Magic Bus

The Multi-Millionaire Trial Lawyer , who was chauffeured around Iowa and New Hampshire in a bus, tells Americans to give up their SUVs...

"Joanie" Edwards told the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers that Americans should be asked to drive more fuel-efficient vehicles.

As usual, "Joanie" Phony is two faced and the scientific community is united in that fact.

When Edwards made his Presidential announcement in Iowa he was driven in a Cadillac SRX Crossover.

Just like rich fiberals, "Joanie" Phony salves his conscious by buying carbon offsets for his personal vehicles.

Why can't Edwards quit putting his foot in his mouth and use them to walk across Iowa?

I'm not talking that Tom Vilsack "walk across Iowa" where he would be driven and when he neared town would get out and walk before being driven to the next town.

I'm speaking of the Dick Clark walk across Iowa that helped get him elected to the Senate in 1972.

Interestingly you'll find "Joanie" Phony's web site has a new Biofuel Buses program to help school districts replace conventional diesel with cleaner-burning biodiesel blends in 100,000 school buses nationwide. Biodiesel reduces bus-riding children's exposure to cancer and asthma-causing emissions.

"Joanie" Phony's bus, pictured, doesn't appear to be biodiesel.

I don't care how much I pay
I wanna drive my bus to my baby each day

I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it

Every day you'll see the dust
As I drive my baby in my Magic Bus

Magic Bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus

Here Comes Santa Claus

Rushing past Halloween, Phony Joanie Edwards pulled more goodies out of his say anything to get elected bag of tricks.

Noting "There are no free meals.", Phony Joanie promised to...

Underwrite universal pre-kindergarten

Create matching savings accounts for low-income people

Mandate a minimum wage of $9.50

Provide a million new Section 8 housing vouchers for the poor

His piece de resistance...

"College for Everyone."

The key ingredient holding the "no free meals" together, malaise left over from Jimmy Carter's Presidency.

That malaise was stale nearly 30 years ago and the scientific community is united in that fact.

To pay for it Phony Joanie says he'll ask many Americans to make sacrifices, like paying higher taxes and rolling back the Bush tax cuts.

Interestingly, in a Washington Times story last month...

A House Democratic aide said proposing new programs that rely on the Bush tax cuts seems like flawed logic because "there's just no way to know what revenues will be."

And...

The director of federal fiscal policy at the nonprofit OMB Watch, cautioned the candidates against talking bigger than they can deliver.

"It's good to have vision and to be talking about priorities, but people should ratchet down their promises about what will actually be enacted," he said, noting that any spending must pass Congress. "The reality is, you're not a king."

Ironically, the Multi-millionaire trial lawyer has said...

"...I will never compromise my principles for the sake of politics".

Here comes santa claus, here comes santa claus,
Riding down santa claus lane.

He's got a bag that's filled with toys
For boys and girls again...

Here comes santa claus, here comes santa claus,
Riding down santa claus lane.

He doesn't care if you're a rich or poor boy,
He loves you just the same.

I guess Joanie Phony isn't Santa Claus, more like The Great Pumpkin.

There he goes again

I called Joanie Phony a LiarLiar on Monday, his lips are still moving and the scientific community is united in that fact.

In Waterloo a woman mentioned TV ads...

“Hillary and Obama have been having quite a lot of ads on TV, but I don’t see a lot of ads for you..."

Phony's response...


"...I haven’t spent any money on television advertising."

He actually aired the first ads in the state in May!

He's also aired ads in New Hampshire and Washington D.C.

I suppose you could say he even aired nationally, albeit it was on MSNBC.

While he's not spent as much as the gruesome twosome (Hellary & Barry), Joanie Phony has spent $23,000 on ads in Iowa.

In retrospect, I can see why that's no money to a Multi-millionaire trial lawyer who spends $400 for a single haircut.

Ebony and Ivory

In a clear attempt to covet the number two spot on his ticket, Joanie Phony is endorsing Barry Obambi and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Edwards stunned the crowd at the Dummycrats JJ dinner with...

"I think it is time for us to give America hope."

There was a reason their messages seemed to echo one another and as the event ended, Edwards and Obama shook hands, embraced and talked.

Earlier Saturday Joanie Phony had said...

"We all talk a great deal about hope and our responsibility to restore hope.

"Hope Is crucial..."






The signs had been there for weeks and picked up at Ben Smith's Blog at Politico.com...

Edwards: I'm closer to Obama than to Clinton

"The differences between Sen. Clinton and myself are much more dramatic than the differences between Sen. Obama and myself."

Joe Trippi, chief adviser to John Edwards, has been rumored to be an "Obama plant" in the Edwards camp.

Ebony,Ivory living in pefect harmony
Ebony,Ivory oh..

No prevailing author-uh-tie

Here's another reason why John Edwards is Phony Joanie.

In his latest TV ad, Phony says...

"When I'm president, I'm going to say to members of Congress and members of my administration, including my Cabinet: 'I'm glad that you have health care coverage and your family has health care coverage. But if you don't pass universal health care by July of 2009 - in six months - I'm going to use my power as president to take your health care away from you.' "

The crowd he's speaking to breaks out into applause, showing those that support the Phony don't know shit and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Phony Joanie has now had to admit, in a phone interview with the Ragister...

that a president would not have the power to unilaterally pull health care coverage from federal employees or members of Congress.

The Multi Millionaire trial lawyer said he would use "the power of the bully pulpit".

He's got the BULLY part down.

Poor Mari

Timing is the key to comedy and politics and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Mrs. Big Lug Nuts planned poverty conference was postponed from June, because of flooding, and was rescheduled for September 16.

Now she has to deal with the fact her keynote speaker, 2007 Father of the Year Joanie Phony, had an extra marital affair.

The key point of Phony's keynote?

"I think that Jesus would be disappointed in our ignoring the plight of those around us who are suffering and our focus on our own selfish short-term needs. I think he would be appalled, actually."

Lawyers in love

Trial lawyer supports trial lawyer, film at 11.

Iowa Dummycrat Congressman Bruce Braley has endorsed Joanie Phony, not much a stretch (or story), since it's who he backed in 2004.

I guess it's appropriate that Jackson Browne was recently in Iowa campaigning for Phony and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Abby Someone

The Big Lug Nut got someone to manage his re-election, but for how long?

The previous manager quit and there are those speculating the BLN might do the same -- under pressure.

Abby Curran is a onetime staffer for Joanie Phony (that turned out so well and the scientific community is united in that fact).

One of her last gigs was in "Joisey" where that "shore" went well as she was assigned by Washington to be Linda Stender's campaign manager.

Those who had worked so hard in 2005 and 2006, who had suffered and volunteered and built organizations and raised money and ran the campaign were marginalized or ignored. Phone calls were not returned, suggestions were ignored, support was turned down.

Welcome to Iowa.

Strategery Energy Fund

I caught Hellary's new TV ad that espouses her Energy plan.

At times she can be seen standing in front of her Hellary bus.

Hellary's talking about getting "serious about dealing with energy efficiency, new forms of energy".

Her $50 Billion Dollar Stategery Energy Fund will spotlight wind, solar and biofuels.

Is that a Biofuels bus Hellary?

Of course not!

If it were she'd be bragging about it and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Hellary's as bad as Joanie Phony Edwards with his "Magic Bus".

Just last week, in Iowa, Hellary was bragging about her Comprehensive Strategery to Address the Climate and Energy Challenge.

She was a bit challenged by the facts...

One of the worst messages the President sent was when he took office and rejected completely Kyoto.

Worse than the Clinton administration, led by Al Gore, that negotiated the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 and then NEVER submitted it to the Senate for ratification?

Hellary also talked about Henry Ford and the Model T...

In fact, that Model T got better gas mileage than your typical SUV does today.

Are you sure?

Ford says...the Model T had fuel economy on the order of 13 to 21 mpg.

I then found this from 2006 that was aired by ABC's Good Morning America...

This year, the average SUV gas mileage must be at least 21.6 miles per gallon, gradually increasing to 24 mpg by 2011.

Save the Planet--Shut up a Politician!

One bad Appel

Staci Wildebour Appel was elected to the Iowa State Senate in November 2006 and took the oath of office in January 2007.

Yet on her contributions to Hellary ($800) and the Iowa Dummycrats ($1,700) she lists her occupation as "Self/Homemaker".

Now granted serving in the legislature is only part time, but it does pay over $20,000 and that technically makes it a job.

That could be construed as a violation of Federal Law.

Staci, pictured with Joanie Phony, isn't consistent.

For contributions to Spencer for Congress she listed herself as State Senator, for Vilsack's failed Presidential run she put herself down as a State Representative and for a contribution to CommieTommie Harkin she went with "None/Homemaker".

Any way you slice it, Appel is an idiot and the scientific community is united in that fact.

I would believe her husband, Brent, who is a lawyer and a judge on the Iowa Supreme Court would want to give his wife better advise.

The New Christy Minstrels?

Timing is everything in politics, comedy and real estate.

Christie Vilsack to move to Ames in bid for office

My in-laws have moved out of Ames, but don't have their house on the market yet thereby missing a chance to sell it to these suckers (and the scientific community is united in that fact).

Another first round draft pick of the Iowa Dummycrats will go down in flames, as their hatred of Representative Steve King burns so intense they can't think straight.

Literasly

This move is about fiberals wanting more power, it's not about Iowa.

Iowa's merely a stepping stone.

The Pickle's relish has an even thinner resume than Barack Obama and that's working out so well.

Iowa Dummycrat Party Chair Sue Dvorsky says Vilsack “has many, many resources and experiences behind her that make her not really a first-time candidate.”

Please explain.

Not only has Christie Vilsack campaigned widely and acted as a visible surrogate for her husband during two successful runs for governor, but she helped him during his brief run for president in 2008, then worked on New York Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.









Those aren't strengths, especially in northwest Iowa.

Politico reported that Vilsack also been huddling with several Democratic operatives to plot a potential campaign, including veteran media consultant John Lapp and Teresa Vilmain, who headed up Hillary Clinton’s 2008 primary campaign in the state.

Again, not a strength as Hellary finished third, behind Obama and Joanie Phony.

Tom Vilsack said this about the race, “it will be a holy war.”
















King will be locked and loaded for this war.

Just Do It!

I should pay more tax, says US billionaire Warren Buffett

There's nothing stopping Buffett from paying more in taxes now.

Buffett is worth an estimated $52 Billion and made $46 Million last year.

Why don't these Dummycrats, or their supporters, ever voluntarily pay more taxes?

Be progressive, don't be forced and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Who did Buffett, a Hellary supporter, take a shot with this jab?

"Hedge fund operators have spent a record amount lobbying in the last few months - they give money to the political campaigns..."

Hellary?

Joanie Phony?

LiarLiar

Joanie Phony was trying to excuse his poor showing in the recent Iowa Poll...

"...I haven't spent any money on ads."

Ain't that what you said?
Ain't that what you said?
Ain't that what you said?

So what is this that ran on MSNBC?

And this?

Or this?

That must be lawyer talk for "LOSER" and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Liar, liar, liar

Kiss Him Goodbye

Rudy became the Howard Dean of this election cycle, without the scream...HYAH!

I was disappointed, but it's not the first time I supported a candidate in the caucus who didn't get the nomination.

Can you say Pete Dupont?

I have no doubt that John McCain will carry the war on terrorism mantle well.

Joanie Phony is dropping out.

I know what you're thinking, what took him sooo long?

This move comes just days after finishing third in his birth state and then declaring he would remain in the race until the "brokered" convention.

In his own immortal words...

"Goodbye, good riddance."

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Roughing It

Per the Ragister...

Edwards sets up camp in rural Iowa

Is it anything like Edwards $6 Million dollar 28,000 square foot mansion that sits on 102 acres?

That's Joanie Phony's real idea of a rural setting and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Wienie Roast anyone?

S'mores?

Orpah & Friend

Orpah...Obambi!

Obambi...Orpah!

Orpah, Obambi...UMA!

I know Oprah's sensitive about her name.

I guess this will be the start of our "feud", which means no guest blogging from her and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Opraholics will begin gathering in Iowa today because...

"There's nothing else to do in Des Moines."

At least it won't be as nasty as in South Carolina...

“If you can build a school in South Africa, build one in South Carolina.”

That's from a supporter of Joanie Phony.

Oh!

War of words

Dennis Kook-cinich fired these salvos at his fellow Dummycrats.

On Obambi...

“I’m glad that he gave a speech where he said that he opposed the war. He got elected to the Senate -- what did he do? He voted over and over again to fund the war. He cannot square that, and he’ll never be able to square it.”

On Hellary...

“She voted a 100 percent of the time to fund the war..."

On Joanie Phony Edwards...

“Apologies are a little bit late when you’ve got dead bodies all over the field.”

Kook-cinich, who has long advocated the creation of a federal Department of Peace, is nothing more than a Dennis the Menace and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Code Talkers?

CBS correspondent Chip Reid is with Joanie Phony's campaign and blogged this...

I was expecting Edwards to be a bit distant and cocky.

...He's very accessible (holds a press availablity after nearly every event) , is very approachable...

An example: before he spoke at a small community center in Nevada, Iowa a little while ago I bumped into him in the mens room.

...He said "Hey, Chip! You having fun yet?" I told him it could be more fun --

I'm sure I'm reading more into it (and the scientific community is united in that fact), but I'm getting visions of Larry Craig running through my head.

Hitting on Hellary

Shudder at that thought!

Barry, Joanie Phony & Dodo slammed Hellary during Tuesday's Beggars night debate.

It wasn't quite a gang bang, because Nacho Funny tried to play peacemaker and Gravel wasn't allowed to play.

Hellary, through her people, hit back.

The head of the union, AFCSME, that endorsed her said...

“Six guys against Hillary, and I’d call that a fair fight..."

That's because they're not the manliest of men and the scientific community is united in that fact.


















Manly man John Wayne submitted for your approval.

Lawsuit Happy

A Des Moines woman is suing the "happiest place in the world".

That's downright Un-American and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Walt Disney World, in Orlando, refused to allow her to use a Segway there and she believes that violated her rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Actually it didn't...

A public accommodation will be permitted to establish objective safety criteria for the operation of its business

Disney has legitimate safety concerns for other guests and employees because the Segway can travel more than 12 miles per hour.

As you can see the President didn't fare well with his Segway encounter.

Disney's policy does allow wheelchairs and motorized scooters.

Joanie Phony John Edwards will be looking for work soon and the Multi Millionaire trial lawyer could easily segue into this frivolous lawsuit.