KOEB 10/25 -- Merry Fitzmas everybody!

[SharonRB]

[Botany]

1. On this Fitzmas Eve we need to read the Story again

Christmas @ Gull Bay ......

The smell of the turkey dinner with all the fixings wafted through
the Crimson River Tavern. Some EDVs were speaking in Yiddish
about the good news from Washington D.C. that had climaxed
w/ George W Bush being removed form the White House.

Rove, Frist, DeLay, Rush, Brownie, Rummy, Cheney, Rice and
Wolfowitz all were in jail. A massive investigation had reveled
not only a stolen election but a rush to war which was done
in large part to allow massive profits for friends of the now
disgraced ex President.

A gentle snow blanketed the ground outside and a fresh cut fir tree
stood by the fireplace and was being trimmed by Crispini
with her extra toys.

The Bay Air family had decided to winter in one of the bedrooms
rather then the cave so the cubs were sleeping in front of the fire
along with a freshly tranq. darted KO.

Newly appointed President Al Gore was scheduled to speak to the
nation at nine PM.

Happy Holidays.

[SharonRB]

2. If you're scoring at home...or even if you're alone

:rofl:

Thanks for reposting, Bot. I still love it.

[bleever]

4. That was a very funny line.

And I feel the warm glow of a Gull Bay Fitzmas celebration, growing stronger.

Deck the halls with balls of traitors,
Fa la la la la, la la la la.

:7

[SharonRB]

7. That's pretty funny yourself, Bleev

"balls of traitors..."

[RevCheesehead]

15. I can only think of one word that remotely rhymes with "traitors."

Um, besides Gators, haters, saytrs, and waiters, that is... :blush:

[SharonRB]

21. Graters, baiters, daters, maters, paters, raters, taters,,,

[RevCheesehead]

26. Nope, my mind went somewhere else...

... and I'm being good, for once. O8)

[Botany]

41. E.Z.

Elevators
instigators
agitators
in sink a rators (garbage disposals)
"Cuff a nators"
mastur***s
urinators
masticators
bondage & dominators
snark a nators

:rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

43. Now THAT'S a list I can use!!!

Thanks, Cuddles! :rofl:

[crispini]

53. O M G ! ! !

That's TOO funny!

[RevCheesehead]

54. I think Botany has "The S & M Rhyming Dictionary."

Either that, or he's really, really warped. :evilgrin:

[crispini]

59. LOL!

Maybe both. :evilgrin:

[Botany]

83. No vators rhyming is e.z.

excavators
dumb waiters
"I will see you alls Laters"
pick them 'tators
impersonators (elmo!)
Luffa nators (Bill O'Rielly)

[RevCheesehead]

85. Botany, you scare me.

Loofanator! :scared:

[Botany]

87. Cosby alert!

Missing white girl story!

Good Lord Rita quit beating that dead horse.

[RevCheesehead]

90. But it's a different dead horse!

And, she IS the hoarse-whisperer.

[Botany]

98. Who hired her?

I want that job. I could do better.

ATTN: KO or any MSNBC people who read this thread send me
a PM and i can start in 2 weeks .....
you get ratings, $ for ads, and do the news.

First job Fire Rita.

[RevCheesehead]

100. Maybe you would, maybe you wouldn't.

I'd be more worried that you'd hire Stephanie :loveya: Miller, and thus bring those two closer together. Do you want Steph to marry Keith? No, I didn't think so. :P

[Botany]

104. If the money was right ......

..... no problem. I wouldn't give up stalking her for less then
$7.75/hour.

:rofl:

After all I am a romantic @ heart.

[RevCheesehead]

115. There's just something so wrong...

about paying someone to not stalk you.

Besides, what if she fell in love with you - would you then have to refund all the money you got from her?

[Nothing Without Hope]

89. Those two possibilities are far from mutually exclusive!

Especially since we're talking about our Botany! :loveya:

[RevCheesehead]

91. Nice to see your snark is still intact.

Good one! :thumbsup:

[gkhouston]

121. you left out

"pink vibrators"

as in Hello Kitty. I guess the Republican kept it, huh?

[Clark2008]

3. Fritzi, the hardened DA

had a very shiny note.

It was the darnedest thing...
Judy Miller ever wrote.

All of the other cronies...


Ah, hell, I don't want to go on. I'm too happy. LOL!

[SharonRB]

6. Hi, Clark

:hi:

KO quoted from the Washington Note -- wonder if he found the link here?

[Clark2008]

9. Hi Sharon!

:hi:

More than likely... more than likely....

So we should all say, :hi: Keith!!! We :loveya: you!! :yourock:

Heh!

[Nothing Without Hope]

92. I emailed the Washington Note link to him this afternoon and I bet

I wasn't the only one.

[crispini]

51. That's one funny looking Fitzmas tree, Botany!

:rofl:

[Botany]

55. you did it....

..... i just reported it.

Funny Story, Fitzmas is now in the Washington Post.

All the way from Gull Bay ...... :rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

66. I found an ornament for your tree... (warning: graphic)

[crispini]

105. LOL!

Now aren't they just precious. :D

[RevCheesehead]

116. I think there are three because

one is for the tree, and the other two can be used as a pair of earrings.

[gkhouston]

122. I thought perhaps

the three wise men? We've heard of sadder but wiser girls and we know how they get wise. Now we know how that happens for men...

[RevCheesehead]

129. Ha! That reminds me of a joke

God has created Adam, and is talking with him about what it means to be human.

"Adam, I have given you two amazing gifts. One is a brain. With it, you can think through all your problems and come up with creative solutions. You will be able to invent marvelous things, write poetry and music, novels - why, you can even play chess, and maybe win! The other gift I have given you is a penis. It will bring you pleasure beyond your wildest imagination - trust me on this."

Adam is pleased, and says, "Thanks, God, for these wonderful gifts!"

"Well, you might not think they're so wonderful," said God.

"Oh? Why is that?"

"Because," said the almighty, "you will only be able to use them one at a time."

[cal04]

5. Keith just said Thursday

that we'll know

[Clark2008]

11. Well, even the fiance sez...

Thursday.

He said the GJ meets again Wednesday, sooooo... just stands to reason.

[cal04]

13. that's what they just said

but whoever got a letter I think they said did today

[crispini]

60. Hi cal04!

:hi: Welcome to the clubhouse. :)

[cal04]

82. thanks crispini

:hi:

[Botany]

8. KO snark

In too Veep
Veep Impact

:rofl:


:beer:

[cal04]

10. Damn I wish they'd nail Tenet

I think he did so much to hurt his own people and our country

[RevCheesehead]

52. I think there's much yet to be seen.

Welcome to the KOEB, Cal04! :hi:

[cal04]

81. I sure hope so. I'm wondering if

daddy Bush had anything to do with this.
Thanks RevCheesehead for the welcome
:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

93. I've wondered about Poppy.

More evidence of why her and bar have been cozying up to Clinton?

Geez, with Poppy and his CIA connections, you'd think the blivet would know better. And Cheney? Damned idiot thinks he's invincible.

[RevCheesehead]

12. Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Moe

I guess the party's over here tonight. :hi:

OK, Keith, THIS outfit works... extraordinarily well. :loveya:

[SharonRB]

16. Is there another thread?

We must have started simultaneously -- I didn't even see it.

[RevCheesehead]

22. Yeah, Berry's got one -

but I posted that the party's over here, so it's cool. :)

Hiya, Sharon! Happy Fitznukah!

[SharonRB]

28. And a Merry Fitzmas to you, Rev.

[WolverineDG]

36. yes, it's a dark suit

those always work.

dg

[RevCheesehead]

45. But more importantly,

it matches!

[WolverineDG]

62. it does look strikingly similar

to the so-called "boss hijack" suit (tm pats) from last week.

dg

[crispini]

14. Hi ladies!

Here late, but watching.

Not sure I buy in on Keith's "inadvertent exposure" theory he just spun out for us. What that DOESN'T take into account -- the forged Niger memo. Fitz is looking at it. Where does it connect in?

[RevCheesehead]

20. I'm still curious about Novakula's testimony.

What did he say? He said once it was out, he would talk about it.

Oh, God, I'm actually wanting to hear Novak. :banghead:

[gkhouston]

123. it doesn't. Nor does it explain how they could have known enough

about Plame's CIA work to be confident that "she sent him" would potentially fly as a smear story without realizing that they would be exposing her network of contacts whether or not she herself was still undercover.

[WolverineDG]

17. Good theory, BIG HOLE

I hate to shoot down KO's theory, but if Cheney & his henchmen didn't know Plame was undercover CIA, how did Novak get the name of her cover enterprise, Brewster Jennings/Jannings? :grr:

dg

[SharonRB]

18. Hi, DG

:hi:

Merry almost Fitzmas eve!

[WolverineDG]

34. hi sharon!!

happy almost-fitznukah! ;)

dg

[SharonRB]

37. Same to you.

BTW, when my daughter got to Atlanta, she found out that WPB closed down again. Now she's stuck sleeping in the airport in Atlanta tonight. She only had about four bucks on her, but some woman in line with her felt bad for her and gave her $20. Ariana wanted her address to send it back to her, but she wouldn't hear of it or give her her address. She said she'd want someone to do the same for her daughter under the same circumstances. There are still some good people in the world.

[WolverineDG]

58. glad to hear about the good samaritan

but it sucks that she has to spend another night in another airport.

i'm beginning to wonder if i'm going to have to drive to miami instead of fly....

dg

[SharonRB]

63. Actually, last night she stayed with someone she knows in

Baltimore -- not at the airport. So, it's her first night sleeping in an airport. In retrospect, maybe she should have stayed in Baltimore, but they told her WPB was open. She also didn't want to keep bothering people to come and get her. I just pray that the airport is open in the morning so she can get home. Although from looking at KO's report, I'm not so sure I'd be in any hurry to get back to FLA.

[crispini]

Ooo. Ding ding ding!

give that girl the gold star! :hi: Wolvie!

[WolverineDG]

61. i'd settle for a hot date

but ok, i'll take a star. ;)

:hi: crispy! nice talkin' to ya last night!! :)

dg

[crispini]

67. LOL!

Always fun to chat.

I'm making my little brother watch Countdown. Not sure how it's going so far. He's not at ALL political.

Oh well, he'll get used to it! :evilgrin:

[gkhouston]

124. funny that...

you'd almost think BJ was the real target... :freak:

[Botany]

19. God I hate bush!

"The way to honor the fallen is to complete the mission."

the man needs a beating!

earth to bush we have 140,000 troops in a country of 26,000,0000
of that 26 million less then 1% think we are making them safer.

:grr:

[Nothing Without Hope]

38. Hi people! Tom Tomorrow's CARTOON is a great comeback to that:

[SharonRB]

39. That's great. Thanks for posting.

[bunny planet]

23. Hi Everybody.

I thought I'd be posting after the show but I just have to chime in.
I don't agree with the theory KO put out there and little Howie Fineman so clearly glommed onto, that Cheney did not know Plame was a NOC when he told Libby and that in this case the 'cover up was worse than the crime.' Both are horrible, the crime and the cover-up, and there is NO way in hell that Darth Cheney did not know that Ms. Plame was a NOC and that he would like her status to be revealed both to punish Wilson and even more likely to blow the cover right off of Brewster Jennings. Also we have the statement from Rove to Tweety, 'She's fair game,' to show intent as far as I can see. There is also the little matter of the 8 redacted pages that were such a threat to national security that Judge Tatel put a reporter in jail because of them, something he would not ordinarily have done. I don't think an accidental outing of Plame is what we are talking about here at all. Just my 2 cents.

[RevCheesehead]

29. I agree... it was all about payback.

The motus operandi of this admin is to play "gotcha" when you cross them. This time, it backfired.

[gkhouston]

125. I'm a little surprised KO floated this idea. Perhaps what's boggling

him is how stupid BushCo was to do something that could so easily backfire. Yeah, in hindsight, it's backfired in a huge way, but I think this administration is so used to getting away with things and so used to "the game" being played out in the media that they think they always control the board. Well, they didn't control the board in Iraq, and for all of the "shock and awe" BS on television, the war's been a miserable failure, and they don't yet fully control the justice system. Ashcroft recusing himself wasn't part of their calculations, and that's what opened the door to the appointment of Fitzgerald. He's been a bulldog on this case and because of his efforts, we got the rulings that made Time cough up Matt Cooper's notes and once that happened, it seemed like everything began unraveling at an exponential rate.

But let's backtrack. If Ashcroft had not found himself in a position where he found it necessary to step out, then BushCo could have appointed a special prosecutor who would have done a plausible whitewash and the story would have been an non-story. I'm guessing that if anyone in the WH thought about what they'd do if Joe Wilson or the CIA counter-attacked, that part of their strategy would be to appoint a "special" special prosecutor and do a little house-cleaning at the CIA.

[Clark2008]

24. Al and being against the death penalty

Even though treason is punishable by death.

:rofl:

(Someone stumbling in and seeing my comment out of context would think I'm insane!)

[RevCheesehead]

25. Love him or not, at least Al Franken gets his facts right.

In the Liars book, he kept saying "LexusNexus is your friend." In fact, it was the primary way he went after the Giant Talking Head.

[SharonRB]

30. If this book is half as good as the Liars book, it'll be great

[RevCheesehead]

33. I don't understand why so many DUers hate Franken.

Of course, it's probably the lock-step crowd who've been complaining about him.

[Nothing Without Hope]

42. I don't understand it either. Maybe they're put off by his abrasiveness

about issues that truly outrage him. He's not always polite!

[RevCheesehead]

47. My dear Hope, it is good to see you!

:hug:

The ones I heard were mad because Franken didn't attack enough, or ignored issues that they felt were like life and death. You know, your typical GD crowd. :)

[Nothing Without Hope]

49. Hey, Cheese! Yeah, life in GD is always INTERESTING. I see from

your avatar that you've rearranged your cheese 'do. Not as pointy! More well-rounded! ;)

[RevCheesehead]

57. Purely accidental.

All I did was upload this guy:


I wanted to load this one, but the file is too big:


Spongebob is taking a nap - until Dobson smears him again.

[Nothing Without Hope]

71. OMG! I LOVE the censor-waving chanting bishop! Brings a whole

new meaning to CENSORSHIP!

(Ok, you can shoot me now, I've had my fun. :evilgrin:)

[bunny planet]

44. I love Franken, just think he's a better humorist than a radio host.

He's gets great guests though. I usually love it when Conason is on. I tend to listen to Thom Hartmann though during the same time slot. I've been hoping (and sending letters about it) that AAR syndicates Stephania (no, no Stephania) and puts her on in Al's or (please Gawd) in Springer's time slot. Now that would be a great line-up, Steph leading right into Randi (who btw, gave a nice shoutout to DU today).

[RevCheesehead]

48. Yeah. I'd love to see Stuart Saves His Country.

Just imagine the fun he could have with that!

[crispini]

56. I agree with you about Franken.

I like his books, I like it when he does comedy, but the radio show -- he just can't carry it for that whole length of time....

[WolverineDG]

94. i've had to turn off franken

now that kathryn's gone. i just can't stand him as a solo radio host. his books are another matter. but the radio show? oy.

dg

[Greylyn58]

27. Evening All

Hope everyone had a great day! Keith is certainly looking good tonight.

I swear everytime the Shrub opens his pie-hole I want to scream and bang my head...especially when he pretends to be affected by the deaths of the men and women in Iraq. :banghead:

I am SICK of this whack-job!!! I think it's time the twins join up!! Let them finish the mission.

[RevCheesehead]

35. I'd rather see the blivet go over there

and he can ride his bike in the streets of Fallujah.

[Nothing Without Hope]

46. Or how about Cheney going over and taking his SCOOTER for a ride:

[RevCheesehead]

50. Either scooter would work for me!

[Clark2008]

31. Yea Keith!

Pointing out that he got called into the VPs offce at MSNBC for putting on liberals a whole-fucking two nights in a row!!

*snicker*

[bunny planet]

32. I haven't read downthread yet but did any of you ladies notice that

KO has had his lovely teeth whitened. They look gorgeous. Be still my heart.

[SharonRB]

40. I'll have to go take a closer look.

[crispini]

64. I did not notice.

But this is my faaaaaaaaaaaaavorite outfit. I love this tie. And it looks so spiffy with this shirt and suit. :loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya: The man is STYLIN tonight!

[bunny planet]

68. Yes, my fav outfit too, the classy, sexy banker outfit.

And the teeth, mos def brightsmiled.

[bunny planet]

65. Worried about Patsy in that mess on Florida's eastcoast.

Omg, Cancun is destroyed, there is no way they will open those hotels in 2 months.

Rosa Parks has the most beautiful countenance. What a treasure that little woman was and is still in memory.

[crispini]

69. Yes, me too.

Hopefully the worst is that she has no power and can't check in.

Go Rosa Parks! She rocks.

[SharonRB]

72. I'm hoping that's the case, too

I PMd her and told her to let us know how she is once she can get back online.

[WolverineDG]

95. i'm very proud to say

that i was born on her birthday. :)

dg

[gkhouston]

126. at least it's October

and not 95 degrees down there. I'm hoping that "no power" is the extent of her problems... and that she gets her power back before Fitzmas. :-)

[Olney Blue]

70. Hi everyone!

Just getting upstairs after a long day- nice to see the Rosa Parks tribute.

[crispini]

73. Hi Oleny!

Nice to see ya! :hi:

[Olney Blue]

86. Hi Crispini!

Hope you had a nice day today!

[Nothing Without Hope]

96. Don't miss this lovely collection of Rosa Parks photos:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5158174
thread title: Rosa Parks - A tribute in pictures (lots of photos)

I love this one too - she looks so small and frail -- check out her delicate hand held by Bill Clinton in the tribute thread -- and look what she has accomplished!

[Olney Blue]

111. Thank you for the link!

What a treasure trove... she had the most amazing smile!

[SharonRB]

74. New info in the LAT

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1877156

[SharonRB]

75. LOL -- that lead-in to the Elmo story is great

:rofl:

[RevCheesehead]

76. "First I did not come for Tinky-Winky, because I was not a Teletubby..."

:rofl:

And the warning graphic at the beginning of the segment! Too funny!

[bunny planet]

77. Hey maybe Janet Jackson's love child is............

Bianca.

Mr. Bunny hijacked the teevee for the World Series, I'll have to miss the Elmo arrested story. Fill me in s'il vous plait.

[RevCheesehead]

80. Well, Elmo's voice sounds too much like Joe Crocker.

OMG! He took his head off!!! Nooooooooooo!!!

[bunny planet]

84. you mean Joe Cocker???

wtf.

[RevCheesehead]

88. Ooops. yeah.

[crispini]

78. This. Is. Weird.

Really. Really. Weird.

[Nothing Without Hope]

99. I don't have cable, so my imagination is running riot after that remark!

and wondering how the previous ones tie together - Joe Cocker's voice? Elmo's head?

[Nothing Without Hope]

79. EarlG just put up a GD post on something KO "just said" - already on

Greatest Page with 17 Votes!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5170071
thread title: If what Olbermann said a few minutes ago is true, they're screwed

It's that bit - something mentioned here upthread that few of us would agree with - Here's what EarlG put in the OP:

He speculated that Cheney didn't know that Plame was a covert agent when he told Libby about her - he knew she was CIA, but not covert. So Cheney and Libby decided to use her to trash Wilson, they got Rove and everyone involved, and they spread it around to reporters. That's why Novak was so blase about publishing his article - none of them knew at the time that Plame was covert. That also explains Rove's comment that she was "fair game."

But then they find out she WAS covert, and they start to shit bricks. So they attempt - rather ham-handedly - to cover up their involvement. And that's where Fitz has got them by the balls; that's where all the perjury and obstruction of justice is involved. What they originally did wasn't necessarily a crime, but when they tried to cover it up, they broke the law.

And when they realized that they were caught, they started ratting on each other. That's why Rove went back before the grand jury, and that's where all the leaks have been coming from recently.

Of course, it's all still speculation, but it seems like as good a guess as any.

[WolverineDG]

97. but again the hole

if they didn't know valerie plame was undercover cia, how did they know the name of her front operation? :think:

either way, they are, in the words of stephanie miller, lying sacks of crap.

dg

[Nothing Without Hope]

103. Exactly. I cannot agree with Keith that this is a likely scenario.

But it looks like it's going to be around and attributed to him. The Rethugs should appreciate that, and Keith's RW GOP boss should too.

[WolverineDG]

106. good

hope it raises said rw gop boss' blood pressure significantly. :evilgrin:

dg

[crispini]

107. I'm sure there are already people in GD that are KO-bashing.

That's fine. I intend to (1) do the man the courtesy of believing that if he says it's his theory, it's his theory and he's not a GOP plant. (2) nevertheless, disagree with the theory because IMO it doesn't go far enough. Although maybe that's just the HOPE talking... :D

[Nothing Without Hope]

109. What you said.

I don't believe this theory, but neither Keith nor we have more than educated guesses at this point.

[WolverineDG]

118. some people in GD

have nothing better to do with their time than find someone or something to bash. they just aren't happy unless they can tear someone down. :eyes: what a suck way to live.

what ko has come up with is probably the crooks' defense to "knowingly" disclosing classified info, but as i pointed out, it has a hole in it, which any persecutor, er i mean prosecutor (sorry, hanging out too much with my criminal defense friends again :evilgrin: ) worth his salt will pursue.

and yes, we are all speculating at this point & could all be wrong, so why the circular firing squad over this theory?

dg

[Nothing Without Hope]

101. ***VIDEO ALREADY UP FOR KEITH'S PLAMEGATE THEORY***

You'll see the "In Too Veep" banner too. It's all speculation and I don't agree.

Talking to Howard Fineman, and they are also asking who told Cheney? That's an important question, much discussed here at DU. (My vote is for Bolton and his creepy CIA-insider toady Fleitz.)

Here's the clip:

WINDOWS MEDIA: http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/olbermannplametheoryoct2505.wmv

[Botany]

102. Rosa Parks may we all learn from her

look @ this picture.

She was a little women and she changed the world!

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern_parks_1_e.html&h=553&w=700&sz=74&tbnid=JWyS8D3GXlwJ:&tbnh=109&tbnw=138&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drosa%2Bparks%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D&oi=imagesr&start=1

[Nothing Without Hope]

108. ***SECOND VIDEO CLIP - "WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD"***

Windows Media: http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/wpwoct2505.wmv

[bunny planet]

110. say, I just had my 5000th post a little while ago.

Dayam, I do spend a lot of time on DU. I hope there is a twelve step program for me (after Fitzmas of course).

[crispini]

112. Congrats!

Yay bunny!

:party::toast::bounce::party::toast::bounce::party::toast::bounce::party::toast::bounce::party::toast::bounce::party::toast::bounce::party::toast::bounce::party::toast::bounce:

[bunny planet]

113. Aw shucks Crispi, you shouldn't have.

Now I'm gonna be blushing.
:blush: :blush: :blush:

Thank you.

[RevCheesehead]

114. THANK YOU, CC for my new avatar!!!!

<-----check it out!!!

[WolverineDG]

117. lookin' good, rev!!

congrats for finally getting the avatar you wanted! :) um, but does this mean we have to behave now? :evilfrown:

dg

[RevCheesehead]

119. Don't be silly.

What do you think is burning in that censer? Incense? :evilgrin:

[gkhouston]

128. ripped bodices?

love the new avatar, Rev.

[CC]

120. nah, just means she is

prepared to pray for the forgiveness of the the bad behavior.
A quick hello to all before I get back to work. Its actually quiet for a minute here.
Hoping Fitzmas isn't until tomorrow since I am in the caves and news is hard to come by. Though do check the nets when I can. Besides it will give Patsy (and Raging) another day to hopefully be able to be here.

Should anyone be inclined to vote on some great photos they can here http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4202753



Gotta go, hugs to all, I miss being around for the live thread.

[gkhouston]

127. Hey, CC?

You give great avatar. :7