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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Debbie Invites Bobby to the Dem Convention
I signed up for dingy Harry's newsletter a while back, so I could see what he was up to. Obama invited me last week!
Dear [redacted],

One month from today, we will be watching President Obama and Vice President Biden share their vision for this country. This is our time to take a minute and reflect on all the hard work that we've done during the past four years together.

You can be in Charlotte with us. Donate $5 right now and you will be automatically entered to win a trip to the convention. Your hotel, airfare,and credentials will be taken care of.

This convention is different than any other before it. Thursday night is specifically about involving more Americans in the convention process than ever. This is why we are relying on a grassroots network -- people just like you -- to help make this convention a success.

We need your help. Give $5 to be automatically entered to win a trip to Charlotte. You won't want to miss out on this opportunity.

Sincerely,

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
The e-mail included a nice photo of Debbie.
Posted by: Bobby || 08/10/2012 17:56 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  My gag reflex almost kicked in at the picture of DWS...
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 08/10/2012 18:39 Comments || Top||

#2  I'm assuming the nice pic of DWS is her in a Burqa or Hefty lawn-n-leaf bag?
Posted by: Frank G || 08/10/2012 19:53 Comments || Top||

#3  The e-mail included a nice photo of Debbie.

I call BS. Such a photo surely does not exist.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/10/2012 19:53 Comments || Top||

#4  Not even with your Johnson Frank G.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/10/2012 19:54 Comments || Top||

#5  Uh, uh, Bobby Kennedy is still alive like Elvis -D **** NG, I KNEW IT!
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 08/10/2012 20:12 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Lawsuit against Janet Napolitano - treated HS male employees like dogs
James Hayes Jr., who now is New York's top Homeland Security cop, claims Napolitano filled top spots in Washington, D.C., with two of her gal pals who were bent on tormenting male employees.

Looks like the Department of Homeland Security could be renamed the Department of Hyper Sexuality.

A blistering federal discrimination suit accuses agency honcho Janet Napolitano of turning the department into a female-run "frat house" where male staffers were banished to the bathrooms and routinely humiliated.

James Hayes Jr., who now is New York's top Homeland Security cop, claims Napolitano filled top spots in Washington, D.C., with two of her gal pals who were bent on tormenting male employees.

The suit identified them as Dora Schriro, who is now running the city Department of Correction, and Suzanne Barr, the chief of staff for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Soon after Schriro and Barr were hired in January 2009, male staffers were treated like lapdogs, Hayes claims.

Barr "moved the entire contents of the offices of three employees, including name plates, computers and telephones, to the men's bathroom at ICE headquarters," the suit says.

Barr also stole a male staffer's BlackBerry and fired off a message to his female supervisor indicating that he "had a crush on [her] and fantasized about her," Hayes claims.

Sometimes, Barr took a more direct approach. In one case, she called a male colleague in his hotel room and screamed at him using sexually humiliating language, the suit says.

Hayes claims that after he reported the abuse to the Equal Employment Opportunity office, Napolitano launched a series of misconduct investigations against him.

Hayes claims he was denied a prized promotion and systematically pushed aside while working out of ICE's Washington office. The suit says Schriro was named the special adviser to Secretary Napolitano on Detention and Removal Operations and began to replace Hayes at meetings despite having no "experience in managing a federal law enforcement department."

Schriro did, however, have a "long standing relationship with [Napolitano]," the suit says.

Hayes, who is seeking relief for $335,000 in damages, was named the special agent in charge of ICE's New York field office in Oct. 2009.

ICE Director of Public Affairs Brian Hale blasted the suit, which was filed in May and first reported by the blog, debbieschlussel.com.

"ICE doesn't comment on unfounded claims and will respond to Mr. Hayes' allegations as appropriate through the judicial system," he said.

A Department of Correction spokesman denied claims that her relationship with Napolitano figured into her hiring.

"Commissioner Schriro's selection and service at DHS was based on the merits. Any suggestion to the contrary is false," spokesman Robin Campbell said.
Honestly, what else would you expect from a ugly, butch lesbian that is a uber progressive?
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/10/2012 09:39 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  well, at least she's incompetent too.
Posted by: Frank G || 08/10/2012 9:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Our tax dollars at work making the country safe?
Posted by: JohnQC || 08/10/2012 9:59 Comments || Top||

#3  Democrat "mind"set...

Equal Rights!*

*Except for men.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 08/10/2012 10:02 Comments || Top||

#4  I'll let the courts decide. There's enough to not like about this woman already.

I once had a junior officer who deservedly received an adverse fitrep from me for gaffing off an annual physical fitness requirement try to lie through his teeth about the whole thing on his official rebuttal and to me & my senior leadership in person. It did not go well for him. This guy could have similar sour grapes or he could be spot on, again, I'll wait to see the results of the suit. If it turns out accurate Napolitano is hopefully toast.
Posted by: Broadhead6 || 08/10/2012 10:28 Comments || Top||

#5  Democrat "mind"set...

Equal Rights!*

*Except for men authorized scapegoat group.

(Ya know, conservatives of any gender or ethnicity, TeaPartiers, etc.)
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 08/10/2012 11:51 Comments || Top||

#6  Broadhead. Nope. She's not toast. There is nothing an Obama appointee can do that will get him or her in trouble. Hell, they're getting away with F&F,which is close to an act of war. All it costs them is copying fees for the stuff they reluctantly send to Issa.
This will be less of the same.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey || 08/10/2012 11:55 Comments || Top||

#7  Yes, we have to let the courts decide. But it's so easy to believe.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/10/2012 13:12 Comments || Top||


Obama's Master Plan: Bailout Everyone
A 40% loss of post-IPO market-cap, channel-stuffing largesse, contract-law destruction, and all with tax-payer backing. That is what the Bailout'er-in-chief has in mind for every manufacturing company in the US. As Politico reports this evening, President Obama gave a speech we think rivals his 'you didn’t build it' miasma as he alienated foreigners, encouraged socialized losses, and suggests bailouts for any and all. "I said, I believe in American workers, I believe in this American industry, and now the American auto industry has come roaring back," (cough - down 43% - cough) he said. "Now I want to do the same thing with manufacturing jobs, not just in the auto industry, but in every industry."
Video at link
Posted by: tipper || 08/10/2012 02:05 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

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Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 08/10/2012 6:27 Comments || Top||

#2  Here is n "master plan", VOTE HIM OUT!!!!
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/10/2012 7:49 Comments || Top||

#3  He wants to nationalize everything... and unionize everything.

Communism was tried, dude. If failed.
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/10/2012 9:38 Comments || Top||

#4  We need to bail ourselves out in November at the voting booths and save our country from this corruptocracy/incompetentocracy. It is like watching the circus from hell on a daily basis.
Posted by: JohnQC || 08/10/2012 10:04 Comments || Top||

#5  Darth, communism did not fail for everyone. It worked rather well for the connected elite. In that regard it is quite a lot like capitalism. Somehow capitalism retains/creates a larger proportion of successes among the non-elite though, and that makes all the difference.
Posted by: Glenmore || 08/10/2012 10:14 Comments || Top||

#6  And on the other side, Romney's aides are touting Romneycare and Romney himself wants to force the boy scouts to accept gay leaders. Can I vote for a tree?
Posted by: Iblis || 08/10/2012 10:18 Comments || Top||

#7  More typical non-sense from President Post Turtle. Although I will vote to get rid of this utter moronic p.o.s. I'm not exactly thrilled w/Romeny either. As someone else put it, the road to serfdom would not stop w/a romney win, it would just slow down some what.
Posted by: Broadhead6 || 08/10/2012 10:33 Comments || Top||

#8  What about the Poatal service?. They are five billion in the hole, OH! I forgot the government owns them now.
Posted by: Dale || 08/10/2012 10:52 Comments || Top||

#9  With what?
Posted by: no mo uro || 08/10/2012 17:02 Comments || Top||

#10  ...with Monopoly(tm) money printed by the Fed and Treasury. Zimbabwe here we come.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/10/2012 20:12 Comments || Top||



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Fri 2012-08-10
  Syrian rebels retreat Aleppo district amid heavy shelling
Thu 2012-08-09
  Yemen Strike Kills Key Al-Qaeda Leader, Foreign Militants
Wed 2012-08-08
  Muslim Terrorists Tell Nigeria's Christian President: 'Convert or Resign'
Tue 2012-08-07
  Libya’s interim authorities to hand over power to congress
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  IMU Emir Abu Usman Adil has Died
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  67 Killed in Syria as Rebels Use Tanks to Shell Aleppo Airbase
Thu 2012-08-02
  Kofi Annan quits as UN-Arab League envoy
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