Republican Proverb: Teach a man to light a fire and he will be warm forever.
But throw him into the fire and he will never again complain about anything.

At a town hall meeting in Richardson, Texas, Thursday afternoon, Sen. John
McCain, R-Ariz., made a gaffe that will surely provide myriad conservative
radio talk show hosts confirmation of their views, by accidentally calling
himself a liberal.

"I will conduct a respectful debate," McCain told the crowd at Texas
Instruments, per ABC News' Bret Hovell. "Now, it will be spirited because
there are stark differences. I am a proud conservative, liberal Republica---
conservative Republican," he said, catching himself. "Hello?" he said as the
crowd laughed. "Easy there."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/02/mccains-liberal.html

Mcbush fun facts:

McCain Stands By Pastor Who Calls Catholic Church "The Great Whore"
ABC reports:
Calling Pastor John Hagee a "bigot," the conservative Catholic League is
calling for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., to denounce/renounce/reject his
endorsement Wednesday.

With a Youtube link to prove his point, Catholic League president Bill
Donohue said Hagee "has waged an unrelenting war against the Catholic
Church. For example, he likes calling it 'The Great Whore,' an 'apostate
church,' the 'anti-Christ,' and a 'false cult system.' ..."Senator Obama has
repudiated the endorsement of Louis Farrakhan, another bigot. McCain should
follow suit and retract his embrace of Hagee." ...

McCain spox Jill Hazelbaker says, "Hagee endorsed John McCain. While we
welcome his support, it shouldn't be seen as a wholesale endorsement of all
of Mr. Hagee's views."

Donohue's full statement is here,
http://www.catholicleague.org/release.php?id=1394 and Salon.com's Glenn
Greenwald has a fascinating interview with him here,
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/02/28/donohue/index.html.

After Repeatedly Smearing Obama, Hannity Pretends He And FOX News Have Not
Engaged In Personal Attacks
Sean Hannity must be very, very worried about the candidacy of Barack Obama.
After nearly a week of smearing Obama, participating in discussions where
other people smeared Obama, Hannity wondered on the air if personal attacks
on him are really effective. Of course, he blamed the Clintons and other
media for doing the attacking. With video.

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Vets Break Silence on War Crimes
by Aaron Glantz
SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are
planning to descend on Washington from Mar. 13-16 to testify about war
crimes they committed or personally witnessed in those countries."The war in
Iraq is not covered to its potential because of how dangerous it is for
reporters to cover it," said Liam Madden, a former Marine and member of the
group Iraq Veterans Against the War. "That's left a lot of misconceptions in
the minds of the American public about what the true nature of military
occupation looks like."

Iraq Veterans Against the War argues that well-publicised incidents of U.S.
brutality like the Abu Ghraib prison scandal and the massacre of an entire
family of Iraqis in the town of Haditha are not the isolated incidents
perpetrated by "a few bad apples", as many politicians and military leaders
have claimed. They are part of a pattern, the group says, of "an
increasingly bloody occupation".

As soon as GWB grasps $4gl gas, he'll cheer lead oil's first time $103
a barrel!! YIPPEE! Things r looking up!!

Stocks hammered by economic worry, AIG, Dell
http://www.usatoday.com/money/markets/2008-02-29-stocks-fri_N.htm
Oil briefly tops $103 a barrel for first time
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2008-02-29-oil-prices-friday_N.h...

Now Pelosi wants to start another investigation into more Bush staffers.
Jesus H. Christ the gasoline prices are going throught the roof and all
these democrats want to do is conduct bogus investigations and raise taxes.

Chief Justice Roberts Defends ExxonMobil
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on how much money
ExxonMobil should be forced to pay as damages for its Exxon Valdez oil spill
19 years ago. The Washington Post's Dana Milbank notes that Chief Justice
John Roberts appeared "bothered" that Exxon might have to pay for its
destruction:

What bothered the chief justice was that Exxon was being ordered to pay $2.5
billion -- roughly three weeks' worth of profits -- for destroying a long
swath of the Alaska coastline in the largest oil spill in American history.

"So what can a corporation do to protect itself against punitive-damages
awards such as this?" Roberts asked in court.

The lawyer arguing for the Alaska fishermen affected by the spill, Jeffrey
Fisher, had an idea. "Well," he said, "it can hire fit and competent
people."

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Read about the back story of the suit at the New York Times, which writes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/washington/28scotus.html?ex=1361941200&en=0c50d5acb83ed4c6&ei...

Exxon's appeal of the biggest punitive damage award ever upheld in federal
court led to a lively Supreme Court argument in which everything was open to
dispute, from the significance of a 200-year...

Letterman Lists What Larry Craig Is Looking For In An Intern
Earlier this week, it was announced that Idaho Senator Larry Craig is
looking for summer interns. Last night on the "Late Show," David Letterman
created a video spoof of the "official application announcement." Watch:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/29/letterman-lists-what-larr_n_89136.html

Prince Harry Wore American Flag Cap In Afghanistan
Prince Harry wears a cap with the American flag while serving with the
British military in the desert of Afghanistan. The photo was taken by John
Stillwell for AFP on February 18. Prince Harry was withdrawn from
Afghanistan on February 28 after the embargo on his deployment was broken.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/29/prince-harry-wore-america_n_89212.html

Thank the moronic Drudge Report for doing what the other countries did not,
exposing Prince Harry to the world wide press. Hmm, we are so ethical aren't
we?

Bush said it was good to have Harry out of Afghanistan. Oh ya sure
Bush..what do you know about anything, fuggin' Deserter? Meantime our kids
are going over to Iraq and Afghanistan over and over and over..in large
numbers. My gawd.

The gd mental disease is republicanism.