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July 15th, 2008

2008 07 15

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The Democrats’ Fault?

Billboard: Burning WTC with message Please Don't Vote for a Democrat

I have to agree with Atrios (quote somewhat reformatted):

I’ve never quite been able figure out why the image of the burning twin towers is seen by Republicans as something in their favor. In my universe the timeline goes something like this:

Jan 20, 2001
Bush Inaugurated
Jan 25, 2001
Richard Clarke sends Condi Rice memo, warning about al Qaeda. Rice does nothing.
August 6, 2001
Bush gets memo titled “Bin Laden Determined to strike in US.” Bush responds by telling the briefer, “All right. You’ve covered your ass, now.” Then does nothing.
September 11, 2001
Bin Laden strikes in US.

I would add the transition-team briefing, before Bush was inaugurated, when outgoing Clinton Administration officials warned the incoming Bush team about the danger posed by al Qaeda. Naturally, the Bush people ignored the warnings. If they hadn’t, they might not have this great issue of 9/11 to beat Democrats over the head.

Republican failures show we need more Republicans? Maybe Karl Rove was a genius, after all.

2008 07 15

Airy Persiflage
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Black Heart

Doctors say Dick Cheney’s heart is healthy:

US Vice President Dick Cheney, who has a history of cardiac trouble, underwent a routine medical checkup on Saturday and his heart was declared in stable condition, his spokeswoman said.

And here I thought Cheney’s heart was black and hard as a lump of anthracite. I guess I should forget about medical school.

Cheney’s black heart — speaking figuratively, of course — is steadily pumping blood. For more than five years, it has pumped American blood into the sands of Iraq.

As vice-president, Cheney has helped pump billions of taxpayer dollars into the pockets of Halliburton and its subsidiaries.

Reporters, when you say this man has a clean bill of health, remember to put quotation marks around “clean.”