KOEB Meeting 4/18/08 No More Poll Dancing, Please Edition

[Berry Cool]

:hi: Keith is here, hope you are too!

And Wolfie...HE'S WEARING YOUR SUIT!!!! :bounce: :bounce:

[SeattleGirl]

1. Hi Berry! Happy Friday, all!

:hi:

[ralps]

2. Hi BerryBush, Hi Everyone! I hope there's a real backlash against ABC!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[SeattleGirl]

5. Oh, it's there, ralps.

They have been flooded with comments, emails, calls, there is a letter going to them signed by 52 journalists, etc.

Happy Friday, btw! :hi:

[ralps]

11. Hi SeattleGirl!! Yay!! & I hope you all have a great weekend!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[SharonRB]

3. I'm over in the "No Spin Zone" waiting for Nancy to come on

I'll probably need to take a shower afterwards, though. O'Liely is turning my stomach.

Hurry up, Nancy. I need to get out of here!

[Patsy Stone]

6. I'm so sorry to hear that.

And an early, but zissen, Pesach. :hi:

[SharonRB]

42. Same to you, Sweetie

We're not going to a seder. My aunt decided not to do anything. One of my mother's friends invited us for the second night, but I really didn't want to go. They're not starting until 9 and I'm working on Monday, plus they have a really annoying daughter. We're just going to lay low this year. Also, my daughter now has a 6:30 a.m. appointment for an MRI on Monday.

[Patsy Stone]

45. MRI for what?

I didn't necessarily care to go, but I was invited by my friend's parents, and when they call, you go. Sunday, however, I got nothin'.

[GigiMommy]

24. Oh Gosh!

You and Nancy both will need a shower. But please don't use a LOOFAH! :hi:

[SharonRB]

43. ROFLMAO

:rofl:

Don't worry -- I won't.

[Patsy Stone]

4. Kill the pollsters!

:hi:, all! Happy Friday!

[SeattleGirl]

7. Hi Patsy!

No kidding! If I paid attention to the polls, I'd be a schizophrenic.

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

9. That's why I've stopped watching TV

and reading anything. :)

:hi:, SG!

[Berry Cool]

21. I can't take this manufactured outrage shit anymore, really I can't.

I mean, today it's the fucking finger. Every damn DAY it's a new thing. It's SO tiresome.

[Patsy Stone]

25. At the end of all of this

no sane person will ever run for President.

[Berry Cool]

8. Happy Friday and Shabbat Shalom, everyone!

And Sha-Sha, please join us when you can, you poor thing.

And Zissen Pesach...I had almost forgotten. Forgive me!

[SeattleGirl]

10. Oh Hilary, PLEASE STOP IT!

:grr:

[bleever]

12. "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."

I was gonna say, "If it's brown, flush it down."

Sorry.

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

13. "We're looking at the brontosaurus right in the butt."

:rofl:

[GigiMommy]

14. RACHEL!!!

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[ralps]

15. Rachel!!!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[SharonRB]

16. Okay, I'm here now

Bill-O actually had Nancy and another Democratic analyst on at the same time. No piling on other than from Bill himself.

[SeattleGirl]

18. Hi Sharon! That's good.

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

23. Good! And you're back just in time for Rachel!

:loveya:

[SharonRB]

37. And then I got a phone call

from the other woman I worked on the campaign with so we could critique Nancy's appearance.

[SeattleGirl]

17. RACHEL!

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[GigiMommy]

19. Hi Everybody!

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

22. Hi Gigi!

:hi:

[GigiMommy]

29. Hi SG!!

:hi: "UnAmerican Man"...! :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

20. LOL. "Crapfest"

You said it, Keith!

[Berry Cool]

27. Indeed.

Can I just say, Rachel looks great even with no makeup?

[SeattleGirl]

30. Yes, she does.

:loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

26. You are so right, Rachel!

Most of us are pissed off at the shoddy quality of that debacle, not specifically about what was asked Obama. I mean, those questions were very unfair to him, but I would have been pissed off if most of them had been directed at her.

[Patsy Stone]

28. Yep

She was spot on with her entire comment.

:loveya:, Rachel!

[Berry Cool]

32. Yeah. I mean, it would have been ugly and unbecoming.

It's bad enough that they grilled her on the Bosnian airport thing yet AGAIN. I mean, come on--we all know she lied about that, point made, let's move on.

[Berry Cool]

34. Ooh, Keith's using Magic Screen again!!!

:bounce: :loveya: Dollars to doughnuts they got this screen in the first place just because they know how much fans like me love the KOOS!!!

[SeattleGirl]

31. Speaking of asinine questions by George Snuffalupagus, did you see this?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5570007&mesg_id=5570007

:wow:

Oh, and I found out today (via Glenn Greenwald on Randi Rhodes' show) that Nash McCabe, the "flag pin" woman featured in the debacle, is a Clinton supporter. Interesting that they didn't mention that, eh?

[Berry Cool]

35. Even worse, she's not doing all that well financially and has medical bills

from her husband's problems, and she's STILL judging candidates based on effing FLAG PINS!!!!!!! :banghead:

[SeattleGirl]

36. I know.

You know, I feel sorry for her more than I feel anger at her. I would love to sit down with her and have a conversation. If she prefers Clinton, that's fine. But to dismiss Obama because of something like a flag pin just makes my head spin. How is wearing or not wearing a flag pin going to get her a job, improve her husband's health, or put food on the table?

She is the epitome of what Obama was talking about when he made his "bitter" comment.

[GigiMommy]

38. I'm speechless.

:grr: What kind of questions ARE those!?! Why doesn't he just come out and say it..."You just don't act like the typical black man, why IS that?"

[SeattleGirl]

40. I know. It's absolutely despicable!

He should NEVER have been allowed to moderate that debate.

[SeattleGirl]

33. KOOS!!!!

[Berry Cool]

47. Good old Midwest earthquakes.

Keith's just envious because he lived in LA almost 10 years and never experienced an earthquake on-air, yet Midwesterners have. :rofl:

Hey, I had moved to Rochester and missed the one in Ohio in '86, and the epicenter was right near where I used to live. But my family sure hasn't forgotten it!

[SeattleGirl]

51. Worst one I experienced out here was the Nisqually Quake from a

few years ago. I was far away from the epicenter, but man, it was scary. The office building I was in started shaking like mad. We all ran outside (I know, not supposed to do that, but really, there was nothing around us in the parking lot to put us in danger).

About a year before that, I was in the same town, having lunch across the street from the office. We were sitting at a window table (not safety glass), and there was a shelf that went all around the room, with empty glass wine bottles on it. When that place started shaking, we all ducked, for fear that we would get buried in a pile of broken glass.

[Berry Cool]

62. Oh, I remember hearing many a story about that one.

Why? Because I was in Seattle only a few weeks later, and went to a dinner party, and was the only person there without a "where were you during the earthquake" story to tell.

I did tell them I was a little unsettled that I hadn't known BEFORE flying into SeaTac that its control tower had been shut down because of damage and, as a result, air traffic control was being run entirely out of a temporary trailer!

[SeattleGirl]

63. Yep, that was bad.

There was also lots of damage to the SODO (South Of Downtown) district too.

I remember getting frantic calls from my daughter and husband after the quake; I was over 100 miles from home, and they wanted to make sure I was okay.

[Botany]

39. Drive by blog

From K.O.'s latest thing in "Bushed" .... takes 5 minutes to read.

The Pentagon's own think tank .... we are f***ed .... and Rummy helped

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/34101.html

WASHINGTON — The war in Iraq has become "a major debacle" and the outcome "is in doubt" despite improvements in security from the buildup in U.S. forces, according to a highly critical study published Thursday by the Pentagon's premier military educational institute.

The report released by the National Defense University raises fresh doubts about President Bush's projections of a U.S. victory in Iraq just a week after Bush announced that he was suspending U.S. troop reductions.

The report carries considerable weight because it was written by Joseph Collins, a former senior Pentagon official, and was based in part on interviews with other former senior defense and intelligence officials who played roles in prewar preparations.

(Dept. of Thanx Rummy)

Rumsfeld, who was closely allied with Vice President Dick Cheney, bypassed the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the report says, and became "the direct supervisor of the combatant commanders."

" ... the aggressive, hands-on Rumsfeld," it continues, "cajoled and pushed his way toward a small force and a lightning fast operation." Later, he shut down the military's computerized deployment system, "questioning, delaying or deleting units on the numerous deployment orders that came across his desk."

[bleever]

49. Pod people would be better than the likes of Rumsfeld.

Couldn't do any more harm, that's for sure.

[Patsy Stone]

41. Yes!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3177822&mesg_id=3177822

Sure, it's petty, but I'm thrilled about this.

[Berry Cool]

50. It's petty, but funny.

I am pleased.

[bleever]

61. They're bad enough in chrome,

but the flesh-tone ones are just wrongity wrong wrong.

[Patsy Stone]

65. It is a bit on the authoritarian side

but I'm so happy. I think of it as a matter of public safety: who wants to be hit with a set of balls traveling at 70 mph?

Not me.

:hi:

[GigiMommy]

44. I didn't feel it...did anyone?

:shrug:

[SeattleGirl]

46. Several people in GD mentioned that they had felt it.

[Berry Cool]

52. Gogi said she's felt aftershocks too.

I asked her how close she lives to the New Madrid fault!

I didn't feel anything; I think I really was too far away even for a Midwestern quake, and those tend to be felt for quite a distance.

[Patsy Stone]

48. Gogi did:

And it's funny because when I heard where the center was located, I wondered if she'd felt it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=315x116516

:hi:, GGM!

[GigiMommy]

69. Hi Patsy!!

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

53. Oooooh, these questions are GOOD!

[ralps]

54. Yay!! Keith's giving George Snuffleupaguss (sp?) questions he should ask John

McCain!! :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[GigiMommy]

57. Hi Ralps!

:hi: Loved how Mike jumped on George AND Charlie too!

[ralps]

59. Hi GigiMommy! Yes he did! I hope you'll join us in the nightly Malloy truthseeker

more often! :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[GigiMommy]

55. Keith's BRILLIANT...

that's it. He just is.:loveya:

[Berry Cool]

56. OMG, you are not kidding!

:rofl: This is the absolute BEST!!!!!

This is EXACTLY what Snuffleupagus should be asking Gramps!

"Senator, why did you commit adultery?"

GO KEITH!!!!!!!! :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

58. Keith tossed his pen backwards at the window!!!!!

Who does he think he is now, Letterman?

Are they going to give him a crashing sound effect for that too? :rofl:

[ralps]

60. Today's worst person in the world is BillO!! for going after GE Again!! & He mentioned

the Wall Street Journal for not connecting GE & Iran! LOL "Here Kitty, Kitty" :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Berry Cool]

64. Too funny!

Billo just has no clue!!!!

[Berry Cool]

67. And the Princess is back, to explain "Ken Lee"

Oh, that is BAD. And she's murdering a song written by the Badfinger guys, too.

[SeattleGirl]

66. My ears!!!!!!

ACK!!

[CBHagman]

77. Poor Harry Nilsson!

The '70s weren't all great, but at least we had Nilsson singing this and not, God help us, Mariah Carey or Ms. I Have No Freaking Clue What the Lyrics Are.

[Patsy Stone]

80. Right?

While watching American Idol this past week, I was amazed to discover that most of Mariah's songs had an actual melody and coherent words. It's nearly impossible to get that through all of her "whoop-whoop-whoooo-in'."

I love Nilsson's version.

:hi:, CB. Happy Friday!

[CBHagman]

81. Happy Passover, Pats.

:hi:

[AlCzervik]

68. Hi all!! you know Maria keeps watching Idol just so she can talk to Keith. I would!

Happy Friday all.

[Berry Cool]

70. And she brings the tiara every time!

Wouldn't YOU love to sit across from Keith and have him call you his Princess??

What woman doesn't live for such treatment?? :rofl:

[AlCzervik]

72. i think i would pass out from hormone overload.

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

74. Does that "Billie Jean" guy have bugs in his clothes?

That is SCARY. :scared:

[Berry Cool]

75. Since when is Dan Abrams on on Friday???

Did he decide he couldn't resist the latest Breaking Outrage Scandal?

Oh jeez...

[Patsy Stone]

78. MSNBC

has apparently caught all the predators and already visited every prison in America. They needed something to fill the hour.

ed: gram.

[SharonRB]

79. This latest Hillary thing is an outrage

[Patsy Stone]

76. William Hung

missed his chance. He totally could have been the Bulgarian Idol.

[GigiMommy]

73. Hi chimpsrsmarter!

:hi: Happy Friday to you too!

[Patsy Stone]

71. #1 Idol Sucks There Too

:rofl: