Political Punch

Vietnam vet -- what you are missing is the fact that the executive branch of the federal government is responsible for our defense. The buck stops at the President, not individual senators from individual states.

oh an the UN is far from a President Bush Supporter

A Viet Nam Vet - First the planning for 9/11 was taking place during Clinton term, and was able to proceed because of the wall that was built up between the FBI and CIA by the Administration more importantly by the woman that was on the 9/11 commission (I forgot her name, but will look up if need be) Also under Clinton were we not attacked 9 times, starting with the first trade center bombing.

More Good News For President Bush, less children are dieing, longer life expectancy. Even the UN report states if you take Iraq and Darfar out the World looks more peaceful then ever in History. Bad President, you bring prosperity and the libs hate that because they want people dependent on them.

I would like to see a "real" debate - not these 30 second question and answer sessions! That would help the American voter more than all the opinion polls, backstabbing and dirty politics! Lets get them onstage for real debates and see what happens! We have issues and we want solutions - we have had enough lies, nonsense and BS!

So you may like to watch football, or play pool, but for me it's always been politics. Quite facinating frankly, why watch a soap opera when you have true villians like Dick Cheney.

To unclesmrgol-I thought there were Republicans in office in NY and Wash. on 9/11? Please, tell me what I`m missing here.

My republican friends got pursed lips and furtive glances to lead them because everytime I get them to say something it turns out real stupid. Anybody see the news article that lasted a couple hours one day about the mass mailed CD attacking Mormons sent to Utah by the evangelicals of SC I suppose? The whole republican party needs to get back in the bathroom at an airport and think up more strategy. Give me Hillary, Obama, Edwards, Kucinich, hey the rally monkey would make bushbaby look pretty dumb about RIGHTIE now.

unclesmrgol True, but you know an honest Dem? Please let me know who?

OK again the Swift Boats were truthful, Kerry never pointed out anything that was lied about.

I find this post funny, because of the Dirty games being played on the Lib side are not being said, At Least Obama and 400$ haircut Edwards realized the dirty trick Hilary is pulling against them.

And at least it is not a supposed News station doing it like CBS two days before an election!!

If the swiftboating GOP could successfully hang the "Lurch" moniker onto Senator John Kerry, then it's a safe bet that Fred Thompson will be re-named "Frankenberry". Check out this site:

The nation is bogged down in Holy War, the National Debt has never been higher, American jobs are our number one export and cartoon-like contenders for the American presidency are the best that the major political parties can produce.

We need a new system, this one stinks.

Anyone surprised that Romney is a Rove/Bush swiftboater doesn`t know anything about how tough the Mormons can be. They sure do like political and Morman-Christian, power.

What? Dirty tricks? GOP? ((( GASP!!!)))
What's next? A rigged election?

moderateistheway and Kevin,

To turn a phrase I once saw uttered in the news on its ear, I'd rather have a lying, hateful Republican than an honest, wimpy Democrat.

Because, with the Republican in office, I obviously stand a far greater chance of reaching work alive every day.

Wow Mitt. An employee of the business partner of someone on your campaign made a website insulting Fred Thompson, and you waited until you knew about it before requesting its removal?! You sir are unfit for office. We want a candidate who puts a stop to these things BEFORE he knows they exist!

You all seem to be missing the point: NONE of the GOP contenders make any sense whatsoever. "Conservatives" have already had their chance, and they've done nothing but mess up this country. All of these repubs spew the "family values" retoric, which is a bunch of bull anyway. All these guys want to turn this country into a THEOCRACY. People: it is fine to have your own beliefs, but try to elect someone that can seperate their religion from politics.

Sound like Mitt is worried about Fred. He should be, Mitt just lost a bunch of votes thanks to his staff. "the site has no direct affiliation to our campaign,.....” what about an indirect affiliation? Fred should thank Mitt for this one.

If anyone will get McCained in the Palmetto state it will be Romney himself.

Hes trying to attack one of their own. This will only energize, and add to, those who already oppose the Governor.

And btw Fred will get a standing ovation at BJU while Romney, if even invited, will get tepid applause.

"This election will be won via the internet" - so sayeth Hilary. Perhaps they should shut the internet down for 2 years...lol...not.
The plague is upon us! Cover your noses! - the excrement is about to hit your screens big time!

It's sad when candidates think the only way to make themselves look good is to make another candidate look bad. Paraphrased, Marcus Aurelius said almost two thousand years ago that a man can make himself look great only by enhancing the image of someone else.

As far as I'm concerned, Mitt Romney just lost the election. He's even lost the right to have anyone listen to him about anything.

Mitt has nothing concrete to offer. His opinions change faster than, the weather in North Dakota his morality is a contrived as his success story. It's a blessing that by this time next year, Mitt will be a memory like scandals and the Salt Lake Winter Games.

When will Mitt realize he is the wrong brand of religious kook to get a national Republican nomination? If not for that, he would be a shoo-in for their presidential candidacy.

Fred or Mitt - they are both the same people - save America this election - google RON PAUL

He was at John Hopkin's today giving a key note speech on our failed foreign policy. Do you all want to be lemmings jumping off a cliff?

Let's see here...dirty politics with dirty politicians. Why am I not suprised? To all Republican voters out there: Do you really want any of these guys to lead our country? I mean, both of these guys are following the "stay the course" retoric of Bush, a policy that is obviously failing and costing tax payers money and soldier lives. Bush dropped the ball in Afganistan, and yet these guys don't say anything about that.

Also, do you really want someone in office that's dumb enough to not belive in evolution?

We've tried the whole "conservative" route, and it's done nothing to help this country. It's only taken money out of this country for neccessary services, and put it into the hands of Haliburton, Cheney and his buddies.

Kevin--I agree with everything you said---but, uh, you misspelled 'democrat' when you named the party you were talking about. And you left out 'arrogant' and 'overconfident' in your description.

It seems to be a consistent republican strategy to try to win elections not on the strength of their ideas, for obvious reasons, but on focusing enough hate on the opposition. Sad, sad, sad. It is also sad that there are enough simple minded people to fall in line with this strategy to make it work. Sad, sad, sad.

This is another muckraking article. This reporter reminds me of the kind of playground bully that encourages fights between those that would otherwise be friends. Hope he enjoys the conflicts he fabricates while he can. His deeds will come home to him to roost; not by the doing of anyone else but by his own doing. Hopefully his editor will see it coming and cover his own back side.

They smear each other so they wont have to discuss the real issues. Its seems to work for them. Are we that dumb? They seem to think we are.

These are truly only scandals that I see in fictional dramas on television. Why can't the candidates state their platforms, be straightforward, and not resort to dramatic, undercurrent gossip. I haven't heard either candidate take a position on issues like global poverty. Is that not a little bit more important than internet smut websites?

Just when you think it can't get any lower, it does. I keep hearing the euphemism "political discourse" - one has to wonder if what passes for political discourse in this country even deserves the name. Shame on you, Mr. Romney, for having people like that working for you. You should fire every last one of them.

Remember I mentioned in my reading I found an article here on Abc News that Karl Rove was a friend of Mitt Romney's for 8 years. Perhaps that explains the mudslinging and slimey smearing.

And now the rats turn on each other. It's not like any Republican has a shot to win the White House in '08 anyway. I'm going to pop some popcorn and watch these evil ones tear each other to shreds like rats in a cage. LOL

That internet website will have no effect on the people of South Carolina. The folks cannot stand anything but a conservative and only Thompson has a chance of beating Rudy in S.C. and I bet he does.

James--the one I most fondly remember from History class is the campaign against Grover Cleveland, who MAY have fathered a child out of wedlock, and saw that the child was sent to an orphanage. The anti-Cleveland slogan was, "Ma, Ma, where's my Pa?" When Cleveland won, his supporters countered, "Gone to the White House, HA HA HA!"

It's sad, but dirty politics is as American as apple pie. I have read reports that Thomas Jefferson was accused of favoring the teaching of "murder, robbery, rape, adultery and incest," by Aaron Burr in 1800. And in 1828, John Quincy Adams was called "The Pimp," by Andrew Jackson, apparently in reference to a rumor that Adams coerced a young woman into an affair with a Russian nobleman when Adams was the American Ambassador to Russia. In retaliation, Adams' supporters had a pamphlet which read: "General Jackson's mother was a common prostitute brought to this country by British solders! She afterwards married a mulatto man with whom she had several children of which number General Jackson is one."

If you think these politicians and derelics are amusing.
They are an embarrasment to me as an American.
Any President that calls American patriots,(Minute Men) "Vigelanties" is as we know an Alcholic with bad judgement.

Neither can I. The fun and games of political infighting is always amusing to watch.