seejake's Comments (147)

“Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.”

“Taibbi's a profiteer? Projecting a bit there buddy. I'd take his word over any capitalist swine any day. Wall Streeters should be eviscerated in the public square.”

“One more notch down on my trust meter. Wire-tapping. States secrets. Not prosecuting torturers.

Obama is dangerously close to becoming my enemy. I'll be keeping a log of this and see how it influences my vote in 2012.”

“Maybe I'm missing something, but I thought Jon Stewart made the case that CNBC has zero credibility.”

“So it's only the "liberal wing" of the Democratic Party that wants Lieberman punished? WTF? What the hell is your collective problem, Pitney/Stein?

Letting Lieberman off the hook is just another shining example of Democratic weakness, and capitulation. They think it's strength, but see how well that plays out in 2012.”

“To all the Dems, and all of Dr. Dean's critics who questioned his 50-State Strategy, and doubted his ability to re-shape the DNC, let me just say "in your faces!" Nice job, Dr. Dean!!! Nice job, indeed!”

“Grover is so small now, it should be easy to drown him in a bath tub.”

“With these dirty tricks reaching a new level of disgust, we can only hope that part of Obama's message in the Wednesday night broadcast will go directly after these scurrilous tactics.”

“Political Wire is the most spot on in my opinion.

If there was one word that kept coming up for me all night, it was OLD. Old in McCain's mannerism, his movement, his attitude, and certainly his ideology. Why bring up so much history?

His two references to his hero Ronald Reagan were undermined by his professing of his anti-Reagan stance on Lebanon. By tomorrow, his already self-contradicted comparison to his [other] hero Teddy Roosevelt will be torn apart by a simple Google search which will display examples of his support for a big fat pork barrel project of the aircraft carrier that he helped force on the taxpayers.

As for the winner of the debate, anyone who thinks it was a draw needs to put down their cup of Kool-Aid. I'm happy to admit that Obama flubbed a few responses, and that he let me down more than once when not directly answering some of the questions. But McCain had every opportunity in the world to present his vision for America's future, and while he said he had one, he never presented it, nor came remotely close to providing an example of why he should be the leader of the greatest country on Earth, apart from just suggesting that we should take him at his word, a word most people cannot trust anymore.

When you see the forest, Obama is all evergreen, while McCain is a lone Bristlecone Pine, stubbornly resisting the weathering of time.”

“I noticed something along the lines of Brokaw's favoritism in the debate, but thanks for highlighting specific moments. I put up a warning flag about Brokaw earlier today, and this speaks to exactly that.”

“Sean Hannity: A noun, a verb, and "Oh my gawd, Obama is a terrorist!"

He's a racist of the most obvious kind. "I'm not anti-Semitic, some of my best friends are Jews."”

“Letterman IS Letterman. Damn straight! Stupid suits better not EVER forget that!”

“Judging by the sudden massive uptick in pro-McCain comments here at HuffPo and other Progressive outlets, I can only assume that the McSame campaign has expanded the duty roster of their hired Dutch and Russian writers to lurk and spam the comments the same way they write fake Letters to the Editors of newspapers.

Advice to the "locals" - see this for what it is. When you read a pro-McCain or Obama-hating comment, call it out as a phony "out-sourced" (as in, some foreign national practicing English by getting paid by the word) McCain supporter-for-hire. He's been doing it for a while, and here's proof:

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/24/mccain_letters/

McCain has already proven to be willing to go so low; don't underestimate just how low he will ultimately go to win.”

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Another, however, lamented the fact that McCain could very well claim the ethical high-ground. "In general," said an aide. "I'd say we should have thought of it, but we did, then McCain [screwed] us."
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I find it incredibly hilarious that anyone could think McKeating Five could ever claim the ethical high-ground on anything.”

“I've been saying all along that the only reason this looks like a close race in the polls is because the polls need to make it look close, otherwise who cares about Gallup, or Zogby, or what have you? As for polls like RCP or Nate Silver (who actually does a better job than most), they are just aggregating poll data and averaging them. WSJ and other media channels have their own agendas.”

“he's been consistent on everything except his flip-flop on FISA. that's just completely inexcusable!”

“you truly are! heh heh :)”

“I'm with Kos on this one. I was close to maxing out, but have since decided to hold back on any more contributions until Obama returns to the principles that made me support him to begin with. If he wants to throw us progressiv­es/liberal­s under the bus after we got him where he is, then he'll need to win w/o my money. I'll vote for him, certainly, but I'll be spending my money helping guys like Rick Noriega, Charlie Brown, Joe Garcia, and those candidates who are proud to be called liberal.”

“I think Keith and Glenn are both right in different ways. Per KO's comment, I'll follow John Dean on this one, and wholeheartedly agree that he is worth 25 GGs and 26 KOs. I am as fuming mad at BO for this triangulation, to the point of considering not donating or volunteering as I have in the past, but if there is any truth to the notion that the "soft on terror" attacks are trumped by this move, and that the possibility for criminal prosecution is still on the table, then BO's change in position makes sense. I don't know enough about Constitutional law to have a solid understanding of this, and I believe GG comes up short on this as well. But John Dean certainly knows more about Constitutional law than just about anyone alive, so I'd defer to his judgment on this.”

“what a sad day for this nation. that said, I'm going to go out and get some guns to protect myself against the right-wingnuts that already have them.”

“I don't quite understand how trampling the Constitution is a matter that only the netroots are upset about. It's abhorrent that most Americans don't seem bothered by this. Abhorrent, but understandable when you stop to consider the degree of ignorance and apathy in this country, as well as mass media complacency on matters of grave importance affecting this country. Most who know me think that I am an "Obamabot" - and I have traveled to red states to campaign for him. But I care a lot more about the Constitution than I do any single man, and if Obama is complicit in the success of the FISA "compromise", that will be a travesty that I cannot forgive. Two major points to consider: 1) Obama gave his word that he would do everything he could to oppose telco amnesty. If he breaks his word on such an important issue, then how can he be trusted? 2) If he allows for the trampling of the Constitution, then he has shown contempt for the very laws that serve as the bedrock of our nation. He would no more deserve to be president than Bush.”

“Tiny Tom could have at least attempted a German accent, as could have his cast-mates.”

“They swore an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. By violating that oath, they have become enemies of the Republic. But will anything be done about it?”

“Cool, but not as cool as the work by Alexandre Orion, who uses rags and his hands instead of pressure washers and stencils: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwsBBIIXT0E”

“Rick Noriega released his records too!”