And these are the same people who want us to believe they're more worldly.

Maybe the tingle was preventing blood flow to the brain.

Now that is sad.

Makes tingly legs seem mild.

I'm thinking: maybe Bob needs to get laid.

Just trying to help out here.

These are the people who want us to believe that they are more intelligent.

Brittney Spears is sexually provocative?!

Sometimes a column is just a column.

/paraphrasing Freud.

re: #4 Occasional Reader

I'm thinking: maybe Bob needs to get laid.

Just trying to help out here.

You guys - always with the same solution.

re: #4 Occasional Reader

I'm thinking: maybe Bob needs to get laid.

Just trying to help out here.

Up Your Alley is over, sadly.

I have a scholarly book somewhere around here written by a professor, with a title like, "Why America is Afraid of the Black Penis." This theme is actually pretty common in academia -- it's a whole field of study. No surprise the NYT would run with it.

The media needs to just get some cheap VA drugs like I get and take it ok? Maybe then they will calm down and actually report some news instead of Obama is being picked on because he is black.

Moonbats see a Rove behind every bush.

I thing Herbert inner desires are showing.

So the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a phallic symbol now? Isn't it more like an erectile dysfunction symbol?

re: #6 MandyManners

Brittney Spears is sexually provocative?!

Brittany who?

The Stuck on Stupid award for the day goes to...

Bob Herbert is a blithering idiot.

Of course, Pat Buchanan was too stupid to answer the question...

"Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad"
-Euripides

I think it's funny- go ahead, keep pushing the meme that this ad is racist. The only thing achieved by it is making people curious to see the ad, where they will 1) see it's not racist and 2) see obama's energy policy.

re: #17 MandyManners

Bob Herbert is a blithering idiot.

Let's arrange a cage match between him and "Cracker Bob" Beckel.

/the Bobs are getting out of hand lately

re: #17 MandyManners

Bob Herbert is a blithering idiot.

His knowledge of the Monuments of the World--and Obama's itinerary--is clearly on a par with Obama's fluency in foreign tongues.

re: #18 wrenchwench

Of course, Pat Buchanan was too stupid to answer the question...

The ballot was unclear.

dee dee dee!

re: #6 MandyManners

Brittney Spears is sexually provocative?!

She had her moments.

re: #22 buzzsawmonkey

His knowledge of the Monuments of the World--and Obama's itinerary--is clearly on a par with Obama's fluency in foreign tongues.

I guess he's on the short list for Secretary of State in an Obama world?

I bet Bob sports a pup-tent in his shorts while singing along with the Viva Viagra commercials.

i nearly fell over when I heard bob herbert wrote that.

"Liberal Intelligencia," (a registered oxymoron) the gift that keeps on giving.

re: #6 MandyManners

Brittney Spears is sexually provocative?!

I guess my "no panties because public utilities must be open for inspection" joke is wearing a little thin by now.

Another feather in its cap for the NYT.

These guys are paid how much to do this sort of thing?

It may make for interesting television, or an even more interesting psycho-analysis session.

You can't spell analysis without: a-n-a-l.

Wow, two phallic threads in a row.

The dinosaur media were already headed for instinction, but this campaign is a blazing asteroid in the sky.

re: #17 MandyManners

Bob Herbert is a blithering idiot.

Hey Bob, say "blither" 3 times...

Bob: Blitler, blither, blither...

What does that make Bob?

A blithering idiot.

Inscribed on the base of the giant penile column:

My name is Obamandias, king of kings
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Bob Beckel was just on Sean's radio show. I think he's back on the sauce.

re: #32 Walter L. Newton

Wow, two phallic threads in a row.

LOL...I know...this will be the shortest Open Thread in LGF history.

re: #6 MandyManners

Brittney Spears is sexually provocative?!

Well, she used to be, before she completely lost her mind.

/not to me, though

Herbert is thinking of this--the 30' Sky Pillar at Longwan Shaman Amusement Park in Changchun city. (Probably NSFW)

[Link: www.weirdasianews.com...]

bbl

Phallic of Oppression?

re: #37 jorline

LOL...I know...this will be the shortest Open Thread in LGF history.

Its not the size of the thread, its what you do with it.

At least thats what people with small threads claim.

Wish McCain, or Bush, would respond to a question about the Times by just saying

Don't know, don't read it. Does anybody anymore? Sad, so sad.

Then just walk away shaking his head.

re: #42 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Its not the size of the thread, its what you do with it.

At least thats what people with small threads claim.

LMAO...ding

re: #39 jemima

Herbert is thinking of this--the 30' Sky Pillar at Longwan Shaman Amusement Park in Changchun city. (Probably NSFW)

[Link:

re: #6 MandyManners

Brittney Spears is sexually provocative?!

It seems that there exists a batch
Of guys who get an itch to scratch
If ever they should chance to catch
A glimpse of shaven pop-tart snatch.

Never let those pesky facts get in the way of a good smear attempt. Obama needs all the protection the MSM can provide!

re: #45 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

You almost had me google "Giant Penis Tower" till I thought of what that might bring back as search results.

I have a vague feeling it would be something in San Francisco.

Haah haah. What a retard. Typical liberal: deluded by the smallness of his intellect, as usual.

So, Obama was holding a premature victory speech next to a phallic symbol.

Hmm.

I think karmic_inquisitor's find belongs in this thread:

"Andy Warhol said we all get our 15 minutes of fame," says Barack Obama. "I've already had an hour and a half. I mean, I'm so overexposed, I'm making Paris Hilton look like a recluse."

re: #39 jemima

Herbert is thinking of this--the 30' Sky Pillar at Longwan Shaman Amusement Park in Changchun city. (Probably NSFW)

[Link:

It is my sincere hope that a palace coup at the NYT tosses out Pinch and Rich and Herbert and the rest of that crowd and allow the paper to get back on track.

So what happens if Obama gives his next speech at Beaver Stadium?

re: #39 jemima

Herbert is thinking of this--the 30' Sky Pillar at Longwan Shaman Amusement Park in Changchun city. (Probably NSFW)

[Link: www.weirdasianews.com...]

This is what Herbert thinks of when he listens to Mr. Hope & Change.

re: #39 jemima

Herbert is thinking of this--the 30' Sky Pillar at Longwan Shaman Amusement Park in Changchun city. (Probably NSFW)

[Link:

Think Obama's campaign peaked to soon?

So, is it racist or sexist if McCain puts a tunnel in his next ad?

re: #45 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

You almost had me google "Giant Penis Tower" till I thought of what that might bring back as search results.

A Zombie photo essay?

re: #53 lifeofthemind

It is my sincere hope that a palace coup at the NYT tosses out Pinch and Rich and Herbert and the rest of that crowd and allow the paper to get back on track.

I'll keep hoping for a busload of Israeli Swimsuit models to breakdown in front of my apartment and me having to let them spend the night.

I think the odds are in my favor.

The march of the morons continues.

re: #53 lifeofthemind

It wont be a palace coup, but a Rupert Murdoch type would have to buy the comapny.

re: #50 Occasional Reader

So, Obama was holding a premature victory speech next to a phallic symbol.

Hmm.

His campaign's already reached its climax.

Hot dogs chasing donuts through the Lincoln Tunnel - Robert Klein

re: #63 tommygum

His campaign's already reached its climax.

We'll get to see his O face.

re: #48 Honorary Yooper

Well, SF does have The Coit Tower as its second-most-famous landmark. Local rumor has it that heiress/fireman-groupie Lillian Coit -- the Paris Hilton of 19th Century San Fran -- had it designed to resemble both a fire nozzle, and the....appendage of her favorite Engine #9 firefighter. (Too, the word "Coit" presents intriguing possibilities....)

Am I getting as bad as Bob Herbert here? :-)

re: #50 Occasional Reader

So, Obama was holding a premature victory speech next to a phallic symbol.

Hmm.

We've been suffering for longer than 4 hours...
Who do we call?

re: #57 lifeofthemind

HRC gained traction when she launced the "it's 3am ad. She went negative too late. Mac is not making that mistake. Go negative early and often.

BTW - the dems have been going negative since the get go. There entire campaign is based against GWB.

#59

San Fran Nan's constituents are SO jealous!

re: #60 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I'll keep hoping for a busload of Israeli Swimsuit models to breakdown in front of my apartment and me having to let them spend the night.

I think the odds are in my favor.

Five bucks if we swap dreams.

Maybe this was McCain's attempt to convince Barry that he'd have a better shot of winning if his wife were ANYONE but Michelle. Even scraping the bottom of the Hollywood barrel for Hilton or Spears would provide fewer embarrassing soundbites to hurt the Obamessiah.

re: #67 jcm

We've been suffering for longer than 4 hours...
Who do we call?

No, that's a different problem: Electile Dysfunction. I'm talking about premature inauguration.

re: #58 livefreeor die

So, is it racist or sexist if McCain puts a tunnel in his next ad?

He already has, in a manner of speaking.

re: #6 MandyManners

Brittney Spears is sexually provocative?!

re: #38 Ward Cleaver

Well, she used to be, before she completely lost her mind.

/not to me, though

Since when does having a mind have anything to do with Brittney Spears?

re: #67 jcm

We've been suffering for longer than 4 hours...
Who do we call?

Any time I hear that voice over in those ads, my first thought is that I'm calling every woman I have ever known... to hell with the doctor.

re: #66 mikalm

Well, SF does have

re: #66 mikalm

Well, SF does have The Coit Tower as its second-most-famous landmark. Local rumor has it that heiress/fireman-groupie Lillian Coit -- the Paris Hilton of 19th Century San Fran -- had it designed to resemble both a fire nozzle, and the....appendage of her favorite Engine #9 firefighter. (Too, the word "Coit" presents intriguing possibilities....)

Am I getting as bad as Bob Herbert here? :-)

The 39-Coit bus has possiblities, who is riding on it and who does BHO prefer be under it.

Some people try to get in touch with their inner child.

Obama wants you to get in touch with your inner tube.

/liked it too much to leave it on the Obama energy speech thread.

Dwarf Rapes Nun; Flees in Ufo/a Novel of Journalism

This is where the NYT is headed.

re: #19 Shiplord Kirel

"Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad"
-Euripides

Would the deity or deities who are working over Barbara Streisand please finish the job?

and it's not just bob herbert who is asleep at the wheel.

the editor who let that through was just hired by the NYT. he formerly worked for the persian news network (PNN) and was the guy who photoshopped the iranian projectiles a few weeks ago.

pinch loved his resume ...

/

re: #67 jcm

We've been suffering for longer than 4 hours...
Who do we call?

All your friends, and brag.

re: #8 debutaunt

re: #4 Occasional Reader

I'm thinking: maybe Bob needs to get laid.

You guys - always with the same solution.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I think Herbert's article tells us more about Bob Herbert than it does about McCain's campaign tactics.

re: #72 Occasional Reader

No, that's a different problem: Electile Dysfunction. I'm talking about premature inauguration.

My bad, I keep getting my dysfunctions mixed up. The ICD-9 doesn't begin to cover DC.

re: #4 Occasional Reader

I'm thinking: maybe Bob needs to get laid.

Just trying to help out here.

Send him a link to Zombie's recent photo essay.

re: #12 MandyManners

Moonbats see a Rove behind every bush.

Make up your mind - a bush is the opposite of a phallic symbol.

Looks more like the Leaning Tower of Mainstream Journalism to me. Truly pathetic that this dumb ass has a job that doesn't require a hairnet.

Obviously, Hebert is a Putz!
Good afternoon everyone.

It has become very clear that the scholarship thresholds in our J Schools.
This mans assertion is ludicrous on it face. Your average 12 year old would not have taken a sexual meaning & they see sex in pretty much everything.
That same 12 year old would know what the Washington Monument & the Eiffel tower look like.
The NY Times & others employ sub- standard intellects & try to palm them off as sophisticated deep thinkers.

re: #67 jcm

We've been suffering for longer than 4 hours...
Who do we call?

/penthouse.. forget the doctors

re: #20 Sharmuta

I think it's funny- go ahead, keep pushing the meme that this ad is racist. The only thing achieved by it is making people curious to see the ad, where they will 1) see it's not racist and 2) see obama's energy policy.

3) expose the idiocy of the "all attacks on Obama are racist" crowd.

re: #89 CapeCoddah

Obviously, Hebert is a Putz!
Good afternoon everyone.

Nah!
A wanker!

re: #75 Walter L. Newton

Any time I hear that voice over in those ads, my first thought is that I'm calling every woman I have ever known... to hell with the doctor.

Everyone does know I hope that the 4 hour line did not come from the physicians. The lawyers said they needed something to cover liability and the marketing guys thought this was the best they could get away with. After the first product introduced it all the others fell in line with the 4 hour line, because it was the key to the whole ad and viagra® couldn't claim it as intellectual property.

Funny...

Herbert's NYT page is HTTP 500 ville.

[Link: topics.nytimes.com...]

re: #38 Ward Cleaver

Well, she used to be, before she completely lost her mind.

/not to me, though

Never stick your dick in the crazy.

/like I should talk

re: #94 lifeofthemind

Everyone does know I hope that the 4 hour line did not come from the physicians. The lawyers said they needed something to cover liability and the marketing guys thought this was the best they could get away with. After the first product introduced it all the others fell in line with the 4 hour line, because it was the key to the whole ad and viagra® couldn't claim it as intellectual property.

I don't care, I'm still calling all the woman :)

So what does Bob Herbert think of those same pieces of architecture when they appear in Obama's own PR photos?

re: #93 jcm
I will meet you halfway, a wanker-putz?
The new journalistic prize awarded weekly to a NYT employee.

Well have fun with the thread folks. See you all on the late night dead thread.

/and play safe. ;)

re: #76 DaMishMan

Yup. It's been a wild town since the day Sam Brannan went running through the streets screaming about gold in the American River. They didn't have anything like Dore Alley or the Folsom Fair back in olden times, but from the Gold Rush to the Earthquake, a huge portion of the city was utterly vice-ridden, totally corrupt and extremely dangerous (at one point, the city of 40,000 was averaging two murders a day -- the equivalent of 40 a day today.)

An eye-opening account of that era in the City by the Bay is Herbert Asbury's The Barbary Coast. It'll definitely disabuse you of any romantic notions about the City ever being a haven of normality or straitlaced morals.

Everything's a racial slur
In its own way
Unless it praises Obama
It doesn't matter what you say

Everything's a racial slur
No matter what you say
Call him black or call him white
You will be called down either way.

re: #84 Ringo the Gringo

I think Herbert's article tells us more about Bob Herbert than it does about McCain's campaign tactics.

If it's evil to erect your campaign around a phallic symbol, shouldn't someone be dinging Obama for choosing to deliver the speech there in the first place?* Was he playing the race card by saying, "Hey, look at the size of my tower"?

*That's right, we did, but for a justifiable reason, i.e. the connection to Hitler exposing Obama's history blindness.

re: #96 JamesTKirk

GREAT TIMING!
Where the hell were ya in 1994!
Coulda saved me many thousands off$$$!
LOL

re: #16 livefreeor die

The Stuck on Stupid award for the day goes to...

We have a local radio talk show host who loves to point out that "You can't fix stupid"

I salute Bob Herbert's paranoia with my towering middle finger.

As Sigmund Freud said, "Sometimes a cigar is just...an artichoke. Or something."
/At least according to Bob Herbert

re: #84 Ringo the Gringo

I think Herbert's article tells us more about Bob Herbert than it does about McCain's campaign tactics.

Boy, I'll say! This is from that August 2nd NYT oped:

Both ads were foul, poisonous and emanated from the upper reaches of the Republican Party. (What a surprise.) Both were designed to exploit the hostility, anxiety and resentment of the many white Americans who are still freakishly hung up on the idea of black men rising above their station and becoming sexually involved with white women.

The racial fantasy factor in this presidential campaign is out of control. It was at work in that New Yorker cover that caused such a stir. (Mr. Obama in Muslim garb with the American flag burning in the fireplace.) It’s driving the idea that Barack Obama is somehow presumptuous, too arrogant, too big for his britches — a man who obviously does not know his place.

I don't get how that's a racist sexual fantasy, but then I'm not Bob Herbert.

Herbert sees whangers everywhere, this guy looks into a black hole and sees racism. Doesn't that defy physics?

This goes beyond lunacy. The MSM is bewitched.

Obama's poll numbers - heh, heh, "pole" - are bigger than McCain's, but as McCain is want to say, "Size doesn't matter."

Herbert wouldn't know a phallic symbol if it crawled up his...well, maybe then he would...

Poor Obama. Always subjected to column-y.

re: #104 reloadingisnotahobby

GREAT TIMING!
Where the hell were ya in 1994!
Coulda saved me many thousands off$$$!
LOL

They say you should never sleep with anyone who's crazier than you are.

You'd think I'd have trouble even finding women who are crazier than I am, but I manage. I manage.

/"But not my wife," he adds, in case she wanders by and reads over his shoulder... ;)

re: #68 DeafDog

HRC gained traction when she launced the "it's 3am ad. She went negative too late. Mac is not making that mistake. Go negative early and often.

BTW - the dems have been going negative since the get go. There entire campaign is based against GWB.

And the interesting thing would be seeing the thought process in the voting booth for them... Hey! Bush isn't on the ballot and Obama is a scary lying untrustworthy twit... McCain-click...

re: #105 CapeCoddah

We have a local radio talk show host who loves to point out that "You can't fix stupid"

"Ignorance is curable, stupidity is forever."

re: #98 WayDownSouthInBama

So what does Bob Herbert think of those same pieces of architecture when they appear in Obama's own PR photos?

Probably tingly thoughts...

re: #101 mikalm

I haven't had any romantic notions of that city. I'm almost 42 and for as long as I can remember, that city has been a cesspool. It fills me with great sadness that so beautiful a place can be so filthy at the same time.

Bob Herbert sounds like the kind of guy with whom I would not like to sit down and have dinner, or even a drink. Whatta maroon.

re: #114 JamesTKirk

Sn*****.........Gotcha!
LOL
Not my present bride either!

Journalism at its finest....
Obama's crime? Acting too presidential

"There's an interesting line building on Obama that somehow success and intelligence are a handicap," said Mark Sawyer, a UCLA political scientist. "If he wasn't extraordinary, he wouldn't be there. But then he is extraordinary and it becomes, 'He is just too good, too well spoken, too accomplished.' "

I have a humble blog, that rarely draws any comments. Some here have read the second-party editorials I frequently post. Then out of the blue, I get this. I thought it would good for a chuckle here at LGF.

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