http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/ \"...a somewhat popular blogger\" Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:41:46 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16922 Dale Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:10:07 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16922 <p>McCain is sameness we can bereave in.</p> McCain is sameness we can bereave in.

]]> http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16921 HalloweenJack Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:04:32 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16921 <p>I don’t think that there’s a larger scheme; I think that you’re looking at a group of very-well-paid people that were willing to shill for the Repubs as long as the stock market was going up and the tax cuts for the wealthy were in place. Now they’re watching the bodies plummeting on Wall Street and going, oh, shit, they nominated <em>who</em>? Same old same old: when the economy is in the toilet, get a Democrat to fix things; when business is good, get a Republican to let you hold on to more of your moolah.</p> I don’t think that there’s a larger scheme; I think that you’re looking at a group of very-well-paid people that were willing to shill for the Repubs as long as the stock market was going up and the tax cuts for the wealthy were in place. Now they’re watching the bodies plummeting on Wall Street and going, oh, shit, they nominated who? Same old same old: when the economy is in the toilet, get a Democrat to fix things; when business is good, get a Republican to let you hold on to more of your moolah.

]]> http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16916 MrsTarquinBiscuitbarrel Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:05:52 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16916 <p>Yes. He’d go in and shut it.</p> Yes. He’d go in and shut it.

]]> http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16904 TheRealityBasedDave Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:23:36 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16904 <p>Did <strike>Les</strike> er, Richard have a real door?</p> Did Les er, Richard have a real door?

]]> http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16903 MNGus Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:13:07 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16903 <p>Isn’t the point of Bobo’s whole body of work of the last 10 years that the people who eat at the non-existent Applebee’s salad bar are the salt of the earth, the real Americans who should be making all of our decisions? Wow, it’s gotta suck to realize you’ve been spectacularly wrong in everything you’ve ever written.</p> Isn’t the point of Bobo’s whole body of work of the last 10 years that the people who eat at the non-existent Applebee’s salad bar are the salt of the earth, the real Americans who should be making all of our decisions? Wow, it’s gotta suck to realize you’ve been spectacularly wrong in everything you’ve ever written.

]]> http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16893 DrDick Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:41:25 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16893 <p>Well, I suppose tragically late to the party is better than never. Wonder how many more decades it will take for him to realize that McCain has <em>always</em> been this lying, sleazy asshole and that St. McCain is just a figment he made up in his imagination?</p> Well, I suppose tragically late to the party is better than never. Wonder how many more decades it will take for him to realize that McCain has always been this lying, sleazy asshole and that St. McCain is just a figment he made up in his imagination?

]]> http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16888 Bogie Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:22:24 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16888 <p>Shorter Bobo: “Sure, Palin is an incompetent hack chosen for political reasons. But damn the left for pointing this out.”</p> Shorter Bobo: “Sure, Palin is an incompetent hack chosen for political reasons. But damn the left for pointing this out.”

]]> http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16886 RandyOwens Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:46:36 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16886 <p>Of course, he couldn’t even get that Marx quote right. It’s “the first time <b>as</b> comedy, the second time <b>as</b> farce. Makes rather a bit of difference to the overall meaning. Don’t columnists have resources for that sort of thing?</p> Of course, he couldn’t even get that Marx quote right. It’s “the first time as comedy, the second time as farce. Makes rather a bit of difference to the overall meaning. Don’t columnists have resources for that sort of thing?

]]> http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16887 JeanArf Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:46:36 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16887 <p>Agreed, bodhisattava. I think the “fallen hero” narrative is seducing them all right now. Funny though, now that McSame’s foundation of dishonesty is being exposed all over the place, his poll numbers are going up at an alarming pace in my solidly blue state. Please sir, may we have another?</p> Agreed, bodhisattava. I think the “fallen hero” narrative is seducing them all right now. Funny though, now that McSame’s foundation of dishonesty is being exposed all over the place, his poll numbers are going up at an alarming pace in my solidly blue state. Please sir, may we have another?

]]> http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16884 bodhisattava1 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:15:45 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/confession-is-good-for-the-soul/#comment-16884 <p>A more important question for Richard Cohen is:Was John McCain ever the honest man he has been portrayed by the likes of Cohen?</p> A more important question for Richard Cohen is:Was John McCain ever the honest man he has been portrayed by the likes of Cohen?

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