EWW! Check Out Shumer's Buds ...

[mntleo2]

I about threw up when I read the company he keeps! Look under the "Board of Advisors" where his name is listed. How can he even call himself a Democrat? What is WRONG with that man?

Read it and retch ...

http://www.defenddemocracy.org/biographies/biographies.htm

Cat In Seattle

[KansDem]

1. Man! I have to take a shower after reading THAT list!!!

:puke:

[canoeist52]

2. Defence of democracies = defence of corporations world wide

It's the economics as always. The New World Order has members on "Democratic" side too!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Ewww.

Steve Forbes
Dr. Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
Jack Kemp
Chairman Emeritus
Judge Louis J. Freeh
Sen. Joseph Lieberman
Newt Gingrich
R. James Woolsey
Max M. Kampelman
Gary Bauer
Bill Kristol
Donna Brazile
Hon. Richard D. Lamm
Rep. Eric Cantor
Rep. Jim Marshall
Rep. Eliot Engel
Sen. Zell Miller
Frank Gaffney
Richard Perle
Amb. Marc Ginsberg
Steven Pomerantz
Charles Jacobs
Oliver "Buck" Revell
Charles Krauthammer
Sen. Charles E. Schumer


Not to mention Clifford May and Victoria Toensing.


Eww. What a collection of neocon asswads. Nice company you're keeping, Chuck.

[terrya]

5. Why ANY Democrat is keeping company with the likes of that pos Gary Bauer...

is something I truly don't understand.

[mntleo2]

9. I KNOW ... Sheesh

...and Gingritch, "Prince of Darkness" Richard Perle, Jean Kirkpatrick god the list goes on with about every wingnut in DC. EWWWW!

[calimary]

41. and frank gaffney and bill kristol - EWWWW!!!

By thy friends art thou known, Chuck. You sure you want to be keeping company with the likes of these?

[lonestarnot]

18. No wonder we're in the fucking shape we're in and will continue to be in.

So I ended a sentence with a preposition. Too lazy to change it.

[mntleo2]

4. I Knew He was a Dickwad After the Hackett Debacle But

...Lord what a group! Defense of Democracy indeed!

(furiously cleaning off my keyboard and spraying down my computer with a can of detoxifying air)

Cat

[Jane Austin]

6. Schumer's still doing his dirty work with the DSCC.

Last week, he forced out the good guy in the KY Senatorial primary (Horne) in order to grease the way for the former Republican, corrupt, multi-millionaire associate of Gov. Fletcher (Lumsford?)

So once again, if the Democrat wins, we get another conservative "Republicrat" in the Senate, and he'll be beholden to Schumer.

Schumer is getting to be the most powerful person in the Democratic party, and I'd like to find a way to keep him and the DSCC out of the primaries.

It should be none of their business who a state party nominates to run agains a Republican Senatorial candidate.

[mntleo2]

7. It Says: "Fighting Terrorism ...Through Journalism"

...uh huh, using FAUX News to make sure it is all "fair and balanced" I am sure ...

OMG!

Cat

[peacetalksforall]

8. bi-line

"Fighting terrorism and promoting freedom through research, communications, education, and investigative journalism.."

Just stick to your job as Senator, Mr. Schumer.

Leiberman listed as a D.

Zell Miller - in paradise. Elbow to elbow with his kind of people.

[mntleo2]

11. A-Men Stick to YourJOB Schumer! n/t

[Donna Zen]

10. I took the plunge

What I learned:

The programs are all propaganda centered.

The blog is filled with creepy articles.

Now pass the brain bleach.

[mntleo2]

14. I Saw That Too ...

Did you see their "take" on the FISA Bill? It is almost funny because "Ooooo! The Democrats are with the terrorists! Hide!..."

As Senator Kennedy and Olbermann commented, "Sooo Mr Bush, you are endangering the entire country by vetoing the bill so you can protect the telecommunications companies from getting sued???"

God what a bunch of entitled selfish idiots!

[Ichingcarpenter]

12. Sourcewatch report of FDD

Origins of FDD

Daniel McCarthy expressed an enhanced view of FDD's origins in the November 17, 2003, issue of The American Conservative.<1>

In early 2001, a tightly knit group of billionaire philanthropists conceived of a plan to win American sympathy for Israel's response to the Palestinian intifada. They believed that the Palestinian cause was finding too much support within crucial segments of the American public, particularly within the media and on college campuses, so they set up an organization, Emet: An Educational Initiative, Inc., to offer Israel the kind of PR that the Israeli government seemed unable to provide itself.

At first, Emet floundered, without an executive director or a well-defined mission. But that changed after Sept. 11, and Emet changed too, into what is now the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. The name is different, but the goal of influencing America's opinion-forming classes remains.

What makes all of this possible is the support the foundation receives from its billionaire backers. Its nearly $3 million annual budget comes from 27 major donors, most of whom are members of "the Study Group"--also sometimes called the "Mega Group" because of their sizeable contributions--a semi-formal organization of major Jewish philanthropists who meet twice a year to discuss joint projects.

Leonard Abramson was the point man for establishing Emet. He, Michael Steinhardt, and Edgar Bronfman were the foundation's board of directors at the time of its incorporation in the spring of 2001.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Foundation_for_the_Defense_of_Democracies

[mntleo2]

16. Abramson Had His Filthy Fingers In That Too?

...with billionaires funding it. No wonder Schumer is considered such a whore ...

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[Ichingcarpenter]

21. Sourcewatch is a good site to check things out

on who is tied to who and one can draw their own inferences to why.

I nominated this thread

[momster]

13. Any Praise Any Where

I'm sure they all act like he's a great guy and flatter him like crazy. Schumer is a publicity hound and a blowhard. He'll go anywhere and do anything to get a little reflected glow. He probably gets all warm and goosey when he looks around at the famous faces of the powerful and thinks 'I'm one of them!" Pathetic how a man will skin his principles alive to feed that kind of need.

[Agony]

15. kind of a new PNAC/AIPAC rolled into one with sugar and a cherry on top!

but really here is a link to of all places The American Conservative that says a lot...

--->http://www.amconmag.com/11_17_03/article1.html

Cheerio! Agony

[angstlessk]

17. Notice they ONLY denote when it is a Dem and none denoted as R????

Zell is a 'former' Senator...so is Newt!!! no R after HIS name??? what's that about trying to make it look legit...AND Lieberman is an I not a D!!! :grr:

[mntleo2]

19. Oh Yeah You Are Right (pun intended)

...so the Dems on this list are even MORE of a whore for allowing themselves to be used as "proof" this foundation is "bipartisan."


Yuk!

[fascisthunter]

20. I Have Long Distrusted Schumer

Another DINO

[mntleo2]

22. Ain't THAT the Truth!

...It was after he strong armed out that wildly popular, brave hearted Hackett from the Ohio race and replaced Hackett with one of his hack hopefuls I finally got it. Still "Mean Jean" Schmitt is lurking around in the shadows like the whore she is, sticking her bare leg out into the light in hopes she might find a customer ... wonder if Schumer is into her too since he made sure she would win ...

Yech! On 2nd thought ...Thinking of Schmitt saying to Schumer, "C'mere Babah, wanna have a little fun???"

I did *not* like the picture that created in my head! EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW!

[PassingFair]

23. But he LIVES with Durbin, Miller and Delahunt....

he's a complicated guy.
http://gawker.com/news/chuck-schumer/but-does-chuck-schumer-have-roommates-229582.php

But I don't really trust him.

Loved THIS moment, though:

[mntleo2]

24. Like a Frat House? Didn't These Guys Ever Grow Up???? n't

[PassingFair]

26. It's expensive to live in DC.

I'd rather they share expenses while in DC than
take lobbyist dollars and live high on the hog...

[mntleo2]

27. Agreed But .Do They Need To Live Like Frat Boys?

...these men make over a $200,000 five figure salary with all the bennies and fringes. I live on literally one thousandth of what they do and support a 2 year old grand niece to boot. And it is just as expensive to live in Seattle as DC. Plus we do not have to whore ourselves to some lobbyist. Believe me we do *not* live like frat boys. Glad to see them sharing space but I'm just sayin' ...

[PassingFair]

28. I think they're all married and have expensive lifestyles in their

own districts....

I thought the article was disturbing when I read it, too.

That's why I remembered it!

BUT, I was a HUGE Schumer hater at the time,
and I was encouraged to give him a little
slack when I found out that he lived with
Durbin, who I DO like....

[spooky3]

30. Not quite so...

1) The cost of living in DC is 34% higher than in Seattle, according to this calculator.

http://swz.salary.com/CostOfLivingWizard/layouthtmls/coll_metrodetail_192.html#moving
http://swz.salary.com/costoflivingwizard/layoutscripts/coll_result.asp?presentsalary=200000&presenthomemetrocode=163&presentworkmetrocode=163&newhomemetrocode=192&newworkmetrocode=192¤tlocation=163&newlocation=192&x=44&y=13

That's a big chunk of change.

2) You can't use benefits and fringes to pay housing costs. Their salaries are a lot less than $200K.

3) They have to maintain TWO households - one in their home district, which is where their families live, AND a residence in Washington. If you don't have a second home, your cost of living is much lower. Houses are REALLY expensive in DC and in the nearby suburbs unless you live in the most impoverished areas. And with all the talk of the housing bubble bursting, it's not happening in close-in neighborhoods, because the demand is still out there and commuting is a nightmare. Only the farther out suburbs' prices are dropping significantly.

4) Congresscritters basically work around the clock. It makes perfect sense to me that they would cram 4 people in a townhouse as close to Cap. Hill is possible, and that they would go there just to sleep, and that no one cooks. They don't have time to shop, prepare meals, clean, etc., AND work, AND go back to their home districts, AND campaign, etc.

I wouldn't want to live that way, and you wouldn't, but I understand why they do.

[mntleo2]

34. Ya Got Me There Though Seattle Is VERY Expensive

...for awhile I think we were third in the cost of living, maybe it has dropped now ~ but you could not prove it to ME who had to move out of Seattle last summer because there was not even an affordable place to be found on my income.

However, back to the point, I am sorry this poor, poor wittle man whose bank account I would be VERY interested to see, that he has had to "suffer" so much that, in order to pay his rent, he "has" to keep company with a bunch of known "legal" criminals and fascists like the list provided, lol.

Oh. BTW, I worked as hard at two jobs, going to school and raising 3 kids alone, so I think I can say I worked as hard or harder, getting less than 5 hours sleep most nights ~ and graduated with honors. Cook dinner? I did that AND the laundry AND paid the bills with my meager salaries. I was lucky to have enough gas to get anywhere, no ride to work in a limo, no nanny to take care of my kids, no flying all over the world first class at other people's expense, and my kids and I were lucky to get Top Ramen for dinner some nights because unlike Schumer there was no dining in the finest resteraunts on somebody's else's dime, nor VIP treatment if we COULD afford to go to the grocery store. Yeah he has it REAL bad ... LOL

Cat In Seattle

[spooky3]

38. I have no doubt you did

and glad you didn't live like they do.

I don't think there's any excuse for his criminal friends. I suspect he hangs out on that board for reasons besides $ and that's just as disturbing. Gotta reach across the aisle, ya know. I was just meaning that I'm not surprised he's got a lot of roommates in the townhouse.

I've never been to Seattle but hear it is absolutely beautiful.

[MonkeyFunk]

43. You live in Seattle on $200 a year?

How?

[Golden Raisin]

25. The Mukasey confirmation

was the last straw for me. Schumer is my Senator and I will never vote for him again.

[mntleo2]

29. Thank you! With "Democrats" Like Him ...

...your state might do a whole lot better to kick the bum out. It is not like he won't have "friends" who can help him maintain his lifestyle, all his greed intact, all his ill obtained money in the bank. like a nice lucrative job at the "non-partisan" Heritage Foundation to boot!

[tomg]

32. Same here. I will not vote for him. nt

[sundancekid]

33. yep - that was deal breaker and ball buster --- but NOW it makes a little more

sense based on the "journalistic" company he keeps ... OK - for all the bright brains out there:

PLEASE FIND THE COMMON DENOMINATOR(S)AMONG ALL THE PEOPLE ON THE LIST ... surely, there is a pattern of some sort that we can find!

I'll start with: "A"

A$$holes
Big-mouths - Beholden
Contemptable (sp?)

[mntleo2]

42. Dillusional, Elitist, Fundalmentalist, Greedy, Hollow, Jive, KKK

Lily-Livered,
Moneyed,
Narrow-minded,
Opportunist,
Privileged,
Quasi-democrat,
Rightwinger
Solicitous
Terrible
Unconcerned
Vitriolic
Waterboarder
XYLOCARPOUS
Yucky
Zebraman


The rest of the alphabet of despicable descriptions!

Yeah!

[blm]

39. Schumer and Clinton also teamed up to trash the Alito filibuster in the Senate caucus

and their staff attacked Kerry for leading it in the press questioning his motives.

Clinton got thousands of phonecalls at her office and the next day she signed onto the filibuster but the damage by then had been done as they made it clear earlier with other senators that making that filibuster succeed was NOT a priority.

[mntleo2]

40. Oh Lord! I forgot About That ...n/t

[annabanana]

44. This is one of the TOP reasons I cannot really support HRC.. . . n/t

[Orwellian_Ghost]

31. Very important information

This is the reality of how DC operates. Bi-partisan indeed and quite the standard operating procedure.

K&R

[Jack Rabbit]

35. Do these belong to Schumer?

Ewww is right!


Photo: BusinessWeek

[European Socialist]

36. No wonder why we can't get rid of Bush.

Those Stinking Neocons have way to much sway over the Dems--still hoping he'll bomb Iran.

[Elidor]

37. More and more I find myself saying:

Fuck Chuck.

[Orwellian_Ghost]

45. bumping