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by BooMan
Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 04:22:35 PM EST

I hope Stanford University is proud to have Condi back in the saddle.

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Q: what do peter pace, tommy franks, l. paul bremer, george tenet, tony blair, paul wolfowitz, irving kristol, and norman podhoretz have in common other than being cheerleaders and BushCo™ sycophants for the war in iraq?

A: chimpy's given them all medals of freedom.

tony 'poodle boy' blair, got his today, along with colombian president alvaro uribe and former australian PM john howard.

orwell is laughing his ass off somewhere.

the revolution will not be televised...

by dada on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 07:33:06 PM EST

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Maybe Blair can sell it and get his teeth fixed. That would "improve the lives of citizens" who have to look at him.

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; now we know that it is bad economics;" - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

by Salunga on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 09:53:07 PM EST
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Dr. Condi (4.00 / 2)

This is a woman who has significant errors in her curriculum vitae--the "bible" of academic credentials--and blames her secretary, or someone, for her own negligence. Her management credentials are abyssmal. She is the ultimate example of Republican tokenism.

Michaela

by michaelmt (MrMichael_t@yahoo.com) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 08:32:23 PM EST

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She got a job as the Stanford Cardinal? Man, they'll let ANY clown wear that mascot suit.

More at Zandar vs. The Stupid.

by Zandar1 on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 04:52:19 PM EST

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nice pic. where'd you find that?

The Four Horsemen of Bushism: War, Corruption, Hypocrisy and Greed

by esquimaux (esquimaux1 at gmail dot com) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 06:00:10 PM EST
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'vini, vidi, excreti' - Joe the Plumber

by anarchronarchist (mincers (-at-) hotmail (-dot-) com) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 10:24:50 PM EST
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Stanford is a surprisingly conservative place.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Steven D on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 04:59:30 PM EST

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And Berkeley ain't what it used to be.

by Heart of the Rockies on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 10:26:12 PM EST
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she'll be a nice addition to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, which already has rumsfeld.

however, much like rummy's appointment, it has not been without controversy.

the revolution will not be televised...

by dada on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 05:22:25 PM EST

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I'm guessing that's exactly what she'll do. The Hoover will be glad to have her and the poli sci dept will be glad to let them.

The Four Horsemen of Bushism: War, Corruption, Hypocrisy and Greed

by esquimaux (esquimaux1 at gmail dot com) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 06:15:00 PM EST
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I hope Stanford University is proud to have Condi back in the saddle.

well, no. But that's just one alum's opinion.

There's no doubt that we have to let her come back. I hope she hides in Hoover Tower and writes her memoirs rather than bothering students.

at least we don't have to give her back the job as Provost, where her replacement is a big improvement.

The Four Horsemen of Bushism: War, Corruption, Hypocrisy and Greed

by esquimaux (esquimaux1 at gmail dot com) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 06:32:16 PM EST

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OMG! And to think, I almost WENT to Stanford!

EEeeeeeewwwwwww!

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 08:18:39 PM EST

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The girl I fancied most in high school went there, as did her older sister.

Recommended by Hideo Kojima

by robertdsc on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 09:37:34 PM EST
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I went to Berkeley. It was close though. I have a relative by marriage who went to Standford when she was provost. His impression of her was that she was kind of weird. And he's - or rather was, prior to Dubya - a Republican. He's cured now, thank heaven, and after the Sarah Palin debacle, it might be permanent.

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 10:30:02 PM EST
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Last throes of the Bizarro Bush World (none / 0)

Let's see. Roger Clemons sits in front of a Senate committee and lies under oath about steroid use in Major League baseball. So the U.S. Attorney considers this such a worrisome development that he convenes a grand jury to consider perjury charges against Clemons.

But when Brad Schlozman sits in front a Congressional committee and lies about his politicizing of the Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney says, "Ehhhh....Fuck it. No problem here".

Damn....who would have thought something like that could ever happen in Washington!!

"I think generations pretty soon are going to start to thank this president for what he's done. This generation will."

by MikeInOhio (miken45054@yahoo.com) on Tue Jan 13th, 2009 at 10:45:27 PM EST

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