Marty Grosz & His Hot Puppies
“Baby Won’t You Please Come Home”

WASHINGTON - GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said Sunday he won’t run from his statement 15 years ago that AIDS patients should have been isolated.

Huckabee acknowledged the prevailing scientific view then, and since, that the virus that causes AIDS is not spread through casual contact, but said that was not certain. He cited revelations in 1991 that a dentist had infected a patient in an extraordinary case that highlighted the risk of infection through contact with blood or bodily fluids.

“I still believe this today,” he said in a broadcast interview, that “we were acting more out of political correctness” in responding to the AIDS crisis. “I don’t run from it, I don’t recant it,” he said of his position in 1992. Yet he said he would state his view differently in retrospect. (emphasis mine)

The article also states:

Huckabee stated his 1992 positions in an AP questionnaire in which he also called homosexuality “an aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle.”

Strong words, coming from an aberrant, unnatural, and sinful person! I mean, Mike is aberrant in that his Christian faith is on the decline, (departing from the usual course), unnatural in that he pushes for ID over Darwin, and sinful in that his own religion states “judge not lest ye be judged“. And poor ol’ Mike has done a lot of judging in his time!

So the New York Police Department is to blame, eh Rudy? I’m sure that’s going to go over well. Unless Rudy has some high-up willing scapegoats, look for a response from the dept. by tomorrow morning.

“…because of threats against him and his loved ones, including Nathan.”

Really?! Why is this the first we’ve heard of this, Rudy? Coming up with a (not so) good excuse takes time, I suppose.

It’s really all academic anyways. Once the republican party finds out that Rudy had an extramarital affair while holding political office, the shit’s gonna really hit the fan! [snark]

Giuliani defends questionable expenses

WASHINGTON - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Sunday defended the expenses incurred by his security detail as he was beginning an extramarital affair with current wife Judith Nathan, saying police made the decision after she received threats.
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Smiling broadly and laughing at some of the tougher questions put to him on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Giuliani did not directly answer when asked why the security expenses were billed to obscure city offices, making their detection more difficult. He responded that the NYPD had deemed the security detail necessary because of threats against him and his loved ones, including Nathan.

One more thing. After digesting this article, am I still supposed to believe Rudy is the fearless leader he’s made himself out to be during, and following, the 9-11 tragedy?

Football joke of the day…….my apologizes to blondes.

A guy took his blonde girlfriend to her first football game.

They had great seats right behind their team’s bench.

After the game, he asked her how she liked the experience.

“Oh, I really liked it,” she replied, “especially the tight pants and all
the big muscles but I just couldn’t understand why they were killing each other over 25 cents.”

Dumbfounded, her date asked, “What do you mean?”

“Well, they flipped a coin, one team got it and then for the rest of the
game, all they kept screaming was ‘Get the quarterback! Get the quarterback!’
“I’m like ……. Helloooooo? It’s only 25 cents!!!”

Just one big friggin’ game to these people… and all at our expense.

Yeah, but Nancy and Harry, republicans ARE preaching it, and people are listening to THEM. You both continue to sound like ineffective congressional leaders. Some are even laughing at you. Now take the money’s you’ve earmarked for education, health, “emergency” funding for border security, foreign aid, drought relief and a food program for women and children, and hand it over to Bush’s pals. They’re going to get it, and you’re gonna wind up with egg on your faces, anyways. Just do it!

Or, you could step down and allow someone with a backbone in that WILL stand up to these republican fucks!

White House threatens budget veto

WASHINGTON - The White House on Saturday threatened to veto a massive spending bill being assembled by congressional Democrats, saying it’s unacceptable to add billions of dollars to domestic programs.

The White House has not seen details of the $500 billion-plus measure - which senior Democrats are constructing behind closed doors - but reacted to it based on media accounts.
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The difference between Bush and Democrats amounts to only about 2 percentage points and is dwarfed by Bush’s $196 billion request for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. But Bush has adopted a hard line, and his veto pen gives him great leverage, especially as Congress races to complete its work and adjourn for the year.

Major crude producer Iran has completely stopped carrying out its oil transactions in dollars, Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said on Saturday, labelling the greenback an “unreliable” currency.

“At the moment selling oil in dollars has been completely halted, in line with the policy of selling crude in non-dollar currencies,” Nozari was quoted as saying by the ISNA news agency.

From Raw Story:

SUNDAY TALK

MTP: Rudy Giuliani (R-NY)

FTN: Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) & Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) on CIA tapes & Iran NIE

This Week: Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) on his campaign and Iran NIE; Newt Gingrich (R-GA); roundtable of Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts and George Will; John Cusack on “Grace is Gone,” a film about a man who cares for his daughters while his wife is serving in Iraq

FNS: Mike Huckabee (R-AR); Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)

Late Edition: Pakstani Pres. Pervez Musharraf; Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)

TV ALERTS

Charlie Rose: Iran Amb to UN Mohammad Khazaee 12/7; Tom Brokaw 12/10;

Tim Russert (MSNBC, Sat noon; repeats throughout weekend): Caroline Kennedy (author, “A Family Christmas”)

Political Capital w/ Al Hunt (Bloomberg, repeats throughout weekends): SEC Chairman Chris Cox; discussion of the subprime crisis, Iran and Mitt Romney’s religion speech

Chris Matthews Show 12/8-9: David Gregory, Michele Norris, David Ignatius, Kathleen Parker discuss “Obama’s run at Hillary and her decision to go negative. Romney’s religion speech. What the President learned in his August briefing on Iran’s nuclear program.” Quotes here.

60 Minutes (CBS, Sun): endangered mountain gorillas of Africa; San Diego Chargers RB, LaDainian Tomlinson; Prometa, the pill to cure addiction?

GOP debate, Univision, 12/9, 7pm.

Q&A (C-SPAN, Sun, 8pm): neocon Kimberly E. Kagan on Iraq

Tavis Smiley (PBS): NYT’s Elisabeth Bumiller 12/11; Sally Quinn 12/12

MSNBC Super Tuesday coverage. A day of 2008 presidential campaign coverage. Be on the lookout for guests including candidates and their advisers.

Iowa Public Television and Des Moines Register GOP debate 12/12, 2pm, FNC

Iowa Public Television and Des Moines Register Dem debate 12/13, 2pm, FNC

SOURCE: NEWSIE8200