David Corn

You're right time to clean up:

Why do you not have the same regard for McCain's first wife and the children she raised on her own, while he was at war?
Pande

~~~

Dude, that is not even close to a comparison. McCain and his first wife divorced. He's been married to Cindy for over 20 years, how long have you been married? I do not condone anyone who cheats on there spouse. If you actually knew what you were talking about then a better comparison would have been Vitter who I said should have resigned. Vitter however isn't facing the possibility of a 20 year jail sentence.

~~~~

There's a website called open secrets. Look there, and you'll find everything you need to know about O'Bama's fundraising prowess. You can't expect us to do all the work for you. Sheesh. Conservatives. Lazy. Lazy. Lazy.
Pande

Dude again let me clue you in. I am referring to his fund raising as a state legislator when he was taking money from Rezco. lazy? no ignorant!
~~~~

I'm guessing it's the Koolaid enema. Hypocrisy is the issue. If you showed 1% of the righteous indignation towards Republicans that you show towards Democrats, folks wouldn't be calling you a douchebag
Pande

I have, go back and read all of my posts that you've cut and pasted over the years and tell the truth.

~~~~
I'm still waiting for an answer. All of the relevant returns. I guess with Grandpa McBush we'll have to go all the way back to when the IRS used an abacus to calculate and verify taxes.
Pande

Who cares~ you should concentrate on getting your boy to live up to his promises.
~~~~
John McCain apologized
pande

Ya, he did apologize, which just goes to show he has more class than both your boy and Hillary combined. You should follow McCains lead and show some class yourself.

Spitzer is a tool and made more enemies than friends. He bought his way into politics instead of working his way up through building relationships. I guess he burned more bridges than built.

Spitzer's Scandal: Some Things Don't Pass the Smell Test

ABC is reporting that Eliot Spitzer came under the attention of the Feds because his bank reported "suspicious money transfers" to the IRS. The Justice Department brought it to the FBI's Public Corruption Squad, who looked into it and found that payments were made to a company called QET, which did business as The Emperor's Club.

All kinds of questions arise here:

1. Why would the bank tell the IRS and not Spitzer himself if there was a suspicious transfer? Spitzer is a longtime client, a rich guy and the governor. We're talking thousands of dollars here, not millions. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense that they spotted a "suspicious transfer" made by the governor, and that this is how things began. It's possible it was just ordinary paperwork the bank had to file with the government whenever some particular flag was raised, but if that's the case, why did the DoJ go to DefCon 3?

2. What is a USA doing prosecuting a prostitution case? This isn't normally what the feds spend their time with.

3. Mike Garcia is a Chertoff crony. Sources familiar with the investigation say that he sent a prosecution memo to DC two months ago asking for authority to indict a public figure (Spitzer). Which means they had their case made long before the wire tap of February 13. Why did they then include this line from that conversation in the complaint?

LEWIS continued that from what she had been told "he" (believed to be a reference to Client-9) "would ask you to do things that, like, you might not think were safe -- you know -- I mean that...very basic things...."Kristen" responded: "I have a way of dealing with that...I'd be like listen dude, you really want the sex?...You know what I mean."

This salacious detail does not seem like it's necessary to make their case, and appears to be added for no other purpose than to destroy Spitzer's career.

4. How did Spitzer's name get leaked to the media, and who did it? Didn't happen to Dave Vitter.

5. Why did Mike Bloomberg suddenly start talking about running for governor recently? And why did he give $500,000 to Joe Bruno? He's good buddies with Mike Mukasey. What did he know and how did he know it?

6. The Mann Act? Are you kidding?

7. Spitzer's been in the line of fire of the GOP hit squad for a while. Roger Stone, Roger Stone, Roger Stone.

There are all kinds of things about this that just don't pass the smell test.

You wonder how guys like Craig, Spitzer, Vitter, Clinton, et al have the nerve to show their faces in public after being caught in the situations they were.

I think it portends two things in America - the death of shame and an overwhelming sense of importance and entitlement. They somehow think that they are of such great import to this Republic that they are simply irreplaceable.

I've had a couple friends that were whore hoppers.

It is not that complicated nor is it ego based. (as far as I can tell) .

It seems more like addictive behavior. They cannot stop it anymore than I can just snub out my cigarette habit.

At least that is what I see.

Spitzer, like the others tend to be one person to the public and another in private. Sooner or later the two collide and the fallout effects their duplicity for a time but my guess is like any other addiction - the behavior returns.

Does anybody think Bubba quit chasing tail? (I doubt it)

"You wonder how guys like Craig, Spitzer, Vitter, Clinton, et al have the nerve to show their faces in public after being caught in the situations they were. "

I think they all might have had their hearts racing at some point but that was long ago, they eventually become numb to their risky behavior.

Getting caught is the only way to get the "old" rush so . . . .

It really is pathological and predictable.

It just goes to show the guys with a sick up their backsides put the stick there themselves.

I told you guys that Obama was an empty suit:

Clinton-backer Ferraro: Obama Where He Is Because He's Black

March 11, 2008 7:30 AM ABC News

Clinton campaign finance committee member, former vice presidential candidate, and former Rep. Geraldine Ferraro, D-NY, told the Daily Breeze of Torrance, Ca., that, "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."

1. Why would the bank tell the IRS and not Spitzer himself if there was a suspicious transfer?
~~~

Simple, because it's a federal law.

This salacious detail does not seem like it's necessary to make their case, and appears to be added for no other purpose than to destroy Spitzer's career.
~~~
I believe Spitzer destroyed his own career when he decide to transport a hooker across state lines and have sex with her then pay for it using an alias name.

I guess if you're a democrat then breaking the law only applies if you weren't targeted for breaking the law in the first place. Dude that is moronic.

There are all kinds of things about this that just don't pass the smell test.

~~

Ya, the fact that the guy broke the law and will possibly be facing 20 years jail time.

Sex Hypocrisy Trumps The Other Kinds

The pending downfall of Eliot Spitzer is making huge national news, primarily because he's governor of the state where the national news media are located (although there's a recent tape of Katie Couric wondering if the country cares about Bernie Kerik -- who came a lot closer to posing a threat to the nation than Gov. Spitzer). But mention of Kerik, even within parentheses, should remind us that the Spitzer switcheroo -- two fisted crime-fighting prosecutor to alleged Mann Act violator -- is not the most dramatic nor ironic of 180s just among New York prosecutors-turned-pols.

There is, after all, the case of Rudy Giuliani, the mob-fighting US attorney turned mobbed-up mayor and presidential candidate. Mobbed up?

*****

Yeah this story has sex while the McSame in bed with the lobbyists didn't?

Yeah this story has sex while the McSame in bed with the lobbyists didn't?
~~~~

Why do you keep lying about this? First of all, the NYT did not say there was any sex involved. It was reported by a anonymous source that there was a perception of an inappropriate relationship between McCain and the lobbist over 10 years ago which both denied. Last most liberal blogs and liberal publications condemned this story as being trash. I guess if you keep repeating the lie enough you will eventually convince someone of your lies.

News Flash~~~

NYT's will be reporting from an anonymous source that Bill Clinton was:

client no 1
client no 2
client no 3
client no 4
client no 5
client no 6
client no 7
client no 8
client no 10

That Bubba sure gets around.

McCain makes a distinction between good lobbyists and bad

John McCain’s website tells visitors, “Too often the special interest lobbyists with the fattest wallets and best access carry the day.”

It’s become an increasingly amusing line as the senator’s presidential campaign has unfolded. We now know, for example, that McCain’s campaign staff is dominated by corporate lobbyists, and he adds new ones all the time.

The subject came up briefly during McCain’s “60 Minutes” interview.

Pelley: You point your finger at other senators and claim that there is culture of corruption on Capitol Hill. But you take money from lobbyists who have business before your committee, as other senators do. So how is it that you call the system corrupt?

McCain: Well, one of the reasons why I call the system corrupt is because we have members of Congress who are in jail, who are former members of Congress. But it’s not the individuals, it’s the system we have today. I believe that I serve with honorable men and women. And I believe the people who bring their case to government, the overwhelming majority of them are honorable people.

Pelley: The lobbyists?

McCain: Retirees have a lobbyist, firemen have a lobbyist. Your business has a lot of lobbyists, a lot of lobbyists.

So, when McCain blasts the role of lobbyists in the political process, he’s only talking about the bad lobbyists (the ones he doesn’t like); not the good lobbyists (the ones who give him money and run his campaign operation).

As for McCain’s examples, it’s true that there are lobbyists for firemen and senior citizens, but those aren’t the folks running his campaign.

*****

Well people asked for transparency

Why is it that you Cornnuts keep going after McCain on anonymous sourced sex stories and lobbist ties?

I thought his support of the surge was his big pay day for you trolls? Iraq was the central issue for the anti-war left wingers. What happened?

You've been reduced to sex and money as your big selling point. I'm afraid you're going to need more than that in a general election my friends.

In this case, it seems that Spitzer led the feds to hookers--not the other way around. And that--fairly or not--makes him the star of the show.

As you know David, the FBI and prosecutors investigate crimes, not people. This one looks like prosecutors wanted to nail person not crime. And how about Don Siegelman? There is another Democratic Governor who's career was destroyed by a prosecution after a person, not a crime. He sits in jail for seven years.

NY Republicans call for Spitzer's impeachment. Bring it on!

I'd like to see Spitzer resign contingent upon the resignation of Vitter and Craig. It's a political prosecution. Keep it political.

The Iron Lady

[…]

“You keep trying to contend the nomination is over tonight!” McAuliffe replied loudly and happily, pointing and waving his arms. “I’m telling you we have twelve states to go. Don’t tell me about the popular vote. You call me in June and then talk to me about it. We don’t know where we’re going to be. We have a lot of states. I don’t want you disenfranchising all these great states coming up. . . . Why don’t you like these people?”

The next day, a Clinton adviser was more candid about what lies ahead. “Inside the campaign, people are not idiots,” she told me. “Everyone can do the math. It isn’t like the Obama campaign has some special abacus. We can do these calculations, too. Everyone recognizes how steep this hill is. But you gotta keep your game face on.”

*****

It is over, they know it’s over. The whole “unity ticket” BS is the first admission from the HRC camp that it’s over. A to clever by half play for the second slot on the Obama ticket. He would be crazy to ask her. Why bring all of her negatives onto his ticket? It makes no sense.

um, too?

As you know David, the FBI and prosecutors investigate crimes, not people. This one looks like prosecutors wanted to nail person not crime
~~~~

Sure, it happened to Libby so why not? Alls fair in love and war!

He would be crazy to ask her. Why bring all of her negatives onto his ticket? It makes no sense.
~~

Cuz he can't win with out the white male and hispanic votes my friends. Ain't gunna happen!

NY Republicans call for Spitzer's impeachment. Bring it on!
~~~

I agree, lets make him the first democrat govenor to govern from federal prison. Wouldn't lower your standards any so it couldn't hurt too much!

What's the rumours about Adm. Fallon suddenly resigning?

Exhaustive review finds no link between Saddam and al Qaida

WASHINGTON — An exhaustive review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents that were captured after the 2003 U.S. invasion has found no evidence that Saddam Hussein's regime had any operational links with Osama bin Laden's al Qaida terrorist network.

The Pentagon-sponsored study, scheduled for release later this week, did confirm that Saddam's regime provided some support to other terrorist groups, particularly in the Middle East, U.S. officials told McClatchy. However, his security services were directed primarily against Iraqi exiles, Shiite Muslims, Kurds and others he considered enemies of his regime.

The new study of the Iraqi regime's archives found no documents indicating a "direct operational link" between Hussein's Iraq and al Qaida before the invasion, according to a U.S. official familiar with the report.

He and others spoke to McClatchy on condition of anonymity because the study isn't due to be shared with Congress and released before Wednesday.

*****

Back to reality, who cares about sexual crimes when there are war crimes to pursue.

Law and order conservatives and the rule of law and all that.

Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran?

Libby got a trial and was found guilty of obstructing justice and lying to the FBI, the Grand Jury and US Attorneys.

Spitzer has not even been arraigned for screwing a hooker.

Anyone who thinks Libby had any choice other than lie about his phone call with Tim Russert or tell the truth and put Cheney in legal jeopardy for ordering him to expose a covert CIA agent is dumber than a signpost.

The reason Cheney and Libby picked Russert is becuase they thought he might go along with it. He didn't and Libby ended up in jail... well almost. If Bush thought there was no crime, he would have pardoned Libby. Instead, he commuted the sentence.

It is alleged Sptizer screwed a woman who was not his wife and paid her, same crime as Vitter and similar to Larry Craig except Craig likes men and he doesn't pay.

If Spitzer is tried and found guilty, no impeachment will be necessary.

Republicans are opportunists with short memories. When they start calling for Vitter and Craig to step down is when they earn the right to whine about Spitzer. It goes both ways... just like Senator Larry Craig (R-ID).

I hesitate to say all republicans are opportunists with short memories. - just most . . .

HA!

WASHINGTON — An exhaustive review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents that were captured after the 2003 U.S. invasion has found no evidence that Saddam Hussein's regime had any operational links with Osama bin Laden's al Qaida terrorist network
~~~

Clinton first linked al Qaeda to Saddam

THE WASHINGTON TIMES ^ | Published June 25, 2004 | By Rowan Scarborough

The Clinton administration talked about firm evidence linking Saddam Hussein's regime to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network years before President Bush made the same statements. The issue arose again this month after the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States reported there was no "collaborative relationship" between the old Iraqi regime and bin Laden. Democrats have cited the staff report to accuse Mr. Bush of making inaccurate statements about a linkage. Commission members, including a Democrat and two Republicans, quickly came to the administration's defense by saying there had been such contacts. In fact, during President Clinton's

Libby got a trial and was found guilty of obstructing justice and lying to the FBI, the Grand Jury and US Attorneys.
~~

So you admit that it was all a lie Fitzy was investigating the leak of Plames name? Cuz we all know that Fitzy didn't prosecute Libby for a leak now did he?

You must have went to the same school Pande and his pastor the gay hater went to.

It is alleged Sptizer screwed a woman who was not his wife and paid her, same crime as Vitter and similar to Larry Craig except Craig likes men and he doesn't pay.

~~~

Again, it's not the screwing my friend it about the money transfers and bringing a prostitute across state lines (fed crime)

Vitter was not accused of doing this and I think he's a scum bag like Spitzer so I'm not defending him just stating the facts which you lack.

Craig is a creep and should have resigned also, but wasn't accused of sex,money payment or crossing a pros. across state lines.

Why can't you call your guy what he is? I don't understand this it's ok cuz hes my guy crap~lame!

Republicans are opportunists with short memories. When they start calling for Vitter and Craig to step down is when they earn the right to whine about Spitzer. It goes both ways... just like Senator Larry Craig (R-ID).

~~~
I'll say it right now- step down and strip them of any public retirement and health benifits. Now, let's move on to Spitzer. Time for him to step down and if, if he's idicted I say throw the book at him. He would have done the same to you my friend.

Log Cabin leader's change of heart

SUMMARY: The chief of Houston's Log Cabin Republicans steps down -- and turns out for Sen. Barack Obama, who he deems most likely to heal America's "partisan damage."

*****

This could be bad news for McSame.

Children!

Play nice now...

Why Power and Prostitution Go Together

[…]

Power corrupts

Power has been and will forever be entangled with corruption for various reasons, said Daniel Kruger, a social and evolutionary psychologist at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health.

"Leaders have so much power and influence, there are so many more opportunities for corruption, and to exploit the system at the expense of the people," Kruger said. With more opportunities for lying-cheating-stealing behaviors, political leaders must be on their toes double-time.

Perhaps that's why power figures and sexual improprieties sometimes seem linked in the public mind. For instance, Sen. Larry Craig was arrested last year for lewd conduct in an airport men’s room. Also in 2007, Sen. David Vitter was linked with prostitutes when his telephone number showed up on phone records of "D.C. Madam," an alleged prostitution service. This list goes on to include Rep. Barney Frank, who in 1989 admitted a relationship with a male prostitute, according to news reports.

"Government, when it is examined, turns out to be nothing more nor less than a group of fallible men with the political force to act as though they were infallible."
-- Robert LeFevre, in his essay, Aggression is Wrong

At 7:00 central time, the polls in Miss. close, @ 7:01 CNN and MSNBC call the race for Obama. Those 7 delegates that HRC netted in two of the most populous states (OH & TX), are gone. Buh-bye. Seeee-Ya! Ms. Clinton, thanks for playing.

I'm thinking it's time for TNF. Tuesday Night Funnies:

"It was a great night for John McCain. In fact, all is going just perfectly for John McCain until today when President Bush endorsed him for president. All that hard work right down the drain. The truth is, McCain asked President Bush to endorse him. I'm starting to think that maybe the guy likes torture."
--Jimmy Kimmel

"Hillary Clinton is back in the hunt for the Democratic nomination. She won do or die primaries in Ohio, Rhode Island and Texas last night. A lot of people thought she would be done today, but just like Bill always says, Hillary does not go down without a fight."
--Jimmy Kimmel

Jon Stewart: And on the Republican side?
McCain on screen: We have won enough delegates to claim with confidence, humility, and a great sense of responsibility that I will be the Republican nominee for president of the United States.
Jon Stewart: Senator McCain, congratulations. All it took was grit, patience, and what was, in retrospect, a cartoonishly weak field of opponents.

Colbert: Oh, Mike Huckabee, I don't want to have to say Huck-a-bye. Maybe it's all just a terrible dream. I'll just close my eyes and when I open them, Huckabee will be the nominee
McCain on screen: I will be the Republican nominee for president of the United States'.
Colbert: Noooooo! He's not a real conservative. I'm not saying the Republicans should have nominated Reagan's reanimated corpse. I just didn't want it to be John McCain's reanimated corpse.

Colbert: Last night, McCain finally took the opportunity to tell the Christian right exactly what he is willing to do for them
McCain on screen: Nothing, nothing, nothing.
Colbert: That is what you call straight talk."

Colbert: But there is some good news. The Democrats are destroying themselves. Nation, Hillary Clinton is back! Senator Clinton pulled out major victories in Ohio and Texas, leaving Barack Obama so demoralized he began sputtering incoherently
On Screen: Obama speaking in Spanish.
Colbert: Analysts say the turning point came when Senator Clinton planted serious doubts in the minds of voters about whether Barack Obama could answer a phone."

"I guess Obama won Vermont. Clinton won Rhode Island, which is a tiny little state. It's only the size of a head of a pin. We don't know who won Ohio or Texas yet. Obama was ahead in Texas. Hillary's not going to quit though, even if she loses. She told her supporters tonight, 'If we pull out now, the guy I tried to make look like a terrorist wins, and we don't want that.'"
--Jimmy Kimmel

"Cold today, wasn't it? Experts believe it is caused by the cold front coming off the John McCain marriage."
--David Letterman

"I think the world of John McCain. He looks like the kind of guy who still talks real loud on a long-distance phone call? 'What time is it where you are? What? Can you hear me?' ... He looks like the guy you are waiting for to stop gabbing with the teller. ... He looks like the relative who you get blank e-mails from. ... He looks like the guy whose wife forced him to go on a cruise. ... He looks like the guy you have to nudge when his name is called. ... He looks like a freelance crosswalk guard."
--David Letterman

"In a press conference today, President Bush announced America is not headed into a recession, especially if you own an oil company."
--Jay Leno

"High gas prices leave a bad taste in people's mouths, have you noticed that? That's mostly from the siphoning, but still it's a horror. ... In fact, gas is so expensive in L.A., now when you call 9-1-1, they ask you to meet the ambulance half way."
--Jay Leno

"Just 48 hours after Homeland Security officials told Congress a 28-milelong virtual fence along the U.S./Mexican border was working, they now say it will be delayed three years because they can't get the video surveillance to work. Can't get it to work. Isn't that amazing? Do you realize, Homeland Security has less video surveillance than the New England Patriots."
--Jay Leno

"I don't want to say McCain is old, but yesterday he got on the wrong bus, and ended up taking a gambling junket to Atlantic City."
--Jay Leno

"Everyone is so concerned now where all of the candidates are born. McCain was born on a military base in Panama. Hillary was born outside Chicago, and if you believe the media, Barack Obama was born in a manger."
--Jay Leno

"And Senator Larry Craig, America's favorite restroom enthusiast, announced he's actually looking for interns who want to work in his office. Here's the creepy part. His advice to anyone who wants to be his intern, 'Think inside the bun.'"
--Jay Leno

"I am sick of Republican rule. I am, because first it was Senator Larry Craig and now the economy is in the toilet."
--Bill Maher

"The other day President Charles in Charge has a press conference about the economy. He refused to say the word 'recession.' He says the word 'slow-down.' It's a 'slow-down.' This is because every time he has a meeting about the economy, he says to his advisors 'woah woah, slow down.'"
--Bill Maher

"He says things will improve once those $300 rebate checks start arriving in the mailbox. So, be sure to check that mailbox in the house you used to live in before the sheriff came and took it away."
--Bill Maher

"At the press conference, they asked him about the fact gas is approaching $4. You know what Bush said? He said, 'That's interesting. I hadn't heard that.' See, Bush thinks a news conference is where reporters give him the news"
--Bill Maher

"Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday rushed to the aid of a 12-year-old student who had fainted during an event at his school. When the student came to and saw Schwarzenegger rushing toward him, he died"
--Seth Meyers

"President Bush on Thursday said that the country is not heading for a recession and that the economy is actually robust. He added, 'Case in point, I'm rich!'"
--Amy Poehler

Obama wins another but notice every "M$M" outlet adds - It is a "black" state so . . . .

The ONLY group HRC took was the over 60 crowd.

Kind of speaks for itself, eh?

A Ferraro flashback

"If Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn't be in the race," she said.

Really. The cite is an April 15, 1988 Washington Post story (byline: Howard Kurtz), available only on Nexis.

Here's the full context:

Placid of demeanor but pointed in his rhetoric, Jackson struck out repeatedly today against those who suggest his race has been an asset in the campaign. President Reagan suggested Tuesday that people don't ask Jackson tough questions because of his race. And former representative Geraldine A. Ferraro (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that because of his "radical" views, "if Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn't be in the race."

Asked about this at a campaign stop in Buffalo, Jackson at first seemed ready to pounce fiercely on his critics. But then he stopped, took a breath, and said quietly, "Millions of Americans have a point of view different from" Ferraro's.

Discussing the same point in Washington, Jackson said, "We campaigned across the South . . . without a single catcall or boo. It was not until we got North to New York that we began to hear this from Koch, President Reagan and then Mrs. Ferraro . . . . Some people are making hysteria while I'm making history."

*****

Just another hater. HRC wants this?

Gridiron Dinner Part Two: Is anyone checking the President’s meds?

One clue to the detail regarding Client No.9 is that perhaps they can't prosecute him. The price of services Spitzer paid for is a tip-off that he wanted a dominatrix, the only kind of prostitute that can get away with charging so much. Publicity, not law, is probably the weapon being wielded again him; and Spitzer probably doesn't want to be a high profile test case for why being tied up and abused is not really illegal.

Splitzer had to read the essay on prostitution "A She-Savior" by the well-known Russian author Mikhail Armalinsky. It was published in Moscow edition of his Selected Works http://www.mipco.com/english/introVozn.html
Here is the link: http://www.mipco.com/english/SheSavior.html

The main idea of the essay "A She-Savior" is that the legalization of prostitution must be based on a return of its divine, sacred character, so that prostitution will be considered the most honorable profession, the one closest to God, the holiest.

David Bayevsky