Among the revelations in Andrew Young's new book about John Edwards is that once the whole sordid truth about Edwards and Rielle Hunter emerged, Bill Clinton "called the senator and said, in effect, 'How'd you get caught?' " personally I would have asked why he was having an affair with such a space cadet and not even a good looking one but that's just me
It's not a surprising question, given the source. But the better question may be how Edwards got away with it for so long...
Get a cell phone and use it exclusively for your affair...
Use your calling plan's enhanced features...
Make fake hotel reservations...
Use separate doors...
Use cash...
Funnel money...
Destroy all evidence... == it goes on and on ===
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From the article: When Hunter said she loved him, Edwards "would say only, 'Me too.'
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Hey folks, get off Edward's back. What is the great thing? every one F**ks around in this country. If you feel offended, ask Pope to become president of America. If you cant then shut up, you folks are making us a laughing stock in the world. Let the man do whatever good he can do for we and the nation
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Right, Annon, and if he lies about it, well, that's just convenient - everyone lies, too.
I remember how scandalized everyone was when the Nixon tapes were released. Why, the President used bad words!
We expected more from our leaders, we were told at the time. Lots of other pols have gotten caught, came clean, resigned, and disappeared. Why not Johnny?
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Annon = Elizabeth Edwards
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Just curious Anon - what good has John Edwards ever done for our country? You do know how he made his millions right?
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Hey Annon. A convenient truth. Not everyone does it. Edwards is a moron. What are you so guilty about?
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Well, Annon, I thought he was the biggest fraud asshole I'd ever seen long before everybody found out he was screwing around on his cancer stricken wife.
So I guess that get's me off the hook...douchebag.
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Personally, I'm not offended Annon - I don't care what two consenting adults do in private. The fact that it was Breck Boy schtooping behind his cancer-ridden spouse's back is the dark comedic gem that most of us here are amused by. Kind of like seeing the biggest douchebag in your neighborhood get his mailbox knocked over by some high school kids, only ten times better.
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Don't forget that it took the National Inquirer to ferret out the information that many Demo insiders know about. So, another bullet point, if you have such proclivities, be a Democrat since standards there are only based upon your anger with your country.
BEIJING -- Any meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama would harm bilateral relations, China warned Tuesday while repeating Beijing's refusal to discuss Tibet's status with the spiritual leader's envoys.
An Obama meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader would "seriously undermine the political foundation of Sino-U.S. relations," said Zhu Weiqun, the executive deputy head of the Communist Party's United Front Work Department who was in charge recent talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives.
Zhu spoke at a news conference where he said Chinese officials told the Dalai Lama's envoys in their weekend talks that Beijing would not make any compromises on its sovereignty over the Himalayan region and that both sides' views remained "sharply divided."
China maintains that Tibet has been part of its territory for centuries, but many Tibetans say the region was functionally independent for much of its history and consider the Dalai Lama their rightful leader.
The Dalai Lama's representatives said China's warnings came across as high-handed, but they said they would keep pursuing dialogue with Beijing despite their differences.
"The reaction of the Chinese reflects a certain unfortunate arrogance. It's unbecoming of a nation with such a long history," Lodi Gyari, one of the Dalai Lama's emissaries, told reporters in Dharmsala. "We hope China behaves in a more mature way as they have to play an important role in the international arena."
The talks showed no signs of producing any breakthroughs as both sides stuck to the positions they had assumed when they last met in November 2008 and the discussions had ended in deadlock. Beijing has refused to discuss the status of Tibet with the emissaries, saying the Chinese would only address the Dalai Lama's return to China.
The Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against China, leads a government-in-exile in India. Beijing has accused him of trying to split the country -- a charge he denies -- and often lodges protests against his travel abroad and meetings with heads of state.
The warning to Obama comes after signals from U.S. officials in recent weeks that Obama might soon meet the exiled Tibetan leader -- something Chinese officials are keen to avoid before President Hu Jintao travels to Washington, possibly in April.
No date for Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama has been announced, but White House spokesman Mike Hammer said last month that "the President has made clear to the Chinese government that we intend to meet with the Dalai Lama, it has been his every intention." The White House did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday night.
Zhu did not give any details on what China would do if Obama meets the Dalai Lama, saying only: "We will take corresponding measures to make the relevant countries realize their mistakes."
At the last round of talks in 2008, China rejected a proposal presented by the Dalai Lama's envoys to help Tibetans achieve more autonomy under the Chinese constitution -- a key demand of the minority community.
Zhu said the Chinese government was the only legitimate representative of the Tibetan people, not the Dalai Lama or his envoys. The Tibetan government-in-exile disagreed, saying the exiled spiritual leader is viewed by Tibetans as their true representative.
The Dalai Lama "speaks on behalf of the Tibetan people, with whom he has a deep and historical relationship and one based on full trust," Gyari said in an earlier statement. "It is indeed only by means of dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama that the Tibetan issue can be resolved. The recognition of this reality is important."
China's hard-line position and continued refusal to engage the Dalai Lama's envoys on the issue of Tibet has been an issue of concern to many governments and will likely be viewed as an insufficient response to the issue, a Tibet expert said.
"There's a general view that the Tibetans are a distinct nationality and indigenous one and that the Chinese government should have some obligation to work with their leaders to sort out how they are to be treated. Yet the Chinese government has consistently refused to do so," said Michael Davis, a law professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong who writes about Tibet. "They are talking past each other, and the big question is whether anyone out there will be satisfied."
Beijing demonizes the Dalai Lama and says he seeks to destroy China's sovereignty by pushing independence for Tibet. The Dalai Lama has maintained for decades he wants some form of autonomy, not independence, that would allow Tibetans to freely practice their culture, language and religion under China's rule.
Tibetan areas have been tense in recent years, with the minority community complaining about restrictions on Buddhism, government propaganda campaigns against their revered Dalai Lama, and an influx of Chinese migrants that leave Tibetans feeling marginalized. Those feelings boiled over in deadly anti-Chinese riots in 2008 that shocked Beijing's leaders.
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Guess the Chinese are tired of Obama doing sex to them.
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Regulators failing to regulate. Why am I not surprised. How about making those work before you add any more [that are not going to work either]? Might help keep the number of federal employees down. Oh, wait, never mind.
Rep. John Murtha has been admitted to an intensive care unit at a Virginia hospital after experiencing "complications" from gall bladder surgery a week ago.
A Murtha spokesman told Fox News that Murtha underwent a scheduled laparoscopic surgery to remove his gall bladder, after he was hospitalized in December suffering a gall bladder infection.
The 77-year-old Pennsylvania Democrat had the surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital but was admitted afterward to the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington.
"Complications did arise from the surgery," a Murtha aide said, without elaborating.
Aides would not comment on the severity of Murtha's condition.
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Of course, I know about as much as what happened to the Rep as anyone here from this news bit, but about seven months ago I lost a very good friend to a blood clot that developed after gall bladder surgery. Maybe that's what happened to him.
Can't stand the traitorous bastard, but I do hope he recovers from this (and then follows TW's prescription.)
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a great comment from the link: Reid's not even dead yet and they're already fighting over his carcass? Classy bunch. Well, I guess that's no surprise..
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It would be more funny if both lost re-election too. I don't want to jinx it but Babs Boxer is not getting anywhere near 50% in polls. Dare I dream, dare I?
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my dad sent me the following today:
One thing I noted in todays paper: One has to vote the entire ticket of either party or your vote is rejected. This is a new law passed by Springfield in 2007 and is being enforced this year. I don't know which party it supports. Maybe the Republicans to cut down on those who only came to vote for the president in past elections. We had a lot of those when I served on the election board in the earlier years. /But it also means that the "crooks" get the same vote as the "good guys" of either party/. We need the open primary like they have in Wisconsin. One can vote for the good guys (and girls) in either party. This Illinois system guarantees party control of elections it seems.
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3dc: I was about to freak out when I realized that you were talking about the primaries. Before 2007 you could vote in *both* parties' primaries at the same time? Like pick-and-choose down the line?
I had no idea there was a state out there that loose with the rules. Even in the "open primary" states, it seemed like you had to make your mind up *while you were in the booth*, if not before or after the fact.
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Dick 'Head' Durbin
...and $hithead Schumer?
There's an unholy trio, Reid, Durbin, and Schumer.
This is a bit of a jaw-dropper: Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) may be in far more trouble than seemed possible even a week ago, with a new Public Policy Polling survey (810 RVs, 1/29-31, MoE +/- 3.4%) showing that Rep. John Boozman (R) would enter the race with a huge advantage.
General Election Matchup
Boozman 56
Lincoln 33
Und 11
Another stunning stat, and a dangerous one for the incumbent: only 33 percent of voters think Lincoln should run for re-election. Her approval rating is at just 27 percent, while 62 percent disapprove.
PPP also tests some alternative matchups if Lincoln is not the Democratic nominee. Possible substitutions include Rep. Mike Ross, Gov. Mike Beebe, and retired Gen. Wesley Clark. Also tested is Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, who is still considering a primary challenge. Only Beebe, who has a 59 percent approval rating and appears safe in his bid for re-election, comes close to winning a Senate matchup.
Other Matchups
Boozman 48 -- Ross 37 -- Und 15
Boozman 44 -- Beebe 43 -- Und 13
Boozman 51 -- Clark 36 -- Und 13
Boozman 53 -- Halter 30 -- Und 17
Baker 50 -- Lincoln 35 -- Und 15
Baker 39 -- Ross 39 -- Und 22
Beebe 46 -- Baker 38 -- Und 15
Baker 45 -- Clark 39 -- Und 16
Baker 45 -- Halter 34 -- Und 21
President Obama has a 38 percent approval rating, about 10 points ahead of both Lincoln and fellow Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor (29 percent).
The U.S. government must spend its way out of the recession, the Democrats' third-ranking House leader stressed Monday. Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the House majority whip, said that trying to find greater savings in the budget, which was released by President Barack Obama this morning, wouldn't help alleviate the recession.
458 comments so far at the link, almost all of whom comment on how schtupid Clyburn is ...
Comments up to 694 as of 9:12 a.m. ET, and the sample I saw pretty much agreed with the earlier ones.
"We've got to make some decisions here as to what's in the best interests of our country going forward," Clyburn said during an appearance on Fox News. "And I think the best interest is to invest in education, control these deficits, while at the same time trying to get people back to work."
"We're not going to save our way out of this recession," the majority whip added. "We've got to spend our way out of this recession, and I think most economists know that."
Obama's budget, which was unveiled Monday morning, calls for $3.8 trillion in spending for 2010, but is projected to cause a $1.27 deficit.
A number of key Democrats in Congress have responded to the proposal, including House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.), who said lawmakers would seek to abide by spending freezes within the budget, but seek to extend caps to defense and national security spending, too.
Some other Democrats have worried that without expanded spending on social programs and other elements of the budget, some people hit hardest by the recession would be disadvantaged by the budget.
Clyburn suggested that talk of reducing the deficit was moot as long as the economy remained sluggish in the foreseeable future. "You're not going to bring down the deficits, you're not going to eliminate these problems without growing this economy," he said. "And you're not going to grow the economy by wishing it; you've got to invest in it. And that's what we're doing with this budget."
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Steve Keen's Debtwatch blog makes interesting reading on how the last 30 years brought us to this point.
In summary, repeated government stimuluses during recessions prevented the normal debt divestment that occurs in a recession, while at the same time transfering debt from individuals and companies to the government.
Governments simply don't have enough money to keep stimulating and feeding the asset bubbles.
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Unfortunately since so many consumer goods are imported this has a strong negative feedback mechanism on the effects of stimulus funds. Consumers buy ipods, the money goes to China and then feeds their real estate bubble in Beijing or Inner Mongolia.
OK, but first, we empty your bank account, sell all your assets, transfer your pension to the US Treasury and attach any of your future earnings and those of your children, grand children and great-grand children.
Obama's budget, which was unveiled Monday morning, calls for $3.8 trillion in spending for 2010, but is projected to cause a $1.27 deficit.
With all of Jim's money we end up with a $1.27 deficit ? One Dollar and Twenty seven cents. Good Go Jim.....
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Not much of an 'attack'. Heinlein is not the first to say that once people realize they can vote themselves free money the game is pretty much over.
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I am using the Obama/Orzag method of budgeting for my own family budget.
This year we are buying a new Falcon jet, taking a round the world cruise and buying a Chateau in France. We are dong this on less than $200k income. What we have done is this:
1. We are using the assumption that we will win the $180 million Powerball drawing.
2. That my uncle, who I have never met, will leave me his 100k shares of FedEx that he got when he joined them in 1978.
3. We have also considered the MacArthur Prize we will receive for our patented family budget process as well as a direct gift from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
This guy Obama is so smart. If it wasn't for him I would probably end up homeless instead of wealthy.
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How novel. I guess I'll get on with buying $hit and running up the credit cards. Where's my subprime loan and Obama money? Clyburn, you lame nitwit. That's what got us into trouble.
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* ION PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > NYT > [OBAMA Budget] HUGE BUDGET DEFICITS MAY ALTER US POLITICS AND GLOBAL POWER.
IOW, America = Amerika, mighty USSA = weak USRA SSR needs OWG-NWO becuz SSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH, its the only way Amer can avoid DEFICIT-BASED GEOPOL-GLOBAL MELTDOWN.
Lest we fergit, "DEFICIT BUDGETING/SPENDING" > another way of saying BANKRUPTCY FINANCING/LEVERAGING. YOU WERE BANKRUPT + BROKE BEFORE YOU EVEN BEGAN.
D *** NG IT, MORIARITY, KEEP GIVING THE SOCIALIST MASSES THAT DIDN'T VOTE FOR SOCIALISM NOR OWG-NWO, ETC. THAT PLACEBO!
* SAME > ARAB STATES WANT PAKISTAN [+ France, CHIna, etal.] TO BE COME A SUPERPOWER].
Methinks its safe to say that this is one reason, among other, that RADICAL ISLAM IS [overtly]"GOING NUCLEAR".
* Lessirree
To wit,
* NET-alleged ANTI-AMERICAN POTUS as CIC of Amer Armies around the world.
* "BANKRUPT" USA.
* "AMERIKA RISING"? Read, DEV SOCIALIST AMER NATIONAL-GEOPOL FOCII IS NOT ON DEFEATING DEV NUCLEAR RADIC ISLAM = NUCLEAR TERROR.
* "CREEPING" DESTABILZ + ISOLATION OF ASIA + AFRICA, etc. = FUTURE NUCLEAE ISLAMIST ASIA + AFRICA, etc.
* NUCLEAR ISLAMISM-TERRORISM. The MILTERRS got "DA BOMB" = know how to use 'em.
As said times before, something is wrong within RADICAL ISLAM iff the Jihaidis still can't win the GWOT with the above going on.
** Also from PAKISTANI DEFENCE EFORUM/OTHER - THE DANGERS OF USING MILITANTS AND TERORISTS AS GEOPOL PROXIES [can turn on you].
ARTIC > YOUR LOYAL SLAVE = WORKER BEE ONE DAY, YOUR LORD, MASTER, + "DEAR LEADER" THE NEXT [Selling you andor executing you].
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Everything Gates is doing is in lock step with todays Commander in Chief. So all the reports with Gates name put out by MSM should in reality read "Gates Obama".
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a sad day........time to drop my retirement papers and withdraw from this Charley/Foxtrot.
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Thinking ahead. Gay and lesbian promotion and retention goals... how can we best attain them? How can those who have been historically victimized catch up? [cynicism off]
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Don't do anything unless both houses of Congress actually pass this thing, armyguy. They haven't had a good record of doing so, not since the stimulus bill.
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Someone in the WH fails to notice [besides the growing Tea Party movement and the decline of his party's propaganda arm, MSM] that the military is one of the few government branches that has an incredible level support of the American public. Do something that will drive middle grade NCOs and Officers out faster than you can replace them during the time of war may sell to the senior politicized General Officers across the Potomac but it won't save your hide when the big one hits. Anyone in the Gay community who thinks they'll be able to come out and survive the counter 'revolution' when the Obama leaves is kidding themselves.
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Gates and Mullen are either weasels or out of step. In any case both are Idiots in my book. Wait until the left tries to compare exclusion of gays to the exclusion of blacks 70 yrs ago...they'll shoot themselves in the foot when they piss off the blacks with that straw-man. Comparing a sexual behavior to race is foolish but the leftist meme is forthcoming. Obama really wants to be a one-termer.
Never thought I'd have anything in common with Bambi, Broadhead.
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Him to come out with this at a time of terrorists are knocking on the door an we are bankrupt, is like Capt. Smith asking his men to paint over the skid marks left by the iceberg before manning the lifeboats.
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BEIJING -- Any meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama would harm bilateral relations, China warned Tuesday while repeating Beijing's refusal to discuss Tibet's status with the spiritual leader's envoys.
The U.S. government must spend its way out of the recession, the Democrats' third-ranking House leader stressed Monday. Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the House majority whip, said that trying to find greater savings in the budget, which was released by President Barack Obama this morning, wouldn't help alleviate the recession.
