The original oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller is crucified by historians for creating anti free trade monopolies but he has also produced a miserable family lineage. Look at the great grandson Jay. Embarrassing.
Witness Senator Jay Rockefeller D-West Virginia. He just apologized to Sen. McCain for the most blatant insult of the political season. Have a read of an interview published yesterday and see if you agree. Rockefeller belies the democrat’s claim they represent the poor. Most of the fabulous wealthy senators are democrats. And who knew about how busy the Clinton’s have been since taking the White House furniture?
"McCain was a fighter pilot, who dropped laser-guided missiles from 35,000 feet," Rockefeller said. "He was long gone when they hit. What happened when they (the missiles) get to the ground? He doesn’t know. You have to care about the lives of people."
What a major domo moron.
When Rockefeller was considering buying his senate seat for an unprecedented $10.00 per vote on money he never ever earned, McCain was hold up on in Vietnamese prison. When McCain was fighting they didn’t have" laser-guided missiles". This from the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Is anyone worried? A refreshing re-definition for oxymoron.
April 9th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Well Rockefeller can claim to stand for the poor all he likes.
To say he represents the woefully uninformed and ignorant is more accurate.
April 9th, 2008 at 12:00 am
A widow was talking in a train about how her husband had died on a trip to Australia. “It was awful,” she said. “My husband was ripped limb by limb, then eaten, by an alligator,” she said.
A herpetologist sitting nearby said, “Surely you mean your husband was ripped limb by limb, then eaten, by a crocodile.”
April 9th, 2008 at 12:00 am
It strikes me that there lies just below the surface an issue illuminated by Rockefeller’s comment more fundamental than the light that it shines on his utter stupidity. To wit: Why would Rockefeller believe that anything he would add to the discussion would be of interest to anyone at all? Why not simply maintain a dignified silence? I think that the answer is that many public officials, Senators prominent among them, spend too many years receiving from too many people too many wet kisses on their backsides. This is quite apart from Rockefeller’s eternal competition with Barbara Boxer for the lofty title of Stupidest Senator In The Last Fifty Years. But it is not separate from the need to undo one of McCain’s signature “achievements”—campaign finance cartelization—as part of a larger reform effort to make it easier to defeat incumbents. A reduction in the power of the federal government to transfer wealth in various ways would be even more salutary, but may be a bridge too far.
April 9th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Another trust funder that can’t be trusted. Take a walk down memory lane:
Rockefeller’s Treachery
By Joan Swirsky *
JoanSharon@aol.com
Guest columnist
Canada Free Press
December 3, 2005
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2005/swirsky120305.htm
“I took a trip by myself in January of 2002 to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria, and I told each of the heads of state that it was my view that George Bush had already made up his mind to go to war against Iraq – that that was a predetermined set course which had taken shape shortly after 9/11.”
So spoke Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) on “Fox Sunday” on November 14, 2005, who at the time of his trip was chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and is now its vice chairman.
Please read the first paragraph once again, digest it (if your stomach can handle it), and consider its immense — if not treasonous — implications …
April 9th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Q. How do you know you have Nothing with which to rebut an opponent?
A. When you start to correct their spelling.
April 9th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Mr. Sills you make a good point. You are a very astute counsellor. Or is that counselor?
April 10th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Mr. Michaelini,
Where’s the connection between this story and quiroquacktors (sic)?
April 10th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Uh oh. “Tough Tony” Finchum is now on the case!
April 10th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Jim,
Not really. Logical inconsistencies, things that just don’t make any sense, draw my attention. I couldn’t understand how Michaelini drew a connection between the Rockefellers and chiropractors. It’s probably not worth further mention, but it piqued my curiosity.
June 14th, 2008 at 12:00 am
A democrat official freshly elected to the assembly, runs for a sudden open seat in Congress, participating in a Latino vs Black political war…cheats on her home loan. A fresh face instantly ruined.
As John and Ken mentioned today, she will be in Congress for the next 25 years.
Always a hypocrite.
Making rules and regs for others to follow.
Always seeking privileges that working people never get. Always using and abusing the system.
Nice work dems.