Fox News analyst Liz Trotta joked over the weekend about assassinating Barack Obama.
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So, I stick by my comments of Saturday evening that she’s a very sick person. Care for the uncensored version of my comments???
Liz Trotta is evil. Fox “news” is a continuing outrage.
That is crazy stuff.
No lol about that.
Indeed.
That’s one way of putting it.
>Jonas Blane:
That is crazy stuff.
May 27, 2008 – 8:35 am
Fox should obviously fire her.
>Jack Aubrey:
Liz Trotta is evil. Fox “news” is a continuing outrage.
May 27, 2008 – 8:28 am
How about the euphemistic “uncensored” version?
>Sacramento Solon:
So, I stick by my comments of Saturday evening that she’s a very sick person. Care for the uncensored version of my comments???
May 27, 2008 – 8:27 am
I think you have that one. I’m in total agreement with your comments about what Fox should do. But, they won’t…
They should.
Nice work on the piece for that other blog. Nice to see the Grey Lady riding your journalistic coattails.
Tommy Boy,
Thanks for posting that. Not only are they riding is journalistic coattails, they even be calling his name. Always know WE would make him a star…yes, I did!
The pros and cons of Jim Webb as VP are spelled out in a couple of blogs today.
The first argues that he became a Democrat “the day before yesterday,” he’s sexist, he subscribes to the stabbed-in-the-back theory about Vietnam and is a lousy campaigner to boot:
http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/ixnay_on_the_ebbway.php
The second is a partial rebuttal that suggests his views on women are evolving and that he’s in the right on the military and security issues the nation is facing now (while leaving his other positive attributes regarding economic and cultural issues for another piece):
http://thinkprogress.org/attackerman/2008/05/27/itsprobablynotagoodideatofightwithkathyg/
Very well done glimpse into the first Clinton campaign in 92 over on huffpo. I had forgotten Brown’s great dig about Bill’s golfing. No wonder Hillary was so snitty about it, essentially coming from a clergyman, at least by comparison to Bill..
The NY Times doesn’t lead.
Interesting Webb articles, but I believe that, although Webb is attractive, it will almost be an admission that he is sorely lacking in military and national security credentials. I think he should pick a woman if possible, like the Governor of Kansas. That helps him with women, which he obviously needs(and it might also take some focus off Michelle). Otherwise, he needs to balance his lack of experience with someone who has years of government experience.
I have been in the position of attending two Academies. I was treated like every one else. Yes, one of my fellow recruits did stuff my retired PT shirt with paper to emphasis the fact that I was the only graduating female. I considered that an honor and not a sexist statement.
The work place was occasionally different. There were times when I was supervised by a dinosaur, who was unable to reason and accept my presence…BUT…I have found that true leadership comes from making mistakes
,admitting them and changing how you treat others around you.
Chris M,
I did click on your referenced blog and my decision still remains in support of Webb.
Where’s Schwarzeneger?
There’s Schwarzeneger. lol
To appeal to women and have someone with a military background, Obama should choose Janet Karpinski as a running mate. She was the U.S. Army Reserve Brigadier General scapegoated for the torture scandal at Abu Ghraib. She’s spoken out against the privatization of torture and war. What has the governor of Kansas ever done?
Webb’s service as a republican warmonger doesn’t disqualify him from the democratic ticket, since both parties of the incumbent duopoly are for endless war and wasteful military spending.
The Montana poll is interesting. A secondary reason I decided to support Obama was to shake up the red/blue electoral map. Clinton vs. McCain would have made the election all about Ohio. Obama’s candidacy puts PA and MI in play for the Reeps but also puts VA, CO, MT, NV and NM in play for the Dems. The Obama-McCain will be a true national election.
That’s right. It gets the politics out of a rut, in more ways than one.
Sacheen Littlefeather not being available?
>Paul Burton:
To appeal to women and have someone with a military background, Obama should choose Janet Karpinski as a running mate. She was the U.S. Army Reserve Brigadier General scapegoated for the torture scandal at Abu Ghraib. She’s spoken out against the privatization of torture and war. What has the governor of Kansas ever done?
Tahoe is a big lake.
>Ann:
There’s Schwarzeneger. lol
May 27, 2008 – 10:46 am
What did he do?
>carole w:
I have been in the position of attending two Academies. I was treated like every one else. Yes, one of my fellow recruits did stuff my retired PT shirt with paper to emphasis the fact that I was the only graduating female. I considered that an honor and not a sexist statement.
“he is sorely lacking in military and national security credentials”
Didn’t this guy run the Navy during the Cold War? The Navy with all the nuclear missiles and subs? The one with the carriers and cruise missiles used to respond to the likes of Libya, et al?
Having a guy in the White House who understands how to run both a squad of Marines and a fleet of ships seems like pretty good credentials to me.
Webb was much better than Kathleen Sibelius when he gave the Democratic rebuttal to the State of the Union. He also four years as assistant secretary of defense and secretary of the Navy.
>Hap Hazard:
Interesting Webb articles, but I believe that, although Webb is attractive, it will almost be an admission that he is sorely lacking in military and national security credentials. I think he should pick a woman if possible, like the Governor of Kansas. That helps him with women, which he obviously needs(and it might also take some focus off Michelle). Otherwise, he needs to balance his lack of experience with someone who has years of government experience.
May 27, 2008 – 9:48 am
Sometimes it still does.
>Len:
The NY Times doesn’t lead.
May 27, 2008 – 9:43 am
Thanks.
Hillary was furious about the affront to her buddy Webb Hubbell. Who worked out so well at the Justice Dept. …
>Hap Hazard:
Very well done glimpse into the first Clinton campaign in 92 over on huffpo. I had forgotten Brown’s great dig about Bill’s golfing. No wonder Hillary was so snitty about it, essentially coming from a clergyman, at least by comparison to Bill..
May 27, 2008 – 9:28 am
Thanks, Chris.
>Chris M:
The pros and cons of Jim Webb as VP are spelled out in a couple of blogs today.
Thanks, TB.
The NY Times is still quite pro-Clinton.
>Tommy Boy:
Nice work on the piece for that other blog. Nice to see the Grey Lady riding your journalistic coattails.
May 27, 2008 – 9:14 am
During the graduation ceremonies (with family and friends, commanders etc.) my PT shirt was hoisted up and displayed with stuffed boobs:)I was the only female that graduated.
I don’t think Fox will can her, either.
>Sacramento Solon:
I think you have that one. I’m in total agreement with your comments about what Fox should do. But, they won’t…
May 27, 2008 – 8:54 am
Bill, sorry if on occasion I steer people away from the site
!
The Webb decision is fascinating.
Would his selection alienate a significant portion of Clinton’s base? Does his military background cover a hole for Obama or amplify Obama’s lack of personal military experience? Could Webb really sway enough Scots-Irish* to put PA or OH in the Dem column? Does the VP selection even matter much for electoral purposes and should the prez nominees choose VPs with governance in mind first and foremost?
OTOH, would a Sebelius** selection be seen as blatant play for the women’s vote? Is she ready on Day 1?
* I predict Scots-Irish will the Word of the Year for 2008.
** I still have to spell-check that, which says something about her name recognition. But that will be the last time. S-e-b-i-l-i-u-s.
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Bill Bradley:
Thanks, Chris.
>Chris M:
The pros and cons of Jim Webb as VP are spelled out in a couple of blogs today.
“S-e-b-i-l-i-u-s.”
LOL!
S-e-b-E-l-i-u-s!!!
I think that not having a veteran on the ticket is a disaster against McCain. If it had been my dream candidate, Meat Romney, it wouldn’t be an issue.
I want a gun-packing, anti-Iraq war VP candidate with some fruit salad on his chest. Plus, the guy has served in the White House.
“Fox News analyst Liz Trotta joked over the weekend about assassinating Barack Obama.”
I’m sure if Obama joked about Trotta being assassinated, they’d let it slide.
No problem. Though it might be best to spread out the links to another post. Sometimes I have to approve your posts otherwise.
>Chris M:
Bill, sorry if on occasion I steer people away from the site
!
Undoubtedly.
>Brasky:
“Fox News analyst Liz Trotta joked over the weekend about assassinating Barack Obama.”
I’m sure if Obama joked about Trotta being assassinated, they’d let it slide.
May 27, 2008 – 12:01 pm
Many regarded Jim Webb as the finest Marine company commander in Vietnam. He was also the finest novelist to come out of the Vietnam War.
The writers ticket!
>Brasky:
I think that not having a veteran on the ticket is a disaster against McCain. If it had been my dream candidate, Meat Romney, it wouldn’t be an issue.
I want a gun-packing, anti-Iraq war VP candidate with some fruit salad on his chest. Plus, the guy has served in the White House.
May 27, 2008 – 12:00 pm
A very noteworthy composer, I believe.
>Chris M:
“S-e-b-i-l-i-u-s.”
LOL!
S-e-b-E-l-i-u-s!!!
May 27, 2008 – 11:37 am
“The writers ticket!”
Not only that, but we have distribution covered with Westly (Ebay) and Oprah.
“REZKO VERDICT LIKELY MID-WEEK”
Whenever I hear one of these stories, I can hear Sir Sean say “Chicago…”
If there was anything there, they Chicago press certainly would have tried to sell papers with it.
This ain’t the Oscars, even though news coverage is trivial, shallow, limited, and promoting ignorance of what’s really at stake: Obama is a hostage to the military industrial complex, just like McClinton.
>Sacheen Littlefeather not being available?
Bobby is in the house…
The book, “The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy And 82 Days That Inspired America” by Thurston Clarke, has just been delivered.
Be back with you all when it is finished…
Mine hasn’t arrived yet.
Your suggestion was, not to put too fine a point on it, non-serious. A one-star retired general. Totally unqualified to be vice president.
>Paul Burton:
This ain’t the Oscars, even though news coverage is trivial, shallow, limited, and promoting ignorance of what’s really at stake: Obama is a hostage to the military industrial complex, just like McClinton.
>Sacheen Littlefeather not being available?
May 27, 2008 – 2:05 pm
Rezko is a non-story. That’s why I pay no attention to it. Name one Democratic politician not taken up by a rich developer.
>Brasky:
“REZKO VERDICT LIKELY MID-WEEK”
Whenever I hear one of these stories, I can hear Sir Sean say “Chicago…”
If there was anything there, they Chicago press certainly would have tried to sell papers with it.
May 27, 2008 – 2:02 pm
Rich developers give to everyone who’s local, and some that aren’t.
That’s right.