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Originally posted by MalBadInLatin:
I'm going to sound horribly cynical but...My question is will they tame the leaches and sharks in Washington, or be sucked and chomped by them.

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Originally posted by rue:
So, uh, out of curiosity ... all you troglodytes who just HATE when actors and singers get involved in politics - like Martin Sheen and Barbara Streisand - willing to eat your words with Fred Thompson in the race ? Just, you know, wondering if you realize you're all idiots.

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And also, that I'm going to beat you all over the head with your own idiocy.

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Originally posted by HKCavalier:
But when the Office of President of the United States of America becomes nothing more than the front man, the schill, the Carnival Barker for whatever the money men want--well, it's called fascism, folks.

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Originally posted by rue:
BDN

Still waiting.

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Originally posted by rue:
"Don't like his new environmental policy?"

I don't know. They all get changed so often. Tell me what it is at the moment.

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Originally posted by SergeantX:
You might be right, it may take a sinister SOB to make it all the way to the white house (though we're all screwed if that's the case). But I don't think it's true that politicians have to be assholes to govern effectively.

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Originally posted by antimason:
it depends on how powerful the message is.. its never to late to have a 2nd revolution

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
How bout campaigning HERE, dammit, how bout working for US, the US of A, now there's a novel idea isn't it ?

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In 1982, Thompson lobbied the U.S. Congress for deregulation of the Savings and Loan (S&L) industry. His recommendations were incorporated in the Garn - St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982, which allowed thrifts to invest in potentially more profitable, but riskier, ventures; eliminated interest-rate ceilings on new accounts; and granted additional government support to ailing S&Ls. This Act was a contributing factor to the Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s.

In March 2003, Thompson was featured in a commercial by the pro-war group Citizens United that advocated the invasion of Iraq, stating: "When people ask what has Saddam done to us, I ask, what had the 9/11 hijackers done to us -- before 9/11."

In 2006 he served on the advisory board of the legal defense fund for I. Lewis ("Scooter") Libby, Jr, who was indicted and later convicted of lying to federal investigators during their investigation of the Plame affair.

On May 2, 2007, Thompson wrote an article critical of Cuba's government-run health care, and of filmmaker Michael Moore's visit to Cuba. Moore responded on May 15, 2007 with a challenge for a health care debate. Moore also cited the fact that Thompson was mentioned in an article to own several boxes of Cuban cigars, calling Thompson a hypocrite.

In 1959, at the age of 17, Thompson married Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey. They had three children, two of whom are alive, and they now have five grandchildren. They divorced in 1984.

On June 29, 2002, Thompson, then aged 59 married Jeri Kehn, then 35.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_thompson

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SCARBOROUGH: Have you seen Fred Thompson’s wife?
CRAWFORD: Oh, yeah.
SCARBOROUGH: You think she thinks she works the pole?
CRAWFORD: That’s what a Hollywood career will do for you, I guess.
SCARBOROUGH: What do you mean?
CRAWFORD: You get wives like that.
SCARBOROUGH: I mean, look at that guy. God bless him, I love his voice. But I mean, you know. He ain’t Robert Redford in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.”
CRAWFORD: Well I would like to see him back into politics because I think he’s a lousy actor.

www.palmettoscoop.com/2007/06/04/scarborough-has-an-imus-moment/

On July 20, 2001, one of Scarborough's aides died after hitting her head on a desk when she fainted while alone in Scarborough's Fort Walton Beach, Florida, office. According to Scarborough, soon after her death allegations "spread all over the Internet" that he had been involved, although there was no evidence of foul play. In 2003, he joked about the incident with Don Imus on Imus' radio program and, in 2004, it was the subject of a public spat between Scarborough and filmmaker Michael Moore. Michael Moore accused Scarborough of wrongdoing, even though he was in his Washington, DC, office at the time of his aide's death.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Scarborough


A Death in the Congressman's Office -
Does Anybody in the Press Care About Lori Klausutis?

A young female employee of one of Florida's Congressmen had died unexpectedly in the Congressman's office. There were no witnesses to her death and the cause of death was not apparent. Klausutis' boss, Joe Scarborough had recently resigned from Congress prematurely and unexpectedly, amid rumors about his marital fidelity and soon after a divorce. He had also abruptly resigned as publisher of the Independent Florida Sun, claiming that resigning from Congress and as publisher was necessary to spend more time with his sons. The results of the mandated autopsy, however, were deemed "inconclusive" by Dr. Michael Berkland.
www.oldamericancentury.org/lori_klausutis.htm

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"Kehn Yehiyu L’Ratson – May this be G-d’s will."
-Temple Beth el, Jewish Yom Kippur Sermon celebrating the slaughter of 1,000s of innocent civilians
www.tbeboca.com/Sresult.asp?id=53

freg nischt kehn fragges
Yiddish phrase that means "don't ask any questions".
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=freg+nischt+kehn+fragges

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