The (Pete) Stark Truth: "Ill-advised" Words EMBOLDEN Criticism of Bush, New American 12-step Program

[johnfunk]

Rep. Stark dared say it: he dared suggest that "Popular War Preznit" Bush is in what Gen. Smedley Butler characterized as The War Racket for his own (and Cheney's) amusement.

Stark was not talking about a statesman -- he was talking about a spoiled, shallow, ever-adolescent legacy frat boy who is prejudiced against anything and anyone that is not a component of his American elite -- the energy cartel, Wall Street banks, business and media interests tied to his old-money Skull'n'Boner Eli pals. Sick middle-class children? Fuck'em! Go die already! Millions of displaced Iraqis or those unlucky enough to "get their heads blown off"? Well, excuse me, but look at the way he handles critical questions from the press about the worst foreign relations disaster in American history -- they're harshing his war buzz!

And some DUers are shocked -- shocked! -- that an elected official dares imply that our "pop'lur wartime Preznit" gets off on all the 'splozhins!

It's about time someone dared say it in the well of the House.

Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark dared to frame an crucial facet of the most important issue of our day:

Our Child King is an out-of-control, megalomaniacal sociopath who must be stopped. The most powerful country in the free world is being run by Kennedrunkport's answer to Eric Cartman.

And there is a twelve-step program to undo the damage of George W. Bush:

1. Democrats must admit they have no control over George W. Bush through conventional legislative or judicial mechanisms.
2. Democrats must turn to the Constitution to take control of their problem
3. Articles of Impeachment against Bush and Cheney must be drafted
4. Articles of Impeachment shall be sent to the House of Representatives by the House Judiciary Committee
5. The House shall, by majority vote, impeach George w. Bush and Richard Cheney on one or more Articles
6. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and DSCC Chairman Chuck Schumer will make it clear that Senate Republicans who consider blowjobs "guilty"-worthy but lies that have hemorrhaged our treasury, destroyed our power and stature among nations, killed OVER 4000 US citizens (not to mention the exposure of the CIA's most important program to STOP nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, which has resulting in the TORTURE and DEATH of US assets abroad) are "acquittal"-worthy will be targeted for removal at the ballot-box -- and removed by We the People
7. The Senate shall convict and remove Bush and Cheney
8. President Pelosi will appoint special counsel to investigate the crimes of Bush and Cheney, including breaches of international treaties and war crimes
9. Bush and Cheney shall be indicted for their crimes
10. Bush and Cheney shall be tried and convicted of their crimes
11. Bush and Cheney shall be incarcerated for their crimes, until...
12. Bush and Cheney are extradited to the Hague to stand trial for war crimes, thereby proving America stands by the rule of law

ON EDIT: Spelling.

[Fovea]

1. Hi, I'm America

and I have a fascism problem.

[johnfunk]

3. Hi, America!

[dickbearton]

51. Exactly, America has a fascist problem...

The entire GOP is a party of fascist and fascist enablers, add
on some Democratic stooges; and you get an idea of the nature
and scope of America's problem.

[johnfunk]

6. Hold it.... I thought Stephen Colbert Is America...

... And So Can You!

[tom_paine]

34. I AM SPARTACUS!

[johnfunk]

37. What a coincidence - so am I!

[ThoughtCriminal]

41. He is Spartacus!

Can I go now?

[FloridaJudy]

10. Keep coming back

It'll only work if we work it.

[Jim Sagle]

40. Post of the year!

:thumbsup:

[varkam]

57. LOL!

Thank you for the laughter!

[monktonman]

2. Now thats a 12 step program I can get behind.

Do we have to go to meetings though?
The coffee sucks and the doughnuts are stale

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. The meetings are mandatory,or should be, to those in denial

many of us have been prescribing this medicine for literally months, some of us for years

I remember mentioning impeachment as early as 2003 to Abercrombie, at the time my rep

[johnfunk]

28. A twelve step group plus Republican Rehab for the "Red Party"

I'm sure Randi Rhodes would be the perfect rehab counselor.

[billyoc]

43. Go to some meetings on the upper east side.

Those bitches have everything. :rofl:

[malaise]

4. Great post

K & R

[Vincardog]

5. Any Democratic candidate who does not agree does not get any of my money or time. .

[bluerum]

45. What Vincardog said, times 2.

[kenfrequed]

47. I completely agree

Cowardice like this is idiotic. Emmanuel Rahm can shut up already.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. the snake on CNN said it was a huge mistake for Stark

of course, he and his hideous wife don't count for anything these days. Pisses him off something fierce, too.

[johnfunk]

8. Carville = DLC = Moderate Republican

Ol' Snakehead Jimmy... like Gingrich, he's so 1990s!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

9. gangrinich is on Cspan as we sit.

quote make believe religious statistics to the Family council morons.

[johnfunk]

12. Family Regressive... er, Research Council

... which is another term for Christofascists.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

16. I just love the image of all those dutifool wittle GOPers

getting on their knees, trying to outprey each other.

[johnfunk]

29. Yuppers! The secret mantra of the FRC: "Let us prey..."

"... on the ignorant, the fearful, the vulnerable."

[smokey nj]

11. Grant me the serenity to fight the party I cannot change, the courage to change the party

I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

[eridani]

33. And the wisdom--

--to hide the bodies of the people I had to kill because they PISSED ME OFF!

[hiphopnation]

13. PAGING ZANDOR

PAGING ZANDOR -- please come and defend this blatant attack on the DLC.

also expected to show up:

sneaky sailor
...ofJ. Temperence


:bounce:

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Ah, half of them are on ignore

I will just see that black blot

:-)

[Swamp Rat]

14. Love this post!

:applause:

[Karenina]

25. Me too!

:applause:

[Swamp Rat]

27. Liebling!!

:hi: :hug:

NeoGore is "The One!" :D

[simmonsj811]

15. john funk

THANK YOU FOR YOUR POST.AND THIS SHOULD HAPPEN TODAY LIKE RIGHT NOW! AND YES I'M SHOUTING DAMN IT :kick: :thumb sup:

[johnfunk]

18. YOU'RE WELCOME!

And please, SHOUT ALL YOU WANT!!!

[MasonJar]

17. Sounds just about right to me.

[shanti]

19. bill maher

is going to have fun with this tonite!

[robinlynne]

22. error: you have already recommended this post.

[nashville_brook]

24. i got that too -- !! -- reflexive multirec is contagious

[nashville_brook]

23. right ON, johnfunk!

[Ignis]

26. Them's fighting words. KEEP IT UP! (nt)

[Lars39]

30. I've been gone a few days...let me get this straight:

we've got sociopaths in the White House who have set up a network of prisons thru out the world so that they can torture people, and we've got people here lecturing peace-loving DUers because someone pointed out that these sociopaths enjoy this war? :wtf:

[johnfunk]

31. Yes, that's pretty much the flap in a nutshell.

And, naturally, Nancy "Ramen Noodle Spine" Pelosi is rebuking Stark -- as opposed to, say, doing something about Chimpy McWarhardon.

I'm with Stark.

[Lars39]

32. She's getting way too predictable. :^(

[tom_paine]

35. Oh yeah, that's what we've got.

Bad Pete Stark! Bad! Bad! :sarcasm:

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Whole world's gone fucking nuts, hasn't it?

[peekaloo]

36. Woo Hoo!

Thank you.

Ever notice that shit eating grin Bu$h has when he's photographed with a soldier missing limb(s? The bastard is so proud of his "trophies".

:patriot: to Pete Stark and johnfunk.

[loudsue]

38. "Kennedrunkport's answer to Eric Cartman" Best quote of the year!

I'm doing the 12-step with a Larry Craig wide stance! :hi:

Let's go get'em!!

:kick:

[johnfunk]

53. Thank you!

I'd already taken to calling the former Texas governor's so-called foreign policy the "Cartman Doctrine."

But the same goes for his domestic policy, especially after the S-CHIP debacle.

[whistle]

39. This is America where we apparently eat our children and liberals and

...progressives must Go-Along-To-Get-Along. BULLSHIT! Rep. Fortney "Pete" Stark speaks for real Americans not the oligarchy and their servants and slaves

[Canuckistanian]

42. Dayum! You's good with words!

I'm as hopped up as a kid on Christmas Eve.

Go get 'em!

[barbtries]

44. i'm all for it

every fucking step of the way. when will congress wake up to the reality that going along to get along is the exact opposite of what they should be doing? hooray for Stark and for this great post

[johnfunk]

54. How to wake up Congress? Fax 'em, write 'em, call 'em

Here's what I usually do:

• Type out my main point(s) briefly and succinctly. Example:
  • Speaker Pelosi made our party look weak and divided when she spoke out against Rep. Stark's comments
  • Criticism of Bush's behavior emboldens further criticism of Bush and strengthens the party's image and unity
  • I will not give one red cent to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee until they stand up for elected officials who criticize the President's repeated, open, contemptous behavior
• Call my Congressman's chief of staff (you should be able to find the information on your Congresscritter's Web site) and make the above points
• Repeat above with both Senate offices
• Turn bullet points into a letter; fax and mail it to your elected officials

Believe it or not, I've got all the numbers on my dialer, and I have letter templates in OpenOffice; the whol process takes me less than 15 minutes, and it DOES have an effect.

[kenfrequed]

46. Hmm

Any Democrat that demands he apologize should be rewarded with a primary challenge for their cowardice.

[ooglymoogly]

48. When badgered by the pugs to apologize he should

follow his heroic comment up with "I was being kind"

[Usrename]

49. Rep. Stark should be the Speaker!

He is MY Speaker!

[roxnev]

50. from the H.P.

AP
Pelosi Rebukes Stark For Iraq Comments. Nance really does love Bush. It is time to get a Democrat as speaker of the house

[libodem]

52. hello. I'm libodem

and I'm a DUlcoholic. Send 'em both to the Hague. Christopher Dodd's book could not have come in a more timely era. We have war criminals to punish. They deserve what Saddam got. One day at a time.

[johnfunk]

55. UPDATE: John Boner... er, Boehner Will Introduce Resolution to Condemn Rep. Pete Stark, Free Speech

Cfiff Schecter has the video – and this:

Give him a ring, and be polite when telling him he is wasting our time and there are plenty of other issues out there he can spend his time crying about:

Washington, D.C. Office
1011 Longworth H.O.B.
Washington, DC 20515
[phone]
[phone] fax

Butler County Office
7969 Cincinnati-Dayton Road
Suite B
West Chester, OH 45069
[phone]
[phone] fax

Miami County Office
12 South Plum Street
Troy, OH 45373
[phone]
[phone] fax

Toll-free number
Residents of the 8th District of Ohio - [phone]

NOTE: Boehner is saying Stark apologized. tell his staffers "That's not what I heard Stark say! You're in no position to spin his words."

[Quantess]

56. I missed this thread until now.

Thanks for the inspiring words!

[Blue_Tires]

58. ttt