I actually like Condi, I don't think she's quite as obviously a shill and/or generally horrible person as most Republicans
Except for assuring the US and the world that Iraq had nuclear missiles targeted and ready to fire at Disney World and the Mall of America, and our only choice was to bomb them further back into the stone age.
That was the black guy who was given that responsibility actually.
No, they all basically said Iraq was a clear, imminent, and immediate threat. Granted Saddam was an asshole and Iraq is a hell hole of anti-americanism, but to say it was a threat is just absurd.
I'll see if I can find the Daily Show clip where Condie said "Nobody ever said 'imminent threat' about Iraq" and they link dozens of clips with synonyms of imminent and threat spoken by all the major players. Then they find two or three with imminent. The look on John Stewart's face is hilarious.
DUSHANBE/PARIS (Reuters) - Russia faced increased diplomatic isolation over its military action against Georgia on Thursday, with its Asian allies failing to offer support and France saying EU leaders were considering sanctions.
Moscow accused the West of heightening tension by a naval build-up in the Black Sea, and said talk of punishing Russia for recognizing the independence of two breakaway Georgian regions was the product of a "sick" and "confused" imagination.
Russia's powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said in a CNN interview he suspected someone in the United States had provoked the Georgia conflict to make the situation more tense and create "a competitive advantage for one of the candidates fighting for the post of U.S. president." He did not elaborate.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Putin's allegations were "patently false" and the U.S. State Department said it was "ludicrous" for the Russians to say they were not responsible for what had happened in Georgia.
Moscow has defied pressure from the United States and European powers to pull out of Georgia and looked east to its Asian allies, including China, for support at a regional summit.
The grouping, meeting in the Tajik capital Dushanbe, repeated a regular call for the "respect of territorial integrity" and did not follow Russia's lead on recognizing the two breakaway regions of Georgia.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, Russia's closest ex-Soviet ally, said the Kremlin "had no other moral choice but to" recognize the Georgian regions. Russian agencies quoted his ambassador to Moscow as saying Minsk could soon follow suit, but the embassy later said his comments had been misinterpreted.
The crisis flared early this month when Georgian forces tried to retake the separatist province of South Ossetia and Russia launched an overwhelming counter-attack.
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Barack Obama was mocked in the American press today for making the most important speech of his life on a set decked out like a Greek temple.
Finally nominated as the first black candidate for the US presidency, he moved the Democratic Party Convention from the conference hall to an 80,000-seater football stadium for his landmark address.
His challenge was to turn his trademark soaring rhetoric into simple ideas to improve the lives of hard-pressed American families - but the Greek pillars of his backdrop prompted ridicule before he stood up to speak.
Republican spokesman Danny Daz called the set -– designed by Britney Spears’ concert team -– ‘the Temple of Obama’ and observed sarcastically: ‘It’s only appropriate that Barack Obama would descend from the Heavens and spend a little time with us mere mortals.
It's not like he was going for the neo-classical look of FUCKING DOWN TOWN WASHINGTON D.C. YOU STUPID FUCKS.
if there's one thing your average American loves, it's Washington D.C.
Yeah I mean can you believe they thought that would be a tourist spot? Between the Washington Monument, Arlington National Cemetery, the National Mall, and the Smithsonian so much money has been wasted.
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However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
Yeah I mean can you believe they thought that would be a tourist spot? Between the Washington Monument, Arlington National Cemetery, the National Mall, and the Smithsonian so much money has been wasted.
Yeah I mean can you believe they thought that would be a tourist spot? Between the Washington Monument, Arlington National Cemetery, the National Mall, and the Smithsonian so much money has been wasted.
if there's one thing your average American loves, it's Washington D.C.
Well, LD, this is an election to send a person to Washington, D.C. where their home and job locations will both be done in that style.
If you want to appeal to the common "boo I hate them fat-cats in Washington" voter, especially as the candidate billed as the antithesis of "politics as usual", it might not be the best aesthetic to emphasize.
if there's one thing your average American loves, it's Washington D.C.
Well, LD, this is an election to send a person to Washington, D.C. where their home and job locations will both be done in that style.
If you want to appeal to the common "boo I hate them fat-cats in Washington" voter, especially as the candidate billed as the antithesis of "politics as usual", it might not be the best aesthetic to emphasize.
Unless you're also trying to battle the "are they ready to lead" bullshit. It seems to me to be an obvious bid to show him in a regal (in the american sense of the word) setting which will demonstrate that he is ready to assume that role.
if there's one thing your average American loves, it's Washington D.C.
Well, LD, this is an election to send a person to Washington, D.C. where their home and job locations will both be done in that style.
If you want to appeal to the common "boo I hate them fat-cats in Washington" voter, especially as the candidate billed as the antithesis of "politics as usual", it might not be the best aesthetic to emphasize.
But remember, he already has that vote. He doesn't need to worry about it. The vote he's still worried about capturing is from the people who don't think he's ready or able to handle the job.
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if there's one thing your average American loves, it's Washington D.C.
Well, LD, this is an election to send a person to Washington, D.C. where their home and job locations will both be done in that style.
If you want to appeal to the common "boo I hate them fat-cats in Washington" voter, especially as the candidate billed as the antithesis of "politics as usual", it might not be the best aesthetic to emphasize.
But remember, he already has that vote. He doesn't need to worry about it. The vote he's still worried about capturing is from the people who don't think he's ready or able to handle the job.
I disagree that he has those votes captured, and don't think switching to the complete opposite aesthetic is going to do him any favors with either camp.
I disagree that he has those votes captured, and don't think switching to the complete opposite aesthetic is going to do him any favors with either camp.
Would it be better to have his speech on a soiled couch with a bunch of PBR cans littered around it?
You know, identify with the common man and all that.
I disagree that he has those votes captured, and don't think switching to the complete opposite aesthetic is going to do him any favors with either camp.
Would it be better to have his speech on a soiled couch with a bunch of PBR cans littered around it?
You know, identify with the common man and all that.
Seems like a nice stage with an assload of American flags on it would have worked fine.
I'm just saying I can see how the set design could be interpreted* negatively.
* replace with misinterpreted/spun as your political affiliation may require
Seems like a nice stage with an assload of American flags on it would have worked fine.
I'm just saying I can see how the set design could be interpreted* negatively.
* replace with misinterpreted/spun as your political affiliation may require
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I don't know what that means and I refuse to answer the question.
if there's one thing your average American loves, it's Washington D.C.
Well, LD, this is an election to send a person to Washington, D.C. where their home and job locations will both be done in that style.
If you want to appeal to the common "boo I hate them fat-cats in Washington" voter, especially as the candidate billed as the antithesis of "politics as usual", it might not be the best aesthetic to emphasize.
But remember, he already has that vote. He doesn't need to worry about it. The vote he's still worried about capturing is from the people who don't think he's ready or able to handle the job.
I disagree that he has those votes captured, and don't think switching to the complete opposite aesthetic is going to do him any favors with either camp.
Something like 45% of his contributions came from individuals contributing less than $200. The number is about 25% for McCain. Moreover, the total amount of contributions to Obama's campaign was over twice as large as McCain's last I checked. That indicates that -- given that the election system is (essentially) two-party -- Obama has the middle class, "boo I hate them fat-cats in Washington" vote captured.
if there's one thing your average American loves, it's Washington D.C.
Well, LD, this is an election to send a person to Washington, D.C. where their home and job locations will both be done in that style.
If you want to appeal to the common "boo I hate them fat-cats in Washington" voter, especially as the candidate billed as the antithesis of "politics as usual", it might not be the best aesthetic to emphasize.
But remember, he already has that vote. He doesn't need to worry about it. The vote he's still worried about capturing is from the people who don't think he's ready or able to handle the job.
I disagree that he has those votes captured, and don't think switching to the complete opposite aesthetic is going to do him any favors with either camp.
Something like 45% of his contributions came from individuals contributing less than $200. The number is about 25% for McCain. Moreover, the total amount of contributions to Obama's campaign was over twice as large as McCain's last I checked. That indicates that -- given that the election system is (essentially) two-party -- Obama has the middle class, "boo I hate them fat-cats in Washington" vote captured.
if there's one thing your average American loves, it's Washington D.C.
Well, LD, this is an election to send a person to Washington, D.C. where their home and job locations will both be done in that style.
If you want to appeal to the common "boo I hate them fat-cats in Washington" voter, especially as the candidate billed as the antithesis of "politics as usual", it might not be the best aesthetic to emphasize.
But remember, he already has that vote. He doesn't need to worry about it. The vote he's still worried about capturing is from the people who don't think he's ready or able to handle the job.
I disagree that he has those votes captured, and don't think switching to the complete opposite aesthetic is going to do him any favors with either camp.
Something like 45% of his contributions came from individuals contributing less than $200. The number is about 25% for McCain. Moreover, the total amount of contributions to Obama's campaign was over twice as large as McCain's last I checked. That indicates that -- given that the election system is (essentially) two-party -- Obama has the middle class, "boo I hate them fat-cats in Washington" vote captured.
He doesn't have shit captured until November 4th.
lol more like december bush 2000 lol dur
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I want a fucking prize
Threadbare Sock where is my prize
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No, they all basically said Iraq was a clear, imminent, and immediate threat. Granted Saddam was an asshole and Iraq is a hell hole of anti-americanism, but to say it was a threat is just absurd.
I'll see if I can find the Daily Show clip where Condie said "Nobody ever said 'imminent threat' about Iraq" and they link dozens of clips with synonyms of imminent and threat spoken by all the major players. Then they find two or three with imminent. The look on John Stewart's face is hilarious.
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Oh wait you said nagger.
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Aha!
Just like that south park episode.
It's a perfect fit. Romney's 7 wives can go chill in McCain's 7 houses.
Dammit. I have to go back to pokemopolis and apologize AGAIN for spreading that
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obamafags lol
Get your party slurs in a line guys.
if there's one thing your average American loves, it's Washington D.C.
Yeah I mean can you believe they thought that would be a tourist spot? Between the Washington Monument, Arlington National Cemetery, the National Mall, and the Smithsonian so much money has been wasted.
However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
Echoing.
If you want to appeal to the common "boo I hate them fat-cats in Washington" voter, especially as the candidate billed as the antithesis of "politics as usual", it might not be the best aesthetic to emphasize.
Unless you're also trying to battle the "are they ready to lead" bullshit. It seems to me to be an obvious bid to show him in a regal (in the american sense of the word) setting which will demonstrate that he is ready to assume that role.
But remember, he already has that vote. He doesn't need to worry about it. The vote he's still worried about capturing is from the people who don't think he's ready or able to handle the job.
I disagree that he has those votes captured, and don't think switching to the complete opposite aesthetic is going to do him any favors with either camp.
You know, identify with the common man and all that.
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FUCK YES! I'MMA GET ME A VESTAL VIRGIN!
false dichotomy?
Seems like a nice stage with an assload of American flags on it would have worked fine.
I'm just saying I can see how the set design could be interpreted* negatively.
* replace with misinterpreted/spun as your political affiliation may require
Something like 45% of his contributions came from individuals contributing less than $200. The number is about 25% for McCain. Moreover, the total amount of contributions to Obama's campaign was over twice as large as McCain's last I checked. That indicates that -- given that the election system is (essentially) two-party -- Obama has the middle class, "boo I hate them fat-cats in Washington" vote captured.
that is a big jump of logic
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He doesn't have shit captured until November 4th.
lol more like december bush 2000 lol dur
Threadbare Sock where is my prize
what did i do
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I answered your question about fallacies in record time without looking it up
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