Two witnesses for the GOP prosecution in Tampa
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens address the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Wednesday. AP/J. Scott Applewhite
TAMPA — A speech before a national political convention begins with a phone call and a surprisingly tight deadline. For Attorney General Sam Olens, that call came three weeks ago.
And it arrived with a slight twist: Olens would perform a rhetorical duet before delegates with his Florida counterpart, Pam Bondi.
Days of emailing and editing, some late-night tweaks and two dress rehearsals later, the bespectacled lawyer — who had been chairman of the Cobb County Commission only two years ago — stepped in front of thousands of delegates to the Republican National Convention and millions of TV viewers with his partner on Wednesday night.
“We know that the Constitution limits federal power, but President [Barack] Obama clearly believes those limits just get in his way. So he ignores them,” Olens began. “He promises to rescue our economy and environment by investing in green jobs, but instead funnels your tax dollars into campaign donors’ pockets.”
Bondi joined in: “He sure does. He talks about giving us more control over health care decisions, but instead grants that power to government bureaucrats.”
The Olens-Bondi duo was sandwiched between and overshadowed by U.S. Sen. John McCain and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, rivals in the ’08 presidential contest. Who were in turn eclipsed by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and — the finale of the evening — Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
All in all, the seven-minute duet was a modest national debut for Olens. But if you think of a convention as a structured argument, two attorneys general were entirely necessary to Mitt Romney’s prosecution. They served as witnesses to what Republicans see as Obama’s overreaching on health care, illegal immigration, environmental regulation and more.
Olens was at Romney’s side when the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its health care decision this summer. Before she became Florida’s attorney general in 2010, the same year as Olens, the telegenic Bondi served as a Fox News contributor — and frequently gave updates on the lawsuit.
”It’s not the fight we want, but it’s the fight we have with this president,” Olens said a few hours before his speech. “When I was running for office, I never imagined a telephone conference where senior officials from the Department of Justice would be on the line, asking me questions to decide who should be sued. I just never really pictured the federal government expending energy to decide which of the 50 [states] is next.”
Olens and Bondi fit well into the evening’s emphasis on diversity. Olens was Georgia’s first Jewish candidate elected to a statewide, partisan office. Bondi is Florida’s first female attorney general.
But both were also early Romney supporters in this year’s contest. In Georgia, where Gov. Nathan Deal backed Newt Gingrich, Olens was the only statewide elected official to endorse the former Massachusetts governor. Olens also supported Romney in ’08.
“The request for me came from Governor Romney. He asked for them to reach out to me,” Olens said. Then came a weeklong lull, followed by a request for copies of past speeches on his fights with the federal government.
Romney’s convention crew cut and pasted the speeches together and helped with “stylistic” flairs. But the words are original, Georgia’s attorney general said.
“I’m sure the public thinks that they give you a speech and you talk,” Olens said. “That’s absolutely not the truth, and I’ve actually been really surprised that it’s not the truth.”
One rehearsal was held Tuesday on the stage within the massive Tampa Bay Times Forum, an experience not nearly as intimidating as Olens anticipated. “It’s a much warmer setting than I expected,” he said. “You don’t get a feeling of the size of the room when you’re up on stage.”
The tag-team concept is what worried Olens the most. “The lectern is really made for one,” Olens said. “Spatially, it’s a challenge. It’s hard for us to be in that same space at the same time.”
It took some effort, but the two dodged out of each other’s way when it counted Wednesday night. But our poor seat behind the RNC stage allowed us an interesting perspective — we could see that Bondi put her partner at a height disadvantage with a pair of high-altitude heels.
Olens’ wife, Lisa, flew down for the speech. A daughter, Lauren, watched from Shenzhen, China, where she teaches English. Olens’ son watched from Syracuse University in New York. The attorney general could have flown Jonathan home for the occasion, but he is on a public servant’s salary and airfare is expensive.
Which raises a question: If Romney wins the White House, will Olens be drawn to Washington? “I think that’s highly unlikely,” Olens said. “I’m here. I’m loving the job.”
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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mehlman rings twice
August 29th, 2012
11:00 pm
I think I’m in love with Pam Bondi.
honested
August 29th, 2012
11:14 pm
At one time I viewed sam olens as an Honorable man.
He has now proven me wrong on that count beyond any doubt.
And somebody should teach pam bondi to read before expecting her to follow a script.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 29th, 2012
11:17 pm
On August 6, 2011, 30 US service members were killed when a CH-47 Chinook helicopter they were being transported in crashed in Wardak province, Afghanistan. It was the deadliest single loss for U.S. forces in the decade-long war in Afghanistan. 17 members of the elite Navy SEALs were killed in the crash.
Yesterday, Karen and Billy Vaughn, parents of Aaron Carson Vaughn, spoke at the Defending the Defenders forum sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots outside the RNC Convention in Tampa. Karen brought a copy of the form letter they were sent following their son’s death.
It’s a form letter.
It was signed by an electric pen.
That’s not all.
Karen Vaughn reached out to the parents of the other SEALs killed in that crash.
Their letters were all the same.
Form letters – signed by an electric pen.
After the deadliest single loss of US forces in Afghanistan, Barack Obama sent out form letters to the parents.
This is how the VILE Choom soetoro rolls
ROMNEY / RYAN 2012
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 29th, 2012
11:26 pm
AGs Olens and Bondi did a great job, and wow I am so in Love with Paul Ryan!!!!
ROMNEY/RYAN 2012
PatDowns
August 29th, 2012
11:46 pm
@ Galloway – “The Olens-Bondi duo was sandwiched between and overshadowed by U.S. Sen. John McCain and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, rivals in the ’08 presidential contest. Who were in turn eclipsed by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and — the finale of the evening — Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan of Wisconsin…”
Purposely leaving out Gov. Susana Martinez who came on after Dr. Condi and before Ryan just because she is the first female Hispanic governor?
td
August 29th, 2012
11:46 pm
Sam Olens will be the next governor of this great state.
Kris
August 29th, 2012
11:48 pm
It looks like a banner year for Ms. Clairol Hair Color products. When is smutty gonna tell whiny ryanno his job has been outsourced
Re-elect A True President
OBAMA 2012
cc
August 29th, 2012
11:49 pm
TrishaDishaWarEagle @ 11:17 pm:
Even though I expected no more than that from the Kenyan, I am sorry that the parents and families of those kiiled n action serving our country were shown no more respect than a form letter signed by an auto-pen.
cc
August 29th, 2012
11:52 pm
PatDowns:
If you’re looking for fair treatment of the GOP here, you have definitely come to the wrong place!
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 30th, 2012
12:38 am
@cc, amen.. EVEN I would have thought the vile marxist barry soetoro would never stoop that low.
I WAS WRONG The vile marxist barry soetoro does stoop that low
Bernie
August 30th, 2012
12:49 am
Defenders of ALL that is Evil…….
Kris
August 30th, 2012
12:54 am
There are some prayers against evil,
But none against stupidly
Re-elect President OBAMA.
liberalefty
August 30th, 2012
1:38 am
THE RACIST REPUBS are feeling desperate…lol
liberalefty
August 30th, 2012
1:39 am
@trish
so what soldiers die everyday…
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 30th, 2012
1:49 am
@liblefty thankfully, so do welfare queens and their spawn
Derrick
August 30th, 2012
2:36 am
I’m a registered Republican and I can’t believe people still fall the idiotic chain emails like the one TrishaDishaWarEagle posted above.
If you do a google search, you will find that no legitimate media outlet, not even Fox News, reported anything remotely resembling the jibberish from the chain email that was copy/pasted above. All a Bing or Google search turns up are random people on craigslist and obscure bloggers re-posting the chain email.
There are PLENTY of legitimate things to disagree with Obama about. Don’t be one of the fools who believes manufactured chain emails that contain not a shred of truth.
Here’s an actual news story on the tragic events referred to in TrishaDishaWarEagle’s post…
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0809/SEAL-Team-Six-Obama-honors-troops-killed-in-helicopter-crash
Vic Deakins
August 30th, 2012
2:52 am
TrishaDishaWarEagle copy/pasted from a story form this website written by Jim Hoft…
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/08/obama-honored-fallen-seals-by-sending-their-parents-a-form-letter-signed-by-electric-pen/
If you’ve never heard of Jim Hoft, google him and you will find stuff like this…
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2010/09/21/jim-hoft-dumbest-man-on-the-internet/170927
Before you dismiss the media matters link as biased, take a look at some of the examples they cite of Hoft’s previous work. Regardless of what you might think of media matters, I think Hoft’s track record speaks for itself.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 30th, 2012
2:53 am
No chain email, it is linked thru drudge to the gateway pundit which has video of the parents in the story recounting the story AT the RNC convention in Tamps
I win! I always win..
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/08/obama-honored-fallen-seals-by-sending-their-parents-a-form-letter-signed-by-electric-pen/
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 30th, 2012
3:01 am
Damn it feels good to be a Righty.. We all know the left is in abject panic mode, that os why they have become even more shrill. I fully expect many of them to die of hypertension prior to election day..bonus!.. and I did not find media matters article on the Yahoo news washington bureau chief being fired for calling romney racist and for partying while blacks drown, hmm, i am sure it was an oversight.,.haha..mediamatters is useless and so far choooms butt he calls them the tapeworm.
Vic Deakins
August 30th, 2012
3:08 am
Like I said, look at “The Gateway Pundit” a.k.a. Jim Hoft’s track record. It speaks for itself.
Vic Deakins
August 30th, 2012
3:12 am
Oh, and, by the way, there is no video of the parents in the story.
Vic Deakins
August 30th, 2012
3:18 am
Another thing you should ask yourself is: “If that story about the form letters is true, why are the parents just now talking about it?” The letters from his blog post are all from September 2011. The parents have had a year to speak out on this. Why does this blogger with a track record of posting boatloads of “stories” that were proven to be ludicrous, have the scoop? Why does he not have video? Why is he the only person reporting on it? To the objective eye, it just doesn’t add up.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 30th, 2012
3:23 am
The parents were invited to speak this week bec ause this is the RNC ..this is when their story can do the most damage to the vile rupugnant hussein, and I for one, am glad it has come out..and also the forthcoming book by the SEAL who was on the bin laden raid coming out is good timing..it shows the vile repugnant hussein has lied about details and the timeline.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 30th, 2012
3:29 am
First sourse corroboration of the gateway pundits story , as the Tea Party Patriots hosted the forum Defending the Defenders at the RNC in Tampa
Yesterday, the Tea Party Patriots were honored to support our military men and women who have bravely served our country. Unfortunately, those men and women have been ill-served by President Obama. Whether one supports or opposes the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya, the fact that is that this Administration has failed the troops as they continue to protect our freedoms.
We were proud to be joined by many supporters of our troops. Billy and Karen Vaughn, parents of a Navy Seal who died in service, spoke articulately and persuasively about the President’s failure to protect those in the military. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) spoke as well, pointing out that this President does not seem to understand the sacrifices made by service members.
http://www.teapartypatriots.org/2012/08/tea-party-patriots-honors-the-military/
As the obama team lies constantly, I always give the other side the benefit of the doubt, and this corroborates it
Vic Deakins
August 30th, 2012
3:30 am
Yet you see no issues at all with “The Gateway Pundit” a.k.a. Jim Hoft’s track record of “reporting” blunders or give any consideration to the valid questions I raised? LOL. That tells me all I need to know. I won’t waste any more of my time here. It could be that the blog post turns out to be true but given all the questions I mentioned before, I would be stunned and amazed if that turned out to be the case. I’m no fan Obama and I’m not a Dem. I’m just looking at this particular situation objectively based on what I do know to be true.
liberalefty
August 30th, 2012
3:33 am
trishawareagle has been exposed as a liar…lol…must be that trailer park meth she smokin on
liberalefty
August 30th, 2012
3:35 am
if youre unemployed stop blaming the guvment and get off your lazy arse and get a job
Vic Deakins
August 30th, 2012
3:35 am
That link doesn’t corroborate anything “The Gateway Pundit” said. All it confirms is that Billy & Karen Vaughn spoke. It doesn’t mention anything about the letters and there is still no video of their speech (you claimed earlier that there was). The letters probably would’ve been worth mentioning on tea party link, wouldn’t you say?
Like I said, I’m just looking at this objectively and there are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many red flags with that blog about the letters, especially when you look at the track record of the blogger.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 30th, 2012
3:35 am
more corroboration the event took place, for the tin foil hat crowd (yes, we ARE out to get you)
Tuesday
Aug. 28, 2012
Billy & Karen will be speaking at
Defending our Defenders
(Veterans for a Strong America)
Liberty Plaza, 180 S. Morgan St. Tampa, FL
4pm -6pm
from http://www.forourson.us/upcoming-speaking-engagements.html
The personal memorial website and blog of Billy and Karen Vaughn, parents of Special Operations Chief (SEAL) Aaron Carson Vaughn
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 30th, 2012
3:39 am
http://www.forourson.us/index.html
About Us…
Billy & Karen Vaughn (Aaron’s parents) are now making themselves available to speak publicly across America in an effort to carry the torch Aaron passed to them.
They speak primarily about the threats facing our republic due to enemies both within and without and also address the outrageous disregard the current administration seems to have for the lives of our military heroes who are forced to fight a war with both hands tied behind their backs; a war against an enemy our country refuses to even name.
Vic Deakins
August 30th, 2012
3:40 am
Again, no mention of the letters. I think it’s pretty clear that Billy & Karen spoke. The issue is the letters mentioned in the blog post you cited. Nobody but the blogger with a shoddy track record of reporting anything resembling facts has “reported” on the letters.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 30th, 2012
3:42 am
To those who defended obama above, feel that sting in the back of your throat?. That’s pride Messin with you. Pride only hurts when you are wrong…
Vic Deakins
August 30th, 2012
3:44 am
Trisha, Feel that warmth coming over your face? That’s the embarrassment that comes from falling for a hoax.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 30th, 2012
4:00 am
Excerpts from the Father, Billy Vaughn’s, blog..I think this is so very wonderful that this family can turn their tragedy into something constructive by calling out this vile petty little man, obama, on his stupid tying the hands of the military in Afghanistan!
As I said before, I believe the shoot down of the Chinook was an act of war, but if you’ll allow me, I’d like to to stretch the definitions of tragic and tragedy, and talk about a few “for instances” that satisfy the parameters of those words:
It is tragic that the area in which Extortion 17 was operating had already been cleared by U.S. warriors three previous times according to the military, but had not been maintained by the Afghans who were charged with manning the area and keeping it safe.
..It’s tragic that on the night of August 6, 2011, overhead, circling above Extortion 17 and the fathers, husbands, sons, and brothers on board, were some of the most capable Air Weapons Teams the world has ever seen (two AH64 Apaches and an AC130 Gunship). But because of the Rules of Engagement, no pre-assault fire paved the way for Extortion 17 to deliver its payload for their night’s work. The Air Weapons Teams over Extortion 17 that night watched the chopper fly into the hot zone without even firing shots into the air, so to speak, in order to make the enemy keep their heads down. All pilots were afraid of legalities they were bound to by the ROEs written and enforced by people in a peaceful, far away land.
…It’s tragic that the policy of the Commander in Chief also allows the AFGHAN National Army, the AFGHAN National Police, and the AFGHAN Security Ministry to be informed of all phases of special op missions in theater. Let me clarify…they know all ins and outs of each operation, including the flight routes. Tragic, in this instance, is an insufficient term.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 30th, 2012
4:08 am
I would laugh if it were not so tragic..so I will HATE those of you on the left a little more, instead.
zeke
August 30th, 2012
5:35 am
do us a favor, join the military if you are such a patriot, they accept females
zeke
August 30th, 2012
5:42 am
Romney Pollster: We Will Not ‘Be Dictated By Fact-Checkers’
great strategy, tell dumb massess lies and bet on hate
Ronnie Raygun
August 30th, 2012
6:39 am
Pam looks a little old for Mittens. He said to “bring ‘em young”, not “bring on the pie wagons”.
Yo!
August 30th, 2012
7:01 am
Sam, we love ya but you looked like a short stub next to that blond bomb shell….she was yummy to look at
Oh, btw, their speech was pretty lousy.
Buckhead Boy
August 30th, 2012
7:28 am
Yo!, bad news. Ms. Bondi is engaged again. But, then again, her former marriages didn’t last that long.
Don't Be Silly...
August 30th, 2012
7:41 am
Talk about Canned Speeches… If this had been shot during the days of black & white tvs, this duo would have looked and sounded a lot like the Honeymooners. A short, stubby fat a$$ and a tall pretty woman!
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 30th, 2012
7:51 am
honeymooners is better than Amos&Barry
kevin3
August 30th, 2012
7:57 am
Sam Olson is like a ant…….following the path that goes in and out and wherever it stop he will stop. There is a strange thing about the Republician Convention….it has been about everyone speaking about what they have did or done. Ryan really is not the material this country needs, romney is bad for the country because he has lied and can’t be honest about his affairs and he think he will be elected. I hate to see where we have gone to where we will end up. Nothing wrong with the President wanting people to have health care, don’t be fool; go to the hospitals and see who is bieng waited on first with healthcare, those that are still waiting will soon be served at the appropriate time. People lie to you all of the time so why are you looking to elect a man that has lied over and over again. Not sure you really know who Ryan or Romney really is and all about. Oh, they will take your hard earned money too!
Going Right
August 30th, 2012
8:03 am
Vic Deakins (2.36a); “ If you’ve never heard of Jim Hoft, google him and you will find stuff like this… then you post a URL from “mediamatters.org” – surpassed in virulent blather by none only than “Moveon.org(asm)” One can surely gat a “fair and balanced” article when reading the same garbage as the DNC uses for its political ads;
Vic Deakins 3.18a); Why don’t you ask the parents why they waited so long? Could it have been that they would have talked to a “robo-pin” or a pre-recorded diatribe from the Anointed One? Perhaps had it been you as the parent, you would have shown them by God!
Vic Deakins (3.35a); MediaMatters.Org(asm) is one of the main reasons Media Research Center was formed – not for exposing “gaffes” (which, by the way, apparently only Republicans are guilt of), rather for exposing the unbelievable bias of the press and media. The pure schadenfreud of Hoft’s “reporting” is an indication of the socialist left’s attempt to win at all costs, no matter the collateral damage.
Zeke (5.35a); Trisha could, not doubt join the military. They will take any qualified candidate. Sorry, Charlie, you ain’t good enough for the military. As a 26-year USMC retiree, I can tell you that for sure.
Buckhead Boy (7.28a); you’re just incensed because your and your partner’s (alleged) “marriage” isn’t recognized in GA. Try Californicate or Taxachusetts…they will welcome you two with open arms.
mehlman rings twice
August 30th, 2012
8:13 am
To paraphrase a VP candidate, Our parents deserve better than spending their old age in their children’s basement staring at faded Dick Cheney posters because they can’t find a job, or afford to move to China.
honested
August 30th, 2012
8:15 am
trisha-alabama-whatever,
If the parents were worried about receiving a ‘form letter’ why didn’t they have the good sense to discourage their SON not to go be cannon fodder in a fools errand?
honested
August 30th, 2012
8:18 am
Lyin ryan quote:
‘they want to turn our country into a place where everything is free but you’,……
Really? Apparently ole’ lyin’ ryan hasn’t bought gas, groceries, health insurance or real estate in a while.
The scary thing is that the wrong wing nuts can suspend reality and believe such nonsense.
Bob Loblaw
August 30th, 2012
8:18 am
Sam Olens is a breath of fresh air for Georgia. Who cares about his height?
honested
August 30th, 2012
8:19 am
mehlman,
I wonder what it is that causes wrong wingers to have such short and malleable memories?
honested
August 30th, 2012
8:20 am
sam olens, fresh air?
Only if you live too near a swamp.
mehlman rings twice
August 30th, 2012
8:23 am
Honested,
Yep, remember the good old days of December 2008 when Bank of America workers were worried that their ATM cards would not allow them to withdraw funds from their BofA bank account?
honested
August 30th, 2012
8:34 am
While the repug lie-fest was on TV last night, ‘Frontline’ had a reminder of the Paulson/Geitner/Congress discussions from September 2008. You remember when mcsame ’suspended’ his campaign and called a meeting in Washington only to find out just how far out of his league he really was.
Bob Loblaw
August 30th, 2012
9:03 am
An AG with an agenda to stop sex trafficking and revise the open records laws is a breath of fresh air. You can actually find the guy at the Capitol. Haven’t had an AG like that since Arthur Bolton.
Controller90
August 30th, 2012
9:16 am
Pam Bondi and Sam Olens sounded like two idiots who couldn’t even read a scripted speech. It remains a sad state of affairs when people are willing to use whatever lies and tricks to try and deceive a nation. I sincerely hope that the American people are not falling for the hype. President Obama is being accused of not fulfilling his campaign promises yet republicans have done everything they could to stop any progress to ensure he is a one turn president. Wake up! Can’t you see that we have become collateral damage? Those that have will never care about those who are less fortunate! There a lot of proud hard working people that are not sitting around, waiting on a handout–they want to work but sadly, are caught up in sick politics.
cc
August 30th, 2012
9:25 am
The message shouted often and loud by the mindless supporters of the Kenyan during the 2008 campaign was, “Yes, we can!”
Last night I grasped the fundamental difference in the mind-set between Republicans and dims. The focus of the dims is the need for government in their lives and their inability to survive without the support of the ‘herd’. Time after time last night, I heard speakers underscore the fundamental idea embraced by the founders, “Yes, YOU can!” America is all about opportunity, but individuals have to prepare themselves to take advantage of that opportunity. High school dropout generally do not prepare themselves for success and have exhibited laziness early on. Young unwed mothers generally succeed at little, even being a good mother. Young men more interested in drugs and violence than achievement cannot find a path to success.
Many people who have worked for me have gone on to achieve success in their lives. Maybe the encouragement and advise they were given aided them, but the driving force in their success was their confidence and willingness to work harder and longer than others.
The (lack of) leadership in the White House is busily telling people that they can’t succeed, but the government will help them live lives of ‘barely enough’ and no hope for future achievement.
We have had nearly four years of negative or no leadership, a worsening economy, much higher prices of fuel and food and stagnant unemployment. Is this what you REALLY want? Why would you think the next four years under the Kenyan would be any better?
It is time for a real change . . .
cc
August 30th, 2012
9:30 am
honested:
“While the repug lie-fest”
If you want to talk about a “lie-fest”, I’ll happily provide you a link to a compiled list of the Kenyan’s lies. You won’t like the source but you will like the video documentation even less!
Baron DeKalb
August 30th, 2012
9:32 am
Hey cc, I just wanted to tell you that you and I have something in common. Yep, at 7:38 last night, while I was helping my youngest daughter get to sleep, I decided that I was too intellectually weak to craft my own argument, so I went and copied a paragraph of Alan Wolfe’s “Why Conservatives Can’t Govern” and posted it, trying to pass it off as my own work. And then that silly guy TD fell for it and responded as if he was talking to the Real Baron! I guess you’re right, plagiarism and ID spoofing is a lot of fun and is a lot easier than winning an argument on its merits.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 30th, 2012
9:36 am
so Baron is joe Biden?
Baron DeKalb
August 30th, 2012
9:40 am
That is correct. And you are Phyllis f**king Diller.
Marie
August 30th, 2012
9:40 am
Hypocrits! They say they are the party of “giving us control over our personal healthcare decisions” and “small government” and “letting the individual choose for him/herself” but at every turn they put forth bills and policy statements that seek to 1) define “rape” for a woman rather than let her decide for herself, 2) insert themselves into women’s health care decisions and take away options and 3) intrude in people’s personal lives. What exactly are they allowing us to choose for ourselves?
cc
August 30th, 2012
9:49 am
Marie:
“What exactly are they allowing us to choose for ourselves?”
Choosing whether to be a paid or volunteer bloggers for the dims?
TrishaDishaWarEagle
August 30th, 2012
9:53 am
well dang baron, I had this mental image of you looking like redd foxx in aviator goggles and a white silk scarf..
My bad
Baron DeKalb
August 30th, 2012
9:55 am
To quote the esteemed Mr. Foxx: “Go kiss a hospital mop.”
cc
August 30th, 2012
10:00 am
TrishaDishaWarEagle:
He does have a sense of humor!
mehlman rings twice
August 30th, 2012
10:14 am
Honestead,
It gets even better. Jeb Bush was on GMA this morning providing false justification of why his brother was not at the convention. At no time did he mention his brother presiding over the near destruction of the financial lending industry.
mehlman rings twice
August 30th, 2012
10:19 am
And as for Condi, leading from behind is not at all a bad ideal. Our so called European allies want to be considered first world countries except when it comes time to send their young to defend our ideals – that’s when they want the USA to do the heavy lifting. In Libya, this current administration, not afraid to offend Pakistan or Brussels, provided the leadership to make them do some of the work.
honested
August 30th, 2012
10:22 am
mehlman,
I hope the DNC has bought up as much commercial time as possible for tonight with pictures of shrub lying us into the Iraqi War of Choice, after Katrina, during the entirely predictable financial meltdown, you know all of the DIRECT ACTIONS that led to the bush depression.
All the while the deranged wrong wing is focused on something they call ‘the Kenyan’.
It becomes easier to see who the ‘domestic threats’ really are!
Not So Casual Observer
August 30th, 2012
10:23 am
The destruction of the lending industry was the Democrat obsession with every person owning a home whether qualified for a loan, capable of maintaining a home or ever able to actually repay the loan.
Thank you Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, at the urging of Bill Clinton, for the laws forcing banks to lend to Democrats who were unqualified.
EVERY problem we face in the US today is a result of liberalism and Democrats!
honested
August 30th, 2012
10:24 am
cc,
I don’t really want to waste my time watching whatever bratt-butt video links you have.
Now that he’s gone, who will you depend on for fresh lies?
Oh yeah ’sludge’ and the whole wrong-wing am radio noise establishment.
Doesn’t the echo start to bother you?
honested
August 30th, 2012
10:27 am
not so well informed casual observer,
The destruction of the lending industry was REMOVAL of the regulations under Glass-Steagall which had protected Citizens from the naturally rapacious tendencies of the investment banking industry.
I don’t care how many times you listen to talk radio to reinforce the lie about CRA having anything to do with it, it is still a LIE!
Not So Casual Observer
August 30th, 2012
10:27 am
Obama is a fraud, very simple and straightforward. Even a Liberal should be capable of recognizing this one fact. Who else would spend millions of $$$ to supress every record in his history (health, college, etc.).
Any person supporting Obama is guilty of aiding and abetting the fraud.
honested
August 30th, 2012
10:30 am
not so well informed observer,
Do you have any original thoughts or truthful observations to add, because the nonsense you are parroting has been so thoroughly debunked that it doesn’t warrant discussion.
Of course the ro(money) pollster did mention yesterday they wouldn’t be burdened with facts so go figure.
Not So Casual Observer
August 30th, 2012
10:30 am
honested,
You are guilty,
and
ignorant.
You should stay away from the keyboard and let others think you stupid rather than posting and removing all doubt.
honested
August 30th, 2012
10:35 am
not so well informed observer.
Bite me!
Have any FACTS to add to the discussion?
Hows about turn off your radio for a day and see if you can come up with an original thought.
honested
August 30th, 2012
10:37 am
not so reality connected observer,
Will ro(money) be releasing his tax returns today, like EVERY other successful Presidential Candidate in recent history?
mehlman rings twice
August 30th, 2012
10:37 am
I have an ideal. How about all those Republican govenors to take a principled stand and give back the federal aid to states used to help their states make payroll.
liberalefty
August 30th, 2012
10:39 am
is this all the repubs got a vp who looks like EDDIE MUNSTER ? wheres HERMAN,,,LOL
liberalefty
August 30th, 2012
10:40 am
MITTENS is just a tax cheat who wont reveal his tax returns…OBAMA will eat him up in a debate…
liberalefty
August 30th, 2012
10:46 am
now they gon use CONDOLEEZA to tout the gops messed up foreigh policy…getting tricked by OSAMA,LYING about wmd’s and starting 2 wars that won us nothing,,,,but i’m sure the dead cripple soldiers dont mind fighting for their lies…
liberalefty
August 30th, 2012
10:52 am
u want to know the gop’s foreign policy? remember 9/11 and 2 wars where we fought for nothing…they sent soldiers to die for their lies..
cc
August 30th, 2012
11:03 am
Honested @ 10:22 am:
Explaining how the Kenyan has fulfilled his promises and made everything ‘all better’? Still ‘blaming Bush’ and NEVER accepting responsibility!
Not So Casual Observer @ 10:23 am:
You are absolutely correct, and the libs/dims will destroy America if left to their own devices.
honested @ 10:24 am:
You don’t even know the source I would use and you won’t ‘waste your time’ because the facts aren’t important to you. The facts conflict with your distorted view of the Kenyan.
Not So Casual Observer @ 10:27 am:
I certainly can’t disagree with this post!
honested @ 10:37 am:
How about the Kenyan releasing the records he spent a million dollars concealing?
mehlman rings twice @ 10:37 am:
Why should they give it back? Either their taxpayers have paid it in federal taxes or they will be responsible for paying back the $6 trillion dollars the Kenyan has borrowed from China.
liberalefty
August 30th, 2012
11:13 am
@cc
whose this kenyan youre obessesd with?…lol
liberalefty
August 30th, 2012
11:16 am
wheres the gop’s BOY herman cain at? i see they wont let him speak iat the convention…they must have a colored quota…too many dark faces will scare the base away
Sonny Jackson
August 30th, 2012
11:16 am
I have not had time to watch Fox news this morning, so I don’t know what they want me to say yet…
Can anyone help? What are we supposed to be yelling about today?
liberalefty
August 30th, 2012
11:18 am
sonny
why do the gop want OBAMA to tell them theyre exceptional?…do they have mommy issues or something where they need to be patted on the back for everything?
cc
August 30th, 2012
11:19 am
liberalefty:
You are a high-volume, no content poster. Have a less-than-nice managed existence. Good-bye.
liberalefty
August 30th, 2012
11:20 am
repeat after me gop’ers…I’M EXCEPTIONAL,i’m exceptional,i’m exceptional,i’m exceptional,i’m exceptional…feel better now?…now get back to your work cubicles
liberalefty
August 30th, 2012
11:21 am
@cc
and youre a high volume liar…good bye
liberalefty
August 30th, 2012
11:22 am
if you need the president to tell you that youre exceptional, guess what…YOURE NOT EXCPTIONAL…
liberalefty
August 30th, 2012
11:28 am
MITTENS THE MESSIAH and his vp sidekick EDDIE MUNSTER will save AMERICA
are you all serious?
August 30th, 2012
11:30 am
Liberallefty…they cap it off at a one black per night on the mic limit.
liberalefty
August 30th, 2012
11:33 am
@serious
i thought the gop hated gays and blacks so they fulfilled their quota in one person with CONDI
honested
August 30th, 2012
11:49 am
They have to watch carefully who they put on stage.
That one peanuts incident should be embarrassing enough to a ‘real’ political party but unfortunately for this crowd, that was probably just a warm-up.
What does debbie dooley have to say this morning?
zeke
August 30th, 2012
11:50 am
condi, tell us again what you were doing on 9/11?
liberalefty
August 30th, 2012
11:52 am
@zeke
ask her girlfriend
Jack
August 30th, 2012
1:08 pm
It’s so nice to hear intelligent speak from an official like Olens. Most of our national media is so taken with the Hollywood hype coming from liberals, it’s difficult to hear anything worth listening to.
honested
August 30th, 2012
1:17 pm
Now if olens could speak in such a fashion as to NOT make our state seem to still be the last hiding place for ignorant, inbred hicks anxious to regurgitate the wrong-wing party line.
Vic Deakins
August 30th, 2012
1:48 pm
Going Right
I’m fully aware that Media Matters is biased in favor of the Dems. “The Gateway Pundit” is biased in favor of the republicans.
My point in showing the Media Matters link before wasn’t to proclaim Media Matters as a tremendous news source. I can’t stand them either.
My point was to show you all of the instances where Jim Hoft a.k.a. “The Gateway Pundit” manufactured “news” that had not even the slightest thread of truth. If you bother to actually skim over the link I posted about 10-12 hours ago, it detailed with screen shots of headlines from his website (in his own words). No matter what you think of Media Matters, they didn’t make up his headlines and the footage of his material (which was proven to false and absurd on its face in the first place) being passed along on FNC (video clips mentioning his “stories”).
Aren’t you at all curious as to why that one guy is the ONLY person who has the “story” on the letters? That speech from the parents was in a public forum on Tuesday and yet this guy who has a history of being not the least bit credible based on all of the BS stories he has created over the years by throwing anything against the wall to see if it sticks is the ONLY person on the planet to have this story? Even other republican leaning media outlets and blogs do not have the story and the speech took place two days ago in a public forum outside of the RNC (where most of the national media, especially republican leaning outlets, is stationed). None of that seems at all odd to you? No red flags at all? Common sense would dictate that any rational person would be highly skeptical of anything “The Gateway Pundit” says based on all the things I’ve mentioned. That you’re lapping it up without even the slightest pause probably says something about you.