No he's not. Reread his post. Nor is what he said slanderous or a false rumor.

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Anyone ask Hillary what kind of underwear she wears, yet?

Lt. Gov Diane Denish on Bill Richardson "The governor, she said, "pinches my neck. He touches my hip, my thigh, sort of the side of my leg."

Yeah, but you have to admit our politics are seriously funny sometimes.

Matt

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De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum

Its a circus.

Andrew

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Ethanol is a fabulous solution to our energy dilemma because it will provide more fuel for us to drive around and look for food.

-- Unknown

Yes, sometimes it is. The incident itself (the sexually explicit communications with minors - if some of the recipients were minors) is not at all funny.

The reactions, however, are sadly amusing.

Matt

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De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum

Agreed.


Andrew

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Ethanol is a fabulous solution to our energy dilemma because it will provide more fuel for us to drive around and look for food.

-- Unknown

It's all based on the media, they will show you what you want to watch, because if they don't, someone else will, and you won't watch/read/visit their outlet.
This is what the public loves, raw meat in the form of a powerful man laid low by human weakness, and what could be better, than a followup in the next rotation about another powerful man also getting his comeuppance, and if you can keep them coming, you can go for weeks with the story.

This is an even more fabulous story, because the guy isn't from the tolerant, liberal party that condones the type of behavior he has engaged in, he's from the fire and brimstone party, it's his law that makes interstate solicitation of sex from minors a crime. Hypocrisy makes great ratings when it's exposed.

And this kind of scandal is like a vortex, it draws in those around it, especially those with sketchy excuses, and as a few more fall into the vortex, it becomes more powerful.

ABC made "The Path to 9/11", they spent millions making it, and they calculated that the message would bring them political favor, in a business where political decisions can cost Billions or put billions in your pocket.

Then ABC broke this story, not the same people who put together the 9/11 propaganda piece. This was broke open by people competing for eyeballs, because if they didn't do it, someone else would have.

And the irony is that it may mean that all the political favor they bought with "the path to 911" was with the new minority party.

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“ The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.”

Adam Smith , The Wealth of Nations 1776

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"
FDR's second Inaugural Address

Have you ever heard the saying about counting your chickens?

In my case I prefer the one which says, "It aint over til the fatlady sings."

I know it's not over yet,and they are still up a couple of points, but it is late in the fourth quarter, and they just fumbled on their own 3 yard line..........
I don't have to wait for the game to be over to cheer.

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“ The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.”

Adam Smith , The Wealth of Nations 1776

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"
FDR's second Inaugural Address

Are you outta your mind?

I know we're pretty fucked up aren't we? I'm as amazed as you are. But this is a scandal people can understand. People don't want to learn the intricasies of the Abramoff scandal. They don't want to read the NIE or the SIC reports. Our people aren't educated, they are too busy, they are fat and happy etc...

Whatever, none of my posts said I am calling for his imprisonment. It's a false claim to say I did.

Oh you don't know, Peyton Manning is a conservative. Did you watch last weeks game?

The problem generally with the politics is if spin can comlicate the story then it a can cloud the issue.

This scandal is simple, it sex, caught red handed. And the smell of a cover up of it is a sight of systematic cover up from a party... It's all juicy and is all sells well for ratings...

I pretend nothing.

Have you not asserted that pedophiles ought to be imprisoned?

Have you not asserted that Rep. Foley is de facto a pedophile?

I rest my case.

You are making your argument based entirely upon your own supposed (and sanctimonious) moral indignation (independent of the rule of law). I warned you about the danger of your line of thinking, yet you persisted. Thus, you draw my wrath and will be reminded of it. WEB used to play the same game.

Yeah dont count youre chickens we might bomb a misssle silo in north korea or something

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Hardcore Conservative !

I said Conservative not necessarly Republican or Democrat. Liberals are in both of those parties.