In the last several months I’ve talked to several people who are supporting Hillary Clinton for president primarily because she is a woman. Personally, I can’t overlook a candidate’s stand on the issues, but when female friends say they want to see a woman president in their lifetime, I don’t blame them.
But, why Hillary Clinton? I totally dig how she stirs up hate by the right-wing mental midgets who comment on this blog. That said, Clinton would be a continuation of her husband’s two terms in office. While I loved the 90’s, I think we need to move forward with some new blood. Contrary to conventional wisdom, there is at least one Democratic woman out there who will one day be on the national stage.
I’m talking about Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who is sticking it to President Bush:
For months, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas and other governors have warned that their state National Guards are ill-prepared for the next local disaster, be it a tornado a flash flood or a terrorist’s threat, because of large deployments of their soldiers and equipment in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Then, last Friday night, a deadly tornado all but cleared the small town of Greensburg off the Kansas map. With 80 square blocks of the small farming town destroyed, Ms. Sebelius said her fears had come true: The emergency response was too slow, she said, and there was only one reason.
“As you travel around Greensburg, you’ll see that city and county trucks have been destroyed,” Ms. Sebelius, a Democrat, said Monday. “The National Guard is one of our first responders. They don’t have the equipment they need to come in, and it just makes it that much slower.”
While the Governor and the White House have cooled the war of words, the issue still stands. When resources from states like Kansas are sent to the occupation in Iraq, our local authorities won’t have the ability to respond to disasters like they would if they were fully equipped. Sometimes this is unavoidable, but governors all over the country have been sounding the alarm for years now.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius could be on the ticket in 2008. With good reason. She’s ready for prime time. Of all the women in politics today, she’s the toughest. Kansas tough. And whether it’s an incompetent president in DC or a tornado, she proves she can deal with anything.
It’s beneath disgusting that Tony Snow is playing politics with this awful tragedy. He should be summarily fired. But, of course, Bush won’t fire him because … well because … Bush himself is a lowlife slimeball who plays politics with human tragedies. So what’s the solution? Simple. Bush should be summarily fired. It takes 67 Senate votes, and the American public should rise up and let every Senator know that if s/he refuses to fire Bush, we’re going to fire THEM.
If any CEO behaved like Bush, the company’s shareholders would be dumping the stock like crazy. It would be worthless within a week. Even the Chinese wouldn’t take it if you gave it to them free.
(Republicans love to apply analogies from the business world to government. The analogies aren’t valid, because government has a different function than business, but I posted that just to show I can play that game too.)
Roger Rabbit has posted 100% of the comments in this thread. If you don’t like it, you can suck my rabbit dick! For a good time, call 1-900-LICK-ROG.
The Belligerent Bunny kicks wingnut ass again!
re 1: It’s interesting that Snow has taken stock of his life and decided that being a lying scumbag for Bush is the way he wants to be remembered.
At least Lee Atwater had the decency to repent of his evil ways. And Atwater was a better guitarist, as well. He sat in with Percy Sledge’s band!!
And keeps kicking … and kicking … and kicking … and kicking … I last longer than an Everreddy battery!
Yeah, but Atwater didn’t cleanse his soul until he was on his deathbed, which was a little late in the game to be sorry for what he did with his life. It would have been better if he had gotten a conscience by, say, age 25 or at least age 35.
To add to Will’s fine post:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/08/snow-sebelius/
Roger Rabbit says:
And keeps kicking … and kicking … and kicking … and kicking … I last longer than an Everreddy battery!
If not kicking, then it’s posting for sure.
** Is it all those carrots? **
2 “f any CEO behaved like Bush, the company’s shareholders would be dumping the stock like crazy.”
They are.
6 Agreed about Atwater as a guitarist, even if that was his only redeeming trait. I have a recording somewhere of him playing with BB King, and at times it’s difficult to tell which of them is which.
Then again, I also like Jimmy Swaggert’s music, but nothing else about him.
It’s rather a shame that Jennifer Granholm was born a Canadian.
More Moonbat!tiness. I wnet to Gloomy Gus Still Stupid’s favorite web site and lo and behold I found this tasty morsel:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18553576/
“Brownback said Tuesday that local officials and the Kansas National Guard commander all told him they have the resources needed to respond.
“That’s what really got me, is her saying that,” Brownback said in an interview.
“So I asked, privately and publicly, the adjutant general, do you have the equipment you need?” he said. “Because if you don’t, we’re going to hit Fort Riley and McConnell (Air Force Base) and other places to make sure we have all the equipment we need to respond to disasters. Everybody there said no, we have the equipment we needed.””
So who’s telling the truth? I trust Brownback!
So Voice of Chalk Scratching, never checks all the sources, not even the ‘tard MSNBC!
PelletHead@4: With all the “bunnies” you claim to bang and being the old retired geezer, why does someone need to “lick rog”?
Watch this video. It tells you everything you need to know why Kansas was barely able to respond to his disaster.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMPIi03wSfY
Bush is a liar and he’s being called on it by Major General (ret.) John Batiste, former commander of the Army’s 1st Infantry Div. From Aug. 2002 – June 2005. Lifelong Republican who voted for Bush twice.
Puddybud, screw all the liberal vs. conservative news sites, how do you respond to the charges leveled by Gen. Batiste in the video link at 16?
How do you square the “commander on the ground” charges that Bush did not liten to them vs. Bush’s claim to the contrary?
Are you going to trash another combat veteran or are you going to call George W. Bush the LIAR he is?
GBS@16&17: Your premise is wrong. If the Kansas general said they can respond where’s the beef?
All I did was navigate to Gloomy Gus Still Stupid’s favorite site and display the words missed by Voice of Chalk Scratching.
When have I trashed combat veterans? Citation? URL? I asked that of you two weeks ago and you didn’t answer.
re 12: Ditto. Swaggart’s 1st cousin is Jerry Lee Lewis, “the Killer”!
re 18:Puddybud Who Left the Slappaho Reservation:
Why don’t you just shut-up, stupid? Your inchoate ravings are driving me nuts.
If Monkeyface Bush had actually shown up for his NG duty, he might have a better understanding of what’s required.
Puddybud,
I’m going to make this as simple as I can.
Watch the video link I posted at. Then you tell me who is lying: George W. Bush or Major General Batiste.
Because one of them is clearly lying.
Can you handle that?
Puddybud at 18:
I did answer you. But the point NOW is do you believe George W. Bush or Major General Batiste.
Which man is lying????
Addendum @ 22:
Should read: “Wathch the video link I posted at 16“
Puddybud at 18:
My premise is NOT wrong @ 16 & 17 becasue those post have ZERO to do with what is happening in Kansas!!!!!
C’mon, Puddybud, I expect a little bit higher level of reading comprehension of the facts from you!!
My post only has to do with George W. Bush and Major General Batiste. Which man is lying??
“Her spokeswoman, Nicole Corcoran, said the governor didn’t mean to imply that the state was ill-equipped to deal with the storm. Sebelius’ comments about National Guard equipment were, instead, meant as a warning about the state’s inability to handle additional disasters, such as another tornado or severe flooding, she said.
“We are doing absolutely fine right now,” Corcoran said. “What the governor is talking about is down the road.””
At least she didn’t claim 10,000 people died like Barak Obama did.
The only thing that saved the idiots in the White House on this one is that as bad as the tornado was it hit a very small town with a population of around 1,500. What if it had hit a major city? We could have easily had another Katrina.
Or another 9/11??? Then what the hell we gonna do…
Sebelius has to be good to get elected in Kansas!
I admire Sebelius for thinking a few moves ahead. The 2007 storm season is predicted to be as intense as 2005. When do you think the next “Perfect Storm” will hit in Chimp’s back yard?
WenG says:
I admire Sebelius for thinking a few moves ahead. The 2007 storm season is predicted to be as intense as 2005. When do you think the next “Perfect Storm” will hit in Chimp’s back yard?
Yeah, the way you Einstiens predicted the 2006 storm season we are surely in for a wild 2007. (roll eyes)
I don’t understand why the liberals are so hate filled. There seams to be cussing and brutal language instead of rational thought. everyone is so quick to pull the trigger without trying to solve anything. Working together for a solution unstead of bashing and blaming. if you disagree then state your reasons and back them up.
Voting for someone based on gender is unredeemed sexism.
Would you vote for Ann Coulter? Paris Hilton? Kay Bailey Hutchinson? Shirley Temple? Oprah?
Women’s issues are not the same as the issues facing Native Americans or African Americans. NA and AA are the hiers of historic debts. GW Bush is the decenedent, believe it or not OF A WOMAN! OTOH Hillary Clinton is the descendant of a MAN. Vote for Bush to make up for the indignities and difficulties that his Mom faced?? No?
One reason I dislike Gregoire is her sexist celebration of the presence of three vaginas at the head of the three top state offices. Fine by me, but I really am not interested in gender or sex organs in my politicians. Hell one of my favorite figutes in Chinese history was the Eunich who launched China’s great fleet. Maybe the time has come to elect eunuchs?
As for HRC. I could vote for her. I prefer Barack, but I admire Hillary’s knowledge and am impressed with her as a Senator. What effect does her gendwe have on my vote? A tiny bit to the plus because OK it would be a bit different o have a Madame Prexy.
Delbert@26: Why doesn’t she travel on down to the devastated place and call CNN and do a national TV mea culpa? Naah, she is a Moonbat! pining for face time.
Notice when Sam Brownback called her comments wrong how fast her spokeswoman started cleaning up the shit. She probably saw the woodshed and it was a painful experience.
Funny how that works!
Notice no update from Voice of Chalk Scratching.
Busted again!
C’mon, Puddybud, I expect a little bit higher level of reading comprehension of the facts from you!!
Good one. This is the guy who still hasn’t figured out the fact that Goldy didn’t write this post, who hasn’t clicked on the links offered, who thinks MSNBC is liberal, and who thinks Sam Brownback is a credible source. And that’s all just from this thread; it doesn’t take into account the fact that his reading comprehension is so advanced that he couldn’t even properly fill out his primary ballot.
ATJ: So what?
If you choose to disagree with Sam Brownback, why did the Kansas guvnur spokeswoman backtrack for her?
I didn’t click on the link provided cuz I was at customer site on customer RF system. Video takes much overhead on a RF system. I work for a living. Et tu?
JACKASS!
ATJ: So what?
Wow, you really are slow. It goes to your reading comprehension skills, which, as we’ve seen, are quite poor.
Shhhwanng dang doodle dee, look at Puddybud gettin’ all Latiny on us.
Et tu, Puddybud, did you just finish reading Shakespeare’s Julis Caesar?