GOTV - Reasons for change

[fedupinBushcountry]

This reminder of why we’re voting from the pen of Larry Gelbart - the brilliant writer of MASH, TOOTSIE, OH GOD, FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, SLY FOX and CITY OF ANGELS.


Iraq—Iraq—Iraq—Abu Ghraib—Guantanamo—Evil Doers—Evil Do Gooders—Terrormercials—Outsourcing Jobs—OutsourcingTorture—Quitting International Criminal Court—The Kyoto Protocol—The Geneva Conventions—Leaving Habeas Corpus for Dead—Civil War Abroad—Uncivil War at Home—Sound Bites—Unsound Policies—Unremorseful—Unregretful—Unrepentant—The Middle East Mess—The Middle Class Collapse—Predictably Unprepared—Perpetually Unequipped—Unmatched Ignorance—Unbridled Arrogance—Unwarranted Phone Taps—Unprecedented Powers—Compassionate Imperialism—Faith-Based Fascism—Total Dicktatorship—700 Club—700 Mile Border Fence—Over 700 Presidential Signing Statements—Unmatched Incompetence—Unparalleled Corruption—Ethic Cleansing—Governor Bob Taft—Governor John Rowland—Governor Bill Janklow—Oversight—Overlook—Stuff Happens—Stuffed Shirts—Tailored Suits—Tailored Stories—24/7 Spin Cycle—Executive Privilege—Privileged Executives—Wordsmiths—Warsmiths—Surrogate Samurais—Draft Dodging Doges—Potomac Pattons—A Coven of the Craven—Representative Tom Delay—Representative Roy Blunt—Representative Ken Calvert—Representative John Doolittle—Representative Jean Schmidt—Representative Jim Gibbons—Representative Tom Feeney—Representative Patrick McHenry—Representative Christopher Shays—Representative Katherine Harris—Representative Barbara Cubin—Representative Joe Barton—Representative Jerry Lewis—Representative Gary Miller—Representative Marilyn Musgrave—Representative Richard Pombo—Representative Rick Renzi—Representative John Sweeney—Representative Charles Taylor—Representative Curt Weldon—Representative J.D. Hayworth—Representative Don Sherwood—Representative John Patterson—Representative Rodney Alexander—Representative Roy LaHood—Representative Bob Beauprez—Representative Bob Ney—Representative Randy Cunningham—Representative Chris Cannon—Jeff Gannon—Representative Mark Foley—Representative Dennis Hastert—Representative Jim Kolbe—Representative John Shimkus—Representative Tom Reynolds—Over Paid—Over Reaching—Over Logging—Under Armored—Under Suspicion—Beneath Contempt—Senator Bill Frist—Senator George Allen—Senator Conrad Burns—Senator Joe Lieberman—Senator Rick Santorum—Senator Trent Lott—Senator James Inhofe—Senator Pat Roberts—Senator Sam Brownback—Rubber Stamps—Robber Barons—Senator Larry Craig—Craig Schelske—Ken Blackwell—Lester Crawford—Crawford, Texas—Brian Bilbray—Margaret Spellings—Media Consolidation—Homophobia on the Range—Fearmongering—Smearslinging—The RNC—The DNC (Do Nothing Congress)—DC (Dutifully Corporate)—Family Valuables—The Far Wrong—The Far Righteous—Reverend Jerry Falwell—Reverend Pat Robertson—Reverend James Dobson—Reverend Lou Sheldon—Ralph Reed—Gary Bauer—David Safavian—Vice Presidential Energy Task Force—Seventy Dollars a Barrel—Three Bucks a Gallon—Record Oil Company Profits—Anwar Pipeline—Anbar Province—Arthur Anderson—ABB—Adelphia Communications—Merck—Eli Lilly—Mirant—AOL Time Warner—Kmart—Bristol-Myers Squibb—CMS Energy—Duke Energy—Nicor Energy—Reliant Energy—Dynegy—Peregrine Systems—Homestore.com—Xerox—Qwest—Tyco—WorldCom—Global Crossing—Global Warming—Global Boiling—Lee Raymond—Exxon—Enron—Abramoff—Tribe Bribes—Mike Scanlon—Grover Norquist—War Profiteers—War Privateers—Halliburton—Bechtel—Blackwater—CACI—Titan—Carlyle Group—Custer Battles—Kellogg, Brown & Root—George Tenet—Unanswered Questions—Questionable Answers—Adam Kidan—Timothy Flanigan—Lawrence Lindsay—Jessica Lynch—Jim Ellis—John Colyandro—Donald Keyser—Peter Roskam—Katherine Gun—Garrett Lott—Armstrong Williams—Talking Points—Pointless Talking—Chuck McGee—James Tobin—Thomas Scully—Kenneth Tomlinson—Allen Raymond—Claude Allen—Katrina—Rita—Harriet (Miers)—FEMA—FISA—NSA—Cut and Run—Run on Cuts—Bring It On—Dead Or Alive—Terri Schiavo—Bill Frist, MD—John Bolton—Diebold—Florida, 2000—Ohio, 2004—North Korea 2006—Selective Diplomacy—Preemptive War—Iraq.—Iran?—Sleeper Cells—Stem Cell Research—Darfur—Dubai Ports World—Swift Boat Hit Men—Max Cleland—Douglas Feith—Mumming the Press—Dumbing the Proles—Roger Ailes—Sean Hannity—Bill O'Reilly—Fred Barnes—Morton Kondracke—Brit Hume—John Gibson—Ann Coulter—Laura Ingraham—Michelle Malkin—Glenn Beck—Neil Cavuto—Neal Boortz—Neil Bush (No Brother Left Behind)—Rush Limbaugh—David Frum—David Horowitz—Golden Parachutes—Shrunken Pensions—Sunken Bipartisanship—Bernie Kerik—Eminent Domain—J. Steven Griles—Numerous Convictions—Occasional Confessions—Social Security Privatization—Abrupt Resignations—Porter Goss—Dusty Foggo—Zero Accountability—Even Less Credibility—Michael Chertoff—Homeland Insecurity—Ahmad Chalabi—Baghdad Museum—Tora Bora—Taliban Resurgence—Iraqi Insurgents—General William Boykin—General Eric Shinseki—General Janet Karpinski—General Ricardo Sanchez—General Anthony Zinni—Mission Accomplished—Lawbreaking Lawmakers—Impeachable Sources—Suppressed Medicare Costs—The Donut Hole—Intelligent Design—Intelligence Failures—Ari Fleischer—Scott McClellan—Tony Snow—Tony Perkins—Tony Rudy—Tony Blankley—Tony Blair—Downing Street Memo—The Late Great Britain—Ken Mehlman—Dennis Prager—Wayne Simmons—Frank Gaffney—Expiration of Assault Weapons Ban—John Ashcroft—Alberto Gonzales—Alberto Fernandez—Danny Diaz—William Bennett—Stephen Hadley—Karen Hughes—Bunnatine Greenhouse—Richard Grasso—Brian Doyle—Thomas Noe—Ted Van Der Meid—Tan Nguyen—Michael Gerson—Michael Medved—Michael Reagan—Michael Maloof—Michael Savage—Aluminum Tubes—Rice—Yellowcake—Niger—Valerie Plame—Joseph Wilson—Scooter Libby—Robert Novak—Richard Armitage—Brent Bozell III—Paul Bremer III—Gulf II—Non-Regime-Changing Regime Changers—Neoconmen—Ex-Non-Vet Vulcans—Playing to an Enraptured Audience—Armageddon Uber Alles—Paul Wolfowitz—Richard Perle—David Wormser—Elliott Abrams—James Woolsey—Zalmay Khalizad—William Kristol—The Coalition of the Dwindling—Staining the Course—WMD (W's Mass Denials)—Mad Cowboy Disease—Mad Cowhands Disease—Kissinger Redux—Duck Cheney—Rumbo—Blossom (the Turd)—George (the Fourth):Son of a Higher Father; Uniter, Decider, —Flatulater; —Reader of at least three Shakespeares, Camus' "The Stranger" and "The —Pet —Goat;"—Prematurely discharged National Air Guardsman, missing in inaction, who —describes members of the political party that successfully prosecuted —two —world wars as quitters.—Billions Missing in Iraq—Trillions Missing in D.C.—Missing Limbs—Missed Lives—Iraq—Iraq—Iraq.

To think these are just some of the reasons, right off the bat I can add two more Alito, Roberts, keep it going and GOTV.

[derby378]

1. "Expiration of Assault Weapons Ban?!?" He's kidding, right?

Harping on this will cost Democrats key races in Colorado, Texas, Montana, New Mexico, etc. And these are states where Kerry couldn't seal the deal in 2004 with his rhetoric against semi-automatics.

[fedupinBushcountry]

2. geez

With a list like that, you make it one issue, come on.