Crossfire is excellent today!

[Kierkegaard]

Novak is getting his ass caved in here!

Scoring big points for team Kerry...

[speedoo]

1. That rethug guest is scary.

Freakin' psycho is about to go into cardiac arrest.

And the Douchebag of Liberty is unusually stupid today.

[Kierkegaard]

3. Notice how he keeps looking to the audience for approval

when he finshes a screed. It never comes...

LOL!

[Nimble_Idea]

5. the repuke guest is a moran

he's getting hot over his AWOL boy.
We all know shrub is a cheerleader coward.

[bluedog]

39. did you see

the way he looked...like he was so smug when he said Kerry voted against the armor the soldiers needed...it was like he was foaming at the mouth..the man was almost rabid with delight that he could throw that point in.........this man is the creepiest I've seen in a while.of course I haven't been watching the rabid right very often.

[Nimble_Idea]

2. yeah repuke liars being exposed.

.

[dogtag]

9. I like Howard Wolfson,

he's a keeper!! Smart, tough, doesn't back down an inch. The DoB is his usual sick making self. Is Bob Walker Zell Miller's nawthern cousin?

[oasis]

12. Bob Walker makes Zell look tame.

[Cha]

55. Harold Wolfson was Hillary's campaign

manager in New York(2000).

[A_Possum]

4. excellent what's the topic?

my cable is still out

[Kierkegaard]

7. Bush lies

guard service
WMD

[TheDonkey]

6. the DNC guy is fired up and kicking ass

novakand the rethug are in meltdown.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

8. Begala and Carville are golden.... simply golden. n/t

[Kierkegaard]

11. It's really heartening to see the Repugs get a little comeuppance

This is one of the only 'news' shows that I've seen lately that will call a spade a spade. No bullshit spin is tolerated.

[speedoo]

The DNC guy is very good.

His name is Wolfson, I think, and he is very aggressive, quick on his feet and has a knack for short, pointed comments that usually score well, especially when he counterattacks.

Example:

Douchebag asks him to admit the AWOL memos are phony.

Wolfson: "no, they are not phony. But Bush's reasons for invading Iraq are."

Big applause.

[faithnotgreed]

20. that is good. thanks for sharing that

[Cha]

56. So Wolfson says "they are Not phony".

Does he know something about their authenticity that needs to be Shouted Out!

[Kierkegaard]

25. Very concise, very sharp

and took no prisoners. Blew holes in every stupid Repug talking point in one sentence each!

[oasis]

10. Rethug Bob Walker is about to blow a gasket. He is stutering and

stammering in his defense of Bush's guard service. Walker has his finger in the face of the DNC spokesman "He got an honorable discharge". He must've said it a half dozen times.

He's frustated because he's getting hammered with the truth.

[molly]

13. He always reminds me of Elmer Fudd

[oasis]

18. I'm glad he's no longer in congress.

[lancdem]

26. I'm quite embarrassed to admit Bob Walker

was my congressman for years.

[oasis]

37. Why does the GOP think that scumbag is a plus? He is an embarrassment

to civil discourse.

[asjr]

47. OOOOh--that guy! I always thought he sounded like Elmer

but looked like Porky Pig. The guests get a shower when he is on.

[DURHAM D]

15. Every time a rethug tries to use the "He has an honorable

discharge" defense the response should be "and so did the DC sniper".

[oasis]

23. Good one. The DNC's Wolfson just said Bush "lied" about his service.

:wow:

[olddem43]

42. He got an honorable discharge the same way he got in.

[Professor_Moriarty]

43. I think we should say that the only honorable discharge that any

Bush has gotten will be Neil Bush in his hotel room in Bangkok!

[Bandit]

45. So did Tim McVeigh

:shrug:

[jimshoes]

14. Douchebag for Liberty

Jon Stewart is a genius. Fits that old fluck to a tee.

[ClintonTyree]

19. I got an A on an English exam in 1966.........................

but I cheated. Same thing. It wasn't an honest A and Bush's "honorable" discharge was anything but honorable.

[starbuck6446]

22. I agree... I just don't think it's very nice to insult douchebags with the

comparison!

[jimshoes]

29. That's true...

douchebags are very useful and don't deserve to be compared to Nofacts. :)

[johnnyrocket]

30. I have a theory that Repugs secretly want Bush to lose...

so they can gasp for breath and stop defending the chimpster.

A Bush loss would be seismic for the right wing, it would faction and morph ( for the better ) away from the 'Bush Doctrine bullies' into the true fiscal conservatives, and the morons without a party whom are left over.

[wyldwolf]

16. I thought Begala had become a tool of the GOP?

Oh, wait! That was yesterday (sarcasm off)

[dennis4868]

35. yep....

Paul "Bush is a dcent man" Begala was a tool yesterday in my opinion......usually he is very good when he is not letting the country know how decent of a man Bushit is....

[wyldwolf]

40. Did you ever come up with that transcript to put that in proper context?

[dennis4868]

49. some DUer......

came up with the transcript. The issue was never the context but that Begala said that Bush is a decent man. The transcript never stated that Begala said Bush and Cheney lied. He came close though!

I am tired of Begala always saying Bush is a decent man right before he bashes him....it makes no sense.....how can someone be decent and then you go on to say that he is doing all these very evil things?

[wyldwolf]

50. The issue is ALWAYS the context... here is an example...

dennis4868 just posted "Bush is a decent man!"

He sure did! Look at the post I'm replying to...

[Julien Sorel]

51. "Brutus is an honorable man."

Have you read Shakespeare's Julius Caesar? What do you think the Mark Antony character meant to accomplish by repeating "Brutus is an honorable man?" Do you think he wanted the citizens of Rome to walk away feeling that Brutus really was an honorable man? Is that what happened?

People here really need to start thinking beyond the level of a schoolkid. Begala knows exactly what he's doing by saying Bush is a "nice guy" before trashing him, just as Antony knew he had to acknowledge the public's preception of Brutus before he could tear it down.

[starbuck6446]

17. Novak... douchebag of liberty...

calling for an independent investigation of the CBS documents -- what the heck????

[cthrumatrix]

21. this MUST be the Rove plan - focus on documents- PLEASE no ISSUES

how pathetic

[RevCheesehead]

44. Gee, wonder if they'll trot out Ken Starr?

The Repukes are ANGRY!
Anger is a response of insecurity and fear.

Repeat after me: Bush cannot escape. He is gone.

[starbuck6446]

24. Wait! Oprah gave out cars... they're giving out douchebags!!!!

[oasis]

32. Actually they gave out CNN "campaign buttons" to the cheering crowd.

:-)

[canuckybee]

27. Wolfson is simply the best I have seen

He is terse and calm and forceful and refusing to be put off message. His sentences are so short, there is no opportunity for them to interrupt him, and yet his message is clear as a bell. We need this guy out there more !

[Kierkegaard]

31. Agreed

I wish we had him on the rapid response team!

[dogtag]

33. I also found him to be

quite easy on the eyes. Not in a glam sort of way, but in the 'reeks of integrity' kind. I liked his quiet intensity.

[grasswire]

38. yesterday's guest was good, too

What was his name? I forgot it already.

[NoBorders]

48. Wolfson Engaged to 'Terri McCullough.'

no jive. Here's a bio I found:

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2519/is_7_22/ai_78546223

He wants to own an indepedent records store some day...

[librechik]

28. two assholes--no waiting n/t

[PurityOfEssence]

34. Begala still doesn't get the war vote; Walker defines docs as forgeries

When Novak says "John Kerry voted for the war", he should be interrupted right there. Kerry never voted for the war; he voted for sincere inspections with the threat of war as a backup. The Bush Administration never exhausted the regimen of inspections, and actually impeded them, then forcing the war on an excuse. Bush lied.

Walker now defines the TANG documents as forgeries. Why does nobody say that the schmuck "expert" who claims that he's 100% sure they're forgeries has no more proof than anyone else without the originals? If they could have been made on a period typewriter, then it's still an open question.

I hope that CBS is letting them get overconfident before springing the originals, and I seriously hope that the issue of Shrub scrubbing the documents while Governor gets serious airplay.

Warning to Sumner Redstone, Viacom, CBS and Dan Rather: if George Bush pulls off this election, you will be destroyed. This isn't playtime, and there's no turning back.

[RevCheesehead]

46. Our soundbytes are too long.

When someone says "JK voted for the war" the response is simply
"only as a last resort. That's what he was promised."

If you go into detail, people tune out.

[grasswire]

36. yep, another great Dem!

Yesterday's guest was outstanding, and this guy is excellent, too!

Woo hoo! Fresh faces, media trained, with NO hesitation in going for the jugular.

Dayum!

[Nightjock]

41. Thank You!

What you said, {Kerry never voted for the war; he voted for sincere inspections with the threat of war as a backup. The Bush Administration never exhausted the regimen of inspections, and actually impeded them, then forcing the war on an excuse. Bush lied."}

That's exactly what I was thinking!That should be sent to every voter in the United States. With Begala's house first.If you are on tv or radio and someone says John Kerry voted for the war, that should be your response VERBATIM.

[goclark]

52. Ssh...let's not tell the Media Whores

how great our spokespeople were.

If we do they won't be invited back again.

Rove is probably calling the sopranos on them now.

[liberal N proud]

53. The part I loved was the blasting the Republican Congressman from

PA got.
He was drooling and spitting and double clutching his words while shaking his jowels. It was fantastic.
The answers given by HOWARD WOLFSON, DNC SR. COMMUNICATIONS ADVISER were fantastic. One line firing back at every attack. Kerry needs to get some of this guy!
The congressman was BOB WALKER (R), FORMER U.S. CONGRESSMAN from PA.
He just couldn't hack it.
At one point he repeated "those document were forged" three times trying to get it in above the crosstalk.

[liberal N proud]

54. The part I loved was the blasting the Republican Congressman from

PA got.
He was drooling and spitting and double clutching his words while shacking his jowels. It was fantastic.
The answers given by HOWARD WOLFSON, DNC SR. COMMUNICATIONS ADVISER were fantastic. One line firing back at every attack. Kerry needs to get some of this guy!
The congressman was BOB WALKER (R), FORMER U.S. CONGRESSMAN from PA.
He just couldn't hack it.
At one point he repeated "those document were forged" three times trying to get it in above the crosstalk.

[Donna Zen]

57. Wolfson is a keeper

I usually make it through the first three minutes of CrossFire as long as the mute is enabled. Wolfson was a nice surprise.

For the first time in months, the Dem was skilled enough to interrupt the framing, all the disjointed lies that get put out before the question. Wolfson stopped the blather and called them on it. Often this is where the worse damage is done, and it never gets refuted. Secondly, Wolfson knew his stuff; short, to the point, and catchy phrases. Finally, he has mastered the art of "stare down" and stopped that Elmer Fudd's talk over bs. Fudd always begins the interruptions as soon as the Dem gets close to the truth. Just as Novak and Carlson call for a commercial when the going gets tough. Novak did it today.

If perception is everything, then Wolfson comes across as honest, smart but not smarmy, and cool. A keeper.

OTOH, in my book, Begala has "less than useless" written beside his name; in ink.