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- Gaius, on 10/12/2007, -30/+205Yeah, digg, if you don't get this to the top then you're a bunch of pussies...
- biggychong, on 10/12/2007, -7/+99@4thandSchlong
Yet I trust him for news more than CNN, MSNBC, FOX ect. That, in truth, is sad. - SanTe, on 10/12/2007, -9/+994thandSchlong doesn't understand satire... and apparently thinks the readers of Digg don't understand it either.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+97http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/colbert%2Bimpeach/video/x1ipqv_colbert-dares-democrats-to-impeach blog-spam-less version... that you can full screen..
- bjohns, on 10/12/2007, -12/+90Christ dude. Why don't you try a little harder to get Kevin's dick in your mouth?
- Dezmodium, on 10/12/2007, -5/+78"Stephen Colbert is not a real journalist... and apparently the readers of Digg are sort of retarded if they think he is!!!"
You right, he is a political satirist. It is an extremely important part of the political process. In countries where political discourse is punishable by imprisonment or death, political satire and comedy is used to disagree with the government. He is carrying on a tradition that still gets people killed in some countries. Isn't it great to be in America? - Cl1mh4224rd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+73> "Show me one thing in that clip that was made up."
Well, I can't be too sure, but I suspect Colbert didn't really hit Patrick Leahy with Mr. Whiskers. - MasterChi, on 10/12/2007, -14/+77And the sad thing is, Colbert didn't even come close to naming half of the crimes Bush has committed against not only the American people but to the World.
- azuzus, on 10/12/2007, -32/+87If this doesn't rise to the top, then something re: digg is very very strange and/or bizarre...
- BowieX, on 10/12/2007, -13/+60"Yes! Impeach him! I can't believe he hasn't already been impeached, especially after he caused hurricane Katrina. Thank God when he is out of office we will no longer have hurricanes!
Liberal's stupidity ceases to amaze me."
Riiight. Bush caused a hurricane. Yes, that is what everyone is complaining about. Not his mismanagement of the crisis and the crumbling of FEMA, just that he caused Hurricane Katrina. Right.
Conservatives' stupidity ceases to be a forgivably cute hindrance to society. - metalhead3767, on 10/12/2007, -11/+52@ nostoppingus
Yes, I would like to see the billions of dollars pelosi spent to but votes. You have no idea what you are talking about.
@ 4thandSchlong
Its comedic journalism. Everything he is saying is factual and real. Show me one thing in that clip that was made up. They got it easy though because the whole bush presidency has been a joke. - unknownunknowns, on 10/12/2007, -3/+39(Looks at camera and make a "Thumbs up!" gesture)
- bennyboy371, on 10/12/2007, -13/+48Even if its on the last day of his presidency, I want to see him impeached and convicted of whatever charges are brought against him, if only on principle. He deserves to go down in history in disgrace for what he's done to this country. I wonder how long it'll take to repair the damage he's done to our rights and the system of checks and balances.
- 28dayslater, on 10/12/2007, -16/+50I just yelled "Awesome!!!" at my computer monitor. I am alone. I probably always will be, but that was ***** awesome.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -16/+46Sigh...another headline with the keywords to make the average digger pop a raging boner. Shoulda went the whole nine yards and thrown in the words "Atheist porn star shows boobs in tech magazine!! [AWESOME HDR PICS]" somewhere too.
"Incoming conservative digg-downers."
What the *****? If anything, any comments that lean even slightly pro-conservative will dip into the negatives within ~30 seconds. - tendonut, on 10/12/2007, -10/+38Yet the country felt it was necessary to impeach a guy who's only "crime" was to get his knob slobbed and lie about it like a typical married man.
- nsjoker, on 10/12/2007, -10/+35Omg they're gonna turn him into a PEACH?!
- keyboardduder, on 10/12/2007, -36/+60Incoming conservative digg-downers.
- gangstawhiteboy, on 10/12/2007, -19/+41Bush needs to be impeached, and we need to put an end to corporate funding of politicians all together. until this is done any thing we do is just throwing a band aid on a gun shot wound. Down with the Illuminati plan. thats what runs our politics, our elections are rigged and thats been proven, we got alot to work on, but impeaching bush would be a HUGE start
- rulesaremyenemy, on 10/12/2007, -11/+33Because we all want to see Dick Cheney as our President. I'll take the monkey.
- irvinedude, on 10/12/2007, -6/+26Should we take a comedian seriously? The times require us to.
The biggest problem we have in America today is that nobody is 100% sure whether we should be fighting the war. That's because nobody is 100% sure who the real enemy is! Millions and millions of americans witnessed a horrific event on 9/11 but nobody knows who caused it.
Conspiracy theorists have led us to believe that it is Bush and his illuminati gang that inflicted those wounds on America. Evidences provided by these theorists actually seem plausible. Bush's own policies over the past few years have reinforced a few beliefs in these conspiracy theories. The Bush administration has consistently failed to provide solid, clean data on who really inflicted wounds on America. In fact, more often than not, Bush and his gang seem to be hiding certain findings or grossly modifying the findings of research reports of who did 9/11. Anybody who speaks against the government is fired from his position.
In a solid economy where people can swipe their credit cards to buy practically anything they want, and drive their gas guzzlers as far away as they want, nobody cares about what Bush does. People wouldn't care less if he declares himself the dictator of America (http://civillibertarian.blogspot.com/2007/03/cheneybush-war-policy-connecting-dots_23.html) so far they can enjoy their lives. Americans have grown immune to the existence of government and everything their government inflicts on them. This is also the reason a majority of the citizens do not vote. And that in turn enables corporations to rig the system and put in power people who can implement their (corporate) policies.
America and Americans have a role to play in this world. America and Americans need to be leaders in this unsafe world. But, that role and position is not to be acquired through war and ammunition and self inflicted wounds as stated in the "Project for the New American Century." The role is to be played through an idea-war. America needs to prove that it still stands for what the founding fathers envisioned it to be: a land of the free. America and Americans need to sit and think about whether they really support all the lies and associated actions: If we don't, let's take the appropriate actions; If we do, let's wait till this great free democratic nation built over 100s of years transforms into a right-wing corporate-run dictatorship and we lose all our freedom and we make this world a grossly unsafe place for our future generations. - tendonut, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24Yet Colbert talking about Politics doesn't belong in the politics section? Its not like it's a video of something incredibly stupid, like a guy climbing the Petronas Towers.
- GeneralFailure0, on 10/12/2007, -6/+26@elnerdo
You're right. Although I still like Bill Clinton, and feel that what he lied about wasn't of much consequence, lying under oath is wrong. George W. Bush lies more often than he tells the truth. How many justifications for the war in Iraq have we gone through?
Also, regarding the idea of lying under oath being really bad, I don't see why we should need some type of oath to further persuade our public officials to not lie. I expect elected officials representing the people of this country to always tell the truth. I don't care whether they're under oath or not, it makes no difference. - tendonut, on 10/12/2007, -6/+25I started to slowly clap. My girlfriend was walking in the house and was confused as hell
- claughery, on 10/12/2007, -6/+25will the simple action of impeachment even do justice?
- elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22How the hell does that even make any sense?
- SPLASTiK, on 10/12/2007, -10/+27@ metalhead3767
You want the billions to sway votes, apparently you missed reading about what else was in the Iraq pullout bill:
$3.7 billion for farm disaster relief in the bill, including $1.8 billion for crop loss assistance and $1.48 billion for livestock compensation.
A sample of some of it:
$40 million for citrus farmers
$95 million for milk industry
$60.5 million for fishermen in California and Oregon
$25 million for spinach growers
Among other things...
http://www.kcra.com/news/11274927/detail.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/03/22/state/n163744D35.DTL&type=politics
So was this bill about pulling the troops out of Iraq? Or was it about pork? - Aeaus, on 10/12/2007, -16/+32Honestly, I will shoot myself if it comes to the point where the party that fanatically supported the worst thing to happen in the white house would even have a chance of having a candidate elected as president in 2008.
- Raidenwolf, on 10/12/2007, -7/+23HE LIED UNDER OATH. The oath is a fundament of our entire legal system.
The question should not have ever been on the table period. That question is for his wife only. He was stupid, I would have said ***** off. The only important question was did she help by lying in her testimony.
Newt Gingrich was pushing Star on this angle, the whole time he was cheating on his 2nd or 3rd wife. And wow since then Newt has been remarried. Hmm whats that word when you, yeah Hypocrite - somnambulator, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20Answer me just one question,
Do you believe anything, one thing, would be worse today, in America, if this war hadn't happened? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+24i dont know why you guys didnt impeach him ages ago? didnt you impeach Bill Clinton because you were under the impression that he was having an affair?
- Loonacy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17And when you see political videos in the Video section, you get people complaining "Why isn't this under Politics?"
- Mongo61, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15When his show started, I thought it would be tough to sustain an one-joke premise for any length of time.
Christ, was I wrong.
Amazing how he listed all those crimes and didn't even have to mention Rove, Cheney or Ashcroft even once!
And, yeah, I'm afraid they're a bunch of pussies, too. - elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -20/+33I don't see why people are so upset that Clinton was impeached.
HE LIED UNDER OATH. The oath is a fundament of our entire legal system. It's VERY important that it stays powerful. Lying under oath is REALLY, REALLY bad.
What the lie was about is completely irrelevant.
Talking about Clinton to BEGIN with is completely irrelevant, too. - yournamehere, on 10/12/2007, -6/+18get rid of him too.
- GeneralFailure0, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16...and the economy.
- SanTe, on 10/12/2007, -6/+18"If you guys depend on Stewart and Colbert, frikkin COMEDIANS, for your political posturing, you are a doomed generation."
Whom, then, would you suggest? Because we all know just how upstanding politicians are...
Try this on: I'd put a Stewart/Colbert presidential ticket up against anything you could come up with any day of the week. Do I think these two comedians could do a far better job running the country than Bush, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Ron Paul, or whatever other ridiculous career politician people are flogging this week? Absolutely.
Last I checked, the only requirements listed in the Constitution for president are a) be at least 35 years of age, and b) be a natural born U.S. citizen. I don't see billionaire businessman or career politician anywhere in it, and I'm so sick of both I could puke blood. They've done nothing but sell off this country to the highest bidder for at least the past five decades.
I'm 35, and to me you just sound like the rest of those annoying, scared idiots who get more and more conservative the older they get. Got that munitions bunker in your backyard finished yet? - nsjoker, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Lighten up tutz
- BowieX, on 10/12/2007, -9/+20No, Bush didn't cause a hurricane or 9/11. But is it not rational to see that he failed to lead the country through these crises?
I mean, seriously... we handled 9/11 by spending trillions in Iraq, and making the Middle-East hate us even more, while ignoring our own people, victims of our own natural disasters?
Yes, Bush got Saddam. Wow. The repercussions of that were never thought through. - keyboardduder, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15@ wolf
Yeah, to get it straight, eveyone knows liberal ideals directly go towards change and keeping things in check and in date. Conservative ideas are based mostly on passed-down values, no matter how old, mostly applying to religon or legacy. Convervatism is about refusing to change, and not budging for the sake of conserving values. I have no problem with conserving values but you listen here, people like you who badmouth people who are stating their opinion for the sake of the country are not patriots. And to tell people that we dont deserve an opinion because we dont know what its like to be in combat? The Marines, in particular intentionally advertise pride in being an independent, better person all over their commericals and yet they are bush's personal lapdogs. He can send them wherever he wants for (i forget how many days but its at least 3 months). Hows that for being independent? Dont come onto a page and tell people that they arent as good as someone because we dont accept your closed-minded ideals. I dont care if you have thosands of medals on your shirt. I dont care if he is my president, i dont care if this country has become seperated by the mass media and the political corruption endorsed therein, and i will not, for one ***** second take the ***** you say about people like me. All of your quotes from your passage were about me and I for one do not sit in a comfy home. Hy house was flooded 3 times in the past 2 years and now my local government has doubled our sewer bill to pay for someone else's neighborhood's problem when billions go missing in iraq on convoys and millions of people's tax dollars are spent badmouthing canidates every four years. If i pay my taxes, and go to jury duty, i am allowed to say whatever I want.
[And for the MORONS who say ***** LIKE "America can't last much longer because no Democracy has lasted for more than 300 years," LEARN your history before you OPEN your ignorant LIE-HOLE... and remember this... America is NOT a Democracy... we are a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC... and a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC can LAST as long as patriots LIVE and BREATHE...]
(Find me a democracy that lasted for more than 300 years)
[If you don't like Bush, fine. But leave our brave PATRIOTS out of it you ***** IDIOT WINGNUT COWARDS.]
Oh, and speaking of leaving patriots out of it, how come every bush speech, he uses the "military needs my policy" card to gain popular interest? It couldnt be because he has nothing left to fall back on besides the sympathisers and supporters of the military because we all know what hes doing. I am a patriot because overall i fight for the morals and values of this counrty that were established 223 years ago. People who disreguard them do not .The pen is mightier than the sword, thats what this war proves, that words can cause a country to go completley mad, like hitler.
And you know what? I totally support every single person who would fight for the good of the country. Thats why I oppose what is going on now. The economic and national debt is at record high, when it should be booming because war makes economy boom. Our world status is so low that everyone hates us behind our back. I fight for the improvement of this country, not for the degradation fo it. When Bush said" Youre either with us or youre with the terrorists" that was a political move to get more blind supporters. I love my country, and i love my world. Thats why politically-aware people like me tell you people to budge and change for the better of this country. Bush is an idiot everyone knows that and he will go down as the worst president in US history. - aserer511, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14THIS IS WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASHINGTON
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Can you counter the points presented, or can you only "shoot the messenger"?
What's really sad here is Colbert is a better source of information than our news networks. For the last--what, six weeks?--I've tuned in to CNN Headline News and the first story is something inane about Anna Nicole ***** Smith. Jesus Christ. Is she still dead? Yes? Are we still in a ***** war? Yes? Okay. Somebody explain that to me. Fox News is astronomically worse - I haven't indulged my morbid curiosity lately, but last I checked they were still giving head to anything Republican/Christian/Conservative that asked. - keyboardduder, on 10/12/2007, -17/+26If he is impeached we will use his mismanagement to campaign too. We have to stand up to him and put this in. He has lied way too many times, killed too many people, and we are concerned for the benefit of your democracy, our economy, and our reputation around the world. And the reps and their supporters call us "Against the troops"?
Many of my best friends are US Marines and they are brainwashed to believe they are fighting for something worth dying for when really, its for a misled, misinformed, corrupt, money mongering government who has complete disreguard for our interests.
Dwight Eisenhower warned of a Military Industrial Complex because he knew the horrors it could cause. This Administration doesnt learn from the past. http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/03/06/23_briody.html
A democracy has never lasted more than 300 years and ill be damned if we fall short of that date because a spoiled-brat president who is making money for his daddy's friends decides to run us into the ground like the oil company his daddy gave him. - tendonut, on 10/12/2007, -5/+14Almost every person I went to high school with has gone into the military, over half of them have been deployed, the rest attempting to leave the country after this war broke out. Not a single one of the deployed ones want to be there nor feel the US should be there, and would run and move to Canada at the first chance they get. Moral is extremely low in all their units, and I've lost quite a few friends so far. I've been to enough funerals to last me a lifetime in the past 2 years. And don't give me that ***** about our very existence is in danger. If we weren't ***** over in the middle east, we wouldn't have nearly as many enemies as we do right now. And if you felt it was absolutely necessary that we go over there after 9/11, why have we apparently abandoned our original reason and spend so much time on Saddam, who apparently had nothing to do with it at all? The whole war just seems like a scam to finish what Bush Sr. couldn't. And now that the job has been done, no one had an exit plan.
- cbambrick, on 10/12/2007, -14/+22I know all the "crimes" that liberals say Bush committed... but what was actually criminal about these actions:
1) 9/11 was not an inside job!!! I think somebody said this in these comments... how can Bush be so stupid yet plan such an intricate conspiracy. Bin Laden and al Qaeda have admitted to these attacks. Anyone who calls 9/11 and inside job is doing a horrible injustice to all those murdered by the Islamic hijackers. Go to ***** France.
2) Bush did not fabricate intelligence of the WMD. We trusted the British for this intelligence. The Iraq War has had many successful points despite the current situation. We overthrew a corrupt dictator and established a Democracy. WE now have an important ally in the Middle East... a base we can use if military conflict ever arises between our enemies in Iran, Syria, and the Palestinians.
3) FEMA may have messed up pretty badly during Katrina and Bush was wrong to initially defend Michael Brown. But Brown was eventually replaced. The National Guard also eventually responded well. What is often ignored is the local and state government's of New Orleans and Louisiana having an even worse response than the Federal Government. And the local government is always the first line of help during these catastrophes. The Feds come in when more help is needed.
4) There was nothing unconstitutional about what Bush and Gonzales did in firing the 9 US attorneys. These attorneys serve at the prerogative of the President and should represent his values. Clinton fired 92 US attorneys in 1993... part of the changeover from the Bush I administration. - eth3l, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13I hope the democrats start following a satirist from comedy central.
- siszam, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10There is no repairing the damage. You can't bring back the dead and the disabled don't get do overs. Bush should hang for his crimes.
- endlessoul, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10I agree completely. Face the facts, Conservatvies/Republicans aren't popular these days.
Although, if I were to ever see Atheist porn star shows boobs in tech magazine!! [AWESOME HDR PICS] on Digg, you bet your ass I'd digg it.
/democrat
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