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Señor J. Sidney McCain Pulls The Ole? ?Bait And Switch? On Mainstream Media
2008-09-24 00:59:00 J. Sidney McCain Pa?a Èl Presidenté Campaign Tricks MSM Organizations Into Snapping Photo Ops Of Event Then Breaks Age-Old Tradition Of Allowing Followup Interview Questions… They’re going to look FANTASTIC — the fresh photos of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin pictured with the... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Another Guest Post From A Devoted ?Righty? Who Wishes To Straighten Out We
2008-09-20 19:00:00 Guest Post II By Oklahoma Charlie, a.k.a., “Chuck” To Our Co-Bloggers Here At The Gun Toting Liberal? [Editor's Note] Again, in the interest of truly “Fair And Balanced” political commentary, and in keeping true with our 2006 Finalist award for “Best Centrist... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Hacking Private Email Account Of Governor Sarah Palin Is An Act Of ?Liberal
2008-09-18 02:17:00 Or, More Likely, “Leftism” Alright, folks — here’s where I draw the line of distinction between “leftism” and “liberalsm”. It’s just NOT “okay” to go around using your hacking prowess as the group called “Anonymous”... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Gallup Poll Daily: Obama-Biden Enroute To Landslide Over McCain-Palin
2008-09-03 01:04:00 Gallup Daily: Eight-Point Obama-Biden Lead Expected To Quadruple Over Next Three To Four Weeks In Wake Of RNC Fiasco… Look, I’m not much into “The Polls” this far out from the time we are to hit the voting booths to select our THE U.S MILITARY’S Commander-In-Chief, but... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
The Politico: John McCain?s Veep Pick, Sarah Palin, Tells Us He?s A Despera
2008-08-30 22:11:00 Media Questions Señor J. Sidney McCain’s Decision-Making Ability With Palin Pick Okay, before I get into this, FIRST — allow me to remind our readers and those who may just be stumbling upon this site for the first time — I have NOTHING bad to say about the Palins. I can’t... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Sir Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton To Don Whips And Chains At DNC To Keep Her
2008-08-21 09:50:00 Hillary Clinton To Rabid Supporters Of A Potential “Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinto-n” Monarchy: Tone Those Happy A$$es Of Yours DOWN And Go For Obama Or I’ll Be Glad To Lay Stripes On ‘Em With My Whip! According to The Politico, they’re literally called the “Whip... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
New Zoghby Poll Shows Clearly John McCain No Longer Needs To Campaign
2008-08-20 21:37:00 With Panama John Pulling Five Points Ahead Of Barry Obama In Reuters/Zoghby Poll, Perhaps The “ELDER(LY)” Statesman Needs To Leave The Campaign Trail And Rest Those Old Bones? That’s right, folks — it’s O-V-E-R for the Senator with the middle name starting with an... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
NOT The ?Shocker? Most Americans Would Believe: Barack Obama Receives Six T
2008-08-15 01:40:00 Shocked, America? If So, The Reason You Are Is Solely Due To To The Fact Political Free Speech In The Military Is Limited To Vocally Supporting The Policies Of The Current... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the latest rantings of a gun toting liberal with a chip on his shoulder... harsh views, comments expressed.
?Funnyman? And Senate Wannabe Al Franken Calls Veteran Summit To Discuss VA
2008-08-10 19:47:00 Al Franken Spends Time “Pressing The Flesh” In Minnesota — Approximately Four Seconds Is All It Took For Him To Complete The Process I’m sorry, dear readers — I just... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the latest rantings of a gun toting liberal with a chip on his shoulder... harsh views, comments expressed.
John McCain Resorts To Begging Supporters To Spam Popular Blogs With Offici
2008-08-08 00:02:00 Republican Candidate Admittedly Could Not Turn A Computer On A Few Weeks Ago But Has Now Learned How To Spam The Washington Post’s Paul Farhi is reporting Senator McCain of Arizona Panama has... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the latest rantings of a gun toting liberal with a chip on his shoulder... harsh views, comments expressed.
Surprise, Surprise - Republican Senator Ted ?Bridge To Nowhere? Stevens Of
2008-07-30 02:37:00 Another Member Of The Grand Old Party Goes Down With Rumors Of Alaska’s Congressman Don Young’s (Yep — Republican Also) Impending Sinkage Down Stevens’ “Series Of Pipes... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the latest rantings of a gun toting liberal with a chip on his shoulder... harsh views, comments expressed.
Seaching Computers For Porn: Civil Liberties Alert
2008-06-19 21:00:00 I once was asked by a friend to clean up his computer. He had antiviral software, but never bothered to update it, or run scans. As a result, whenever he would open his browser, he found the homepage had been reset to a pornography site. No big deal. I updated his viruses, ran the scans, removed the ...
An Obama/Kennedy Ticket?
2008-06-06 01:32:00 Back in 2000 George Bush had Dick Cheney conduct a search for a running mate. Dick Cheney looked far and wide for possible choices, and picked himself. This year Caroline Kennedy is helping Obama look at potential running mates. In light of the example from Dick Cheney, I have joked elsewhere that perhaps Kennedy would ...
By: Liberal Values
Hillary?s Brother Might Vote For Bob Barr
2008-06-03 07:18:00 We’ve seen a lot of Clinton supporters swear they will vote for John McCain should Obama win the nomination. Among the Clinton supporters who threaten not to vote for Obama are Hillary’s brother, Tony Rodham. (Hat tip to Freedom Democrats). However he might not vote for McCain: ?I didn?t say that. It could be Bob Barr,? ...
By: Liberal Values
The White Working Class Vote
2008-05-26 19:45:00 With all the talk of Obama’s alleged problems with the white working voters this year, John Harwood does an excellent job of placing this issue in perspective by quoting Ruy Teixeira, author of America?s Forgotten Majority: Why the White Working Class Still Matters. Mr. Obama, who leads the delegate count, ?is clocking in where he needs ...
By: Liberal Values
Libertarian Party Provides McCain With Strong Conservative Opposition
2008-05-26 18:39:00 As I reported yesterday Bob Barr overcame considerable opposition by some Libertarian Party members to the non-libertarian candidates running to win the nomination on the sixth ballot. Barr spent much of the convention apologizing for his past votes such as for the Patriot Act. He won the nomination on the sixth ballot after Wayne Allyn ...
By: Liberal Values
Government May Have Massive Surveillance Program for Use in National Emerge
2008-05-21 19:39:00 AlterNet ?Main Core,? a program that authorizes ?computer searches through massive [unspecified] electronic databases? in order to discover ?potential threats? in the event of a ?national emergency?: According to a senior government official??There exists a database of Americans, who, often for the slightest and most trivial reason, are considered unfriendly, and who, in a time of panic, might be incarcerated. The database can identify and locate perceived ?enemies of the state? almost instantaneously.? ? One knowledgeable source claims that 8 million Americans are now listed in Main Core as potentially suspect. In the event of a national emergency, these people could be subject to everything from heightened surveillance and tracking to direct questioning and possibly even detention. These so-called ?Continuity of Governance? plans, Radar notes, ?are shrouded in extreme secrecy, effectively unregulated by Congress or the courts.? ?Main Core is the table of contents for all th...
Bush-League Plays
2008-05-19 16:56:00 Two hundred and forty-six days. Thirty-five weeks from tomorrow. That’s how much longer this nation must endure the reign of King George and await the term of a new President. Let’s hope that whoever swears to faithfully execute that office and to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution actually honors that solemn ...
By: Kmareka.com
Just Wondering? (for May 10, 2008)
2008-05-10 16:26:00 ? …now that the vultures are circling the candidacy of Hillary Clinton and the superdelegates are vamoosing from her so as not to be mistaken for carrion, whether she is feeling bitter and, if so, whether she will cling to guns and religion or simply continue to sow the seeds of racial divisiveness. ? …what 178 ...
By: Kmareka.com
Hillary Clinton vs. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
2008-04-26 04:46:00 I suspect that most of the readers here don’t read Hot Air or QandO and therefore missed this post from Ed Morrissey: Jon Henke at QandO wonders why this particular Hillary Clinton quote from last September hasn?t received much attention: ?We can talk all we want about freedom and opportunity, about life, liberty, and the pursuit of ...
By: Liberal Values
Fiscal Irresponsibility and Voting Decisions
2008-04-26 03:24:00 We are bound to hear criticism of the Democratic candidate over the fact that the plans either advocates cannot be paid for with the limited tax increases they support. The criticism is valid. As I noted yesterday, even Congressional Democrats realize this. What must be kept in mind is that John McCain’s proposed tax cuts present ...
By: Liberal Values
Sex For Net Neutrality
2008-04-25 21:24:00 Tania Derveaux, who previously made what was probably the best campaign promise ever to get votes as a candidate for Senate in Belgium, is now working for net neutrality. She is offering to make love to every virgin who backs net neutrality: I’m using sex in a positive way to spread awareness. The reason why only ...
By: Liberal Values
Will the Constitution Be Altered to Eliminate Key Liberties?
2008-04-14 16:41:00 AlterNet Though little discussed on the campaign trail, a crucial issue to be decided in November is whether the United States will return to its traditions as a constitutional Republic respecting "unalienable" human rights or whether it will finish a transformation into a frightened nation governed by an all-powerful President who can do whatever he wants during the open-ended "war on terror." That reality was underscored on April 1 with the release of a five-year-old legal opinion from former Justice Department official John Yoo asserting that President George W. Bush possessed nearly unlimited authority as Commander in Chief, including the power to have military interrogators abuse terror suspects. While most news coverage of Yoo's March 14, 2003, memo has focused on the legal gymnastics justifying harsh treatment of detainees -- including possible use of mind-altering drugs -- the centerpiece of Yoo's argument is that at a time of war the President's powers are essentially...
Shock: The ACLU Says The Military Is Spying On Americans
2008-04-02 22:14:00 From the AP: The military is using the FBI to skirt legal restrictions on domestic surveillance to obtain private records of Americans’ Internet service providers, financial institutions and telephone companies, the ACLU said Tuesday. The American Civil Liberties Union based its conclusion on a review of more than 1,000 documents turned over by the Defense Department after ...
By: The Hot Joints
Fox Defends Constitutional Right To Broadcast Whipped-Cream-Covered Strippe
2008-03-26 05:34:00 For a few moments I’ve become a fan of Fox, and even Rupert Murdoch. Fox is standing up to the FCC on their ridiculous fines for “indecency” and fighting for the right to broadcast whipped-cream-covered strippers. Freedom of expression is freedom of expression after all. The Washington Post reports: In an unusually aggressive step, Fox ...
By: Liberal Values
Civil Liberties, Habeas Corpus, and Abraham Lincoln
2008-03-12 21:16:00 It's been a while since I posted this, and with the President's recent veto of the torture, bill I figured it needed a repost.------------------------------------------------------A- controversial Republican president during a time of war, utilizing controversial new powers. Many, even in his own political party, were outraged when he suspended the right of habeas corpus and imprisoned many without trial. Military tribunals were authorized to try suspects quickly; money was spent without congressional authorization. Who was this president? None other than the great Abraham Lincoln.Abraham Lincoln:? Suspended the writ of habeas corpus. [1]? Spent money without congressional authorization. [1]? Imprisoned 18,000 suspected Confederate sympathizers without trial. [1]? Conducted at least 4,271 trials by military commission. [2]George W. Bush:? Defined captured enemies as "enemy combatants". [3]? Denied "enemy combatants" habeas corpus. [3]? Tried "enemy combatants" through military tribu...
Calling The Monster a Monster
2008-03-07 19:12:00 Samantha Power has resigned after stating the truth about Hillary Clinton in an interview with The Scotsman: “We f***** up in Ohio,” she admitted. “In Ohio, they are obsessed and Hillary is going to town on it, because she knows Ohio’s the only place they can win. “She is a monster, too ??? that is off the ...
By: Liberal Values
Calling The Monster a Monster
2008-03-07 19:12:00 Samantha Power has resigned after stating the truth about Hillary Clinton in an interview with The Scotsman: “We f***** up in Ohio,” she admitted. “In Ohio, they are obsessed and Hillary is going to town on it, because she knows Ohio’s the only place they can win. “She is a monster, too ? that is off the ...
By: Liberal Values
The Clinton/Bush/McCain Party vs. Barack Obama
2008-03-06 07:24:00 There’s been a lot of surprise and anguish around the liberal blogosphere lately about Hillary Clinton “endorsing” John McCain. This began before Tuesday’s primaries: Defending her provocative television ad suggesting he was not up to the challenge of answering the White House phone at 3 a.m. in a crisis, she told reporters at a news ...
By: Liberal Values
The Clinton/Bush/McCain Party vs. Barack Obama
2008-03-06 07:24:00 There’s been a lot of surprise and anguish around the liberal blogosphere lately about Hillary Clinton “endorsing” John McCain. This began before Tuesday’s primaries: Defending her provocative television ad suggesting he was not up to the challenge of answering the White House phone at 3 a.m. in a crisis, she told reporters at a news ...
By: Liberal Values
Reflections on Obama By Someone Who Knows Him
2008-03-06 06:27:00 One of the memes of the Clinton campaign is to try to paint Obama as an empty suit. There’s been considerable evidence that this is untrue, and we see it again in a description of Obama by Cas Sunstein, a former colleague of Obama at The University of Chicago: On this occasion, he had an important ...
By: Liberal Values
Reflections on Obama By Someone Who Knows Him
2008-03-06 06:27:00 One of the memes of the Clinton campaign is to try to paint Obama as an empty suit. There’s been considerable evidence that this is untrue, and we see it again in a description of Obama by Cas Sunstein, a former colleague of Obama at The University of Chicago: On this occasion, he had an important ...
By: Liberal Values
Obama?s Record on Bipartisanship and Defending Liberal Principles
2008-03-02 21:36:00 David Igantius has bad timing with today’s op-ed. He accuses Obama of being thin with regards to being a bridge builder, taking a selective view of his record to support his premise. Today’s news provides one of many examples to contradict his argument as The Times of London reports on Obama’s plans to consider Republicans ...
By: Liberal Values
Obama vs. Clinton on Civil Liberties
2008-03-02 08:01:00 I’ve frequently noted that the conventional wisdom is wrong in saying that there is little difference between Obama and Clinton on the issues. There are significant differences between them on foreign policy, social issues, and civil liberties which lead me to support Obama but make me unlikely to vote for Hillary Clinton should she win ...
By: Liberal Values
The American Civil Liberties Union Asks You To Thank Congress
2008-02-24 06:21:00 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) issued both a statement and a call to action today regarding the recent acts of Congress, thanking them for standing up to bullying from President Bush, while President George W. Bush gave his radio address warning Congress to renew the ironically-titled Protect America Act to allow government e-mail and wiretapping without a court order. The ACLU is hosting a strongly worded petition to Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, asking them to stay firm.
Rigged Trials at Gitmo
2008-02-21 15:21:00 The Nation According to Col. Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor for Guantanamo's military commissions, the process has been manipulated by Administration appointees to foreclose the possibility of acquittal. Colonel Davis's criticism of the commissions has been escalating since he resigned in October, telling the Washington Post that he had been pressured by politically appointed senior Defense officials to pursue cases deemed "sexy" and of "high interest" (such as the 9/11 cases now being pursued) in the run-up to the 2008 elections. Davis, once a staunch defender of the commissions process, elaborated on his reasons in a December 10, 2007, Los Angeles Times op-ed. "I concluded that full, fair and open trials were not possible under the current system," he wrote. "I felt that the system had become deeply politicized and that I could no longer do my job effectively." Then, in an interview with The Nation in February after the six Guantánamo detainees were charged, Davis off...
Obama Defends Gun Rights With Restrictions
2008-02-16 09:02:00 Barack Obama has shown a commendable tendency to stick to his principles regardless of the audience. Obama has argued his position on fuel economy in Detroit and has argued for merit pay for teachers before a potentially hostile teacher’s organization. Today, when it might be politically safest before Democrats to support restrictions on gun rights, ...
By: Liberal Values
Military Accused of Infringing Upon Religious Freedom
2008-02-15 18:21:00 The Founding Fathers set up a secular state in order to guarantee the rights of all to worship, or not worship, as they choose. In the early days of the nation, religious leaders such as Roger Williams were among the strongest defenders of separation of church and state. In 1960 John Kennedy said while campaigning, ...
By: Liberal Values
Loss of Civil Liberties Since 9/11
2008-02-11 19:47:00 This is a great resource, documenting how, and how much liberty has been lost since the government attack on 9/11. Loss of Civil Liberties since 9/11 There’s tons of information there, but unlike the Reddit morons that complain about not having “bullet points” to entertain you, you’re going to have to read.
Hillary Clinton Refuses To Pledge to Restore Constitutional Liberties
2008-02-08 03:25:00 Hillary Clinton and John McCain are two presidential candidates who have something in common. The Nation reports that they have not signed a statement supporting “the restoration of basic Constitutional principles after the battering they have taken during the Bush-Cheney era.” Every Democratic candidate except Hillary Clinton has supported this pledge during the campaign. Needless to ...
By: Liberal Values
The Differences Between Obama and Clinton
2008-02-05 04:30:00 The conventional wisdom regarding the Democratic primary campaign is that there is very little difference between Obama and Clinton on the issues, and the differences come down to matters of style and feelings about change. As is so commonly the case, the conventional wisdom is totally wrong. There is a tremendous difference between the two, ...
By: Liberal Values
Obama Catching Up in National Polls
2008-01-31 03:32:00 Obama has moved from a twenty-point deficit to within six points of Hillary Clinton in the latest Gallup daily tracking poll: Barack Obama has now cut the gap with Hillary Clinton to 6 percentage points among Democrats nationally in the Gallup Poll Daily tracking three-day average, and interviewing conducted Tuesday night shows the gap between the ...
By: Liberal Values
Freedom in Retreat
2008-01-24 04:19:00 Freedom House has released their annual report finding, ” The year 2007 was marked by a notable setback for global freedom.” The decline in freedom, as reported in Freedom in the World 2008, an annual survey of political rights and civil liberties worldwide, was reflected in reversals in one-fifth of the world?s countries. Most pronounced in ...
By: Liberal Values
An Excellent Propagandist
2008-01-21 06:14:00 You just have to give Jonah Goldberg credit for his skills as a propagandist with this op-ed. He starts out with an example which many will agree with: Remember this? “There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, ...
By: Liberal Values
Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
2008-01-13 03:11:00 Clearly, we have to watch Democrats as well as Republican about retaining our Civil Liberties. The House, in a wave of paranoia, passed a law against promulgating any "extremist ideology" on the internet or other means. Homeland Security gets to decide what is extremist. Here is the voting breakdown. Click on the link to see where your Representative voted. GovTrack: H.R. 1955) Totals & Party BreakdownTotalDemocratRepublica-nIndependentAyes:404(94%)219185-0Nays:6(1%)330No Vote:22(5%)10120Required: 2/3 of 410 votes (274) The ACLU Blog doesn't sound too shrill at this point since they have the Senate and the Conference process to intervene. Clearly my (MN) House delegation didn't understand what they were voting on. Internet censorship also was spurred on under the false illusion of making us safer from terrorists. H.R. 1955, a bill creating a seemingly innocuous commission to study so-called "homegrown terrorism," contained several troubling provisions. Instead of focus...
Ron Paul As Conservative, Not Defender of Freedom
2008-01-13 00:31:00 Seeing Ron Paul debate his fellow Republicans on Iraq, and even criticize their lack of respect for civil liberties, brought Paul justifiably favorable attention. This has included the support of some liberals who have not looked carefully at Paul’s views beyond these issues. Paul has lost a considerable amount of respect the last few days ...
By: Liberal Values
Ron Paul Supports Restrictions On Liberty On Local Level
2008-01-02 04:17:00 While I support Ron Paul’s efforts to be included in the upcoming Fox debate, this does not mean that I agree with his views, consider his views to actually be libertarian, or even think he makes very much sense. I supported Paul’s inclusion in recent posts because of believing this to be the case of ...
By: Liberal Values
Civil Liberties
2007-12-31 09:01:00 Civil Liberties Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither It’s not clear who said this SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Civil Liberties", url: "http://leftwingconspiracy.com/-2007/12/31/civil-liberties/" });
Ron Paul Considering Third Party Bid
2007-12-28 02:54:00 I’ve noted that in multiple interviews Ron Paul has denied plans to run as a third party candidate, but has also always left the door open a crack (much as Al Gore did much of the year). Paul has widened that opening quite a bit today with The Swamp reporting that Paul is now admitting ...
By: Liberal Values
The Festivus Airing of Grievances
2007-12-24 00:13:00 Today is Festivus, the nondenominational holiday made famous on Seinfeld. The Festivus celebration includes The Airing of Grievances in which each participant at the Festivus Dinner tells each other all the instances where they disappointed him or her that year. In past years I have done an blog version in which I aired my ...
By: Liberal Values
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