Do you ever wonder what happened to Teddy Roosevelt’s one-legged rooster?
Apparently cockfighting is safe for the time being. Notice this highlight of the Defense Appropriations Bill passed by the House:
Cockfighting
Does not include any language nor was any language ever being considered related to cockfighting or animal fighting
All together now: “Huh?”
You all remember U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio, right? She is the one who got up on the floor of Congress awhile back and, in effect, called Marine and war veteran Rep. Jack Murtha, D-Penn., a coward because of his wanting U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq.
Well, I’ve been doing a little research on Rep. Schmidt.
Can you find Jean Schmidt in the picture? Hint: She is the one dressed as a cow.
It seems Jean is just a good old Republican gal who likes to go to county fairs when she isn’t out picketing abortion clinics. But the most interesting thing I found out about Jean?
Her previous career as an actress. She likes to play down her H-wood days. We can grasp why, what with all the simpering liberal do-gooders out there in Lalaland. But those of us who now know who she really is and have long been her biggest, No. 1, fans of Jean the actress can’t wait for her to get the political bug out of her system so she can once again thrill us on the silver screen.
“And your little dog too!”
What a gal that Jean!
From the transcript of today’s presidential news conference. Well, I guess GW kind of answered the question posed by John Roberts of CBS News, but if it is an answer it’s not much of an answer.
Q Thank you, Mr. President. So many questions, so little time.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, keep your question short, then. (Laughter.)
Q I’ll do my best, sir. But, sir, you’ve shown a remarkable spirit of candor in the last couple of weeks in your conversation and speeches about Iraq. And I’m wondering if, in that spirit, I might ask you a question that you didn’t seem to have an answer for the last time you were asked, and that is, what would you say is the biggest mistake you’ve made during your presidency, and what have you learned from it?
THE PRESIDENT: Answering Dickerson’s question. No, I — the last time those questions were asked, I really felt like it was an attempt for me to say it was a mistake to go into Iraq. And it wasn’t a mistake to go into Iraq. It was the right decision to make.
I think that, John, there’s going to be a lot of analysis done on the decisions on the ground in Iraq. For example, I’m fully aware that some have said it was a mistake not to put enough troops there immediately — or more troops. I made my decision based upon the recommendations of Tommy Franks, and I still think it was the right decision to make. But history will judge.
I said the other day that a mistake was trying to train a civilian defense force and an Iraqi army at the same time, but not giving the civilian defense force enough training and tools necessary to be able to battle a group of thugs and killers. And so we adjusted.
And the point I’m trying to make to the American people in this, as you said, candid dialogue — I hope I’ve been candid all along; but in the candid dialogue — is to say, we’re constantly changing our tactics to meet the changing tactics of an enemy. And that’s important for our citizens to understand
Gee Dubya will speak to the nation in about 90 minutes. He reportedly will say: Iraq policies good. Opponents of policy bad. And I guess he will again defend his ordering that the Fourth Amendment be violated by ordering illegal searches of U.S. citizens. He will blame the media for delivering this bad news, saying it endangers our ability to fight terror. This is George’s M.O. Stay the course. Shoot the messenger. It’s really wearing thin.
Bush if fortunate that he has a Congress controlled by the G.O.P. That is because his ass would otherwise probably be looking at impeachment charges quicker than you could say the words: “Bill Clinton.” He may still end up being impeached. But even if he is guilty of violating the law I would bet the majority party in Congress wouldn’t have the backbone to prosecute him, much less vote to remove him. Bush will also have probably a lot of the public saying they understand his motives because of 9/11. I could be wrong. Look at Dick Nixon.
But Bush by his insistence on torture, on his ordering American citizens be spied upon, accomplishes the same as signing a unconditional surrender to Osama and the rest of the terrorist bastards. The Bush administration — let’s suppose they do really have our safety in mind — is missing the forest because of the trees. Of course, there are those who say the forest and trees will soon be gone the longer Bush is in office. I don’t know. I say we get the bad government we elect. And I didn’t elect this administration.
