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Home Front: Politix
Condi Confirmed!
2005-01-26
Condoleezza Rice won easy confirmation Wednesday to be President Bush's new secretary of state, despite strong dissent from a small group of Democrats who said she shares blame for mistakes and war deaths in Iraq. The Senate voted 85 to 13 to confirm Rice, who succeeds Colin Powell as America's top diplomat and becomes the first black woman to hold the job. Plans were made for her to be sworn in at the White House Wednesday night, take her place in the State Department Thursday morning and have a more elaborate swearing-in by Bush at the agency on Friday. The Senate vote showed some of the partisanship that delayed Rice's confirmation vote by several days. Twelve Democrats and independent James Jeffords of Vermont voted against Rice. The Democrats included some of the Senate's best-known members such as Massachusetts Democratic Sens. Edward M. Kennedy and John Kerry, who was the party's presidential candidate in last year's election. Thirty Democrats voted for her.
Posted by:Steve

#42  Sobiesky, I'll pass that information on to trailing daughter. She assumed without checking that delendus derived from whatever Latin word means lunatic, lit. Crazy Moonbat and took it from there, basing her argument on the formation of the species name homo sapian. She really is bad about forgetting her homework -- we've been fighting it for years. Probably one reason she's so good at this stuff is that she has to quickly re-do it so very often. (And of course, its approximately the 7th foreign language she's been exposed to, the 3rd she's studied formally, which makes it easier.) But it is lots of fun, so that's ok.

As for Dave D's picture, I'm surprised all that weight of metal hasn't caused his face to literally fall of his skull. (Ick)
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-01-26 11:56:07 PM  

#41  Dave D., yup, although it is usually somewhat milder version. This one is screaming "domesticate me!" from the top of his lungs.
Posted by: Sobiesky   2005-01-26 11:16:56 PM  

#40  read your post Mike.
"The Democratic Party is still living in the 1960's. After 9/11, the 60's era politics have no relevance to the world we all have to live in"

true, but the primaries they have to win in - that's the activists, so you have a guy like Bayh, who's been fairly centrist and reasonable, shifting to his left to have a chance in the primaries in '08. That will undo him and others with the general electorate if the Reps offer a feasible acceptable alternative. They kill themselves until they realize their base SUCKS in the eyes of most Americans
Posted by: Frank G   2005-01-26 11:12:25 PM  

#39  spite?
Posted by: Frank G   2005-01-26 11:07:50 PM  

#38  Hmmm, I just did a long article about why the Dummycritters are in a death spiral from 50k to zero with no intelligent control, and then they do something like this in the Senate and verify everything I said. I also fisked Ted Kennedy's speech to the National Press CurbClub a little farther down (Ted Kennedy Wrong about Everything - again). Either yesterday or today, old Jonah sKerry was caught carrying bourbon and water for Kennedy on his Medicare for Everyone fiasco. You can only look at the Dummycritters and weep - that it's taking too long for these idiots to die off! The Dinosaurs went quickly, why can't these morons?
Posted by: Old Patriot   2005-01-26 11:06:56 PM  

#37  TW, no. :-) That would be probably Latin II.

1. 'delendus' is a future gerundive participle, not an adjective.

The translation is roughly:
Moonbat must be erased.

Compare: Carthago delenda est.
(Cities/towns were female-default)

2. Since we are talking a species, default is masculine, as already agreed. There is not need to insert pronouns, they are used only when you point out something (with your index finger as it were, an emphasis, but then it will be in the first place in the sentence). It is often used when the noun has been mentioned in the previous sentence/paragraph and you don't want to repeat it as the context is clear.

So,

Moonbatus femina delenda est, in the case you want to make it clear that a single fembat is what you have on mind, or in plural: Moonbatus feminae delendae sunt.

That concludes today's Latin lesson. :-)
Posted by: Sobiesky   2005-01-26 10:59:31 PM  

#36  "What are they gonna do? Hate Bush more?"

Dude, that's a high bar. Hope they can do the Fosbury Flop.
Posted by: Raj   2005-01-26 10:54:32 PM  

#35  Kill the milk collective bill. Payback's a bitch, as these a-holes should discover. What are they gonna do? Hate Bush more?
Posted by: Frank G   2005-01-26 10:50:18 PM  

#34  Jim Jeffords true colors are coming through. Can't believe this guy used to call himself a Republican.

He is from Vermont...
Posted by: Raj   2005-01-26 10:43:47 PM  

#33  CAUTION! Rantburg is addictive.
Posted by: John Q. Citizen   2005-01-26 10:21:31 PM  

#32  Ladies and germs, you see what I am up against here at home. And she is only 14. And has a younger sister. God help their husbands.

To conclude, Mike's sentence then should read either
Moonbatus delendus illus est.
or
Moonbatus delenda illa est.

Yes?
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-01-26 10:16:31 PM  

#31  Sobiesky, when you talk about perforations, implants and rings, you mean like this guy?
Posted by: Dave D.   2005-01-26 10:16:00 PM  

#30  At the pleading of my mother, some clarification:

Moonbatus is a second declension noun that can be used as either masculine or feminine depending on the subject, similar to canis, canis, m./f. The adjective delendus would therefore match the the noun in gender, so that depending on the subject described it would either be delendus or delenda. If you were anal about getting all the possible information into one sentence, I believe you would have to put in the pronoun illa, meaning she, or illus, meaning he. However, when we're talking about the Moonbatus delendus species, it would by default be masculine. So Sobiesky is right.

I'm currently carrying a 94 percent in my Latin I class. Were it not for the fact that I lose my homework my teacher would have entreated me to move up to Latin II. But I digress.
Posted by: Trailing daughter of the trailing wife   2005-01-26 10:00:53 PM  

#29  TW, glad to oblige. You've probably noticed that I enjoy your insights as well. ;-)
Posted by: Sobiesky   2005-01-26 9:27:47 PM  

#28  we try. People are always telling me that I'm a trying guy....
Posted by: Frank G   2005-01-26 9:07:19 PM  

#27  OMG! Frank, Sobiesky, I just nearly fell out of my chair because of you two. This is the other reason I can't stay away from Rantburg :-)))
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-01-26 8:58:05 PM  

#26  Frank, usually also they indulge in all sorts of perforations with external implants, very often rings. Perhaps an expression of their yearning to be domesticated?
That would explain their leaning towards Islamofascists, as they may be perceived as ideal domesticators and excellent butchers.
Posted by: Sobiesky   2005-01-26 8:51:13 PM  

#25  I would guess that a fair percentage of the male moonbatus share a lot of common sensibilities (fashion sense? hairstyles?) with the females
;-)~
Posted by: Frank G   2005-01-26 8:35:42 PM  

#24  TW, since it is a species that split/devolved from Homo Sapiens, then default-masculine would be in order. Of course, many fembats are represented, I would venture a guess that it is about 50 % of their population.
Posted by: Sobiesky   2005-01-26 8:29:42 PM  

#23  Moonbat is then a default-masculine noun, Sobiesky? I would have assumed default-feminine, but its Trailing Daughter who is studying the language, not me. ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-01-26 8:10:00 PM  

#22  Jim Jeffords true colors are coming through. Can't believe this guy used to call himself a Republican.
Posted by: Billy Hank   2005-01-26 7:07:41 PM  

#21  DiFi is up for re-election in 2006. Unlike Babs 'Crybaby' Boxer she won't have Kerry's coattails to ride into office. Nothing against DiFi she is the smarter and more resonable of our two Commisars. I do hope the Republicans find somebody that can beat her, but i doubt it. The guy who ran against Boxer last year was on EVERY side of every issue and never took a stand. Kind of a Republican Kerry without the accent or money.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2005-01-26 6:56:39 PM  

#20  Sobiesky:

You coulda been a lot nicer about it.

;o)
Posted by: badanov   2005-01-26 6:08:58 PM  

#19  Could ya ask the cullid girl if this heah sheet makes me look fat?
Posted by: Senatuh Robert Byrd   2005-01-26 6:00:34 PM  

#18  Moonbatti delinda est!

LOL! Your grammar sucks, Mike!

Moonbati delendi sunt!

or if you want singular:

Moonbatus delendus est!
Posted by: Sobiesky   2005-01-26 4:38:26 PM  

#17  I hope so, AP, but Obama, Osama, come on pretty mama seems more like a typical mainstream Dem. Not a radical leftist like Boxer or Kerry, but not a centrist like Miller or (I hope) Salazar, either.
Posted by: jackal   2005-01-26 4:18:31 PM  

#16   So Hilary voted Yes. As did DiFi, of course. And Chuck Schumer. And Lieberman, of course. And even Babs Mikulski. Obama was hardly alone, by any means.

Only disappointment was Evan Bayh. Angling for the Dean vote in 2008?
Posted by: Liberalhawk   2005-01-26 3:54:08 PM  

#15  What? Comrad Murray (D-Wa) isn't on the list? I'm shocked!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2005-01-26 3:53:32 PM  

#14  Obama, known to Ginrose Ted as Osama (heh!) sounds like an independent thinker. The democrats desparately need people like him to survive politically and not go the way of the Whigs, for instance. If they give Obama too much crap, they will drive him to become a true independent or even a republican.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-01-26 3:39:36 PM  

#13  Looks like Master Rummy's been teaching Condi his secret "Eagle Claw" style...
Posted by: mojo   2005-01-26 3:18:21 PM  

#12  In your face, Boxer.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-01-26 3:02:43 PM  

#11  This will come back to haunt them next time they stand for re-election. Every single word. Bet.

Posted by: Mac Suirtain   2005-01-26 2:34:29 PM  

#10  It would be interesting to know if Sen KKK Byrd voted against Powell as he did Rice, Thomas, and Marshall.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2005-01-26 2:34:19 PM  

#9  lex, Obama spoke rather well during her hearings.

Kleagle, Dayton and Bayh all need to be remembered for this.
Posted by: Dishman   2005-01-26 2:32:17 PM  

#8  Any chance of a headline tomorrow that reads "MASS SENATORS OPPOSE FIRST BLACK, FEMALE SEC STATE"?
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-01-26 2:29:52 PM  

#7  Voted AGAINST:
Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
Robert Byrd, D-W.Va.
Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.
John Kerry, D-Mass.
Carl Levin, D-Mich.
James Jeffords, I-Vt.
Jack Reed, D-R.I
Mark Dayton, D-Minn.
Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii
Evan Bayh, D-Ind.
Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.
Tom Harkin, D-Iowa
Richard Durbin, D-Ill.
Posted by: Tom   2005-01-26 2:19:30 PM  

#6  Has Obama made any public statements about Condi? he should speak up, and start positioning himself as the rational alternative to Teddy/Kerry/Pelosi/Byrd
Posted by: lex   2005-01-26 1:39:02 PM  

#5  Obama's a decent, honorable, rational member of the loyal opposition. Look for the moonbats to go after him with a vengeance -- with Robert Byrd (D-KKK) perhaps taking the lead.
Posted by: Mike   2005-01-26 1:21:34 PM  

#4  Good for Obama. The Senate's still no place to launch a presidential bid, but the young fella's showing a degree of intelligence that's rarely found among his elders in the Dem Party.
Posted by: lex   2005-01-26 12:55:22 PM  

#3  "and John Kerry, who was the party's presidential candidate in last year's election"
He's getting closer to being a mere footnote with each passing week.
Posted by: Tom   2005-01-26 12:55:06 PM  

#2  Over at DU, the moonbats are cursing any Dem who voted to confirm -- Barack Obama in particular -- as a sellout and a traitor and worse. One poster is touting Evan Bayh as Wesley Clark's (!) running mate for '08 because he was "courageous" enough to vote against Condi.

Condi in '08 -- Moonbatti delinda est!

Posted by: Mike   2005-01-26 12:50:31 PM  

#1  I would look for a lot of votes to be around this count over the next couple of years. I was hoping that Boxer would break down in tears again and then stamp her feet. But I think Byrd and Teddy gave good performances.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2005-01-26 12:39:40 PM  

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