Guestblogging the AARP Debate

The right hates her because that's what all that Scaife money was for. Money in, Clinton-hating dittoheads out.

I cannot understand how anyone can think Edwards could be a good president. He is like a teenager always looking in the mirror to admire himself. He send his dying wife out to do his dirty work. He hasn't a clue. A real phoney.

I confess I was once taken in by his appearance and freshness. No longer!

Yeah, let's have a malpractice attorney who channeled dead babies be the guy to come up with comprehensive health care reform. That's really smart

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Good of you to share this with us. You father must be innoculated to the stupid stuff given that he is in Canada. Does he have a view about health care in Canada? Does he have access? How much does it cost?

I regret to say I am put off by Edwards. Hardball had Bonior the other day, and Trippi yesterday doing the anti-Clinton thing - which is what gives Matthews his jollies. Even the sainted Elizabeth has gone down in my estimation. (Before anyone gets indignant I too am a cancer patient and lost my voicebox: so know a teeny bit about deprivation). The Edwards convey a sense of impatience that their message is not getting across; and I note a touch of panic. Still: he has time to rebuild if he can get his message out without bashing Clinton and Obama.

The people in NC cannot stand Edwards as they know him to be the malpractice attorney weasel that he is. I would rather see Comrade Clinton or Osama bin Obama than Edwards in the WH, though personally none of the three will be good for America.
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Edwards is definitely a strong contender. I'm considering voting for him and I'm a Republican.

No, you are a lot of things but not a Republican if you vote for the Breck Girl (maybe a RINO). What are you thinking?

That's like me saying I am a Democrat and will vote for Tom Tancredo.

Makes no sense whatsoever.

But hey, it is your vote. That's the nice thing about being in America. Even if you are completely ignorant as long as you are not too lazy to fail to get out there and vote you can, even if you vote for the worst candidate.

Nice post there chester.
Interesting that it got about .0001% of the typical whining responses that the posts that are ascribed to QH and his sockpuppets gets. I guess it is ok to use "evil racist words" like nigger if done on a Kos approved thought...

Pathetic.
But typical.

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Dammit. Sorry. Got those posts spliced again.
The second part refers not to you but to another poster named chester on a different thread. Sorry.

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There are a lot of things I like about Edwards. For example, it took a lot of political courage to tell Americans that they need to end their love affair with the SUV. Also, while he clearly takes money from plenty of sources, I was glad to see him condemn the influence of lobbyists. Unfortunately, I too have a hard time forgetting how he made his millions. Lawyers like him are responsible for the public’s low opinion of litigators.

End your love affair with SUVs while I fly around in a private jet....

Hypocrite.

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No wonder you are so bright, you have the genes and were raised by a genius!

Those of us who were among the few, the proud, the Shirley Chisholm voters of 1972 tried to turn America on a new course but no, you had to re-elect Nixon. To paraphrase Trent Lott,

"... And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either."

Always listen to your Dad, he knows what he's talking about.

Wow. QH is busier than ever. When the does that registration kick in?

**She is the most conservative of all of them, ironic that the right fears her the most.**
I'd say she ties with Biden, but yeah, she's always been much more conservative than the Scaife-Gringrichite caricature allows.

**Biden said one of the five on stage would be pres in 2009**

I think Obama has a better chance than three of the people on that stage. Including Biden.

Too bad for you the registration didn't kick in before you all got owned the other day, huh?

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No one "owned" anyone. 0% of the people on that post know anything about the regular commenters on this site.

After watching the debate last night I must admit Edwards is a stronger candidate than I originally thought. He's got my vote.

It kinda shows the amount of credibility he has since he has generated so much fear in the Cowardly Conservative (QH) who is unwilling to even post their name.

Other than the fact your a bunch of losers sitting at a computer in your skivees. Typing to each other making no difference in the world.

Ana, you call you dad "Sam"? Who are you--Bart Simpson?

Anonymous-- Yawn. Maybe I'll lift a finger and respond to that during my next code recompile.

The only thing sadder than being totally owned is either not realizing it or trying to deny it. At least denial is the first step toward acceptance where failure to recognize it only smacks of ignorance.

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AMC: I guess I like your Dad's 'politics' a bunch.

Since he is in Canada with very interesting Creds, would it be nepotism to have him as a guest blogger.
Maybe he could discuss Canadian Health beans and USA profiteer Health beans?

All these 'anti-litigator' folks should be in the business of taking care of some of the real 'medical mistakes' and witness the long term suffering. Personally, if the providers spent one tenth of the time and energy on quality control that they do playing CYA charting with expert legal guidance the anti-litigator folks would change which group of lawyers they dislike. Too which I would add the ability to lobby very successfully for laws tilting the playing field in favor of the providers.

I actually am a registered Republican and I voted for Bush in 2000. I clearly don't fit your definition of a Republican, but then, most of the country doesn't.

Whatever. You're the reason the Republican party is going to get killed in 2008.

linda -

No one here suggested that there were no medical mistakes or need to seek legitimate legal recourse. I would, however, suggest that there are quite a few unscrupulous ambulance chasers out there.

Back when Edwards was accumulating his fortune, some researchers believed that some small fraction of cases of cerebral palsy were caused by stress during the birthing process. (That theory has been since discarded.) Edwards’ cerebral palsy cases – and there were many such – seemed to run something like this: A child was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Edwards’ staff would examine the fetal monitor records from the child’s delivery. If the monitor showed any signs of stress while the baby was being squeezed through an opening much smaller than its head, and if the doctor had not immediately ordered a Caesarian, then Edwards would sue. Despite the fact that there was no way of telling whether that case of cerebral palsy was one of the small fraction then believed to be caused by stress or one of the large number due to other causes, the doctor and hospital were blamed. Juries were shown a sick baby and a grieving mother, and were reminded that the doctor and the hospital had more money than the mother, and were insured anyway. Edwards would walk away with a large slice of the take.

(Meanwhile, other lawyers – quite possibly including Edwards – were busily suing doctors for performing unnecessary Caesarians.)

Am I unhappy that the parents of those unfortunate children made some money? No, not really. We all paid for the settlements through the higher doctors’ and hospitals’ fees required to pay the higher insurance rates, but we would have paid to take care of the poor unfortunates anyway. I am, however, unhappy that so many cynical lawyers became so rich in the process.

Ana, if you had been one of the questioners at last night's forum, would you have asked the candidates about the ad??!! It seemed so gobsmackingly important to you when you were "interviewing" General Clark. Could you please write more about the ad. I haven't seen it discussed in anywhere near the depth that it "deserves" here at Swampland. Why are you trying to bore us with this policy stuff? The ad! Tell us about the ad! Ask about the ad! Get responses about the ad!

"The only thing sadder than being totally owned is either not realizing it or trying to deny it. At least denial is the first step toward acceptance where failure to recognize it only smacks of ignorance."

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How does a thread getting flooded with over a thousand comments equate to anyone getting owned?

A bunch of Drudge readers came over and eviscerated Joe, because they think Drudge is great? Be still my beating heart, lest the ownage kill me.

If Rush Limbaugh were to tell all of his radio listeners to come over here and flood a thread with rubbish, would he have owned us too?

- Scott

Well, most of the regulars did flee to the hills. Except for KOS KIDZ and I don't think he really helped you guys a whole lot...

It was great!

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KOS KIDZ is a neocon troll...

Well, Father Cox seems pretty sensible. What the heck happened to his daughter? Oh yeah, she got gobbled up by Time and now hobnobs with Carney and Klein and Matthews and Quinn and Broder and Dowd and etc etc. Ugh.

You wish he was.

More like the heart and soul of the modern american liberal I would say.

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In the tears of a shadow.

Near the streamlet,
and where a rustic
fireplace remembers
the sound of a
countryside, I see
a timid and innocent
care; and besides,
like the scent
of a swallow, a
tender bell-finger
discovers a faith.

Francesco Sinibaldi

Il y a le désir…..

Il y a le désir dans le son de la fugitive
neige: j'écoute l'harmonie quand les mots
de la vie arrivent tendrement où la prairie
disparaît, et aussi cette lumière considère
un poème, comme une douce opinion dans
le ciel infini.

Anonymous = KOS KIDZ.

Oh, and Anonymous- I hope you get ebola.
Haha. I "totally owned you."

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I just got my own USB rocket launcher :-) Awsome thing.

Plug into your computer and you got a remote controlled office missile launcher with 360 degrees horizontal and 45 degree vertival rotation with a range of more than 6 meters - which gives you a coverage of 113 square meters round your workplace.
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Check out the video they have on the page.

Cheers

Jacob Roder

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Next, there’s the special Sale link. This is open every Friday, and ONLY on Fridays.

You can find the same good discounts here as you would in hidden Deals, although some
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there as low as 75% off sticker price.

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