Comments on: Video: Cardin: Patriot Act “predates my election” to Congress

By: Freelancer

Freelancer — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 23:05:40 +0000

Good for Steele! Where else do you have 47 -47 polls in a 5-1 Democratic state? Go Michael!

A point about that ABCNews poll graph. It had four bars, showing Cardin (47), Steele (47), Zeese (3), and Undecided (4). Maybe Cardin is doing the math for ABC, too, because that’s 101%.

There are ways for poll results to show less than 100%, but no HONEST way to show 101. My biased supposition is that Steele was actually already leading 47%-46%, but since the MSM would rather say “statistical dead-heat” than “Steele takes over lead”, they generously awarded little Ben a free percentage point. Maybe they were out of cookies.

If Maryland elects Cardin, they surely deserve him.

By: huckleberry

huckleberry — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 06:04:52 +0000

Here is the entire debate at the Zeese website. Cardin's statement that assaults our sensibilities appears about 22 minutes into the debate.

By: Neocon Peg

Neocon Peg — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 03:42:10 +0000

Cardin is an idiot, pure and simple. Steele will run rings around him and eventually win the senate seat. Good for Steele! Where else do you have 47 -47 polls in a 5-1 Democratic state? Go Michael! Can’t wait till you win and then hopefully, we will run you for president!

By: Black Adam

Black Adam — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:43:35 +0000

Wow.

His brain really lit off a firecracker of stupidity.

I bet he blew a hole in his underwear after he realized what he said and that he was recorded.

By: RD

RD — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 06:27:05 +0000

Cardin…there comes a point when we should stop driving…and there comes a point when getting out of Congress is the right move.

When it comes to Cardin and driving, he should be behind a TV set not a steering wheel…

By: DaveS

DaveS — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 05:56:20 +0000

Maybe he followed that with “…to the extent that most of the components have been in place, in various forms, for years“, or something like that.

More likely, though, he’s just a moron.

By: starflyer

starflyer — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 04:59:58 +0000

Hm. The real question for me is why someone would run on a Libertarian/Green ticket. Aside from gay marriage and stem cells, do they share any issues? At all?

By: Coyote D.

Coyote D. — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 04:47:46 +0000

In other words, Cardin placed the Patriot Act in the wrong century.

When you phrase it like that, it almost sounds stupid.

By: Puritan1648

Puritan1648 — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 04:02:04 +0000

“…Patriot Act predates my election to Congress…”

…he misheard the statement he was replying to…he thought they said Emancipation Proclamation…which preceeded his career in politics…by about six weeks, evidently…boy been suppin’ at the public trough for a looooooong time….

By: right2bright

right2bright — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 03:35:34 +0000

He flunked math and history in one sentence.

infidel4life on November 3, 2006 at 8:05 PM

Close out the blog, that one sentence said it all.
You have to love a guy like Cardin, first taking a candidate from the Green party seriously, and second for being a dufus, and third he will get votes in spite of…

By: The Sundries Shack

The Sundries Shack — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 03:30:20 +0000

[...] Ben Cardin sure as heck doesn’t. [...]

By: tikvah

tikvah — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 03:22:55 +0000

Thanks for making me laugh, fogw; I needed that.

By: fogw

fogw — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 03:14:32 +0000

Reliable sources said Cardin thought the Patriot Act was a movie starring Mel Gibson.

By: TBinSTL

TBinSTL — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 03:09:40 +0000

Guess he better get to the recruiter’s office!

By: Purple Avenger

Purple Avenger — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:24:15 +0000

What did he say after that?

Something about wanting a cookie and a shiny piece of aluminum foil to play with.

By: LegendHasIt

LegendHasIt — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:42:44 +0000

“Education– if you make the most of it and you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don’t, you might get stuck as a Democrat Congressman from Maryland. .”

By: p0s3r

p0s3r — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:35:59 +0000

He flunked math and history in one sentence.

Good one. That guy is clearly feeling the heat. +1 for the good guys.

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:31:07 +0000

Cardin:

“I was against the Patriot Act before it was conceived”.

By: jummy

jummy — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:28:52 +0000

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By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:28:29 +0000

In related news, there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.

I want to adopt Ace! Maybe I don’t know what I’m getting into…but this mind is wit, pure wit!

Cardin…there comes a point when we should stop driving…and there comes a point when getting out of Congress is the right move.

By: x95b10

x95b10 — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:28:16 +0000

Pure lying scum.

By: Mortis

Mortis — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:25:49 +0000

What a doofus.

By: infidel4life

infidel4life — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:05:54 +0000

He flunked math and history in one sentence.

By: Ace of Spades HQ

Ace of Spades HQ — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:02:42 +0000

Steele’s Canddate Proves Stupid And Uneducated; Kerry Suggests He Enlist In The Military…

Baffling. Cardin just scored an own-goal by claiming the Patriot Act “predates” his election to Congress. Cardin has served since 1987. Now, I know sometimes dates get confusing, but I’m relatively sure the Patriot Act was passed after 9/11, which,….

By: Jack Deth

Jack Deth — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0000

D’OH!!!!!

Ben Cardin self-nominates himself for the “Dumb As A Sack Of Hammers” Award!

I’m beginning to enjoy these belated, self-inflicted “October Surprises”!

Jack.