White House: No Kerry Supporters at IATC Meeting

White House: No Kerry Supporters at IATC Meeting 1430

Posted by timothy on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:00PM from the politics-as-usual dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Time Magazine is reporting that the Bush Administration is removing U.S. delegates from the Inter-American Telephone Commission because they gave money to John Kerry in last year's election. A Bush spokesman admits it's true: 'We wanted people who would represent the Administration positively, and--call us nutty--it seemed like those who wanted to kick this Administration out of town last November would have some difficulty doing that,' says White House spokesman Trent Duffy. Employees of Qualcomm and Nokia are among those who have been removed from the commission."

White House: No Kerry Supporters at IATC Meeting

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Figures. (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:03PM (#12341453)

But I supported Kerry!

Excellent! (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:06PM (#12341497)

This is a fantastic development. Thank you slashdot! We've almost purged the country of traitors..

At least... (Score:5, Funny)

by Valiss ( 463641 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:07PM (#12341517) Homepage

...the George Lucas tragedies are merely on TV.

Call me nutty... (Score:4, Funny)

by PainBreak ( 794152 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:08PM (#12341519)

But who would want bipartisan support on the same committee? Democrats at the same table as Republicans? That's just crazy talk.

Re:Send in the Clones! (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:09PM (#12341532)

If this isn't flamebait I don't know what is. It makes fun of Republicans and encourages "Democracy" which is just another word for Communism.

Re:What next? (Score:1, Funny)

by provolt ( 54870 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:11PM (#12341571)

I love your plan for making it stop. More periods. It's genius. See. how. much. slower. you. read. by. putting. in. extra. punctuation.

Keep. stickin'. it. to. "the. man.".

Proof democracy is working! (Score:4, Funny)

by CrazyJim1 ( 809850 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:11PM (#12341572) Journal

If we had a king, he'd have simply have killed all his political opponents.

Re:What next? (Score:3, Funny)

by mrami ( 664567 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:11PM (#12341577) Homepage

It really *does* seem as if we're becoming more Facist every day (look it up, it's not a troll)

I did [urbandictionary.com], and you're right! It fits with all three definitions!

Re:What next? (Score:4, Funny)

by compm375 ( 847701 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:20PM (#12341701)

(look it up, it's not a troll)
I'm going to try that one time. It is really ingenious. Say you are not a troll and get modded insightful. (This is not flamebait)

Re:Send in the Clones! (Score:3, Funny)

by Durindana ( 442090 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:23PM (#12341763)

Consider Miller products, they at least are generally union-made

Re:Send in the Clones! (Score:2, Funny)

by Nethead ( 1563 ) writes: <joe@nethead.com> on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:23PM (#12341769) Homepage Journal

Grant's Russian Imperial Stout, I assume?

Re:+5 flamebait (Score:5, Funny)

by Jeremiah Cornelius ( 137 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:24PM (#12341776) Homepage Journal

Mr. Cornelius: Stop posting to comments that have absolutely no connection to your comment you fucking karma whore.

"Whore" is such a dirty word to use in describing someone who doesn't hold a White House day-pass.

Engineers != Scientists (Score:5, Funny)

by benhocking ( 724439 ) writes: <benjaminhocking@[ ]oo.com ['yah' in gap]> on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:24PM (#12341777) Homepage Journal

Next thing you know you're going to tell me that he only listens to partisan scientists. Oh, wait... :P

Re:Anyone going to tell me.... (Score:5, Funny)

by MillionthMonkey ( 240664 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:36PM (#12341897)

That Kerry wouldn't have done the same?

This is exactly the kind of thing I was saying in 1998. "But surely," I said to everyone, "Bob Dole would be enjoying fellatio in the Oval Office if he had won the 1996 election!"

See? I'm fair and balanced.

Jesus Fucking Christ (Score:2, Funny)

by general_re ( 8883 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:46PM (#12342017) Homepage

Here we go, with the obligatory /. Two Minute Hate. Damn you, Goldst...err, Bush!

Re:Kerry would've done the same thing (Score:3, Funny)

by kaffiene ( 38781 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:47PM (#12342024)

Your acceptance of corruption is heartwarming. Well done.

Re:There was a word for that sort of behavior (Score:2, Funny)

by t_allardyce ( 48447 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:54PM (#12342121) Journal

April 1st 2001, The White House:

"I say old chap, shall we play a magnificent joke on the American public?"

"What did you have in mind?"

"Well we'll forgo the usual routine and have the president do an 4 year long impression of a Baboon! It will drive everyone crazy"

"I dare say that's the most ingenious April fools idea I have ever heard"

"Oh that's not the end of it dear fellow: after 4 years we give them the chance to vote him out, but we'll choose an opponent who resembles a science fiction monster! They'll have to vote for one or the other!"

"Oh hilarity! do take me, right here and now!"

Spoilsmanship. (Score:3, Funny)

by argent ( 18001 ) writes: <peter@slashdot . ... t a r o nga.com> on Monday April 25, 2005 @06:59PM (#12342185) Homepage Journal

We haven't seen a man like this in the White House since Andrew Jackson.

Re:Send in the Clones! (Score:5, Funny)

by shadowmatter ( 734276 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @07:05PM (#12342251)

they at least are generally union-made

At first I read that as "urine-made" and nodded my head in agreement.

- sm

Re:I like Bush (Score:2, Funny)

by Simkin1 ( 643231 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @07:39PM (#12342544) Homepage

"I got screwed by Hillary" -- I like the sound of that bumper sticker...

Required H2G2 quote (Score:2, Funny)

by bloodstar ( 866306 ) writes: <blood_star AT yahoo DOT com> on Monday April 25, 2005 @07:54PM (#12342675) Journal

Maybe a new version of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy will fall through a temporal worm hole right to the passage that says, "Their backs were first against the wall when the revolution came."

Re:Slashdot presents a good argument in favor (Score:5, Funny)

by learn fast ( 824724 ) writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @09:21PM (#12343430)

Just reading Slashdot presents an excellent argument for doing exactly what Bush has done. Why should the US send people that have such a bitter hatred for the president? Such inherant negativity can only be detremental to productive meetings.

I can just see it now...

ENGINEER ONE: I think we should allocate more bandwidth in the 400-500Mhz range.

ENGINEER TWO: No, that's not anti-Bush enough.

ENGINEER ONE: You're right, I forgot about our bitter hatred for the president for a second. The protocol should be designed to express our ominous political views.

ENGINEER TWO: What if we shifted the bandwidth to the 750Mhz range?

ENGINEER ONE: That's a little more anti-Bush, but not quite enough...

ANNOUNCER (OFFSCREEN): That's right, if *you* gave $250 to John Kerry, your bitter hatred for the president would have been a detriment to this otherwise productive meeting. If you ever give money to a party not in power, don't expect to take part in the specification of obscure technology protocols. It's for the good of the country.

Gah! (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday April 25, 2005 @10:24PM (#12343935)

His God got a Marvel comic book. I think that says it all, really.

Re:Cool! (Score:2, Funny)

by Zareste ( 761710 ) writes: on Tuesday April 26, 2005 @12:52AM (#12344999) Homepage

Heh. The definition of 'republic' should be updated to "a despotism with revolving dictators"

the more I read slashdot... (Score:2, Funny)

by jotux ( 660112 ) writes: on Tuesday April 26, 2005 @03:54AM (#12345824)

the more I read slashdot, the more I think that it maybe ought to be \.

since the comments here often lean so far to the left.

Re:Cool! (Score:3, Funny)

by silverbax ( 452214 ) writes: on Tuesday April 26, 2005 @08:48AM (#12346992)

Man, walking on railroad track: "There's a train coming. We'd better get off the track."

Second man: "Shut up, you liberal whiner. What a fucking loser."

Re:"NERD" Political Party (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 26, 2005 @01:02PM (#12349412)

The "NERD" Political Party wouldn't hold as it would quickly fall into infighting between vi, joe and emacs camps.

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White House: No Kerry Supporters at IATC Meeting

Figures. (Score:0, Funny)

Excellent! (Score:2, Funny)

At least... (Score:5, Funny)

Call me nutty... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Send in the Clones! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:What next? (Score:1, Funny)

Proof democracy is working! (Score:4, Funny)

Re:What next? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:What next? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Send in the Clones! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Send in the Clones! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:+5 flamebait (Score:5, Funny)

Engineers != Scientists (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Anyone going to tell me.... (Score:5, Funny)

Jesus Fucking Christ (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Kerry would've done the same thing (Score:3, Funny)

Re:There was a word for that sort of behavior (Score:2, Funny)

Spoilsmanship. (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Send in the Clones! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I like Bush (Score:2, Funny)

Required H2G2 quote (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Slashdot presents a good argument in favor (Score:5, Funny)

Gah! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Cool! (Score:2, Funny)

the more I read slashdot... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Cool! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:"NERD" Political Party (Score:1, Funny)

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