JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Republican Gov. Haley Barbour said Tuesday he will not run for president in 2008 because he is too busy with Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.
I think the democrats dodge a bullet here.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Haley Barbour NOT running for President
From the AP
I think the democrats dodge a bullet here.
I think the democrats dodge a bullet here.
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Stories you won’t see on this blog or anu other gop blog.
Former federal disaster chief Michael Brown testified Friday he notified top White House and Homeland Security officials on the day Hurricane Katrina roared ashore that "we were realizing our worst nightmare" and New Orleans was seriously flooding.
He dismissed as "just baloney" and "a little disingenuous" claims by agency officials that they didn't know about the severity of the damage until the next day.
Brown suggested the administration's fixation with fighting terrorism may have been to blame, in part, for the slow government response.
Brown said he spoke by phone to a top White House official — he said he believed it was Joe Hagin, the deputy chief of staff — "on at least two occasions on that day to inform him of what was going on."
Hagin was with the president, who began the day at his ranch in Texas then traveled to Arizona and California for policy speeches. Brown was in Baton Rouge, La.
Well, I guess Brownie’s NOT DOING A HECKVA JOB ANYMORE.
BUSH TANKS, AGAIN
President Bush's marks on overall job approval and for handling the economy are mired near their lowest levels despite a spike in consumer confidence over the past month, an AP-Ipsos poll found.
Bush's job approval is now at 40 percent and his approval on handling the economy at 39 percent. Those numbers haven't budged over the last month even with the public's confidence in the economy growing and the president delivering an upbeat State of the Union address.
The poll found low approval of Congress with 47 percent wanting Democrats to take control. Republican control was favored by 37 percent.
HE DON’T KNOW JACK
Jack Abramoff had brief conversations with President Bush almost a dozen times and the president knew him well enough to make joking references to Abramoff's family, according to an e-mail the fallen lobbyist sent a magazine editor.
Bush "joked with me about a bunch of things, including details of my kids," Abramoff recalled of his contacts with the president.
Yea, just like he didn’t know Kenny Boy Lay.
Bush's contacts with Abramoff — who has pleaded guilty in a fraud and bribery case and is cooperating with a public corruption investigation — have become an issue because the president has said he doesn't recall ever meeting the lobbyist.
Time magazine and the Washingtonian have reported the existence of about a half-dozen photos showing Abramoff and Bush together.
SCOOTER SPILLS THE BEANS
A former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney told a federal grand jury that his superiors authorized him to give secret information to reporters as part of the Bush administration's defense of intelligence used to justify invading Iraq, according to court papers.
Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said in documents filed last month that he plans to introduce evidence that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Cheney's former chief of staff, disclosed to reporters the contents of a classified National Intelligence Estimate in the summer of 2003.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan refused to comment. "Our policy is that we are not going to discuss this when it's an ongoing legal proceeding," he said. SURPRISE.
LET THEM EAT CAT FOOD
The boxes arrive every month at churches, senior citizen centers and other sites for distribution to nearly a half-million poor elderly people. Each is stocked with a mix of nutritious foods such as cereal, peanut butter, fruit, vegetables and pasta. Sometimes volunteers deliver them right to people's homes.
Now President Bush wants to eliminate the program, one of 141 federal initiatives that his proposed new budget would scrap or cut dramatically. He is proposing to shift people in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program over to food stamps.
Defenders of the nutrition-in-a-box program say many elderly people are reluctant to sign up for food stamps, and, in any event, the commodity program often provides a more generous package.
The program, which dates back to 1968, operates in 32 states and the District of Columbia.
The USDA's own statistics show that just 28 percent of seniors eligible for food stamps participate in the program.
Wow...Michael Brown. Fired/resigned from FEMA. No axe to grind there. I wonder when his book's coming out.
And Abramoff gave a good chunk of change to Stabenow and Levin too.
I have been right here waiting for something interesting to be posted to comment on. It seems funny that with all the political news flying around the last couple of days, this is the best he can find to post, but I guess if your stuck with the gop I can certainly understand.
Wow, it’s sure funny how quickly GW and the faithful turned on ole brownie. He shouldn’t have been hired in the first place, and cronyism is not a job qualification. It seems funny that the man who hired this unqualified person should bear no responsibility, and brown is just one more scapegoat for gw’s incompetence. The buck does not stop anywhere near his desk. The bushies are like pit bulls, they will turn on friend or foe in a heartbeat.
You talk about bias, and you get your info from sean hateity. What a laugh.
Sorry, no matter how much the gop tries; the Abramoff mess is a republican scandal because no Democrat took money from him. There’s a difference in taking a campaign contribution from a pac and a bribe from Jackie boy. When is the president going to admit he knows him, or Kenny boy for that matter?
I don’t know where you got your info for your tirades about the Governor of Louisiana, but according to Factcheck.org, she declared a state of emergency three days before the storm hit, and two days before Katrina hit she asked bush to declared a state of emergency, and he did, according to the White House, at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050827-1.html. Now, what facts did the media forget about?
As for the buses, a large percentage was not available, but frankly, I’m not sure about the actual facts, and I’m still researching that. But I know this; your version is most likely a lie.
I’m sure there’s quite a few middle class workers will disagree with you that the economy is recovering. I don’t recall GM or Ford closing plants, laying off people and cutting retirees health care during the Clinton recovery. It seems to me, things like that cause, or are the symptoms of a recession, but I only took one economics course in college, unlike you.
It would also seem to me that there is a lot more to write about bush, other than the economy, such as the war he lied us into, the republican scandals and his bungling of foreign policy, to name just a few.
Who the hell is the Meg Kreikemeier and what the hell is “ Tech Central Station,” and if it proves the 30-year gop strategy of killing the messenger why is there at least no link to it?
Keith Richards your story is beautiful and I applaud your hard work. What you have seemed to gleen from your life is that Democrats are taking away the American dream while Republicans are preserving it.
I think you need to begin to open your eyes before your children and theirs have no hope for attaining the education, heathcare and opportunity you have earned.
You need to stop watching Fox and listening to Rush and begin to understand our economy. Your ideals and party do not match up.
Wow, I was stunned when I read your tirade Keith, but it’s the typical gop response; if you can’t refute the facts with a logical argument, then go to the personal attack. Actually, I am very flattered that an educated, enlightened man like yourself took the time to attack an uneducated, uninformed man like me.
I would like to spend more time with my liberal friends that you suggest I already do, but I’m working three jobs in order to pay my mortgage. Of course, in this great economy none of those jobs offer health care.
You made a claim that the governor of Louisiana did not declare a state of emergency, but I proved your talking point was a lie. For a response you give me this lame crap. If you want to talk about the “blame game” isn’t that Brown’s role in all of this? Again, why is it that the man who hired him bares no responsibility – or blame - for hiring an unqualified crony? What you call the blame game, I call taking responsibility, and there has been a lack of that from the bushies, despite Bush saying otherwise in every SOTU speech. But here’s an even more idiotic statement from you, “Sitting around whining about how it might have been done better won't change anything.” What it will do is find out what went wrong so it will not happen again. By the way, that’s also called taking responsibility, and that carries much more weight than a lame apology.
I totally disagree with your stand about the Big Three automakers. They are competitive with any foreign manufacturer in price, appearance, quality, reliability and appeal. I have driven nothing but American cars, with the exception of the two years I spent living in a foreign country, and the quality has been unmatched. It’s funny that you should blame the workers for making too much money, just like betsey devos. True, American workers cannot compete with Chinese workers who make pennies on the dollar. Your hero, RR, called communists the evil empire, and now we’re buying all of our consumer goods from them and soon they plan to roll out a car to the market. Somehow, you don’t have a problem with that. I saw a recent WDIV-TV report on American factories moving over there, and the anchor asked about labor unions. The broker helping companies flee said there’s no need for them because they have the Communist Party behind them. No shit; how do we compete against that?
By the way, I'm surprised that you have any college under your belt. I would never have guessed because I have been writing circles around your lame attacks. Unfortunately, I only have two years of college. I’m not sure what the point of the tirade about how rough you had it is, but if you want I will feel sorry for you. Actually, I respect anyone who struggles to get an education. I want straight into the military after high school, and it was only the last two or three years of my career that I began talking college classes. I was, obviously, working a full-time job, carrying a full course load and raising a family, but I never had it as rough as you. The military paid for 75 percent of the tuition, and I paid the rest and the books. You never took a student loan? A loan is not a handout, and few people have the cash up front to pay for a course that can cost more than a $100 per credit hour plus books. That’s difficult for most middle and low-income people to manage. But, this president is making it even harder for middle-income kids to go to college by cutting student loans, and again, these are loans that must be paid back, not handouts. Why are you not up in arms if the way out of poverty is through education?
It used to be that the only sure path out of poverty and the only inoculation against poverty was a god education, but that has changed. Even highly educated engineers are seeing their jobs outsourced to places like India, and plenty of white-collar workers are getting the axe. You should read a book by Barbara Ehrenreich called “Bait and Switch.”
I’m not sure what the point of your rant on travel was. I have done my share of travel in a 20-year military career, and the travel was not for fun like yours was. I have lived in six different states and one foreign country and visited many more states and countries.
Like you, I have never considered myself poor, and I appreciate the opportunities this country has given me. So appreciative, in fact, that I wore a uniform to defend it.
Like you, I also grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood. My father retired from GM as a blue-collar worker and my mom worked as a cahier at a grocery store. There were six kids in my family, but we always had a TV, never wore rags and we always had enough to eat. All of my relatives also worked for a living, and almost all of them were blue-collar workers.
Although my home, the first and only home I have ever owned, is comfortable, I rarely use the air condition because of the cost. I don’t like coffee and I have never driven, much less owned, a Toyota.
Unlike you, I was never afraid of my parents, but I obeyed them and respected them. Another thing, too. My story is far from unique. I know this is true because I've met lots of them, and most of them are Democrats.
I agree with you when you say everyone needs a purpose in life, whether it’s taking care of kids, working a job or trying to get an education, but this administration’s policies only seem to care about the richest 5-10 percept of this country. For many people who want that job, it’s simply not there.
I don’t know where I ever said let everyone go to college for free, but I don’t see why college can only be for those who can afford it. I got news for you, kids do “ go to school so that they don't have to grow up and face reality for a few years.” Actually, that’s kind of the maturating process for many young people, and college is not just about classes, it's also about learning to be on their own and managing their money, time, workload and recreation without mom or dad constantly looking over their shoulder.
Sir, I am out there helping my fellow man. I resent some bozo like you who does not even know me suggesting otherwise. I have volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, Relay for Life, Christmas in April and the Democratic Party just to name a few, and I do this while trying to make a living by working multiple jobs and raising a family. And you’re going to lecture me?
The problem with your rant about helping the poor by cutting taxes is that the only people whose taxes are being cut are the richest 1 percept in the U.S. I also don’t consider paying my taxes “money that the government steals from me.” I consider it one of the prices I pay for living in the greatest country in the world. It may not benefit me directly, but it helps pay for the military, the police, fire protection and to ensure a 90-year-old widow does not starve. I guess that’s why I resent it so much when corporations ship jobs or locate offshore to avoid paying taxes. They want to enjoy the bounty this country provides, but they refuse to pay their fair share.
Why is it that bush wants to cut the estate tax, but his latest budget cuts the death benefit from Social Security? This way, people like Paris Hilton can inherit more millions of dollars so that a middle or low-income family can’t get the $255 or so SS death benefit to help give their husband or father a decent burial. Shameful.
That’s why I’m a proud liberal.
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