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Three Prominent Conservatives Warn of “Scaremongering” in Gitmo Closing

I think John McCain, Joe Lieberman, and Lindsay Graham are really close personal friends, and all resent Barack for beating McCain in the general. It’s hard to believe they actually believed McCain had a chance — especially after choosing Palin as his running mate — but they seem to feel cheated and bitter, and willing to do anything they can to stand in they way of what the president needs to do.

I fully expect Lieberman to vote against cloture, lose his committee chair and become a Republican over the health care bill.

I’m a little surprised at Webb. I don’t understand the push back. There may be things going on behind the scenes that we know nothing about. Or it could be that the GOP winning the governor’s seat has giving him a case of the nerves.

P.S. KQuark, I love your graphic on this story!

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 4:34 pm

SHANNYN MOORE: Palin’s Oily Lies Drip from the Pages of Going Rogue…

Here here!

I mean…. Hear hear!

» Posted By nellie On November 17, 2009 @ 6:47 am

Doesn’t Huckabee have that gruesome dog story? And isn’t he the one who joked about Obama ducking under a table to avoid gunfire?

I can’t see the country voting for another good ol’ boy destructo machine. Not yet, anyway. And that’s the way Huckabee comes off to me.

I can’t think of any viable GOP candidate. Not with name recognition, at any rate.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 9:18 pm

Good night, kesmarn. Pleasant dreams.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 9:06 pm

And after eight years of enduring Bush, we chose a man who is mature and compassionate. A much needed remedy for what was left behind.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 8:45 pm

I’ve heard this man speak with more than one interviewer. And I understand what you’re saying, but I find him persuasive. Historians have done the same kind of analysis of every president — psychology from a distance. They’ve done it with Truman, Nixon, Clinton, our founding fathers, Lincoln. It’s not an uncommon practice.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 8:08 pm

*waves*

TTYL!

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 7:42 pm

In response to kesmarn’s request:

Buzzflash ran an interview with Dr. Justin Frank, who did a psychiatric analysis of George Bush and published it in a book titled “Bush on the Couch.” I would only add that my grief therapist agreed with Dr. Frank. We had a president with a serious antisocial personality disorder.

The author always emphasizes that he never spoke to Bush in person, and that this analysis is done based on his observations of Bush’s behavior, family history, and decision making. He talks about Bush’s competitiveness with/contempt for his father, his indifference to suffering, his anger. There are childhood experiences that are chilling — things that Bush did and things that happened to him that made things worse. It’s a frightening portrait. It would be tragic if the man were not so destructive. And Dr. Frank does not take Bush for an idiot. This is an intelligent, but highly destructive, and highly contemptuous person. What Frank writes, imo, is consistent with Bush’s presidency. I think we were lucky he didn’t do more damage.

You can read the interview here: http://blog.buzzflash.com/interviews/049

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 7:37 pm

Yes — I’ll start a new comment because we’re squeezed to the margin!

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 7:25 pm

he he he he he

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 6:49 pm

There’s a book out called Bush on the Couch by Dr. Justin Frank that presents a pretty alarming character analysis. All of it rings true, at least for me.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 6:47 pm

Hillary voters have intellect. Palin will never get anyone with that quality to vote for her.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 5:18 pm

I’m sorry. That’s hard, I know. Give yourself the time to bounce back and get yourself together. We’re here whenever you need a cyber hug or some cheerleading. {{hug}}

P.S. The design rocks.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 5:16 pm

The Anchorage Daily News does a fantastic job reporting on Palin. That’s where I read about all of her scandals — the day after she spoke at the RNC convention.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 5:14 pm

Noonan let it slip when her mike was live and she didn’t know it. After that, there wasn’t much she could do but tell the truth — we all knew how she really felt.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 5:11 pm

I wasn’t surprised that Clinton won or at the turnaround of the 94 midterms — considering the beating Clinton was taking in the press. But Dukakis was a surprise. He’s a smart smart man, but he never struck me as someone who could win the presidency.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 5:03 pm

Excellent blog, nicole. Thanks for the links.

As a web designer I have to comment on the beautiful and professional layout. Very well done.

Are you going to keep posting to your blog? I notice your last post was in September.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 5:02 pm

I had my doubts about Kerry winning — but the truth is, he did win. He won Ohio and the state was stolen, as was Florida in 2000.

When McCain nominated Palin, I knew he had lost — and would lose big. If he had nominated someone like Kay Bailey Hutchinson, we would have had some real trouble.

I truly believe Palin is a media creation. The woman has no substance, no ethics, no poise, no intellect. I just can’t take her seriously. I should also say that I’m one of the few people who does not believe George W. Bush is a stupid man. I always saw him as a formidable candidate — in both elections. But I can’t see Palin as more than a flash in the pan.

But you are right to be vigilant. We never know what can happen.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 4:46 pm

That’s very impressive, Nicole. Do you have some links you could share with us? I’d love to read some of those posts.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 4:30 pm

It’s 76% of 20% of the population — which is 15% overall. That’s not too hard to believe.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 4:21 pm

Exactly why they threw out those attacks — to deflect and take attention away from their very flawed choice.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 4:17 pm

Oprah might be trying to outdo Katie Couric.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 4:13 pm

Yes, that was deeply strange.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 4:12 pm

A caller on Stephanie Miller gave Sarah’s autobio an alternative title:

The Book to Nowhere

I’m one of those people who thinks Sarah Palin has already worn out her 15 minutes of fame. If this is the best the GOP can do as a nominee for 2012, then the party is already dead. If she is, as I suspect, a throwaway candidate because they already know Barack Obama cannot be defeated, then they’re playing it smart.

» Posted By nellie On November 16, 2009 @ 4:09 pm

Where are the Progressive and Liberal Voices on Gitmo?

It just galls me that she has become the de facto spokesperson for the progressive movement. We need some new voices out there.

» Posted By nellie On November 15, 2009 @ 4:39 pm

The disagreement doesn’t bother me as much as the childish pouting. All of a sudden the president is a “fraud” or “Bush light” — just petulant bitterness that doesn’t make any sense. And then the hostility and insulting language. The president gets enough of that from the right. So he ends up getting pilloried from both directions.

All this while he’s doing a really good job!!!!

I fully support this president, even when I disagree with him. Where I disagree, I just work harder to get my views known. I wish progressives would learn that simple political reality — and get some sophistication. No wonder the country keeps moving to the right.

» Posted By nellie On November 15, 2009 @ 4:36 pm

I think something similar goes on in the U.S. when the topic of slavery comes up. It is so emotionally charged, we still don’t deal with it well. Or the effects on the generations that are living with that legacy.

» Posted By nellie On November 15, 2009 @ 4:13 pm

It’s one of the things about his presidency that gives me a very calm, secure feeling.

» Posted By nellie On November 15, 2009 @ 3:52 pm

If my memory serves, we never declared war to go into Afghanistan or Iraq. Bush turned our country into a band of hysterical vigilantes. And the right wing is trying to keep us in that mode.

It’s a very destructive group of people.

» Posted By nellie On November 15, 2009 @ 3:50 pm

Thank you, KQuark. That’s exactly the kind of thing I’m talking about. Not only telling a Black man how to act, but proscribing (expecting, accepting) such a narrow range of action — of being. It’s ridiculous. And it really tees me off.

» Posted By nellie On November 15, 2009 @ 3:44 pm