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05/16/08

Republicans Aren't Appeasers, They're Worse

By Booman Tribune

Democrats are fascist appeasers like Neville Chamberlain. Republicans, on the other hand, are people who believe Nazis were the agents God used to force "spiritually dead" Jews back to Israel where they belong so Armageddon can occur in the Middle East. Or at least Republican politicians like John McCain are willing to accept the endorsement of conservative Christians such as Pastor Hagee who preaches that Hitler and the Holocaust was all part of God's divinely inspired plan to bring about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. See and hear it for yourself: And McCain sycophant Joe Lieberman is best buds with Hagee, too. Wonder what Jiltin Joe thinks about Pastor Hagee's idea that Hitler was simply God's own final solution for soulless, Jesus forsaking Jews? Oh well, each of them has the hots to nuke Iran and its Islamofascist Menace, so I guess that justifies overlooking a few minor theological differences. Hey, at least Hagee isn't some crazy black minister who hates America like Jeremiah Wright. Hagee, after all, is a white guy, and in America, that makes all the difference between whether you are an insane, evil traitor to our country or merely a revered, respected and influential religious figure beloved by all right thinking, full blooded Americans.

05/16/08

Neville Chamberlain

By Booman Tribune

by Booman

 

 

Since Kevin James couldn't do it, I'll answer Chris Matthews question. What did Neville Chamberlain do wrong in Munich in 1938?

I'm going to gloss over a lot of detail here for brevity's sake. Adolf Hitler invaded Austria in March 1938 as part of a larger program that was sold as a unification of Germanic peoples.

05/16/08

Hate Mail

By Booman Tribune

by BooMan

I don't get much hate mail. I might get one
piece every two months or so, and it usually just tells me I'm stupid.
But then I don't have Bill O'Reilly
stirring up the nativists, either. It's really disturbing to see the
kind of mail that Markos gets. I know why liberals are angry...look at
the economy, for starters. But why are Bill O'Reilly's listeners so
angry? What explains the hatred of so many people on the right?

And, to be honest, I don't think this is an unusual situation. There
seems to always be a certain percentage of people, in every country,
that basically feel like Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter do (or say
they do). It only becomes a serious problem when the group grows large
enough to start putting their enemies up against the wall. As Roger Waters put it:

 

Are there any queers in the theater tonight?
Get them up against the wall!
There's one in the spotlight, he don't look right to me,
Get him up against the wall!
That one looks Jewish!
And that one's a coon!
Who let all of this riff-raff into the room?
There's one smoking a joint,
And another with spots!
If I had my way,
I'd have all of you shot!

I mean, how is that any different from what people are writing to Markos?

05/16/08

I Thought the Republicans Were Gonna Change

By Booman Tribune

by BooMan

As far I can tell, the Republicans are now officially suicidal.
Voting against funding wars they support and voting against timelines
that Americans support, and voting against a GI Bill for the soldiers
that is just unconscionable.

05/15/08

Bold Senate Prediction Thread

By Booman Tribune

by BooMan
Thu May 15th, 2008 at 03:28:04 PM EST

Most of the people that do Senate predictions play it pretty safe. Until they see a poll that shows a challenger well ahead, they tend to keep races in the 'lean incumbent' or 'toss-up' category. But I don't need any polls to tell me that the Republicans in the Senate are set up for a world of pain. I've seen what polls are out there, and they inform my opinion, but I'm going with my gut here. No toss-ups or leans, just flat-out predictions for who will win.

1. Mark Warner of Virginia
2. Tom Udall of New Mexico
3. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
4. Mark Begich of Alaska
5. Mark Udall of Colorado
6. Ronnie Musgrove of Mississippi
7. Jeff Merkley of Oregon (but not Novick)
8. Al Franken of Minnesota
9. Kay Hagan of North Carolina
10. Rick Noriega of Texas

Right now, I think all 10 of these seats are more likely to fall to the Democrats than not. But that's not all. The following contenders will have plenty of opportunity to gain strength and win.

1. Tom Allen of Maine
2. Scott Kleeb of Nebraska
3. Andrew Rice of Oklahoma
4. Bruce Lunsford of Kentucky
5. Larry LaRocco of Idaho
6. Jim Martin of Georgia (if he wins the primary)
7. Jim Slattery of Kansas
8. Bob Tuke of Tennessee

I think the Dems will ultimately win at least two of these eight contests, but it is too early for me tell which two. The only really safe Republicans I see are:

1. Mike Enzi of Wyoming
2. John Barrasso of Wyoming
3. Jeff Sessions of Alabama
4. Thad Cochran of Mississippi
5. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina

05/15/08

Open Thread

By Booman Tribune

by BooMan

I think Obama should use the same whistle-stop
train strategy he used in Pennsylvania during the general election.
Maybe, take the train from St. Louis to San Francisco and make a bunch
of stops along the way. He also should makes trips down the Missouri
and Mississippi Rivers. Expand the map. And it looks like a trip or two to Alaska is a good idea, too.

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