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5.01.2008

 

Run, Welch, run

Congressman Peter Welch was running yesterday, and it wasn't for re-election.

Instead, the first-term House member was competing in the annual charity run in the nation's capital for folks from all three branches of government and the fourth estate -- the media. The event was staged by the American Council of Life Insurers, a trade association that represents the insurance industry on Capitol Hill.

Welch and a team from his office did okay, actually more than okay. Welch himself did the three miles in 22:39 and finished 119th out of more than 600 racers. Hey, he got 3rd place in his age group.

BTW, he's 61 tomorrow, so happy B-day, Pete.

As for the four-person Welch team, who ran under the name the VerMonsters, it finished 6th overall among teams from the U.S. House.

Clearly Welch, a regular jogger, was up for the race yesterday. He's appears ready to go on a re-election run too this fall, and it's a good bet he'll leave his competitors in the dust. Anyone heard who the GOP offer plans to trot out to run against him?

-- Sam Hemingway

Comments:
I vote for Coopy. He is the smartest person I know.
 
OK, now you have 3, (including JW's vote)
 
Dick Mazza? He's a good Republican.
 
vote for Colby... another shining light in VT political thought.
 
Jim Equals Joblessness. Give em two more, and he'll have ya homeless, too.

Well, it's official. On the fifth anniversary of Mission Accomplished, with a 71 percent disapproval rating, Shrub is now the most unpopular President in modern American History.

Sam, if only the likes of you and the SCLM had been on the case, we still might have a surplus, 50thousand or so fewer needlessly killed or maimed Americans and a WTC to look at.

Congrats. Bush never could have done it without ya.
 
Another fact based comment by our favorite empty suit.

Once again you are right Coopy...terrorism started with Bush. Enlighten us. Provide some proof Bin Laden began his planning upon Bush's inauguration.

While you are at it do you care to comment on the role of the Dems in the 8 years before in dealing with a threat that has existed for decades?

I look forward to your reply. My paper wasn't delivered today and I miss having read the funny papers.
 
Coop nailed it! Bush and his GOP legacy? can't go away soon enough.

1) Unnecessary war in Iraq. Ahghan war was justifed.
2) Highest deficit ever.
3) Largest government ever (from the smaller government party)
4) Subprime debacle (Congress takes partial blame, as do millions of sucker Americans)
5)Largest erosion of freedoms ever.
6) Largest debt to China ever created.
7) Highest dissapproval ever for an American president.

The list goes on and on. Careful what you ask for gullible Americans. Thankfully, the light has gone on for the youth of America and the geezer GOPers are dying off. Our best days are ahead!
 
We need some balance at all levels of government.

Who is running for the state wide
offices besides Governor?
 
Why would anyone with talent want to run? The pay isn't that good and the headaches far outweigh the positives.

If you want qualified professionals to seek these offices, you won't get them in this environment.
 
Anonymous said...

"Another fact based comment by our favorite empty suit."

Well, anything is gonna seem fact-filled in comparison to your delusional dreck, little factually-challenged fella, but I appreciate the sentiment all the same. As knuckle-draggin', nameless-nitwit slime with no capacity for rational thought goes, you're very thoughtful that way.

So, that said, just what facts does your ignorant, ill-informed, empty-headed, anonymous ass take issue with, little fella?

Is it your clueless-cretin contention that Bush was not President on the morning of 9/11/01 and Congress wasn't well into it seventh year of gop control and mismanagement?

"Once again you are right Coopy...terrorism started with Bush. Enlighten us. Provide some proof Bin Laden began his planning upon Bush's inauguration."

And once again you're wrong, little factually-challenged fella. Feel free to point out just where and when I said that "terrorism started with Bush" and "bin laden began his planning his upon Bush's Inauguration," little factually-challenged/lyin'-scum fella..

That's what I thought.

"While you are at it do you care to comment on the role of the Dems in the 8 years before in dealing with a threat that has existed for decades?"

Well, given the fact that the Gops controlled Congress for over six and a half of the more than eight and a half years between the comparatively-unsuccessful 2/28/93 attack and the disastrous 9/11/01 attacks, unfortunately, their role was limited.

Of course, given the fact that Reagan having a Gop Senate for his first 6 years didn't prevent the '83 Beirut Barracks Bombing which killed 241 US Military Personnel and Clinton and a Dem Congress succeeded in catching and bringing to justice the perps of the comparatively-unsuccessful 2/28/93 WTC attack while McVeigh, the Embassy Bombings and the Cole along with the 9/11/01 Attacks all took place with a gop-controlled Congress, the Dem's role in the eight and a half year period between WTC attacks, while limited, was far more effective than gop efforts.

So, given the fact that the first WTC attack on 2/28/93 was 5 weeks into Clinton's first term as President after 12 Deficit-filled/Arms for Hostages Tradin'/Iran-Contra lyin'/Beirut-Barracks Bombin' years of the Reagan/Bush Debacle and the gops controlled Congress for the last six of Clinton's eight years in office along with the first six of this schmuck's 8 year reign of error and they allowed little to no input from the Dem Minority as the constantly sought to tie Clinton's hands at every opportunity, the Dem Minority in Congress didn't have the opportunity to play much of a role in dealing with the threat posed by bin laden or the gops.

Then again, given the fact that the '93 WTC Attack failed to bring down the WTC, was limited to six casualties, resulted in the arrest, conviction and incarceration of Yamzi Youseff and his fellow perps, clearly, what they did do was considerably more effective than gop efforts.

Of course, there's no evidence that Clinton ignored persistent warnings of Al Qaeda activity from Dick Clarke or failed to cut his vacation short while ignoring an 8/6/01 PDB advising that al qaeda/bin laden were determined to attack inside the US and that he might use commercial aircraft to do so a full five weeks before the 9/11/01 attacks, but, as always, if your ignorant, ill-informed, delusional-dreck spewin' ass has evidence to the contrary, feel free to cough it up and present it, little fella.

That's what I thought.

Always a pleasure, always a piece of cake.

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Anonymous said...

"Why would anyone with talent want to run? The pay isn't that good and the headaches far outweigh the positives."

That's why they call it public service, little fella.

Always a pleasure.

Dismissed.
 
And I suspect you view the rants you charm us with are public service also.
 
Anonymous has left a new comment on the post "Run, Welch, run":

"And I suspect you view the rants you charm us with are public service also."

In other words, you're ignorant trash with bupkis.

Like I recently told your ignorant, anonymous ass, any time you and/or your coalition of the clueless comrades begin a sentence with some form of "And I suspect..., it's a lock that ya haven't got a case or a clue and your ignorant, anonymous ass has no evidence to substantiate whatever utterly-psychotic, factually-challenged specious slop you happen to be serving at that moment.

So, I'll see ya, raise ya and call your ignorant, anonymous ass.

Turn 'em over.

Nice playin' with ya, putz. Do you need me to stake ya to cab fare to get your sorry, ignorant, anonymous ass home or do ya wanna walk and take some time to lick your wounds and reassess?

Always a pleasure.

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JW,

Do you really think anyone cares what you say?
 
This comment has been removed by the author.
 
Well, little factually-challenged fella, given the fact that you're ignorant trash with bupkis and invariably without any factual basis or supporting evidence to substantiate your delusional dreck, the less the nameless-nitwit, lunatic-fringe likes of you care what I say, the better.

Always a pleasure.

Dismissed.
 
Coopy, You missed a few of your standard insults. You are slipping. Are your cut and paste keys broken?
 
Anonymous has left a new comment on the post "Run, Welch, run":

"Coopy, You missed a few of your standard insults. You are slipping. Are your cut and paste keys broken?"

Clearly, yours aren't, little factually-challenged fella. Congrats, at least your ignorant, anonymous ass has something workin' for ya.

Lord knows reality and the facts ain't doin' your delusional-dreck dealin' ass any favors.

Always a pleasure.

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You are too kind Coopy. Any thoughts on your pals Obama and Clinton's new found fondness for appearing on FOX news?

You must have been proud yesterday as Chris Wallace shredded Howard Dean on FOX News Sunday.

Little fella
 
Oh wait... turn on Fox now Coopy. B.O. is doing another interview on Fox and Friends. Hillary is on next.

Little Fella.
 
Little Howie should have heeded his own advice and never appeared on FOX. Now the world knows what thinking Vermonters have known for years - what a pathological liar Dean is.
 
It was fun to watch. Dean was just making things up and Wallace slammed him at every turn. By the end, ol' Howie had developed a little twitch.
 
bubba has left a new comment on the post "Run, Welch, run":

"Little Howie should have heeded his own advice and never appeared on FOX. Now the world knows what thinking Vermonters have known for years - what a pathological liar Dean is."

And just what did Dean pathologically lie" about, to fixed news about yesterday, little bigot boy?

That's what I thought.

Once again, you and your nameless-nitwit/coalition of the clueless compatriots prove yourself to be ignorant trash with bupkis.

Always a pleasure.

Dismissed.
 
Anonymous said...
You are too kind Coopy. Any thoughts on your pals Obama and Clinton's new found fondness for appearing on FOX news?

"You must have been proud yesterday as Chris Wallace shredded Howard Dean on FOX News Sunday."

And when did he do that, little factually-challenged fella?

That's what I thought.

Dean handed him his head.

As you clueless cretins demonstrate on a regular basis, Dean is absolutely correct. Since 1964, ignorance, bigotry and racism is the republican platform.

No racists, no reagan. No bigots, no bush.

You have nothing else to offer. You never did. You never will.

Always a pleasure, always a piece of cake.

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Anonymous has left a new comment on the post "Run, Welch, run":

"It was fun to watch. Dean was just making things up and Wallace slammed him at every turn. By the end, ol' Howie had developed a little twitch."

And just what did Dean "make up", little factually-challenged/fundamentally-dishonest/nameless-nitwit fella?

That's what I thought.

Gops have nothing to offer but ignorance, racism, bigotry and fear itself.

You never have. You never will.

But, hey, if you clueless cretins wanna tell us about what you clowns have done for the price of oil, health care, the deficit, illegal immigration, national security and the economy and the skyline of Lower Manhattan since 1/20/01, knock yourselves out.

That's entertainment.

Always a pleasure.

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bubba has left a new comment on the post "Run, Welch, run":

A 20-year mentor of a presidential candidate screams "God damn America", blames our own country for inciting the terrorism that led to 9/11, accuses the country of bringing AIDS in to control the black population, and when he is criticized, it is, according to know-nothings like Lil'Howie and jw, just Republican racism!"

Well, little bigot boy, given the fact that, according to the Transcript of Pat Robertson's Interview with Jerry Falwell
From the 9-13-01 edition of The 700 Club, in the process of trashing the ACLU, the late, unlamented Jerry Falwell said to Robertson:

"JERRY FALWELL: The ACLU's got to take a lot of blame for this.

PAT ROBERTSON: Well, yes.

"JERRY FALWELL: And, I know that I'll hear from them for this. But, throwing God out successfully with the help of the federal court system, throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools. The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen'."

PAT ROBERTSON: Well, I totally concur, and the problem is we have adopted that agenda at the highest levels of our government. And so we're responsible as a free society for what the top people do. And, the top people, of course, is the court system.

JERRY FALWELL: Amen. Pat, did you notice yesterday? The ACLU, and all the Christ-haters, the People For the American Way, NOW, etc. were totally disregarded by the Democrats and the Republicans in both houses of Congress as they went out on the steps and called out on to God in prayer and sang 'God Bless America' and said 'let the ACLU be hanged'. In other words, when the nation is on its knees, the only normal and natural and spiritual thing to do is what we ought to be doing all the time- calling upon God.

PAT ROBERTSON: Amen. I wanted to ask you the reaction. I know that you had a major prayer meeting last night, and I know your people assembled, just a large gathering at your church. What was the mood of the people? What did they say and what did you sense with your congregation?"

Given the fact that that the likes of these former "agents of intolerance" as McCain once dubbed them are now McCain's new best buds, yeah, that's exactly what it is.

Wright's comments were just as reprehensible as those of Falwell and Robertson. They're also no worse.

Obama has denounced them. Repeatedly. I don't see McCain, fixed news or the ignorant-trash likes of their supporters denouncing Falwell Robertson, Haggard or Hagee.

No racists, no reagan. No bigots, no bush.

"Is Hillary a racist?"

No, like Mitt Romney and Rudy G, she's a shameless opportunist who will say and do anything to win the nomination.

Ya wanna trade quotes from shameless politicians and crazy clergyman, knock your ignorant ass out, schmuck. You're already out of facts. You'll be out of ammo long before I will.

Always a pleasure, always a piece of cake.

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Great blog, jw! I couldn't of said it too much better myself! I just HATE those intolerant Republicans!


EEEY-YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Your pal, Howie.
 
Howard Dean has left a new comment on the post "Run, Welch, run":

Great blog, jw! I couldn't of said it too much better myself! I just HATE those intolerant Republicans!


EEEY-YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Your pal, Howie. "

No, little nameless-nitwit fella, you couldn't.

Still, thanks, as always, for that factually-challenged, ignorant, anonymous trash perspective.

As my eyes and ears in the coalition of the clueless cretin community, your input is always appreciated.

Always a pleasure.

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"Howard Dean said...
Great blog, jw! I couldn't of said it too much better myself! I just HATE those intolerant Republicans!"

You knew it had to happen once the snow melted and Joe's pond thawed. A JW mini-me has crawled out from under his rock.
 
Anonymous has left a new comment on the post "Run, Welch, run":

"Howard Dean said...
Great blog, jw! I couldn't of said it too much better myself! I just HATE those intolerant Republicans!"

"You knew it had to happen once the snow melted and Joe's pond thawed. A JW mini-me has crawled out from under his rock."

Ya mean your ignorant, anonymous, brain-dead bubba wannabe ass couldn't slither out from under your rock and come up with that slop until the ice-out at Joe's Pond, little factually-challenged fella?

Ya best slither back and hope your clueless cabeza thaws out, little queenie.

Always a pleasure.

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"Queenie"? Once Dean's "private" papers are forced out in public, I think we'll see who the "queens" are in Vermont!
 
bubba has left a new comment on the post "Run, Welch, run":

"Queenie"? Once Dean's "private" papers are forced out in public, I think we'll see who the "queens" are in Vermont!"

"Dean's 'private' papers" eh, little bigot boy?

In other words, you're dumb, you're scum and ya got bupkis.

Thanks for clesrin' that up, little fella.

Always a pleasure.

Dismissed.
 
Would you accept a free Ben and Jerry cone from jw?
 
I may never eat ice cream again....
 
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