: Ann | December 07, 2007 at 04:51 PM
I also can't stand Shep!. He's such a twerp.
Surely Fox News can do better than this. after his Katrina hysteria performance I can't watch him anymore. I do like greta but she gets stuck with all the sensational stories.
Pelosi and her do nothing congress deserve all the scorn that can be heaped upon them. cheney has it right on this one.
Posted by: maryrose | December 07, 2007 at 06:12 PM
Specter(spy, spook, boo, boo man) and the phone company(GTE). The raise from .25 to.35 cents. Plame(game gambling). Plame is spying on domestic politcial groups where dad worked, NSA. Plame finds pals with orgs like retired CIA agents being spied on by NSA. Plame sells it off to the intelligence committee. Intelligence committee and NSA. This has always been done. Plame violated IIPA. Plame. This has always been done. Prouty. Prouty's IIPAs cleared by CIA or DoJ? Maybe they should be used under IIPA in the US when they get home. We can send in another Prouty to finish them off when we're done. Prouty CIA or DoJ?
Cheney had to Chalabi himself?
Plame gets Hustler.
The IG at the State Department resigned. Other IGs get new jobs. Maybe we should use Prouty's IIPAs? These are famous, powerful, rich people. Plame is too. The trick is to use the IIPAs when they get back from overseas. They really are nobodies anyway.
Posted by: Arrush | December 07, 2007 at 06:48 PM
Oh my, all the little trolls are having accidents. Maybe it's.........Lucifer!
Posted by: Arrush | December 07, 2007 at 07:37 PM
Since it's an antique sho......... the secret code number for the above comment was............wmd37t.
Posted by: Arrush | December 07, 2007 at 07:38 PM
"s anyone more moronic on TV than Shephard Smith?"
For sure! OLBERMANN
Posted by: glasater | December 07, 2007 at 08:15 PM
"is anyone more moronic on TV than Shephard Smith?"
"For sure! OLBERMANN"
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Shepard Smith gets my vote as the most "moronic".
I would classify Olbermann more as combination of demented and bizarre.
Posted by: arrowhead | December 07, 2007 at 08:27 PM
Olbermann may be a moonbat -- he's surely a moonbat -- but he's also an actor, playing to his audience.
Shep? He's "keepin' it real".
Really moronic.
[VIMH: When's the last time you watched cable news?]
Nov 2006. Election night. Why, has anything changed since then?
Posted by: hit and run | December 07, 2007 at 08:34 PM
Lowes gave their award to Stephanie Lopez of Portland. Apparently the votes of the coaches and sportswriters went against the votes of the fans. She is a very deserving candidate and I want to thank all my friends who worked so hard to make sure Jess won the fan vote. You are the best.
Posted by: GMax | December 07, 2007 at 09:29 PM
As I recall, Cheney is the go-to guy, stick-wise
Posted by: JM Hanes | December 07, 2007 at 09:38 PM
Gmax- You must be so proud of JMax. It was fun to participate in the vote, and here's to a bright future for your girl.
Posted by: MayBee | December 07, 2007 at 09:41 PM
Gmax, what a disappointment...
More than anything your ability to be gracious toward S-Lo at the news speaks volumes.
I know that this won't phase JMax at all...and her future isn't dimished by this one bit.
Give her our JOM love...
By the way, if you didn't see it in a previous thread -- I took mrs hit and run to the airport in Raleigh yesterday...with princess hit and run in the car. When she saw a sign for Chapel Hill, she immediately mentioned "e-voting" for JMax and the game we attended. And not 10 minutes ago, upon seeing me on the laptop, princess asked, "are you e-voting?". I am very, very pleased that this has left a lasting impression on her.
And I just told princess that Jessica didn't win. Her countenance sank. She loves Jmax.
[VIMH: You just told her? It's nearly 10pm!]
Yeah, we're "partying" tonight....in mrs hit and run's absence, the kids are all about the "party".
OK, she's here she's gonna hit the "post" button.
[post was delayed, princess got tripped up on the CAPTCHA check!]
Posted by: hit and run | December 07, 2007 at 09:45 PM
Gmax,
I am so sorry about the Lowes award. Please tell your daughter that she won our hearts here at JOM. By the way,so did you. It's great to see a proud father. Having you is the bigger prize.
Posted by: Ann | December 07, 2007 at 09:46 PM
GMAX--I know how proud we all are of you daughter and her considerable accomplishments. Lowe's award or not.
And you are a class guy.
Posted by: clarice | December 07, 2007 at 09:53 PM
Gmax,
You can be proud your daughter was one of so few.
Posted by: PeterUK | December 07, 2007 at 10:06 PM
Gmax, you are a terrific sport. Jess's talent and hard work shone through regardless of the outcome - it was a pleasure voting for her.
Posted by: Porchlight | December 07, 2007 at 10:41 PM
"Lowe’s is extremely pleased to honor student-athletes who work hard to achieve goals in every aspect of life,” said Bob Gfeller, SVP of Marketing and Advertising at Lowe’s."
I take FULL responsibility. I never made it to Bob's office, though I promised I would.
Though it is to my shame, I promise, if I could find it via Google, I would post the link to my promise...
Posted by: hit and run | December 07, 2007 at 10:41 PM
From that same link, Jmax did make the FIRST TEAM:
Posted by: hit and run | December 07, 2007 at 11:08 PM
GMax,
It's too bad that Jessica did not receive the award. I'm sure this is a difficult time given the disappointment of not winning the title and all the work that comes at the end of the school term, but I hope that she, you, and the rest of your family are holding up well.
Posted by: Elliott | December 08, 2007 at 12:20 AM
Gmax,
Well I'm bummed. But I'll be as gracious as you about it.
Posted by: Jane | December 08, 2007 at 08:24 AM
Gmx - I too am disappointed! But JMax is still a winner in every way that counts and look at what a fan club she now has here!
Posted by: centralcal | December 08, 2007 at 09:23 AM
Hillary is calling her mom, Dipo Note is all female rights, federal unions negotiations are pretty much over as Gates goes to the big Persian meeting thing that everyone thinks is British wanting money when they did nothing for the fed unions and the females and they won't pay out to the fed unions, but that's okay cause the war budget is coming out and the Saudis and arabs own all our bonds and the women's right's thing is kinda confusing because of the murders(deaths)and no one is sure who, but we are sure Hillary isn't a lesbian and Oprah doesn't like women, she likes foreign little girls and she has all those problems and those guys in prison weren't enjoying the torture as they had a huge pile of naked men and organs(Persian Gulf Partners).
California wants free housing and religion instead of a limit on years of service for FSOs, so anybody can go to the free Hillary school and serve overseas. Anybody.
Posted by: JHG | December 08, 2007 at 11:51 AM
It's not all that funny, but read the whole thing.
Posted by: Neo | December 08, 2007 at 04:06 PM
The A.P or as Rush calls it, Al AP cant'be counted on to get simple details right: They misrepresent Howard Krongard,Buzzy's brother as being an attorney; with Deloite & Touche (an accounting firm) I know I know; 'fake but accurate'. Interestingly even the Herald has finally figured the
NIE is all wet. It's Sunday editorial page has contributions from Jeffrey Fleishman, L.A Timesman in Cairo, indicating how concerned the Sunni states are about the impact of the NIE. There are caveats about
the supposed openings it gives the US in deescalating the confrontation. There's the OpEd by John Bolton (Temperature in hell today: 58 degrees).Only the 'reality based' correspondent Joseph Galloway mutters
ominously about Cheney wanting to nuke Iran
from day one:and Bush ingnoring the new developments in the NIE; funny so did Thomas
Fingar about four monthes ago. The putative
news page has concerns of the Iraqi exiles in Syria about returning; this from the Cairo correspondent, who never reports on event in Cairo.
In other news, State's Latin American policy
is just as blinkered as usual. Concerning Chavez's rise to power. The Herald reveals
that they discouraged Caldera's son in law
from a coup, General Gomez to prevent
Chavez's rise to power. And were chummy with him at least in late 2001, warning him of other coup attempts into 2002. State was impressed with Chavez's attention to tackling povert in Latin America, as their
counterparts did about Fidel and the Sandinistas in the last two generations.
Posted by: narciso | December 08, 2007 at 06:52 PM
I believe Cheney said "Go Pelosi yourself." He would have told her to Reid herself, but that wouldn't actually do anything.
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Posted by: gab | December 09, 2007 at 07:05 AM
Off-topic, C, but maybe not for long. First, the contrarian play against the warmers is as huge as anything ever seen. Second, wait until Islam figures out that encumbered carbon perpetuates the servitude of the half of the world's people who still depend upon physical labor for their living, many of whom are Muslim.
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Posted by: kim | December 09, 2007 at 07:32 AM
The fever chart used to be prominently displayed at the foot of the patient's bed, now it is so concealed by HIPPA that the doctor can't even find it.
We are cooling, folks. Probably until we are all dead. I mean we on this board, not all of humanity. But everytime the Gorebellied Fool opens his mouth, somewhere something sentient freezes; not good karma, me boy.
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Posted by: kim | December 09, 2007 at 07:37 AM
Ooh, I like 'Earth in the Balince'.
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Posted by: kim | December 09, 2007 at 08:45 AM
One guy named Ulric thinks that 2060-2120 is going to be especially, I mean Little Ice Age special, cold. His idea, without fully explicated causal mechanisms, depends on gravity, the alignment of planets around the solar system's barycenter, effecting internal solar tides, and solar output, to link the sun and climate change.
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Posted by: kim | December 09, 2007 at 08:49 AM
Osama bin Laden, first martyr in the Carbon Liberation Wars.
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Posted by: kim | December 09, 2007 at 08:52 AM
science-sepp.blogspot.com/2007/12/Press-release-dec-10-2007.html
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Posted by: kim | December 10, 2007 at 07:38 AM
dang, lower case 'p' on press-release, or it won't go.
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Posted by: kim | December 10, 2007 at 07:42 AM
kim's link
Posted by: boris | December 10, 2007 at 09:33 AM
Libby drops appeal!
Clarice, I thought you were supposed to be getting advance notice of these things.
Posted by: Walter | December 10, 2007 at 10:42 AM
I'm not surprised and it's the prudent thing to do. I just hope Bush follows with a full pardon before he retires.
Posted by: Jane | December 10, 2007 at 11:02 AM
Libby dropped his appeal? Damn. And here I thought Richard Armitage would offer to pay some of Scooter's defense fund. Just goes to show what a real asshole is.
On a lighter note, and still speaking of assholes, and connected to Pelosi in a round-a-bout way - the one and only Cindy Sheehan was sitting right next to me at the bar at Tahoe Joe's in Vacaville, CA last night. I missed my chance for a Atlas Shrugs/Cindy Sheehan photo op! Before the fog of Vodka Tonic cleared I forgot I have a camera phone. Argghhh.
Posted by: Enlightened | December 10, 2007 at 11:08 AM
This is Constitutionally unfortunate.
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Posted by: kim | December 10, 2007 at 11:13 AM
I'm glad I haven't had to make that kind of decision.
I suppose that the thought of his reputation played little role; it seems doubtful anyone will change their opinion of him at this point. The economic choice boils down to cost of appeal weighed against likelihood of success compared with differential between earning potential with a law license or not.
I suspect he's learned a lot more over the last couple years about the careers open to him outside of the law.
I wish him well.
Posted by: Walter | December 10, 2007 at 11:15 AM
Enlightened - what was she drinking?
Posted by: Jane | December 10, 2007 at 11:15 AM
"Constitutionally unfortunate" is right.
I suspected this was the plan when Scooter paid his fine instantly. I'm assuming he didn't have to do that, pending appeal?
Posted by: PaulL | December 10, 2007 at 11:22 AM
hemlock, one hopes
Posted by: GMax | December 10, 2007 at 11:23 AM
hemlock, one hopes
Posted by: GMax | December 10, 2007 at 11:23 AM
hemlock, one hopes
Posted by: GMax | December 10, 2007 at 11:24 AM
This is disastrous. What's to prevent the next Fitz, or the next Peacock Fix?
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Posted by: kim | December 10, 2007 at 11:24 AM
Hemlock - good one!
It looked like a Corona with lime. Borrring.
They sat her party in back of my hubby and I so I couldn't glare at her ugly mug through dinner. My hubby doesn't really know much about her, but he knows this - boy is she fugly! She was wearing a yellow lapel pin - it either said Cindy for Congress (hubby's shitty eyesight)or Cindy for President (my shitty eyesight). Seriously, she was less than 3 feet away from us and we could not read the damn thing.
I googled it today - hubby was right. Again.
Posted by: Enlightened | December 10, 2007 at 11:29 AM
Who needs waterboards when you can use Grand Juries?
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Posted by: kim | December 10, 2007 at 12:05 PM
Cindy said she is going to run for Congress in Pelosi's district. Might be interesting, in a car wreck on the side of the road sense.
Posted by: GMax | December 10, 2007 at 12:20 PM
Cindy said she is going to run for Congress in Pelosi's district. Might be interesting, in a car wreck on the side of the road sense.
Posted by: GMax | December 10, 2007 at 12:20 PM
GMax, if I had known that Lowe's would trump the fans in the contest, I would have made up some legal theory and included a count in a suit we filed against Lowe's last year for (essentially) screwing one of my clients:>)
On the Libby matter, I'm afraid the practicalities took over. The best the Scooter could have expected was a new trial. That would have taken him well past the next inauguration.
Who would want to bet that the next President, be he Republican or Democrat would be as sympathetic towards Scooter than W? I sure wouldn't.
Posted by: vnjagvet | December 10, 2007 at 12:47 PM