Democrat, Incompetence, Brilliance, Oops

Silvestre Reyes, the Democratic nominee to head the House Intelligence Committee, failed to answer both questions correctly last week when put to the test by Congressional Quarterly. He mislabeled Al Qaeda as predominantly Shiite, and on Hezbollah, which is mostly Shiite, he drew a blank. “Speaking only for myself,” he told reporters, “it’s hard to keep things in perspective and in the categories.”

Democrat, Liberal, Racism, Brilliance, Smears, Stereotyping, Ignorance

Barack Obama, is, he, for the first time I think, as a black leader in America, has come to the American people not as a victim, but rather as a leader.

Democrat, Election, Incompetence, Funny, Brilliance, Oops, Metaphor, Ignorance

On the last night of the Democratic National Convention, a retired Navy four-star took the stage to pay tribute to veterans. Behind him, on a giant screen, the image of four hulking warships reinforced his patriotic message. But there was a big mistake in the stirring backdrop: those are Russian warships. While retired Adm. John Nathman, a former commander of Fleet Forces Command, honored vets as America’s best, the ships from the Russian Federation Navy were arrayed like sentinels on the big screen above. These were the very Soviet-era combatants that Nathman and Cold Warriors like him had once squared off against. “The ships are definitely Russian,” said noted naval author Norman Polmar after reviewing hi-resolution photos from the event. “There’s no question of that in my mind.”

Democrat, Funny, Brilliance, Oops

Pressed by Colbert what she would be free from, the black congresswoman responded, "Slavery." "Slavery. Really? I didn’t realize there was slavery in Brooklyn in 1898," Colbert responded, seemingly looking to give the lawmaker a chance to catch her error. "I’m pretty sure there was," Clarke responded. "It sounds like a horrible part of the United States that kept slavery going until 1898," the late-night comedian then quipped. Colbert pressed on, asking, "Who would be enslaving you in 1898 in New York?" At that point, Clarke responded, "The Dutch."

Democrat, Brilliance, Oops, Abortion, Socialism, Healthcare, Ignorance

But Dahlkemper said recently that she would have never voted for the health care bill had she known that the Department of Health and Human Services would require all private insurers, including Catholic charities and hospitals, to provide free coverage of contraception, sterilization procedures, and the "week-after" pill "ella" that can induce early abortions.

Democrat, Funny, Brilliance, Oops

So that one new voter that you register in your precinct -- think about it -- that one neighbor that you get to the polls on November the 2. I want you to understand, that could be the one that makes the difference. That one conversation, that one new volunteer you recruit, that could be the one that puts this over the top. The presidential election this year is November 6.

Democrat, Liberal, Obama, Funny, Brilliance, Narrative, Oops

Obama and pals spell out "OIHO".

Democrat, Election, Character, Oops

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D., Mo.) apologized this weekend to actual Missouri voters appearing in a political ad, after the Senator accused the voters of being paid actors last week, Fox St. Louis reports.

Democrat, Hypocrisy, Character, Brilliance, Education, Video, Islam, Constitution

For those who are wondering, the video posted above depicts Muslim Congressman Andre Carson, of the 7th District of Indiana, voicing his belief that America’s school system would be improved if schools were modeled after “madrasas.” For those that don’t know, madrasas are Islamic religious schools – schools that, according to at least one State Department report, have been accused of fostering anti-American, terrorist sympathies.

Democrat, Environmentalist, Funny, Brilliance, Oops, Energy, Economy

A veteran state lawmaker in North Carolina says she pushed the wrong button late Monday night in a marathon legislative session and accidentally opened up the state to fracking. Rep. Becky Carney, a five-term Democrat from Charlotte, burst into tears after mistakenly voting with Republicans to override Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of the contentious legislation. The measure lifts the ban on hydraulic fracturing as a means for mining for natural gas, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Democrat, Incompetence, Brilliance, Oops, Energy

“There would be no production out of [ANWR] for at least 7 years.” -Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)... “Oil extracted from [ANWR] would not reach refineries for seven to ten years.” -Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)... “No oil will flow from ANWR…until from 7 to 10 years from now.” -Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)... “Oil exploration in ANWR will not actually start producing oil for as many as 10 years.” -Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)...“Even if we started drilling [in ANWR] tomorrow, the first barrel of crude oil would not make it to the market for at least 10 years.” -Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)

Democrat, Liberal, Brilliance, Oops, Energy

As gas prices continue to soar around the country, Joe Kennedy III, the Democratic candidate for Rep. Barney Frank’s seat, wrote an online letter to supporters calling for an end to “cheap oil.” ... “It’s kind of stunning that he’s so out of touch that he would say it that way,” Bielat Communications Director Sarah Rumpf told The Daily Caller. “Democrats, Republicans and independents — everybody is paying for higher gas right now.”

Democrat, Funny, Brilliance, Oops, Ignorance

Shumlin says he was in bed in his rented Montpelier home late Wednesday night when he heard what turned out to be four bears in the backyard... Shumlin says he ran out barefoot in an attempt to rescue his birdfeeders. He says one of the bears charged him on the porch.

Democrat, Funny, Brilliance, Healthcare

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Monday that youth violence is a “chronic health issue” that can lead to asthma, obesity, or depression for "the youth who are involved," although she did not make clear whether she was speaking solely about the victims of youth violence or the perpetrators or both.

“But it's important to remember--you just heard from the law enforcement side of this--it’s important to remember that the costs of violence go beyond deaths or injuries or tolls on families and communities,” Sebelius said at a Department of Justice conference Monday on youth violence. “Violence is also a chronic health issue.” “It leads to asthma, it leads to obesity or depression among the youth who are involved,” Sebelius said at the event in Washington, D.C.

Democrat, Brilliance, Oops

Announcing the vice president's schedule following the President's Day holiday, staffers reported Joe Biden as being off to 'Road Island.'

Democrat, Government, Incompetence, Brilliance, Oops

Rather than tallying the one-year increase in veterans' education benefits—which would have been $627-million in the 2010-11 award year—the committee mistakenly used two-year data. The change means that those colleges increased their benefits by 86 percent compared with the previous award year, not 159 percent, as the committee had previously reported.

Democrat, Liberal, Obama, Brilliance, Oops, Economy

“Some time in the next couple of months we’re going to be creating between 250,000 jobs a month and 500,000 jobs a month,” Biden said at a fundraiser today in Pittsburgh. Next month, Biden predicted, the nation’s employers will add between 100,000 to 200,000 jobs to their payrolls.

Democrat, Liberal, Funny, Brilliance, Economy

"It's very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing just fine; it's the public-sector jobs where we've lost huge numbers, and that's what this legislation is all about," Reid said on the Senate floor.

Democrat, Character, Brilliance, Oops, Crazy, Terrorism

A full 22.6% of Democrats said it was "very likely." Another 28.2% called it "somewhat likely." That is: More than half of Democrats, according to a neutral survey, said they believed Bush was complicit in the 9/11 terror attacks.

Democrat, Funny, Brilliance, Immigration

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D.-Fla.), chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, denounced Republicans last week for believing illegal immigration “should in fact be a crime.”

Democrat, Liberal, Funny

I started wondering if during the night I would be visited by specially trained CIA agents. Could they secretly shoot me with a miniature, slow-acting poison dart?

Democrat, Liberal, Brilliance, Terrorism

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Patty Murray intended to be provocative when she told a group of high school students terrorist leader Osama bin Laden is popular in poor countries because he helped pay for schools, roads and even day care centers.

Democrat, Liberal, Brilliance, Oops, Abortion

REP. PELOSI: "I would say that as an ardent, practicing Catholic, this is an issue that I have studied for a long time. And what I know is, over the centuries, the doctors of the church have not been able to make that definition." Church writings specifically naming abortion as murder appear as early as 70 AD in the Didache, the first written catechism of the Christian church: “The second commandment of the teaching: You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not seduce boys. You shall not commit fornication. You shall not steal. You shall not practice magic. You shall not use potions. You shall not procure [an] abortion, nor destroy a newborn child” (Didache 2:1–2 [A.D. 70]).

Democrat, Funny, Brilliance, Demagoguery, Energy, Sexism

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A state lawmaker is explaining his remark that suggests the impact of Pennsylvania's booming natural gas industry includes the spread of sexually transmitted disease "amongst the womenfolk."

Democrat, Liberal, Character, Brilliance, Oops, Immigration

After using illegal immigrants as props to push the DREAM Act, Sen. Durbin (D-IL) made the following statement at a Senate committee hearing: "When I look around this room, I see America's future. Our doctors, our teachers, our nurses, our engineers, our scientists, our soldiers, our Congressman, our Senators and maybe our President." However, Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution says: "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President."

Democrat, Hypocrisy, Liberal, Brilliance

There was another revelation Tuesday that is likely to add to talk about the governor's accident _ Corzine's SUV was going 91 mph in a 65 mph zone just before the crash, according to state police. "He's a governor," Tim said. "He should have been showing us an example. I wear my seat belt all the time." The governor, in fact, has been a proponent of seat belt usage.

Democrat, Liberal, Brilliance

Corzine's spokesman Anthony Coley also said Corzine apparently was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. "It does not appear that the governor was wearing a seat belt," Coley said.

Democrat, Environmentalist, Liberal, Science, Brilliance, Oops, Experts

Gore’s transcript documents that during his sophomore year at Harvard he earned a "D" in Natural Sciences 6 (Man’s Place in Nature). Also, as a senior at Harvard, he earned a C-plus in Natural Sciences 118. Gore, along with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for his work on global warming.

Democrat, Funny, Brilliance

"When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened,'" Barack Obama's running mate recently told the "CBS Evening News." Except, Republican Herbert Hoover was in office when the stock market crashed in October 1929. There also was no television at the time.

Democrat, Incompetence, Brilliance

United States should join 27 other countries that have equality guarantees for women, including Rwanda, Algeria, China and Afghanistan.

Democrat, Liberal, Incompetence, Brilliance

"Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace.

Democrat, Incompetence, Funny, Brilliance

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D., Tex.), while visiting Mars Pathfinder Mission Control Center, asked whether the Pathfinder had taken pictures of the American flag planted by Neil Armstrong in 1969.

Democrat, Liberal, Funny, Brilliance

REP. DAVID R. OBEY, D-WIS.: Troops must be out of a combat role by October — I mean, by August of 19 — 2007.
    REP. NANCY PELOSI, D-CALIF.: 2008. If they meet (inaudible).
    OBEY: I’m sorry, that’s right.
    PELOSI: OK. But if they haven’t made any progress by July, we begin the 180 days. If they haven’t made any. If they haven’t made — if the president cannot demonstrate progress by July, we begin the 180 days.
    UNKNOWN: July 1st or 31st?
    PELOSI: Is it July 1st or 31st? July 1st?

Democrat, Liberal, Brilliance

Murray said, according to the Vancouver paper, that bin Laden has been "out in these countries for decades, building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building day care facilities, building health care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful. We haven't done that."

Democrat, Brilliance

DNC Don Fowler seemed to find delight in the fact that Hurricane Gustav is heading towards New Orleans on the day that the GOP is set to start their National Convention

Democrat, Liberal, Brilliance, Oops

“Outside of the killings, Washington [DC] has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.”

Liberal, Brilliance

Obama Claims He's Visited 57 States

Democrat, Liberal, Scandal, Brilliance

He resigned in 1974 when he was fingered in a vice investigation--he had paid a prostitute with a check (duh).

Liberal, Brilliance

(CNN) -- Four-star Army Gen. Peter Chiarelli -- the No. 2 general in the U.S. Army -- says he is absolutely not offended that Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett mistook him for a waiter at a fancy Washington dinner this week and asked him for a glass of wine.

Liberal, Brilliance

According to our tipster, Jarrett was seated at the head table along with several other big-name politicians and a handful of high-ranking military officials. As an officer sporting several stars walked past Jarrett, she signaled for his attention and said, “I’d like another glass of wine.”

Liberal, Government, Funny, Science, Brilliance, Oops, Energy, Ignorance

“I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels,” she said at one point. Natural gas “is cheap, abundant and clean compared to fossil fuels,”

Democrat, Liberal, Brilliance

Pelosi: "We Have to Pass the Bill So That You Can Find Out What Is In It"

Liberal, Brilliance, Oops, Economy

"Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs."

Democrat, Environmentalist, Liberal, Funny, Science, Brilliance, Oops, Demagoguery

“We’re seeing the reality of a lot of the North Pole starting to evaporate, and we could get to a tipping point. Because if it evaporates to a certain point – they have lanes now where ships can go that couldn’t ever sail through before. And if it gets to a point where it evaporates too much, there’s a lot of tundra that’s being held down by that ice cap.”

Democrat, Funny, Brilliance

While stumping in Missouri for his running mate, Joe Biden pointed out state Senator Chuck Graham. Attempting to honor him, he said, "Stand up, Chuck, let 'em see ya." Chuck Graham is in a wheelchair.

Liberal, Brilliance

"It's going to be very, very exciting," Pelosi gaffed, telling the local elected officials assembled that Congress "[has] to pass the bill so you can find out what's in it, away from the fog of controversy."

Democrat, Funny, Brilliance

In what sounds like a science-fiction novel come to life, one scientist says he is close to being able to affix one person's head to another human body. Italian scientist Sergio Canavero believes he has come up with an outline to successfully complete the first human head transplant in history.