FIIIIIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damnit!

DJI down 254 points...weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

And we'll drive The Anti-Democratic Opposition out of the New York Times, and the Washington Post, and the Huffington Post! And we'll drive them off the airwaves and the New Republic and the Atlantic and Harper's! And then we'll drive them from Mother Jones and TAKE BACK THE WHITE HOUSE -

YEEEEAAAAAGH!

DJI down 254 points...weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Posted by: Today's Stock Market at May 20, 2010 10:15 AM (YVZlY)

Flaming down like Bawney Fwank on a Friday evening ...

OT: I bet you that ZeroHedge's server takes in some downtime today

Levin suspects the NYT broke this story now in a calculated effort to diminish its impact because months down the road -- assuming Blumenthal survives the deserved backlash -- this will be old news and thus irrelevant in the fall. Levin compared this situation to that of Bush in 2000 when that weird-hatted guy up in Maine disclosed that Bush was arrested for OUI in 1976 (the weekend before the election, I believe). There is [surprise] no journalistic integrity at work here: this is all political.

Dean's lame deflection is irrelevant and baseless. As a matter of fact, Dean is irrelevant and baseless. Blumenthal's been lying about this stuff for mad long. It's inexcusable. So, according to Blumenthal's reasoning, I am entitled to make the claim that "I served in Iraq during both Gulf Wars and when we came home, we were disillusioned." If I were to say that, I would not be merely misrepresenting my service through *misspeak*, I'd be flat-out lying. Because the facts of my service record are that I enlisted in the National Guard while a senior in high school in December 1991...transferred to the regular Army from 1993-1996...was discharged...then reenlisted in the uard again in October 2003. I never stepped foot in Iraq. My service is what it is and I am proud of having served honorably. Blumenthal's actions are likely driven by guilt over his multiple deferments (if he has a conscience remaining). I've read that the actor Brian Dennehy has a problem with this stuff, too.

DJI down 254 points...weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Posted by: Today's Stock Market at May 20, 2010 10:15 AM (YVZlY)

MUWAHAHAHAHHAAHA!!!...I'm SHORTING the entire WORLD!!!

Posted by: Beto at May 20, 2010 10:31 AM (lD4DZ)

Maybe...but I have more homes AND they're bigger than his.

Everyone see this?  http://tinyurl.com/2fk2eb8

OUTRAGEOUS!

Posted by: Beto at May 20, 2010 10:31 AM (lD4DZ)"

Heard he totally ruined the University of Tennessee commencement.  Geez what the heck did he say on a nice happy day where everyone wants to enjoy and celebrate and be carefree and happy.

Posted by: curious at May 20, 2010 10:32 AM (p302b)

Drown himself in oil?...that'd be good for a ~1quart reduction, maybe.

Everyone see this?  http://tinyurl.com/2fk2eb8

OUTRAGEOUS!

Posted by: Marybeth at May 20, 2010 10:32 AM (hBRoa)

In related news, burrito and taco futures are up.

I've had more than enough of the crap from what passes for a Presidential administration. 

Any Congresscritter who does not walk out on that speech in protest today is a coward. 

If they could use the communal testicles Pinch has locked in the office safe, the NYT would follow-up with a story on Dean's medical-deferment back condition that was miraculously cured by therapeudic skiing.

Hey, a fella can dream.

Posted by: Barracky at May 20, 2010 10:56 AM (c0A3e)"

"Let's have a beer" he was heard saying....

Mal 74, Cause Howard Dean can kill a man......with his mind.

Oh I dunno. His mindthoughts today are making me... dizzy...

[small pop, wet squishy sounds of brain matter hitting a monitor screen]

I can only imagine the hand-wringing in the NYT offices over the decision to *gasp* print a negative story about a lying (is there any other kind?) Democrat candidate.

Between 1987-1997 I bounced back and forth between the Army Reserve and National Guard.  Our unit wasn't called up for Desert Storm; mostly it was aviation, medical and MP units that got called up as far as I could tell.

I wouldn't consider even for a second trying to boast that I "served during Desert Storm", much less lie about actually being there.  Being a part-time, non-activated Reservist during wartime isn't even in the same ballpark; hell, not in the same continent- literally.

I could see confusion or a mis-statement if someone served active duty stateside during a war.  As a non-active reservist who was thousands of miles away?  There's no excuse for even loosely implying you served in wartime other than being a fucking liar.

I just got off the phone with leader of DRRK (Kim Ill Poon Tang) and I have solved the problem of ROK attacking the peace loving people of the PDRK. I told ROK to knock it off or they will not be invited to the Mexico-US dinner ever again. They immediately backed down. Once again people of the USA, I have saved you, so write in Specter on the Novemeber ballot in Pennssalvia. Thanx..

Your Dear Leader

Barack "The Brilliant" Obama

Yes Howard, my Jedi mind trick is awesome. I used the force to get Dicky Blumenthal to lie about himself. The same force I used to make you scream like a raving idiot in Iowa.

NOW, BRING ME THE GAVEL OF NANCY PELOSI.

Posted by: Darth Mallamutt

This right here is some good stuff. Padawan Howie ain't got a chance.

Hmmmm.. and seeing how outraged Dean is its a given that the NY Times normally does cover for Democrats, so why did they drop the bomb this time?

DID they feel that this was going to come out eventually anyhow, and this was the NY Times way of trying to save a Democrat seat?
Since they now have time to replace him with someone else?

So... obviously, Dean wanted then to cover it up?

Howie has extra special reasons for covering this up. When he began his noble quest for the Brass Ring, he bragged about being a doctor in Vermont and helping a minor get an abortion after she was supposedly abused at home. One problem; healthcare providers in Vermont are supposed to report all such cases. None was ever filed. So either hammerin'g Howie made this up, all to appease lovers of abortion, or he broke a law designed to stop the abuse of children. The only good thing to be said here is that if true, he was blazing a trail for the Planned Parenthood abortion mills that have been misleading minors for the last decade.Howard Dean; pioneer in the facilitation in the abuse of minors.

This makes Biden's penchant for stealing the speeches of British losers pale in comparison.

Posted by: kansas at May 20, 2010 11:05 AM (2kVkH)

Lying about Repugs - speaking truth to power.

So what's the accepted ratio of truth telling to lie before it's considered bad.  

4 to 1 , 3 to 1?   I need to know so I can plan accordingly.  

Posted by: polynikes at May 20, 2010 11:17 AM (m2CN7)

If the lie is about sex, infinity to never is OK.

Posted by: curious at May 20, 2010 10:19 AM (p302b)

Thanks for posting that.  He teased the story just as I was getting out of the car to get groceries.  I missed most of it up till now.  Heard that total jackass O'Really on there, but did I miss anything major?

MOSCOW — Russia's top nuclear official said Thursday that Iran's first nuclear plant is on schedule and will be put into operation this summer, while the country's foreign minister urged Tehran to co-operate with international nuclear authorities to avoid possible sanctions. The Russia-built plant in Bushehr has been a key issue of contention between Iran and the international community. Iran and Russia say the plant is intended only for electricity generation, but critics say it has been a part of alleged Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons."We expect the nuclear power plant will be launched by August if everything goes according to plan," said Sergei Kiriyenko, chief of Rosatom, the state-run nuclear corporation.

Oh really Dickhead Dean?

What about this little gem from your butt buddy?

“I wore the uniform in Vietnam and many came back to all kinds of disrespect. Whatever we think of war, we owe the men and women of the armed forces our unconditional support.”

The occasion was the Stamford Veterans Day parade Nov. 9, 2008.

Or this one:  “When we returned from Vietnam, I remember the taunts, the verbal and even physical abuse we encountered.”

President Lee Myung-bak vowed "stern action"...

Yeah, which means nothing. They will take some minor punative trade action. Cutting off some supplies. That's about it.

I would say that sinking a ship with a torpedo is an act of war, but technically the Koreas are still legally at war..soo.

Posted by: Mr. Slate at May 20, 2010 11:26 AM (OZ0pi)

They won't say a goddamned word, because they're all pussies. The only one with any balls is Palin. God bless that woman.

Posted by: Ben at May 20, 2010 10:02 AM (wuv1c)

I think it was HotAirPundit yesterday that had the original screen shot of Linda McMahon's web site containing the Blue Menthol info.  They put up the "cleaned up" one below it after the story broke.

why did Cavuto defend this guy as stated in the headlines thread?  That just seems so odd to me since Cavuto is usually very moral and has character.

Posted by: curious at May 20, 2010 10:05 AM (p302b)

He was rationalizing Blue Menthol against people like Madoff who stole.  For some reason, he doesn't see the insult to the honor of those who really served.  He gets a lot of e-mail, so I bet he got hammered and admits it today.

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Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 20, 2010 10:05 AM (ucxC/)

You forgot the fuse on his nappy.

Posted by: Walter at May 20, 2010 10:26 AM (oA4y0)

So a left wing group says we need more left wing programs to kill the economy. Brilliant. Nice post Walley

Kinda ot from the story but my family was stationed on Adak in the early 70's an island east of shemya on the chain. As a kid Adak was a playground of underground bunkers, pillboxes and various reminents of WW2. I remember dad had to go to shemya a few times to work on the radar or something like that.

Good times.

Posted by: Walter at May 20, 2010 10:26 AM (oA4y0)

I clarified the quote to better reflect what they meant to convey.

Lying is only wrong if you are a Republican.

Otherwise it's mandatory.

Posted by: Vic at May 20, 2010 11:06 AM (6taRI)

That is bullshit spin. For one thing if you didn't serve in Vietnam why would you mention your service and Vietnam in the same sentence. My point is that serving in the reserves in Washington D. C. had nothing to do with the war in Vietnam. Actually joining the reserves in 1970 had everything to do with NOT serving in Vietnam. Nixon had been reducing troops since he took office and reserve units were not being called to active duty. Especially Marine reserve units as the Marines were the first to be pulled out.

In the video in the Times he didn't infer anything. He said when I served in Vietnam. That isn't an inference it's a claim, a false one.

It's useful for TP too, but only as a last resort.

I tried wiping my ass with the online edition, but let's just say it didn't work out very well.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 20, 2010 11:26 AM (mR7mk)

He needs to meet (ItzbJ).

In the video in the Times he didn't infer anything. He said when I served in Vietnam. That isn't an inference it's a claim, a false one.

Posted by: robtr at May 20, 2010 11:53 AM (fwSHf)

You know, if the motherfucker wasn't lying he would have said something like "During my time in the Marine Corps in the Vietnam era, I saw those returning veterans being treated badly yadda yadda..."

Not "When I returned from my service in Vietnam."  Fucking LIAR!  The sad thing is he didn't need to lie.  All he had to do is continue to champion the causes of the Veterans and he would have been fine.  It's like it's ingrained in a democrat to lie.  They can't help themselves.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 20, 2010 11:38 AM (foPGG)

No the term for Joos is "Them".   As in "we can't trust "them". 

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