Calling All Wingnuts

Leader Pelosi took the time to talk to some progressive writers and bloggers today in a conference call.
Here’s the question/answer period, very slightly edited.

I called and told the screener that I was Brian Wheeler, a Democratic candidate for the State Assembly in New York.  I told him that I was tired of Rush bashing Democrats for wanting a sensible foreign policy - specifically, a Colin Powell style exit strategy.
LOL…  He asked me if I ever called before.  I […]

If I was a better blogger, I’d link up every post I’ve ever read that supports my argument.  I’ve got decent comprehension and memory, but I’m not able to remember where I read each stat I cite…
Regardless, I think I took some of the wind out of Bennett’s sidekick’s sails…
Finally - I’d really like to […]

Seems y’all are gettin’ a little uppity in terms of beating me back to the confrontationalist style that marked so much of my work.
OK then, point taken.  No more schmoozing.
I will say, however, that I told Ingraham that the French were right.  I called the Bush administration out on their “Iraq is a stunning success” […]

Started out by telling her I got into Ted Kennedy’s alma mater (which happens to be hers also) for law school…  moved on to talk about how the French were correct and why Bush, Rumsfeld and Condi all have to sneak into Iraq - even though the place, according to Ingraham, Hannity and Limbaugh, is positively […]

Looks like Hannity’s got a new love interest…  This is Pumpkinhead’s second appearance on Hannity’s show in as many weeks.  Looks to me like it might be the case that since Holy Joe can’t suck Hannity’s ass anymore, Russert’s stepped up…  Because, you know, Hannity always likes to have a “moderate” on his show willing […]

I just found this to be pretty disgusting - even by right wing standards…  of course, “right wing standards” is always being defined downwards, so it isn’t surprising that it’s come to this… 
but really…

Hannity wanted to beat Markos, and by extension, Democrats, over the head with Kos’ two year old comments about mercs…  I did my best to swat the charge away, but Hannity kept hammering it while cutting my mic…  I’m not sure it maade any dents in his listenership, but I think I did as well as […]

OK, I got back at about midnight last night.  Things should return to normal for a while.
This morning I called Boortz to talk about YKos.  Things worked out pretty well - I managed the call in such a way as to leave the impression that I was sympathetic to Boortz and the right without ever […]

I’ll probably try to write more about what went on out here when I get home (what I can write, anyway… you know the Vegas rules…)
But before then, I thought you might enjoy these tasty snacks…

RaginGirl, who was to be my videographer for the Byron York interview, caught up with me yesterday afternoon.  She mentioned […]