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Jan. 30, 2000 -- NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, D.C. (AmpolNS) -- On the eve of the eve of the not-so-important New Hampshire primary, that bountiful opportunity for candidates to suffer frostbite, sleep deprivation and embarrassment as they kowtow to the not-so-diverse constituency of Yankee mountaineers, the pundits made a fool out of George II -- and themselves.
We fully expected it -- but were duly entertained by this year's Pundit Bowl.
Fox 'Ludes Sunday
GOVERNOR SMIRK SPENDS 45 MINUTES LOOKING STUPID
Tony Snow is freezing his butt off in Manchester New Hampshire -- a hapless burg in a hapless state.
Fox News began with some dumb poll which said that McCain and Bush are neck-and-neck, but McCain is ahead in every poll we've seen -- and in the private polls we field for our readers.
 Governor George W. Smirk in action. |
Well, how about a mushy crook?
We watched the BushBaby slime around about what a great job he has down in Texas. Yes -- in providing guns to children, executing women and others in his prison system -- crowded with Blacks busted for coke possession, as BushBaby himself was in 1972.
Bush said he wants to cut taxes, strengthen the military (to pay back his contributors), and get back to strong education.
Wow. How original.
His line: "There's people in Washington D.C. that will spend every dime we leave there." Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha -- yes, on things like providing health care to 40 million of your fellow Americans, who have NONE.
Snow bored us to death talking to The Shrub about different Bush tax schemes as compared to McCain's tax schemes -- both of which don't mean anything, since the President of the United States does not make tax laws and no candidate -- from anywhere -- is going to get an overwhelming sweep into the White House. Thus, Bush, Gore, McCain or whoever lands in the Oval office won't be able to lead the Congress to anything. In the case of a GOP candidate, the House will likely be in the hands of Democrats. If BushBaby happens to keep his coke-using, bank-abusing, drunk, boozing, little bratty life in the background, he will sit in the White House and do nothing.
Ha, ha, ha, ha -- he started talking about his FIRST term. As if he would ever have a second term. Remember the W. in Bush stands for "WALKER" -- and McCain is a RUNNER.
Bush said he wants to give seniors more OPTIONS, a.k.a. pay for their own damn health care and help the poorest -- not the poor seniors, but the poorest seniors, probably those making less than $100 a year," pay for PART of that premium. We were laughing. What a moron.
Bush also made sure that Texans could not sue their HMOs for malpractice -- instead, they have to go to a panel of thugs controlled by the HMOs, and the Governor who will be guaranteed to side with the HMO not the abused patient.
Snow brought up the fact that the Federal courts have now fingered phony Religious broadcaster as frauds. BushMoron said he is worried about that and would tell the Federal Courts to "cease and desist"
Dubya then attacked Clinton for the first time we've heard and said he "broke the law... he lied under oath." What an idiot -- the people are not with him on that one by 80/20!
He claimed his job is to "unite" and sign a partial birth abortion bill. Bush then showed how stupid he is when he couldn't figure out what Snow meant about some partial birth abortion follow-up question.
Bush -- showing his idiocy -- defended his law that all Texans can now carry CONCEALED hand guns!!!! We laughed yet again. Then he said that this is good for Texas -- but maybe not for the rest of the nation. Oh, God.
Bush (who once told the press that he was going to go to Israel and the first thing he would do would be to tell Jews they were going to Hell) now talks about his religious loyalty. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Bush then talked about foreign policy -- and sounded like "Beavis on the Balkans."
He said thinks Pete Rose should not go to the Hall of Fame -- for the very reasons that Bush should neither be the Governor of Texas nor the President of the United States. The Neville Brothers and Van Morrison are his favorite bands.
Who cares.
Bush said he thinks the GOP must convince the people that they deserve a tax cut.
Bush said he's glad that McCain cannot get on the ballot in New York because the Bush people made sure he would be challenged for some stupid thing. Bush is such a piece of dirt -- he knows McCain would beat the pants off of him in NY.
Juan Williams reminded Bush that more than 120 people have been put to death in Texas since he has become Governor. Last week, the state executed a mental patient. Bush -- the only man on earth who thinks the death penalty "saves lives" -- said he thinks of the victims -- "I've reviewed each and every case." Some blonde bimbo named Paula (how appropriate) asked him what part of the bible he reads when he decides to murder a murderer (not in those words of course -- Bush don't care). He thinks the criminal justice system is fair -- especially to the poor who get no defense at all except from the worst lawyers in Texas.
Right, BushBaby.
Bush said he thinks the thing that distinguishes him is that he doesn't go to Buddhist temples to raise money.
This is true -- instead, he goes to the funeral business in Texas -- lets them rip off the people of Texas and takes hundreds of thousands of dollars from them as the payoff. What a swine.
Bush sneered most of his answers -- and even the right-wing Brit Hume looked more disgusted and disdainful than usual with the BushBrat's ignorance and his angry little boy attitude. Hume sort of suggested that Bush was running on a Clinton platform. That really pissed off the Brat -- and showed his true colors -- those of another Nixon.
Governor Smirk thinks it's okay that Bradley has a heart attack a day. Of course, what could be better -- to kill your opponent!
Juan Williams said that 51% of New Hampshirites think that he just tells them what they want to hear. DumbYa sneered at Juan Williams and brought up the Confederate Flag in the Carolinas (Williams is Black).
Garbage -- white trash. Williams argued with him and Bush looked like he would punch, Juan anyway.
The blonde then called him Governor "Smirk" -- we cheered out loud! It was absolutely side-splitting! Bush said he thinks it is ridiculous that the press analyzes facial expressions of the candidates. He claims that he does not have a coach, does not have an Alpha Male coach (like "NaiMoani" Wolf).
That blonde then asked him just what percentage of people in America should have health care. Another "laugher" of a question! The Smirk -- our new name for BushBaby -- thinks that providing cheaper predatory HMO coverage for the poor is the answer -- even though they will never be able to afford it.
Blondie kept pushing him on just what he would spend on Medicare for the poor. Bush is pushing the pharmaceutical company and HMO line -- pure and Simple.
Next, Hume and Snow took apart Clinton -- once again -- this time on the length of his last State of the Union Address. Gosh, what intellect.
The panel, made up of ultra-right-wingers, talked about Bradley's chance of winning -- which are zero. The blonde (okay, her name is Paula Zahn) seemed much more liberal and we like her -- especially because she is a FOX on the FOX Network.
Hume called Gore a "liar" just as he was instructed to by Roger Ailes. Ha, ha, ha, ha -- he is such a jerk. Paula even piled on Gore over his problems with living in a fantasy world enhancing his biography. We agree.
Hume said Gore is a "do anything to get elected kind of candidate." Hey, Brit -- what politician does not do that? That is what the goal is -- to get elected, no matter what -- as long as you don't commit a crime.
Bradley, the panel concluded, is on a war footing. So what. He'll lose anyway. Paula-baby for one knows Bradley is a loser. We think New Hampshire will be McCain's final achievement before he retires to the some think tank.
Elian Gonzales was next. Oh, brother. Who cares?
Foxy Paula thinks Clinton did just what he set out to do -- get Gore elected. The Neofascists on the panel said the speech proved that Clinton was not a New Democrat. Mort Kondracke, though, defended Clinton.
We missed Tony Snow's "Parting Thought" today -- thank the Lord!
This Weak
Bradley attacks -- but will he have a heart attack?
"Why has the campaign turned ugly?" asked Cokie Roberts at the top of the program, as Sam Donaldson welcomed Bill Bradley.
Sam immediately confronted Bradley about his heart -- and asked about cardioversion, a procedure which Bradley has undergone (the patient is briefly anesthetized, then zapped with an electrical device to restore a steady pulse). Bradley described the procedure -- and then Sam asked him about invoking the 25th Amendment. Bradley said he'd likely invoke it. Sam asked whether Americans shouldn't be concerned -- but should have asked how many times Bradley might be likely to undergo the procedure. Bradley did not see it as a problem.
Nor do we -- that is, if he's looking for a "no problem" excuse for pulling out of the race.
Then Sam asked whether it was wise to let his heart woes go public so close to the primary. Bradley said it was the right thing to do -- but we think he may have done it in the face of "oppo research."
Cokie asked Bradley about Dubya and Gore, but Bradley decided to immediately go on the attack against Gore, equating him with "old politics" (as if Bradley isn't an old politics guy himself). Cokie cited an article which claims that Gore somehow "knew" about the so-called "Buddhist temple fundraiser" -- giving Bradley an easy opportunity to essentially say that Gore can't be trusted.
George "Swill" Will then turned the subject to reproductive choice -- and played a Bradley "pro-choice" ad. Will, who probably wears an Ayatollah outfit in private and likely grumbles about women even having the vote, gave Bradley the opening to claim he has always been pro-choice, deriding Gore's so-called "evolution" on the issue. Will emphasized, in his most histrionic way, that Gore "deeeniiiiied" some point of minutia on his reproductive rights position, trying to create a phony scandal.
Of course, none of these goons dared mention that Gore's been consistently pro-Rowe V. Wade.
Following a break, Sam got back on the Buddhist temple track -- and also asked about "those phone calls" from Gore's office (which Sam tried to spin as illegal). Sam was not serving to give Bradley a forum for his opinion, but acting as a surrogate for the GOP -- especially when he asked if Bradley would name a special prosecutor to look into the '96 campaign! Bradley's answers were irrelevant -- Sam, the little slime bucket, was depicting Gore as guilty until proven innocent.
Then Sam turned to health care, and claimed that Bradley's plan was based on 1990 numbers. Bradley said he had a sense that technology would push prices down -- but anyone will tell you these high-tech devices ain't cheap, and the big beneficiaries will be manufacturers of these machines (like, f'rinstance, GE!!!).
Bradley talked budget surpluses and health care, providing the children and then elderly with quality health care -- all in ambiguous and lofty terms. He then said the Clinton Administration had not done enough. Sam said the Bradley plan to insure kids had no enforcement mechanism. Bradley answered by talking about his insurance financing plan -- not a very vigorous response.
Sam then turned to the fed, and a possible interest rate rise in response to inflationary pressure. Bradley said he did not see those pressures -- and forecast a 1/3 increase in the economy. Does the President get credit for it? Bradley somewhat sarcastically said the President always gets credit for it -- trying in vain to dis Clintonomics. Bradley said that the US should be forceful with OPEC on oil prices -- because we did and do defend the OPEC nations. He's right.
George Swill then attacked Gore's "dubious" record on reproductive rights -- giving Bradley the chance to say he was "startled" and this was a strategy "to deny, deny, deny." George mentioned that Gore voted for the Hyde amendment -- and essentially asked Bradley why, if he had known that, he didn't attack him. George then quoted Bradley in his most sarcastic-dramatic way calling Gore dishonest -- and Bradley blathered on about "denying patterns of reality."
Gee, Bradley, your handling of your own health woes could be called "denying patterns of reality," couldn't it?
Swill then started talking "patterns of behavior" -- shades of his personal attacks on Bill Clinton, this from a man known for his own messy personal life -- then asked Bradley if he had made illegal calls, implying that Gore's were illegal. George then started talking about all the foreign nationals who have "fled" the country over campaign finance problems -- then asked Bradley if he "trusts" Janet Reno's Justice Department. Bradley talked about a "cloudy" picture that may leave Dems vulnerable -- a cowardly answer. Bradley should have lit into George's line of questioning and mentioned GOP campaign wrongdoing.
Cocky asked Bradley about the "rap" against Bradley -- that he politically "dribbles up to the basket but does not shoot" -- in other words, he won't say the Vice President did a bad thing.
Well, Bradley was doing that all through his interview -- playing along with all the setups to attach Gore while accusing Gore of attacking him. Bradley should have slammed the Three Stooges of This Weak also -- but he danced around these opportunities.
There we some inconsequential blather about Bradley's "near endorsement" from the Neofascist and irrelevant Manchester Union Leader (we're still laughing over their endorsement four years ago of brownshirt Pat Buchanan -- a man we predict will be out of the current Reform Party Presidential-wannabe race himself in a matter of weeks over his own dirty laundry). Cokie then asked about Gore's numbers -- including his dead-heat with Bush. "He's got it wrapped up," said Cocky. Bradley disagreed: "He doesn't.... things are moving very fast.... I think we can win this election."
Well, readers, we think things are moving fast for Bradley -- accelerating towards his withdrawal from the race -- which, of course, means that the only purpose Bradley's interview with ABC's loser pundits was serving was to undermine Gore and cast him as a crook for the benefit of the GOP.
Bradley's mantra throughout the interview -- when he was not attacking Gore -- was the phrase "politics in a new way" or "new politics." We can only guess Bradley's "new politics" is trying to look Democrat while helping the GOP.
Following the break, ABC bored us with footage of Shrubya Bush at a small rally of his most ardent supporters with Poppy "Read My Lies" Bush and his harridan mother Babs. They're sooooo proud of their little Shrub for doing community service back in '72... er, running for President. Then Linda Douglass turned to John McCain's latest "attacks" on Bush, with footage of J.J. "I don't need on-the-job training" and "[Bush is] not ready for prime time."
Then -- the boring roundtable, with George Staphylococcus joining the stooges. Staph said that McCain's focus groups in the Carolinas show GOP voters can't picture Bush losing in New Hampshire -- but if he does, it changes everything! Will claimed that the Bush campaign is using the excuse that they're presenting him "as he is... a religiously devout tax-cutter."
Good grief, George, stop dancing around the truth: Dubya can't construct a complex sentence without screwing up the syntax or miswording his point -- in other words, the man is an imbecile, it shows, and the GOP is very worried that Gore will give him the butt-kicking of his life in the fall -- that is, if he even gets the GOP nod, which looks more doubtful with each passing day.
Cocky mentioned a stupid, slanted poll that said voters want to continue Clinton policies -- then she shouted the word "BUT" and said that if Clinton were running, the poll showed Bush the winner.
Right, Cokie -- of course, you dare not mention that the Bush campaign won't let the press talk to the moronic Shrub anymore, or that Clinton would clean Bush's clock in a debate, or that this is all a tacit admission that the poor GOP is still running against Bill Clinton -- and he's bruising their ass!
Will claimed that the Manchester paper semi-endorsement would help Bradley by giving Dems an excuse to "recoil" from Gore.
We agree with George -- it will give half a dozen ultra-right-wing Dems with limited intellectual capacity a reason to vote for Bradley.
We ignored the panel's bloviating over Elian Gonzalez and the Stupor Bowl.
The McLaughIn Group
Pope John screams about the Clinton Agenda, whines about abortion
Issue one -- Megaliberal Clinton! The sound of an adding machine accompanied each Clinton proposal from his State of the Union Address. John lied by calling Clinton's plan a $300-plus-billion-dollar giveaway -- only because none of the money would line GE obergruppen-CEO Jack Welch. Michael Barone essentially said that the program Clinton outlined was Gore's program. John called it "a sharp left turn." Eleanor said the plans were paid for with conservative numbers -- and the GOP would give Clinton some of what he wants; they'd rather give to Clinton than lose seats. Sebastian Mallaby of the Washing-Quinn Post said the Clinton plan costs less than GOP tax cuts. Clarence Page pointed out that the GOP response focused on -- health care! Barone mentioned an idiot poll from Celinda Lake.
John asked if this was vintage Clinton wreaking revenge on those who tried to impeach him -- a partisan tactic? Sebastian said it was partly and cleverly partisan. Eleanor said there's money to spend -- and issues will be fought on Democrat terms. She went on to predict a national health plan. Mallaby did not see a big left turn -- while John claimed that the Internet would "memorialize" quotes that would come back to haunt Clinton.
Read my lips, John --you're nuts! It's the one-liners glommed onto by cable news and late night comedians that people remember!
Issue two: "McCain's Abortion Straddle!" John tried to turn a comment by McCain into an "explosive" issue -- but this is not surprise, as ultra-Catholic John would rather beat the anti-abortion drum and fret over the unborn while shunning the needs of kids who don't have health care and don't get decent meals.
John played a terse exchange between madman Alan Keyes and John McCain from last week's testy GOP debate.
Sebastian said that McCain talks non-stop -- and he is surprised that McCain "doesn't make more of these gaffes" (a swipe at Bush?). John asked if Sebastian was covering for McCain! Eleanor said that a political gaffe is when a politician tells the truth -- and slammed Keyes for lighting into McCain, a man who saw his share of killing in war. Barone had us laughing with a comment on the Keyes-McCain "mosh pit!"
Then John turned to Bush, promoting him as having a "head start" -- but calling New Hampshire a "tougher score." John cited Bush's "carefully chosen, broad words" on abortion (but didn't mention that these pre-scripted words were supplied by his string pullers) -- then played typically vague canned Dubya responses. Barone -- reacting to Bush's claim that he would appoint judges that would "strictly interpret the Constitution" -- cited Bush's respect for Scalia and holding Scalia up as an example of a "strict" judge. Eleanor pointed out that Bush thinks Roe v. Wade is a bad decision.
Issue three: Bradley takes off the gloves. John called a New Hampshire victory essential, and cited Bradley's continued attacks on Gore during the last New Hampshire debate. Is Gore a liar? Barone said that Gore lied about Bradley's health care and is practically a racist! Eleanor said that if that's the case, why didn't Bradley fire back? Sebastian said that Gore was being dishonest. Page just said it was an "angrier week" than usual.
The NH GOP race predictions -- who will be the top three?
Barone -- Bush, McCain, Forbes
Eleanor -- McCain, Bush, Forbes
Sebastian -- McCain, Bush, Forbes
Clarence -- McCain, Bush, Forbes
John -- Bush, McCain, Forbes
South Carolina: Who will win and by how much?
Barone -- Bush, 17%
Eleanor -- Bush, 12%
Sebastian -- Bush, 15%
Clarence -- Bush, 15%
John -- Bush, 21%
Face the Nation
SCHIEFFER MEETS THE SMIRK!
Bob Schieffer welcomed Governor George W. Smirk -- and, in the interest of full disclosure, Bob mentioned that his brother and he had a tiny financial interest in the Texas Rangers!
Bob asked Bush about his dad's emphasis on foreign policy -- what kind of presidency would he have? Bush gave a typically broad and non-specific answer (we were thinking, "All hat, no cattle").
Gloria Borger asked Bush about Gore coming even with him in the polls -- is it that the more people see Bush, the more they go to Gore? We were roaring with laughter. Bush Bristled and said he was ahead in New Hampshire -- and Gloria blew the answer off, pressing him on the issue. Bush again went into platitude mode, then talked about being from Austin, depicting himself as an outsider to Washington.
Hey, George -- Clinton's still considered an outsider by his allies and enemies! Trying to steal from his playbook?
Bob asked where Bush disagreed with the Washington GOP, citing his views on suing HMOs. Bush "clarified" his view on HMOs and arbitration as he had on Fox 'Ludes Sunday, essentially saying he'd turn over power to the insurance and pharma businesses -- then said there'd be differences within the GOP, but again failed to be specific.
Bob then quoted Gary Bauer's statement that abortion is the "premier moral issue." And Bush -- wisely, for once -- named other issues that concerned him and average citizens -- primarily the economy. Bob then brought up the possibility of proliferation of illegal abortions -- and one GOP Senator's view that women should not be prosecuted if abortion is banned, but abortionists should. Bush essentially agreed. Gloria then zapped Bush by saying that if the law would not be enforced against women, what's the point? This forced Bush into his prefab "good people will disagree" answer.
Bush attacked Clinton and said that McCain was a man of good character. We laughed out loud -- Clinton is so popular the GOP is still acting as if they're running against him. He also claimed that Clinton is the "general manager" of the Gore campaign. He then claimed that Clinton was taking "time out of his schedule" to talk about him -- as if this were some sort of new or unique phenomenon in an election year.
It isn't.
Bob then asked Bush about the Confederate flag -- what does it mean to him? Bush said he was raised in Midland, Texas -- oh, really? -- and that the flag means different things to different people. Bob asked Bush about the NAACP's effort to have the flag removed from a plaque. "Our history is our history" and "it's part of our history" was about the best that Bush could do. He then added, "We don't like racism in our state." By this point, Bush sounded angry and defensive, started to stammer, then shifted to his prepared "states run[ning] their own business" sound bite.
Gloria focused on the New York state GOP ballot controversy -- and Bush talked about "party rules that they have designed." One of our writers lives in New York, and will tell you that the GOP rules are cronyistic and corrupt -- Pataki, Powers and Bruno call the steps and the party apparatchiks dance that way, including use of tactics to block challenges to party honcho favorites. Bush again railed in a defensive manner.
Bob asked about the nastiness of the tone of the primary elections. Bush a said it's getting tense, but "we'll be able to unite our party." He then tried bringing up the fake "Clinton legacy" issue as he again said, "We'll be able to unite our party." Bob then pressed Bush on Supreme Court justice David Souter. "They're trying to get me to second-guess my dad." "But your dad nominated Clarence Thomas." Bush said he's the only man to have nominated people to a Supreme Court.
Gloria -- shrewdly -- asked Bush about the possibility that Ross Perot might get in the race. This was more of a hint to viewers that Reform front-runner Pat Buchanan is in for some very rough sailing. Bush gave a lame answer concerning Ann Richards and Nolan Ryan.
Bob's final word was about his seventh New Hampshire primary, and the many things he's seen -- the Muskie meltdown and Clinton's triumph despite the Flowers flap. Bob also contrasted Muskie's "weeping" moment with Bradley "tearing up" after listening to a New Hampshire mother's sad tale -- and the press hardly even blinked.
Eat the Prez!
Archbishop Slim Meets John McCain
John McCain was the first guest.
Slim (not) Russert, who has recently added Bill Kristol to his stable -- let's hope to permanently replace the embarrassing Nixon sycophant William "Satire" -- is in Bedford, New Hamper-shire at the "Bedford Inn" (plug). Russert said that McCain said that Bush needed on-the-job training.
McCain pointed out that Russert is a liar -- as usual -- and then he said "I won't need on-the-job training" -- which is the fact.
Russert -- a whore for Bush, GE's Jack Welch, and all the advertisers on his lousy, overrated show -- then attacked McCain because one of his ads said, "Only one man knows the military and knows the world."
This was the best Russert could do? The man is a shameless putz. Now, we don't care who Russert will vote for -- but we don't like him toeing the company line on our airwaves and our nickel.
Slim droned on, defending The Smirk's tax plans against Gore's programs. McCain said the debate between himself and Bush is whether to put the surplus (which does not exist, by the way) into tax cuts or programs to help health care and education. Smirk's proposal contains nothing for Medicare, additional education funds, or anything else but tax cuts! Smirk, McCain said, is trying to buy off the voters.
As usual. Remember when BushDaddy promised "Read my lips: no new taxes" -- and then did just the opposite? Like father, like son.
McCain complained that corporations should not be able to write off the costs of sky boxes, golf club memberships, and other such executive perks. He sounds like a liberal. But Bush and his pals -- like Liddy Dole -- are saying that McCain will stop deductions for contributions to universities.
Lies, of course.
What Russert should have asked McCain was how he felt when he was bombing and strafing innocent civilians during the Vietnam conflict. That's a question that no one has had the nerve to ask thus far, instead focusing on the fact that he spent a long time in a Viet Cong jail in Hanoi. Which would he rather be -- this liberal Republican -- a dead Vietnamese mother -- or a prisoner or war cum war hero?
Nasty, but true.
A constitutional ban on abortions is what McCain wants -- except to save the life of the mother. McCain would not prosecute a woman who did get an abortion, he said. He thinks that such an amendment, however, is not going to happen, so that takes him "off the hook."
He wishes.
Russert then attacked McCain from the left on back-alley abortions. McCain would prosecute a doctor who performed abortions if the State outlawed it. McCain, who opposes abortion morally but would not prosecute women, is uncomfortable with his own stupid opinion. Russert did well making him look like a fool. McCain misunderstands just what so-called "partial birth" abortion is -- and it's not by any stretch simply killing a baby because the mother and doctor plot to do so, as the monomaniac American voter thinks due to Gary Bauer's lies.
Russert should change his name to Mr. Slim Archbishop Catholic.
Slim then turned to Elian Gonzales. McCain took the opportunity to remind us about how much he knows about Communism (because he spent so long in North Vietnam). He wants Elian's father to come here to get his son, "But he won't because he would want to stay," said McCain.
McCain complained of Stalinist practices of the State of New York McCain went in front of the Russian Consulate last week where he reminded the press that there will be two elections in March -- one the New York GOP Primary, and the other in Russia. In New York there will only be one candidate, Bush. In Russia there will be at least two candidates. How does that look? He thinks Governor Smirk should just call Governor "Partake-ey" and say "Let him on the ballot."
We think Bush ought to do that -- and on the air. Maybe he will -- but only after he makes a deal with Partake-ey to reply "George, I wish I could, but it against the law."
McCain assures us that as President of the United States he will always tell the truth. Read my lips, J.J.: what a lie!
Russert then brought on Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-MN) to pitch for Bradley. Wellstone -- a freak liar himself who pretended not to take soft money during his campaign, but instead made sure that this soft money was spent "independently" by the corporations who own him -- backed up Bradley's whining about Gore. Wellstone, another idiot from Minnesota, looked like some hippie grass-sucking loser.
Ed Markey (D-MA), who is married to the luscious and brilliant R. Susan Blumenthal -- psychiatrist extraordinaire of the HHS -- defended Gore. He pointed out that Gore did not lie about Bradley.
At any rate, can someone explain how it is that now, all of sudden, Russert thinks that all politicians tell the truth during a campaign, especially a presidential campaign?
Russert tried to call Gore a liar because Gore once believed that the federal government should not pay for abortions. This was a good choice in our mind as well, because there are so many Americans who do not want their tax money going to pay doctors to perform abortions.
Wellstone, who is about 3 feet tall (really), was sitting next to Markey and looked like a insane elf -- or a "Mini-Me" version of Abby Hoffman! It was a riot. Wellstone, Bradley and phony do-gooders like them are on their way out. Markey told Wellstone that Ted Kennedy, who is known as The Health Care Senator, thinks that Gore's program is better and more comprehensive. Wellstone said that Kennedy would never say that Gore's program covers everyone -- nor would he say the Bradley has no prescription help.
Wellstone then attacked Gore on campaign fundraising. What did he do? Wellstone is damn wimp -- turning on his President, his party and Democrats in general.
Memo to our friends in Minnesota: defeat him.
Markey slammed back with the fact that Bradley, time and again, violated the law by allowing "bundling" contributions to cover the true givers and by being owned lock, stock and barrel by the pharmaceutical industry -- which he still is.
Have you ever heard such bullshit?
Gore has been a frontrunner on campaign finance reform for more than six years -- now Bradley thinks he can steal this issue from Gore by lying, saying that Gore had some "scheme" with those stupid Buddhist monks -- another scam by Bradley and Wellstone.
Russert wants to know how serious Bradley's health problem is. Wellstone said that Bill is in excellent health -- another lie. Wellstone also added the new spin bite about Bradley's heart irregularities: "...just like President Bush had" -- another lie. Bush did not collapse for days or hours in a comatose fog.
Wellstone, for some idiotic reason, tells America that he used to, nearly naked, roll on gym mats with other men, to prove he was a 5' 3" man. But then again -- he was a teacher.
Now we are sure that we will support Gore on the Democrat side. There is nothing worse than a hypocrite like Bradley and the hypocrites who surround him for this nation at this time.
You just know Russert is such a liar that he ought to be indicted for something. He knows damn well that everyone who is elected federally -- except for billionaires (and there are none in Congress) -- owe their seats to money. Yet Cardinal Slim pretends there is some "high ground" here.
Fact: there is no high ground unless you want to give the federal government total control over who your see and what you see, what you read, what you fear from candidates. If you do, then you are for campaign finance reform.
Russert also knows this: politicians take advantage of any stupid fool that thinks they can force elected officials to vote their way. They can't. They can get special attention form the official, they can get votes that make sense for the nation -- but they cannot get votes on issues that will hurt the majority of us. The entire idea is a fraud. Russert -- a pie-faced pig -- knows damn well that Johnny Chung, the Buddhist monks, and all the Chinese, Japanese, Dutch, British, German and other foreign nationals who tried to buy favors from Clinton or Gore were just that -- stupid idiots. Of course, if it is legal to take the money, then the campaign takes it. But any foreigner who thinks that any American -- even a stinking policeman -- will take money form Chinese Communists in order to hand over the country to China is a posing, arrogant, Neo-Nazi liar, and nothing less.
That is what Tim Russert is.
Russert then welcomed his panel -- "The Right Winger" Bill Kristol, "The Star" Tom Brokaw, "The Lefty Jew" (who is really a Righty) David Broder, and the "Black Woman" (newly hired by PBS) Gwen Ifill.
Brokaw, who pretends to be God, used to pick up stewardesses and live in the same complex they lived in in LA back in the sixties. Yet he is now the "moral" leader of America -- or at least is trying to be. What a charade. However, we'll take Brokaw over Peter and what's his name.
Kristol -- who knows -- basically sends the message that Bush cannot win and that McCain would be the best candidate. We're glad to see Bill Kristol on NBC after being screwed by, of all fools, the same idiots over at The Mickey Network who decided to keep Sam and Cokie -- who consistently run dead last in the Sunday Morning political blowhard ratings.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha -- mickeymouse morons.