Posts filed under “STFU!”
Misleading Polling from the Wall Street Journal
It’s only natural that The Wall Street Journal has decided to not embrace the Occupy Wall Street protesters who have camped out for over a month with the intention of shaming the financial sector among other aims. In an Op-Ed piece today, Douglas Schoen argues that President Obama and the Democrats are making a “critical [...]
American Spectator Journalism 101
If you go to the American Spectator’s website, you will first be confronted with a pop-up notification soliciting money donations to help fund their Young Journalist Training Program. “Earnest and principled reporters,” they claim, are the outcome of “patriots like yourself” who would support “the next generation of wit, whimsy, and wonky warriors.” Look for [...]
When Policy Is Based Off Of Kool-Aid Drinking
HuffingtonPost (9/20/2011): South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) has admitted that she has no evidence backing her claim that half of job applicants at a local government facility flunked a drug test. She’d used the claim to push for requiring the jobless to pass a drug test to be eligible for benefits. “I’ve never felt [...]
Donald Rumsfeld: STFU!
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (3/30/03): It happens not to be the area where weapons of mass destruction were dispersed. We know where they are. They’re in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (8/3/06): Are there still Taliban around? You bet. Are they occupying safe [...]
Senator Jeff Sessions: STFU!
Watching the John Roberts‘ confirmation hearings has been nothing if not entirely predictable. Republicans have bandied about their g-spot phrases (“activist judges,” “originalism,” etc) while Democrats ran with their trademark “you will of course be confirmed” line. Not exactly must-see TV. But anytime the bright lights of a national audience shine on our esteemed upper [...]
Seriously, STFU!
Rick Santorum: “I don’t think Ted Kennedy lecturing me on the teachings of the church is something I’m going to take particularly seriously.” Hey Ricky: I’ll bet you any amount of money that Kennedy has at least read the bible, which puts him one-up on you. Take the weekend to read your operations manual, and [...]
Norm Coleman: STFU!
Back in May, Norm Coleman and some of his fellow Senate Republicans slandered a member of the British Parliament who then appeared before their committee to answer their spurious charges. That MP, George Galloway, smacked Coleman around a bit before knocking him out: “Now I know that standards have slipped over the last few years [...]
Karl Rove STFU!
President George W. Bush1/23/02: “I have no ambition whatsoever to use this as a political issue.” Vice President Dick Cheney 5/17/02: [Questioning the sincerety of the administration is] “thoroughly irresponsible and totally unworthy of national leaders in a time of war.” Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove 6/22/05: “Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in [...]
STFU Sadly Doesn’t Even Cover It
Your Vice President Dick Cheney 6/12/05: “I’ve never been able to understand his appeal. Maybe his mother loved him, but I’ve never met anybody who does. He’s never won anything, as best I can tell. [...] “So far, I think he’s probably helped us more than he has them. That’s not the kind of individual [...]
Trent Lott STFU!
Senator Trent Lott (R-MS) 6/9/05 “Howard Dean reminds me of one of these old soldiers from previous wars you find in a cave somewhere that still hasn’t caught up with reality.” Wait, who’s in a cave? Senator Trent Lott (R-MS) 12/5/02 “I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, [...]