Tuesday: Clinton was as much a peacemaker as he was a warmaker.

Now the shame is i think is Bobby Kennedy would have been a great president

Tuesday: Really, JFK? why?HE sent the Advisers and military into Vietnam..The bay of pigs could have been adverted, or won, but he choose otherwise. which led up to the missile crisis. but hey he was soooo good looking

But having said that, Clinton in my opinion was a very good president, his mistake I didn't like was NAFTA

Tuesday: and Bill Clinton was?or Joe Biden or JFK for that matter or w bush? Some one I know during Clinton's sex offender trials derided Paula Jones as trailer trash. I laughed and said and what is Bill? and check out his mother

Tuesday: She was, as have other right wingers in the ultimate aim of being a perfect 'Conservative'... it seems being a 'witch finder general' pays well!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc9BGSsU_ZU

Hosni Mubarak reminds me of me when I am told to do the dishes.The stronger the demand, the less likely I am to do it.

rod03801: I guess" idiocy" is a perspective thing, but I don't see the left mocking education, like some on the right do.

The Col: Again, that's fine. If the idiocy that comes from "the other side" is just as equally confronted.

OR if not confronted, then they shouldn't whine it works the other way too.

rod03801: Anti-intellectualism is a very dangerous path, and the Palin's of this world are the flag beares of it's renaissance upon the right wing stage.I frankly think it should be confronted whenever it appears, and it is in all it's heavenly glory when Palin opens her mouth

Tuesday: ??? Seems to me it IS plenty of people who do it?

Tuesday: Well I of course meant the people who would giggle about similar comments made about her, yet get a bit uppity about her making such comments.

rod03801: Truth depends on your perspective these days.Rarely does anyone break rank and disagree with someone on their side of the aisle.It has become far too predictable

The Col: I don't disagree. Most politicians do get it and give it. Some like to make it sound like it's one sided though.

rod03801: you betcha!
though I wonder what you consider " vicious "
she puts herself out there in the public forum, she gives just as much as she gets, and then some

Tuesday: Ahh. Yeah, gotcha. Of course.

Tuesday: Yet people can make just as vicious comments about her, and it's ok?

Five years on and the scandal of News International (specifically the News of the World) phone tapping has still yet to reach it's conclusion. New information over who and how much was tapped is still under police investigation.

Lord Prescott has revealed that the police have "significant new evidence" and will be contacting a number of potential new victims.

The cost of out of court settlements has already cost the News group about £2 million pounds, and with others taking legal action will cost Rupert Murdoch's company much more.

What are the qualifications that would make a good president for the USA? What credentials? soundbites? How pretty he/she is? Does the camera like them?maybe dancing with the stars? or American Idol?

Tuesday: nah, probably not. a good honorable man, wrote good books, but probably couldn't lower himself to roll in the slop with the other pols

This comes as no surprise. The CIA has had nearly absolute power for 50 years. Can the CIA ever change?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110209/ap_on_go_ot/us_cia_accountability

The Col:

I am sure religious extremists in Egypt are also worried about Sarah Palin!

The Col: I would have thought going by some of the shared ideals Sarah Palin and other right wing Christians.. they would have got on well with their extreme Muslim brothers.

(V): I know

it just goes to show....somebody thinks he is OK..

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/christine-assange-demands-apology-from-prime-minister/story-e6frfku9-1226000709853

Mousetrap: Ouch!! Sneaky

(V): I,ll place you my 6 and 5 giving me 3 3s and 2 5s

..........."Revolutions!? Again, what is your point?"

.................""People need to live happily" Agreed, but it is not the responsibility of government or the rich to ensure this, but the individual."

* Most populous Arab nation, with 84.5 million inhabitants
* Authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak has ruled for 30 years
* Protests against corruption, lack of democracy, inflation, unemployment
* Unrest triggered by overthrow of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia

Domino's anyone??

GT: the reason is....they only talk...they actually do very little else!

Its a shame, politicians, like others get judged by what they say ,rather than what they do. I was raised to believe that actions speak louder than words.Who cares if they speak with marbles in their mouths as long as they do the right stuff!

ie.. if politicians were perfect.. they'd not be human and therefore aliens.. or androids, cyborgs, etc.

Artful Dodger:

I picked on Palin's gaffes simply because they are the most talked about. However, I think all politicians say things that they later wish they could take back.

Here is a funny one from Barrack Obama during the electoral campaign in 2008:

"Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go."

I suppose if Americans divide California and Texas into smaller states then the US might make it to 58 States!


Here is a funny one from Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay:

"... he suggested British Columbia and California shared a border in front of the state's former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger during a stop in Winnipeg, MacKay sought to reassure Canadians that his grasp of geography actually isn't that bad."

That's almost as bad as saying that Alska and California share a border!


Here is one from French President Nicolas Sarkozy:

"I can accept distortions of competition from China or India, but not from Germany. I'm not saying that simply because I'm in Germany. "

The problem is that he was in France at the time, in the border region of Alsace. No wonder all the farmers in the crowd booed him!

One from George W. Bush:
"Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease"

Sarah Palin:
"You can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska"

George W. Bush
"Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease"

Sarah Palin
"You can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska"

John McCain
"We have a lot of work to do and I'm afraid that it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border." (Did Iran just disappear off the map?)

Rep. Hank Jonhson (Dem.) speaking about the island of Guam:
"My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize." (I guess Guam must be made of styrofoam!)

Dan Quayle during a speech as vice-president:
"I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix."

Dick Cheney, in a TV interview speaking of Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela:
"The people of Peru, I think, deserve better."

Here is a classic:
Tim Kayne (Dem.), former Governor of Virginia:
"Well, first, Joe [Biden] comes from a state, Delaware, that borders Virginia."
The problem is, Delaware and Virginia share no borders. One supposes the governor of the state would know that.

We could go on and on. That is the problem with unscripted public appearances. Anything can happen, and once it happens, there is no way to take it back.

"But obviously, we've got to stand with our North Korean allies." -- Sarah Palin, after being asked how she would handle the current hostilities between the two Koreas, interview on Glenn Beck's radio show, Nov. 24, 2010

North, south, what's the dif?!

"They are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our neighboring country of Afghanistan." -- Sarah Palin, speaking at a fundraiser in San Francisco, Oct. 5, 2008

And to think we never knew that Afghanistan is sandwitched somewhere between Mexico and New Mexico!

The day after Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, FOX News reported that the McCain campaign had been greatly concerned with Sarah Palin's lack of "knowledgeability [sic] necessary to be a running mate, a vice president, a heartbeat away from the presidency," and specifically that she "didn't understand that Africa was a continent, rather than a series, a country just in itself."

Africa is a country. Is Asia a country too?

Once in a while everyone puts their foot in it!

I am sure we could come up with similar ones from just about every prominent politican out there.