UPDATE:
The McCain campaign now says that they meant to show their nominee standing in front of Walter Reed Middle School. Yeah. Right. TPM cogently explains why this explanation is total bullshit.
by Goldy — ,
UPDATE:
The McCain campaign now says that they meant to show their nominee standing in front of Walter Reed Middle School. Yeah. Right. TPM cogently explains why this explanation is total bullshit.
Don Joe spews:
The least damaging explanation for this is that they picked some random image that, on closeup, would remind people of the pathetic “Thats not change we can believe in” speech, and even that reveals an astounding level of incompetence.
These people want to run this country, and they can’t even run a convention without screwing up one of the most important moments.
Puddybud spews:
Well at least the commentator didn’t bring up the problems at WRAMC. Richard C. Blum and Dianne Feinstein would be mentioned. Remember, as a member of MILCON, Sen. Feinstein voted for appropriations worth billions to her husband’s firms; then claimed ignorance.
Puddybud spews:
But Goldy it doesn’t seem to affect him right now:
RCP National Average 46.6 44.0 Obama +2.6
YLB spews:
Hmmmm. Bummer, eh Stupes?
http://www.pollster.com/
Oh I know, it’s all a leftist MSM conspiracy. *cough* right wing bullshit *cough*
Puddybud spews:
No yelling loser boy. Gots anything new retread?
Puddybud spews:
You see yelling loser boy even your “pundits” are exclaiming: “I was astounded to learn that more television viewers watched John McCain’s acceptance speech than Barack Obama’s.”
Why is he astounded? Your libtard MSM made aspersions of McCain being a monster. Jimmy Cahhhhhhrter attacked McCain’s VN-POW experience. Naturally people are going to determine if they are right or wrong. Too bad most lefties can’t figger that out; the populace is supposed to take them at their word.
YLB spews:
5 – Just the truth: you are driven by your addiction to right wing bullshit.
And 2 is new? We’ve been snoring over that one for almost 2 years.
End the stupid Iraq occupation and you’ll end the contractor gravy train.
Obama/Biden 2008
Puddybud spews:
Looking up the Walter Reed issue once again it’s the Moonbat! bloggers leading the charge and Goldy picks up on it. Google this and read the leftist frenzy: Google “McCain Walter Reed Picture”
“If you listen to the speculation from bloggers, he didn’t.
Many of them today suggested that McCain’s campaign actually meant to stage the candidate in front of Washington’s Walter Reed Medical Center.”
This link cracked me up: “McCain’s Walter Reed Debacle Blowing Up”; Yes just like the Trig is Bristol’s child blew up in your face hehehehehe!
YLB spews:
I was astounded to learn that more television viewers watched John McCain’s acceptance speech than Barack Obama’s.
heh. Good. The Dems have the election in the bag. McSame is his own worst enemy on the podium.
“That’s not change we can believe in… heh, heh….”
YLB spews:
Yes just like the Trig is Bristol’s child blew up in your face
That rumor started in Alaska Stupes. A lot of people don’t like Sarracuda up there even when Sarah upped the taxes on oil to increase their handout.
Funny that some people can’t stand a crappy decision maker. A twelve hour flight and a 40 minute drive to deliver a special-needs child? Pretty dumb.
demo kid spews:
The best, of course, was when Lindsay Graham said:
“We are on the road to victory!”
while in front of a picture of a cemetery.
Not to mention that McCain was stupid enough to stand in front of a plain green / blue background for most of his speech.
I’m assuming that the showrunner was fired!
Puddybud spews:
Contractor Gravy Train yelling loser boy? Since you decidedly brought it up, well here are the facts on contractor gravy since you ferget these facts:
June 2007, Henry Waxman, Moombat!-Los Angeles, had his House Committee on Government Reform release a report. He and his cronies had the audacity to criticize the Pentagon’s growing use of bundled contracts. You know the ones you love to accuse Halliburton on.
Henry The Nose Waxman complained that “these contracts give companies an incentive to increase costs”. One of the “problem contracts” identified by The Nose was a no-bid, $500 million contract held by Perini Corp. to reconstruct southern Iraq’s electrical grid. I guess he missed who owns Perini.
So who own’s Perini yelling loser boy – Richard C. Blum. Again yelling loser boy, who is Richard C. Blum? Ex Milcon leader Senator Dianne Feinstein’s husband.
Butt there’s more yelling loser boy.
When you dig deeper into the report Perini has a bunch of these “bundled contracts” from the Army Corps of Engineers for in the Middle East activities for $1.725 MMM (billion – yelling loser boy). Perini also has a U.S. Air Force open-ended contract for military construction and environmental cleaning at closed military bases. Perini shares that $15 billion award with several other firms, including URS. It was no bid yelling loser boy.
Now who owned $MM of URS Stock yelling loser boy – Richard C. Blum. He sold it for a big time profit after this. Again yelling loser boy, who is Richard C. Blum? Ex Milcon leader Senator Dianne Feinstein’s husband. Reminds you of $100K cattle futures huh?
Butt since you asked there is more yelling loser boy.
Ever heard of the GAO – Government Accountability Office? yelling loser boy? In June 2004, they reported Perini’s electrical reconstruction contract in southern Iraq suffered from lack of competition and mismanagement. Really? You missed this yelling loser boy.
In 2006, the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction found that Perini was paid to construct multi-million $$$ electrical substations in the desert. Funny thing about these electrical substations. They could not be connected to the electrical power grid. Hmmm…?
Later the OSIGIR determined Perini was billing the government for unjustified purchasing and subcontracting costs. No Shit Sherlock, more facts lost on yelling loser boy.
An October 2005 audit by the Defense Department’s Inspector for the General Defense Contract Audit Agency criticized the of Perini’s execution of the standard cost-plus military construction work in Afghanistan. They said, “The contractor had an incentive to increase costs, because higher costs resulted in higher profit.”
http://mlyon01.wordpress.com/2.....eer-cloud/
Puddybud spews:
yelling loser boy the Trig baby was Bristol’s was started in Alaska?
Okay I’ll accept that.
But you can’t accept your daily coffee cream flavoring site (you know the Kurse man-juice you drink daily in the morning) ran with the unsubstantiated rumor over the weekend. And the libtard MSM who are Kurse’s friends ran with it too. Then it was picked up by the lead idiots here who we all know and the red meat was thrown to the NorthWest Division of Lunatic Moonbat!s. Then when it was proven wrong Kurse quietly removed it. But Google Cache comes through again.
Then their is this link still on Kurse: http://openthread.dailykos.com.....373/587455
“Nobody was really questioning who Trig’s father was, just if he was Sarah or Bristol’s child.” WTF?
“Sarah Palin is NOT the Mother” was removed by Kurse yelling loser boy. “Sarah, I’m calling you a liar. Trig Paxson Van Palin is not your son. He is your grandson. The sooner you come forward with this revelation to the public, the better.”
The site was perving the 17 year old minor Bristol. But it’s not the first time Kurse was in the gutter.
Looks like Kurse called the lefties at Google and today it’s removed from Cache. Amazing how lefties wipe the ASSes of their friends.
Kind of reminds me of the missing 2004 Joe Biden entries removed from the leftist Wikipedia web site and all the “great” entries put into GWB and Dick Cheney’s site entries.
Puddybud spews:
So yelling loser boy since you brought up rumors; who started the rumor Sarah Palin cut special needs kids funding in Alaska?
Who put it on their blog?
Who ran with it in the libtard MSM?
Show us your Internet search skillz yelling loser boy.
demo kid spews:
@12-14: Wow… Puddybud is starting to panic! Are you getting a little buyer’s remorse about Palin?
YLB spews:
12 – You’re so fucking into yourself. Don’t start stupid wars that end in endless occupations and you won’t have contractor abuse. I don’t care if the contractor’s politics are red, blue, green, or purple.
I first saw that Trig rumor in a comment thread on Andrew Halcro’s blog.
The minute that diary was put up on kos, people were screaming to take it down from the rec list. It was on the rec list for maybe a few hours. It smelled of a Rove operation and judging by your caterwauling, it’s had some limited success in getting you to perform like a trained seal.
Don Joe spews:
Puddy @ 12
Since you decidedly brought it up, well here are the facts on contractor gravy since you ferget these facts:
Oh. My. That has to be one of the more impressive incidents of the Puddy Parade of Partial Punditry we’ve seen in months. When there’s government largesse, blame the politics of the of the firms who took advantage of it.
I’d rather blame the politics and policies of the politicians who made the largesse possible. Now, who was in control of the executive office that put out these no-bid contracts? That’s right. Your hero, George W. Bush.
YLB spews:
McSame trying to torpedo Troopergate investigation.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/157439/page/1
Goldy spews:
Updated… TPM has more.
YLB spews:
Your hero, George W. Bush.
Yep, Stupes voted for that monkey twice and once he gets over his little snit fit with McSame’s moral failings and/or his wandering off the wingnut reservation, Stupes will take a big swig of the right wing kool-aid and vote the McSame in November.
So predictable it’s pathetic.
Don Joe spews:
Goldy @ 19
This is so typically Republican. They can’t even admit to a simple cockup, so they have to concoct some cockamamie explanation that doesn’t even pass the belly-laugh test.
YLB spews:
Puddybud is starting to panic!
He’s been in a panic for the last 4 years – it’s been a slow ride to the bottom for his beloved right wing bullshit.
November will be so sweet.
Marvin Stamn spews:
I wondered about that when I saw it. I didn’t go to school there but I knew the school from the picture.
It’s probably one of those code pinkos changing the pic.
Marvin Stamn spews:
Isn’t that a liberal plank, raise taxes to increase handouts?
Maybe you’re jealous that a rep could do a dem trick better?
Reformed republican spews:
More viewers watched McCain and more of them fell asleep.
Frankly, McCain is one of the most uninspiring speakers ever. Palin is attack dog – but her mouth has already gotten her in trouble – calling Clinton a bitch and Obama a Sambo shows where her head it at – racist and sexist.
Also, I don’t think Americans want to elect a traitor – twice she attended the AIP convention and once she was the keynote speaker.
The troopergate has now progessed to stonewalling – more of the same Bush tactics. The E-mail shave already surfaced showing that she used illegal influence to try and fire her ex brother in law. We don’t need more corruption.
Puddybud spews:
I love how dummokid and his lap cat yelling loser boy call my facts deliver a panic.
Whatever dude!
Puddybud spews:
The Legislative branch lets contracts. Check the Constitution bud. Senator Feinstein was in control.
SeattleMike spews:
They couldn’t use video of the real Walter Reed Medical Center – it has those much-maligned ‘Greek column’ things on the front. Can’t have McSame looking hypocritical, now can we?
YLB spews:
Senator Feinstein was in control.
From 2002 to 2006? Nope.
The Legislative branch lets contracts.
WTF? Now you’re making up the right wing bullshit.
Puddybud spews:
yelling loser boy did you read the investigative report?
No, you didn’t otherwise you’d see why she resigned. The report covered 2001-2006.
What a moron!
Steve spews:
@30 Typical troll diversionary bullshit. The topic here is, “Why are Republicans all fucked up in the head?”
Puddybud spews:
yelling loser boy – Senate put the money in the budget and Feinstein steered the Pentagon to Perini and URS. That’s why she had to resign.
Conflict of interest. Of course if you read the report you could figger that out. You chose to not read. You are ingnant!
Steve spews:
@32 “You are ingnant!”
And you’re all fucked up.
Steve spews:
The topic of this thread is now, “Why is Puddy so fucked up?”
Don Joe spews:
Puddy @ 27
The Legislative branch lets contracts. Check the Constitution bud.
Sorry, but you’re flat out wrong. Congress apportions the funds and has the authority to review contracts before they’re accepted. But the process of selecting a private sector firm for a contract is administered by the agency, in this case the Department of Defense, that is purchasing the good or service in question.
Feinstein’s ethical issues stemmed from the fact that she did not recuse herself from the congressional review process conducted by the committee, not because the committee initiated and awarded the contracts.