Christine O’Donnell: Joe Biden Tapped My Phone

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Christine O’Donnell is the motherlode of bad craziness. It’s almost unbelievable how much insanity is being uncovered; it seems like every 15 minutes another loony, paranoid statement pops up. This morning we learn that when O’Donnell ran against then-Senator Joe Biden in 2008, she accused him of tapping her phones.

This is the woman the entire GOP is lining up to support, as the Party continues its headlong rush over the cliff.

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203 comments
1 lawhawk  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:29:36am

Party trumps sanity. Party trumps logic. Party trumps all.

I wont be a party to that.

2 bratwurst  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:30:52am

Her campaign theme song:

Youtube Video
3 Unions = Innovation slash slash  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:30:58am

Hey they laughed at the DNC headquarters folks at Watergate about a "break in" too!!!!
//

4 Gus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:31:44am

Vote for Christine O’Donnell and help put a stop to chemtrails!

//

5 Unions = Innovation slash slash  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:31:59am

O'Donnel wouldn't get the pleasure of my vote, guess she'll have to pleasure herself.

6 Varek Raith  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:32:44am

re: #2 bratwurst

Her campaign theme song:


[Video]

I prefer the intro to Pinky and the Brain.
;)

7 Mark Pennington  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:33:11am

What are the odds dems screw this up and let this lunatic win?

8 HappyWarrior  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:33:13am

Christine O'Donnell- Because Sharron Angle needs someone to howl at the moon with.

9 jaunte  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:33:31am

"She may be a loony, paranoid motherlode of crazy,
but she's such an adorable loony, paranoid motherlode of crazy."

10 Varek Raith  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:36:03am

Besides, didn't Biden win by a mega landslide?
The hell would he need to tap her phones for?
Crazy lady is crazy.

11 Gus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:36:19am

Christine O'Donnell criticized by former aides

They remember a candidate who was less interested in conservative causes than scoring a television deal, one who suggested dodging campaign vendors, believed she could give the keynote speech at the Republican National Convention and fixated on a harebrained idea to distribute tens of thousands of two-ounce suntan lotion packets to voters.

Christine O'Donnell, imaginary keynote speaker at the RNC and suntan lotion distributor.

As the campaign entered the summer season, staff was instructed to compile a 10-page document examining how the distribution of tens of thousands of two-ounce suntan lotion packets could shake up the race, according to several members of O'Donnell's 2008 team.

"It was an irresponsible idea," said David Keegan, who served as O'Donnell's financial officer. “And half the people in the street thought she was throwing condoms out of the truck.”

12 nines09  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:36:49am

The crazy part is some people will believe her. She has so many Dim and Dimmer statements on tape and video and yet she's here? It's the chickens coming home to roost.

13 Varek Raith  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:37:19am

re: #11 Gus 802

What.
XD

14 HappyWarrior  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:37:59am

re: #10 Varek Raith

Besides, didn't Biden win by a mega landslide?
The hell would he need to tap her phones for?
Crazy lady is crazy.

65% of the vote and yet somehow Deminted Jim DeMint thinks O'Donnell is going to win this time. I don't care how unpopular the Democratic party may be right now. It doesn't take away from the fact that O'Donnell is insane.

15 Mark Pennington  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:38:04am

The Old And New Adventures Of Old Christine

[Link: thinkprogress.org...]

16 Cato the Elder  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:38:50am

No one needs to tap her phones. All the crazy is right out in the open.

17 Mark Pennington  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:39:25am

re: #15 beekiller

The Old And New Adventures Of Old Christine

[Link: thinkprogress.org...]

O’Donnell wants to stop the ‘whole country from having sex.’ Asked by MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, “You’re going to stop the whole country from having sex?” O’Donnell replied, “Yes.” [Scarborough Country, 11/13/03]

LoLoLoL *dies*

18 Unions = Innovation slash slash  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:40:04am

re: #7 beekiller

What are the odds dems screw this up and let this lunatic win?

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

Watch the video for your answer.

19 Kragar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:40:11am

Next thing you know, she'll be blaming the implants in her skull of Clinton.

Of course, we all know it was the aliens.

20 Varek Raith  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:41:06am

re: #17 beekiller

O’Donnell wants to stop the ‘whole country from having sex.’ Asked by MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, “You’re going to stop the whole country from having sex?” O’Donnell replied, “Yes.” [Scarborough Country, 11/13/03]

LoLoLoL *dies*

What2

21 HappyWarrior  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:41:11am

re: #15 beekiller

The Old And New Adventures Of Old Christine

[Link: thinkprogress.org...]

Hahaha Hitler coined the term seperation of church and state. Seriously, wake me from this crazy dream.

22 Varek Raith  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:42:00am

re: #21 HappyWarrior

Hahaha Hitler coined the term seperation of church and state. Seriously, wake me from this crazy dream.

Damn, this is killing me...
XD

23 jaunte  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:42:09am

re: #17 beekiller

"Hands above your heads, everyone!"

24 Varek Raith  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:43:13am
O’Donnell warned that former President Clinton hosting a TV show would be a ‘threat to our national security.’ Responding to a rumor that Clinton might host a daytime TV talk show, O’Donnell said it would be “so undignified” but “also a threat to our national security” because the network could reveal “classified information” to which he had access. So do you really think the networks are going to sacrifice ratings for the sake of not revealing information that he has?” [Huffington Post,
9/15/10]
25 Henchman Ghazi-808  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:43:35am

O'Donnell is making my month. September was moderately benign until this gem was gifted to us. Keep it comin!!

26 engineer cat  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:43:38am

now the government knows where she keeps her tinfoil, so she won't be able to protect herself anymore

27 Kragar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:43:44am

re: #15 beekiller

The Old And New Adventures Of Old Christine

[Link: thinkprogress.org...]

Someone really needs to loosen up, have a few drinks and get laid.

28 HappyWarrior  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:44:25am

re: #22 Varek Raith

Damn, this is killing me...
XD

I can't believe this is real. She's totally insane. Did you see where she praised the censorship of the Middle East? Seriously, this has to be Sacha Baron Cohen in drag doing the ultimate prank haha.

29 Gus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:44:28am

Don't forget she'll be speaking at Values Voter today after 2 PM EST. She's in the lineup with dominionist Gary Bauer and anti-science/anti-sex crusader and former PA Republican Senator, Rick Santorum.

30 Varek Raith  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:45:15am
O’Donnell thinks ‘The Sopranos’ are a model family. “The thing that attracts people to “The Sopranos” is the family element. It shows that America still has a longing for that traditional upbringing.” [Hardball, 6/20/03]
31 nines09  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:45:38am

re: #21 HappyWarrior
O’Donnell feared her political opponents are ‘following’ her and ‘hiding in the bushes.’ “They’re following me. … They knock on the door at all hours of the night. They’re hiding in the bushes when I’m at candidate forums. In 2008 they broke into my home. They vandalized my home. They wrote nasty notes on my front door, on my front porch. They jeopardized my safety. They did the same thing to our campaign office. They broke into our campaign office. They vandalized our campaign office. They stole files. … I would be a fool to be pressured into disclosing where I live.” [Weekly Standard, 9/2/10]


Wow.

32 iossarian  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:46:03am

re: #30 Varek Raith

To be fair to the Crazy One, you could probably find any number of level-headed pundits making a similar comment.

33 Obdicut  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:46:21am

re: #29 Gus 802

And Mitt Romney, who I used to think was in the least bit moderate, sane, or reasonable, is gong to be there.

34 Varek Raith  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:46:49am
O’Donnell explained why there were never WMD found in Iraq by comparing the war to raiding a ‘crack house.’ “One of the biggest lies that’s going on is that we had no reason to go in. … If we were going to invade a crack house, and we said, ‘We’re going to invade this crack house. We’re going to raid this crack house.’ For six months, we gave them warning. And then you walk in and you go, ‘Hey, there’s no crack. There’s only these little pipes. Now, there’s no crack with the little pipes, so we can’t assume that these pipes are used for crack.’” [Hardball, 6/20/03]
35 Obdicut  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:46:54am

re: #31 nines09

O’Donnell feared her political opponents are ‘following’ her and ‘hiding in the bushes.’ “They’re following me. … They knock on the door at all hours of the night. They’re hiding in the bushes when I’m at candidate forums. In 2008 they broke into my home. They vandalized my home. They wrote nasty notes on my front door, on my front porch. They jeopardized my safety. They did the same thing to our campaign office. They broke into our campaign office. They vandalized our campaign office. They stole files. … I would be a fool to be pressured into disclosing where I live.” [Weekly Standard, 9/2/10]

Wow.

Did they also carve a backwards "B" into her cheek?

36 iossarian  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:46:57am

re: #33 Obdicut

Romney = Opportunist

There is nothing genuine about the guy.

37 HappyWarrior  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:47:00am

re: #31 nines09

O’Donnell feared her political opponents are ‘following’ her and ‘hiding in the bushes.’ “They’re following me. … They knock on the door at all hours of the night. They’re hiding in the bushes when I’m at candidate forums. In 2008 they broke into my home. They vandalized my home. They wrote nasty notes on my front door, on my front porch. They jeopardized my safety. They did the same thing to our campaign office. They broke into our campaign office. They vandalized our campaign office. They stole files. … I would be a fool to be pressured into disclosing where I live.” [Weekly Standard, 9/2/10]

Wow.

She really is something else isn't she? This woman shouldn't be running for any office let alone US senate with her craziness. She needs help.

38 darthstar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:47:03am

It's all a misunderstanding, really...one of Biden's campaign staffers was overheard saying, "I'll tap that" and Christine assumed he was talking about her phone lines.

39 ReamWorks SKG  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:47:04am

I love these conspiracy theory folks! The sad thing is, people are hungry for them, and it will get her supporters.

(I once spent more time than I should have listening to some explain to me how Diane Fienstein and the Mossad blew up the World Trade Center. "Wow!" I thought to myself. "I never knew Diane was smart and effective enough to pull something like this off.")

40 Gus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:47:37am

re: #33 Obdicut

And Mitt Romney, who I used to think was in the least bit moderate, sane, or reasonable, is gong to be there.

I think he already spoke. He said that the Wal-Mart aisles aren't as neat as the ones in Target.

Seriously, he said something like that today.

41 Kragar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:47:40am

re: #33 Obdicut

And Mitt Romney, who I used to think was in the least bit moderate, sane, or reasonable, is gong to be there.

I felt the same way, but he's lost it catering to these assholes.

42 jaunte  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:48:26am

re: #40 Gus 802

Well, he is very neat.

43 Obdicut  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:48:30am

re: #37 HappyWarrior

She really is something else isn't she? This woman shouldn't be running for any office let alone US senate with her craziness. She needs help.

Not according to the GOP. According to the GOP, she's a fine candidate, who deserves their financial support.

I wonder how GOP donors feel about their campaign contributions being used to support this sad, strange woman?

44 HappyWarrior  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:48:43am

re: #36 iossarian

Romney = Opportunist

There is nothing genuine about the guy.

Yep this is how I've felt about Romney since he first ran for president. He badmouths Massachusetts but yet he decided to raise his family and run for office there. Can't be that bad eh Mitt?

45 Varek Raith  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:49:23am

re: #43 Obdicut

Not according to the GOP. According to the GOP, she's a fine candidate, who deserves their financial support.

I wonder how GOP donors feel about their campaign contributions being used to support this sad, strange woman?

First, I was annoyed that this woman was even nominated.
Now, I'm just LMFAO.

46 Nick Schroeder  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:49:23am

The Democrats are complete retards if they do not follow my simple formula for their campaign ads this year. This should be a national spot on all major networks in all venues.

Show some clips:
-O'Donnell saying any number of bad crazy things
-Rand Paul talking about the evils of the Civil Rights Act
-Gingrich saying we should be like China and Saudi Arabia
-Any number of insane Palin quotes
-Joe Barton apologizing to BP
-Any number of insane Bachmann quotes
-A few clips of Republicans calling to repeal parts of the Constitution
-Any number of Republicans equating the unemployed to lazy mooches

...etc.... the list is huge, but you get the point: very bad craziness. And then at the end, no talking. Just words on the screen....

THIS IS WHAT REPUBLICANS ACTUALLY BELIEVE

..fade to....

Think before you vote.

...fade to black.

/the Democrats are retards and would never do something so simple and effective as this

47 engineer cat  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:49:25am

re: #33 Obdicut

And Mitt Romney, who I used to think was in the least bit moderate, sane, or reasonable, is gong to be there.

the GOP establishment will do everything in its power to nominate Mormon McSmileypants in 2012

48 nines09  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:50:02am

re: #35 Obdicut

re: #37 HappyWarrior

Not all the Loons have feathers it seems. Actually she scares the shit out of me. After her, what?

49 Obdicut  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:50:27am

re: #30 Varek Raith

So she's against masturbation, but in favor of mistresses?

50 tnguitarist  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:50:41am

re: #34 Varek Raith

So, they smoked it all before we got there?

51 Kragar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:50:58am

re: #47 engineer dog

the GOP establishment will do everything in its power to nominate Mormon McSmileypants in 2012

Nah, they hate that he's a Mormon.

52 Gus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:51:00am

re: #47 engineer dog

the GOP establishment will do everything in its power to nominate Mormon McSmileypants in 2012

Heh. Palin's in Iowa. I'm starting to think it's really going to be Palin in '12.

53 Varek Raith  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:51:11am

re: #50 tnguitarist

So, they smoked it all before we got there?

Or flushed it.

54 Cato the Elder  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:51:28am

re: #30 Varek Raith

Tony S., father of the year.

Madonn'!

55 Obdicut  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:51:33am

re: #47 engineer dog

the GOP establishment will do everything in its power to nominate Mormon McSmileypants in 2012

If they do, we'll see a hell of a lot of turmoil in the fundie GOP base; a lot of them think Mormons are teh debil.

56 darthstar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:51:37am

re: #52 Gus 802

Heh. Palin's in Iowa. I'm starting to think it's really going to be Palin in '12.

Maybe she's just got a thing for corn.

57 Gus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:52:07am

re: #56 darthstar

Maybe she's just got a thing for corn.

Well, she is pretty corny already.

/

58 cliffster  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:52:08am

Mike Pence: Don't abandon social issues


House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence is warning Republicans not to abandon social issues that have been so important to the religious right, even as his fellow House Republicans build an election year agenda that focuses more on economic policy and government reform.

Actually, yes - please abandon social issues.

59 iossarian  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:52:23am

re: #52 Gus 802

Heh. Palin's in Iowa. I'm starting to think it's really going to be Palin in '12.

They should put the debates on PPV. Make a killing.

I would cough up $40 for that.

60 HappyWarrior  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:52:32am

I am trying to be impartial here but man these loons make it so hard. Seriously this is the kind of person that Delaware Republicans want representing their state in the US senate?

61 Obdicut  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:52:34am

re: #52 Gus 802

Heh. Palin's in Iowa. I'm starting to think it's really going to be Palin in '12.

I don't think the GOP has any actual interest in governance, so I think so too. The GOP is now mainly the political arm of the right-wing media. It's better business for them to have a Democrat for president anyway.

62 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:53:17am

Even Karl Rove got the sh*t slapped out of him for daring to criticise her for being simply unelectable. That was enough to sober up anyone else who thought of thinking outside the box on this issue.

Now they are in the position of only being able to think these things quietly to themselves while doing what they can to help her get elected.

I can only suppose that a tactician like Rovel has decided the best strategy right now is to just back down and go along with it and come out swinging when the election results show that these loonies have cost them a majority (if they do...)

63 I Am Kreniigh!  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:55:02am

I read her assessment of Middle Earth (yes, Lord of the Rings Middle Earth), and it seems to boil down to, "women in Tolkien have a lot of good feminine characteristics, just like me!"

But one quote made me go ruh? "Men will give up their schedule to watch 'Monday Night Football,' where women generally won't. ... Forgive me for making very broad generalizations but that typically it is the men who are more of those fighters. But I think Tolkien does make the point to show that that wicked humanity is in both genders."

Aside from the word salad aspects of this, I am at a loss to think of an example of wicked humanity in a female in LotR. Anyone?

64 darthstar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:55:26am

re: #61 Obdicut

I don't think the GOP has any actual interest in governance, so I think so too. The GOP is now mainly the political arm of the right-wing media. It's better business for them to have a Democrat for president anyway.

Especially when the Democrats are simply proposing what used to be mainstream Republican policies. Republicans get what they want, and get to have fun arguing against it in the process. Hell, who wouldn't want that job?

"What do you do for a living?"
"I get paid to travel around the country, say stupid shit, go to parties, and get interviewed on TV. The kids hate it, and the wife won't let me touch her, but hey, it's a living."

65 Obdicut  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:56:15am

re: #63 Kreniigh

You're right, there isn't a single evil female character in LOTR, except for the spider.

66 tnguitarist  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:56:51am

re: #63 Kreniigh

So, women won't give up their schedule to watch a show? That must be why they don't cater any tv shows toward women viewers.

67 Kragar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:57:12am
O’donnell compared physics to a ‘pimp.’ “Psychics exploit the human beings natural desire that longs for something higher,” O’Donnell told Bill Maher’s in October 2001. “The same way a pimp exploits the natural desire to be with the opposite sex…psychics put people in spiritual harm, the same way pimps put people in physical harm.

This woman is insane.

68 Cato the Elder  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:57:22am

Grovel, Rove!

69 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:57:49am

re: #11 Gus 802

What is it with republicans and tanning? They're against the tanning-booth tax, Boehner is a spray tan fan, O'Donnell is handing out tanning lotion. Is this how they are trying to not be so white?

70 jamesfirecat  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:58:44am

Contrary to popular belief, lemmings don't commit mass suicide by leaping off of cliffs, they do it into water because they can swim and want to migrate to somewhere that can support their new numbers....

Of course given a wide/large enough body of water to jump into most lemmings can only swim so far before they get tired and drown...


////I've got no clue at all why this weird fact sprung to mind at the moment..

71 darthstar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:59:07am

re: #67 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

This woman is insane.

It all comes down to sex for her. I can't wait until she has a melt-down under the stress of the campaign and shows her true colors.

72 HappyWarrior  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:59:19am

re: #67 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

This woman is insane.

hahahaha Christine O'Donnell: Protect humanity from physics pimps. hahaha seriously Christine O'Donnell is the most unteintionally hilarious person alive.

73 Varek Raith  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:59:30am

Schadenfreude!

74 jaunte  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:59:39am

re: #69 Dreggas

They're Hamiltonians

75 Cato the Elder  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:59:46am

Isaac Newton was a pimp?

76 engineer cat  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 9:59:59am

re: #51 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Nah, they hate that he's a Mormon.

the way things are going even now when they GOP has its best chance, i fully expect the regular republicans to be running him in the primaries as The Relatively Sane Choice

and, he's got the TV Hair!

77 darthstar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:01:23am

Borowitz Report

“Our country was founded by rugged individualists,” he said. “And you know what individualists like to do.”

He said that Ms. O’Donnell’s anti-whacking position was “ill-timed,” adding, “In this economy, masturbation is one of the few simple pleasures people still can afford.”

Tracy Klugian, a homemaker and masturbator from Dover, Delaware, said she is “puzzled” by what she sees as the contradictory nature of candidate O’Donnell’s position: “If you’re against masturbation, why would you want to serve in Congress?”

78 jamesfirecat  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:02:20am

re: #63 Kreniigh

I read her assessment of Middle Earth (yes, Lord of the Rings Middle Earth), and it seems to boil down to, "women in Tolkien have a lot of good feminine characteristics, just like me!"

But one quote made me go ruh? "Men will give up their schedule to watch 'Monday Night Football,' where women generally won't. ... Forgive me for making very broad generalizations but that typically it is the men who are more of those fighters. But I think Tolkien does make the point to show that that wicked humanity is in both genders."

Aside from the word salad aspects of this, I am at a loss to think of an example of wicked humanity in a female in LotR. Anyone?

Umm... Shelob?


I got nothing....

79 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:02:29am

She's crazy, but she could win.

80 S'latch  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:03:28am

I read the article. She is nuts. But not because she was paranoid that her political opponent was taping her phone. That sounds like a concern that is at least worthy of discussion between a politician and the campaign staff. She is however against nude sunbathing. She is nuts. And she was throwing packets of sunblock that people thought were condoms. And, that is funny.

81 jamesfirecat  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:03:46am

re: #73 Varek Raith

Schadenfreude!


Straight A student's getting B's
Ex's getting STDs!
Football players getting tackled.
CEO's getting shackled!
Watching actors never reach
The ending of their Oscar Speech!
That's Schadenfreude!

82 Kragar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:04:44am
O’Donnell called the Supreme Court a ‘constitutional monarchy.’ “It’s kind of like we have the nine people sitting there in Washington who have a constitutional monarchy and that is an abuse of the system but that’s the way that they push their agenda. And, if you’ll also notice, with all of these cases it’s a few people, a few people who oppose the masses.” [Savage Nation, 5/24/03]

The third branch of the Government, established in the US Constitution, is an abuse of the system.

/facepalm

83 jamesfirecat  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:05:27am

re: #82 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

The third branch of the Government, established in the US Constitution, is an abuse of the system.

/facepalm

///Who do those Supreme court justices think they are? Feh, I didn't vote for em!

84 iossarian  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:06:02am

re: #71 darthstar

It all comes down to sex for her. I can't wait until she has a melt-down under the stress of the campaign and shows her true colors.

Again, PPV.

85 I Am Kreniigh!  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:07:33am

re: #65 Obdicut

You're right, there isn't a single evil female character in LOTR, except for the spider.

"From then on their marital relations went from bad to worse. Sorhed spent all his time at the witch-works and Mazola sat home casting evil spells and watching the daytime mallomar serials. She began to put on weight. Then, one day, Sorhed found Mazola and a mallomar repairman in a compromising position and immediately filed divorce proceedings, eventually winning custody of the Nine Nozdrul.

"Mazola, now banished to her drab surroundings in the bowels of Sol Hurok, let her hatred grow and fester. Schlob, was she now called. For eons she nurtured her pique, obsessively stuffing herself with bon-bons, movie magazines, and an occasional spelunker. At first, Sorhed dutifully sent her monthly alimony payments of a dozen or so narc volunteers, but these gifts soon stopped when word got around what a dinner invitation with Sorhed's ex actually entailed. Her gnawing fury knew no bounds. She prowled her lair with murderous intent, eternally cursing the memory of her husband and his derisive trolack jokes. For ages her only interest had been revenge as she brooded in her dark, dark lair. Cutting off her lights had been the last straw... "

86 iossarian  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:07:45am

re: #79 Walter L. Newton

She's crazy, but she could win.

She could, in the same way that McCain/Palin could have won.

BTW, when I heard that Palin was the VP pick, I was dancing on my couch.

87 calochortus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:08:32am

re: #70 jamesfirecat

Can't imagine what brought lemmings to mind. Is it relevant that the lemmings jumping off a cliff meme was brought to us by a Disney nature flick?

88 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:09:01am

re: #86 iossarian

She could, in the same way that McCain/Palin could have won.

BTW, when I heard that Palin was the VP pick, I was dancing on my couch.

I feel sorry for your couch.

89 Decatur Deb  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:09:45am

re: #72 HappyWarrior

hahahaha Christine O'Donnell: Protect humanity from physics pimps. hahaha seriously Christine O'Donnell is the most unteintionally hilarious person alive.

To be fair, that's an error in the headline. Her word in the text is "psychics".

90 Lidane  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:10:14am

re: #63 Kreniigh

Aside from the word salad aspects of this, I am at a loss to think of an example of wicked humanity in a female in LotR. Anyone?

In this lunatic's world? She probably thinks Éowyn is a bad person somehow for dressing as a man and going to war, and for believing that she could fight honorably in war.

91 HappyWarrior  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:12:42am

re: #89 Decatur Deb

To be fair, that's an error in the headline. Her word in the text is "psychics".

Ah my bad.

92 jamesfirecat  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:13:06am

re: #90 Lidane

In this lunatic's world? She probably thinks Éowyn is a bad person somehow for dressing as a man and going to war, and for believing that she could fight honorably in war.

Well the other men didn't know she was a woman at the time, so it wouldn't have gotten in the way of their ability to command, even if we take her crazy pants theory as true.....

93 Cato the Elder  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:13:19am

She sounds like a Valley Girl on Ecstasy who read the Bible by mistake, thinking it was the Silmarillion.

94 iossarian  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:13:42am

re: #88 Walter L. Newton

I feel sorry for your couch.

It's very lounge-suffering.

95 CarleeCork  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:14:08am

re: #86 iossarian

She could, in the same way that McCain/Palin could have won.

BTW, when I heard that Palin was the VP pick, I was dancing on my couch.


I didn't do that until I heard her debate Biden.

96 Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:15:22am

I know I've said it before, but it has to be said again. The war is over, and the Tea party social 'conservatives' have won. Rational voices will be further drowned out and marginalized as the Republican party lurches further and further to the extreme.

When the Democrats lost, the soul searching prompted a series of relatively moderate candidates and a reach for the 'center.' Go for a broader, if less purely progressive base of support.

The Republicans have decided that they lost because they weren't extreme enough. It's not enough to say you want to ban all abortions, or kick all the brown people out of the country. Or to discriminate against the Gays. Now you've got candidates who really mean it. Angle, and O'Donnell, and Rand aren't simply giving lip service to the extremists. They're going to try to make sure that vision of purity is implemented.

The Republican party kept playing with fire, and America is going to burn because of it.

97 Kragar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:15:24am

re: #89 Decatur Deb

To be fair, that's an error in the headline. Her word in the text is "psychics".

You are correct, in my defense, I pulled that from the science quotes section.

98 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:15:28am

re: #82 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

The third branch of the Government, established in the US Constitution, is an abuse of the system.

/facepalm

This represents the basis of the entire Tea Party imagery: they see the legally elected US government as some sort of foreign tyranny that must be overthrown by force if necessary.

99 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:15:51am

re: #85 Kreniigh

Would that I had 1,000 updings to give a Harvard Lampoon reference.

100 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:16:13am

Maybe a case study of Cynthia McKinney would give us some insight on how O'Donnell got this far, and how it's possible for her to actually get a seat.

101 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:16:34am

re: #85 Kreniigh


Massive upding for referecne to Bored of the Rings, one of the greatest parodies ever written

102 lawhawk  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:17:49am

Former NYS Gov. George Pataki may end up backing Paladino - because it's about politics.

Sheesh. He can't take a hint from his boss, Al D'Amato (who helped get Pataki elected all those years ago when he helped the unknown legislator win over Mario Cuomo who was bidding for another term in office). He admits that Paladino has gone over the top with some of his comments, but refuses to bail, even though Paladino had called Pataki a degenerate idiot - along with all the former NYS governors of recent vintage.

"I don't think he is fit for public service," Paterson told Pataki.

Paterson cited a number of Paladino's outrageous statements and his forwarding of pornographic and racist emails.

To hammer the point home, the state's first black governor used the N-word - included in a Paladino email depicting a plane crashing into an African tribe.

Spitzer, who resigned in disgrace in 2008 after a $4,300 tryst with a hooker, echoed Paterson's criticisms.

"I think the comments he has made and the prospective he brings - it may be good therapy for him to vent - but it is not useful politics," said the self-described steamroller.

New York needs someone not just to say how angry they are, but to "present us with alternatives," said the soon-to-be CNN host - who was quickly savaged by the Paladino camp.

"When we hear the advice of a whoremonger, we consider the source," replied campaign manager Michael Caputo.

Caputo dismissed Paterson's comments as "laughable" and condemned him as "the most corrupt and incompetent governor in New York history."

"He is symbolic of everything that is wrong with Albany," Caputo said. "Paterson demeans his office further by resorting to these personal attacks."

Paladino liked Spitzer and Paterson when they were atop the Democratic ticket for the 2006 gubernatorial campaign, chipping in $1,000 - while his son coughed up about another $5,000.

Despite the "degenerate idiot" crack - made during a July interview with the Daily News - Caputo said Paladino gets along "very well" with Pataki.

In fact, records show Paladino donated $5,000 to Pataki's 2002 reelection campaign.

So much for being the outsider, when you're busy throwing money at the candidates left and right and hoping to get decisions made in your favor...

103 Lidane  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:18:47am

re: #92 jamesfirecat

Well the other men didn't know she was a woman at the time, so it wouldn't have gotten in the way of their ability to command, even if we take her crazy pants theory as true...

True. However, there are passages where Éowyn chafes against her expected role as a healer and she talks about feeling constrained and like she's in a cage because she's not allowed to go and openly fight for Rohan. That's almost feminist talk, don'tcha know.

104 iossarian  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:19:16am

re: #100 Walter L. Newton

Maybe a case study of Cynthia McKinney would give us some insight on how O'Donnell got this far, and how it's possible for her to actually get a seat.

Do you want her to get elected?

105 jaunte  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:19:38am

According to a brief dip into a conservative blog, no one is defending anything O'Donnell has said. Rather, the tactic seems to be to attack Harry Reid for endorsing Coons, to gloat over Chris Matthews 'betting' that O'Donnell wins, and to attack Coons for being 'a bearded Marxist.' All three concepts will fit on a scrawled posterboard or bumpersticker.

106 sffilk  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:20:26am

You know what? She's scary. Why? Because there is the remote chance (however slim it is) that she will end up in Congress. Maybe then it'll be time for all proper-thinking Americans to rise up in revolt and move to Canada or some other place where it's not as bad as I'm afraid it's going to be here.

108 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:22:02am

re: #104 iossarian

Do you want her to get elected?

No.. not in the least... not this one... but, seemingly unstable people have been elected to the house and senate in the past, over and over as in the case of McKinney, and I was wondering how, and if it could actually happen in this case.

109 tnguitarist  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:22:33am

re: #100 Walter L. Newton

Maybe a case study of Cynthia McKinney would give us some insight on how O'Donnell got this far, and how it's possible for her to actually get a seat.

McKinney was not re-elected after her crazy was found out. O'Donnell hopes to be elected despite her crazy. This is also for a Senator, not a 2-year rep of a district that was just created.

110 Gus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:24:34am

re: #105 jaunte

According to a brief dip into a conservative blog, no one is defending anything O'Donnell has said. Rather, the tactic seems to be to attack Harry Reid for endorsing Coons, to gloat over Chris Matthews 'betting' that O'Donnell wins, and to attack Coons for being 'a bearded Marxist.' All three concepts will fit on a scrawled posterboard or bumpersticker.

Typical wingnuts stupidity. They're trying to use something that he said when he was just out of college -- at the age of 21. They should all be rather familiar with their anti-Jihadist peer and former Marxist extraordinaire, David Horowitz. Robert Spencer also worked at a Marxist bookstore.

Wingnuts, how do the fecking work?

111 calochortus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:24:34am
Explaining what she is looking for an ideal husband, O’Donnell said, “I want my children to see Christ in him.” [Wilmington News-Journal, 11/12/06]

“Women play sex to get love. Men play love to get sex.” [Fox News, 8/2/03]

I almost feel sorry for O'Donnell-almost. I've known a few women who appear to follow the same path-goes to college looking for a husband, doesn't find one, doesn't really have a life plan beyond getting married, even though she doesn't appear to really like men as individuals. Embraces religion and her "appropriate" role. Still doesn't find husband, but doesn't reevaluate goals-or the fact that the world is not a black-and-white place, just doubles down on the crazy.

112 engineer cat  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:25:04am

re: #109 tnguitarist

O'Donnell hopes to be elected because she is crazy.

fixed

113 Stanghazi  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:25:08am

McKinney? Relative to the conversation how?

How bout Alvin Greene in South Carolina? That's more of a relevant comparison if we must go the comparison route.

114 Gus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:25:29am

re: #110 Gus 802

Typical wingnuts stupidity. They're trying to use something that he said when he was just out of college -- at the age of 21. They should all be rather familiar with their anti-Jihadist peer and former Marxist extraordinaire, David Horowitz. Robert Spencer also worked at a Marxist bookstore.

Wingnuts, how do the they fecking work?

"They" not "the". PIMF. I'm Gumby damn it!

115 elizajane  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:25:50am

re: #103 Lidane

True. However, there are passages where Éowyn chafes against her expected role as a healer and she talks about feeling constrained and like she's in a cage because she's not allowed to go and openly fight for Rohan. That's almost feminist talk, don'tcha know.

But "feminist" means something different to the fair Christine.
Speaking as an English major, y'know.

She told one interviewer that she was a feminist but not, oh no not, in that nasty political sense. Since she was an English major she knows that "--ist" means "one who believes in something" and she believes in her own femininity. Voila! A Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann feminist.

By the way, Jaunte, I am unconvinced that the Fair Christine is actually worse than Bachmann. And since Mars has a rep in the House, surely they deserve a Senator as well?

116 Gus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:26:06am

re: #113 Stanley Sea

McKinney? Relative to the conversation how?

How bout Alvin Greene in South Carolina? That's more of a relevant comparison if we must go the comparison route.

Sarah Palin

[cough]

117 jaunte  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:26:26am

re: #110 Gus 802

I think their betting is that their readers won't read anything more on the subject than the desired spin.

118 Gus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:27:17am

re: #117 jaunte

I think their betting is that their readers won't read anything more on the subject than the desired spin.

"Why Chris Coons are a Commune-ist."

//

119 Political Atheist  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:27:40am

re: #1 lawhawk

Party trumps sanity. Party trumps logic. Party trumps all.

I wont be a party to that.

The only party I feel good about is the BBQ Party.

120 Cato the Elder  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:27:58am

re: #113 Stanley Sea

McKinney? Relative to the conversation how?

How bout Alvin Greene in South Carolina? That's more of a relevant comparison if we must go the comparison route.

Because moonbats absolutely can be as evil and crazy as wingnuts.

121 Kragar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:28:00am

Sarah Palin's Advice To Christine O'Donnell: 'Speak Through Fox News' (VIDEO)

"She's gonna have to learn very quickly to dismiss what some of her handlers want. Remember what happened to me in the VP. I used to have to sneak in my phone calls to you guys to say, 'Hey, I'm here,' Palin said. "She's gonna have to dismiss that, go with her gut, get out there, speak to the American people, speak through Fox News, and let the independents who are tuning into you, let them know what it is that she stands for, the principles behind her positions.

122 Lidane  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:28:32am

re: #109 tnguitarist

McKinney was not re-elected after her crazy was found out.

That's what I was going to say. She got bounced out in 2002, IIRC, not long after her batshit insane 9/11 troofer idiocy became public. I think she went back in 2004, but got bounced out again in 2006, and she's now in the Green Party.

She's not relevant to the discussion. O'Donnell's crazy is on a whole different level.

123 Gus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:28:57am

re: #117 jaunte

I think their betting is that their readers won't read anything more on the subject than the desired spin.

It's like when all the far-right thumpers freak out about atheists. Then they all flock to NYC to listen to Geert Wilders -- an atheist.

124 iossarian  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:29:05am

re: #108 Walter L. Newton

No.. not in the least... not this one... but, seemingly unstable people have been elected to the house and senate in the past, over and over as in the case of McKinney, and I was wondering how, and if it could actually happen in this case.

Fair enough. I think you're right that it's not impossible (things rarely are).

I do think it's pretty unlikely though. As for McKinney, I think that's an example of someone with a very strong local base, which I'm not sure will be the case with Crazy Lady.

125 cliffster  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:29:07am

@M_Ahmadinejad: Whew! So swamped today! Hey, kids, the Holocaust doesn't just go around denying itself, you know. You've got to get after it.

126 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:29:17am

re: #121 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Ah yes, the victim of ill-meaning comments about her, well, bat-shit crazy stupidity...

127 Cato the Elder  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:30:06am

Must. Not. Mention. Moonbats.

LOL.

128 Stanghazi  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:32:29am

re: #127 Cato the Elder

Must. Not. Mention. Moonbats.

LOL.

Mention the ones running for office, I'll bite.

Pulling out the history of moonbattery is not relevant to the elections this November. I'm a current events type.

129 webevintage  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:32:44am

Who's gonna go to the RALLY TO RESTORE SANITY on Oct 30th?
[Link: www.rallytorestoresanity.com...]

Take it down a notch for America!

130 deranged cat  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:33:14am

re: #129 webevintage

Who's gonna go to the RALLY TO RESTORE SANITY on Oct 30th?
[Link: www.rallytorestoresanity.com...]

Take it down a notch for America!

i really, really want to.

131 jamesfirecat  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:33:34am

re: #129 webevintage

Who's gonna go to the RALLY TO RESTORE SANITY on Oct 30th?
[Link: www.rallytorestoresanity.com...]

Take it down a notch for America!

I'm gonna go and get my parents/brother to go a well if I can.

I plan to bring a sign that says "Southpaws for Sanity"

132 karmic_inquisitor  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:33:46am

Got to love the suntan packets idea in the TPM article that is linked.

In Delaware.

In October.

"How many pakets will we have to buy to shake up the race".

That just gives rich detail to the lunacy. This is not someone who simply says things from time to time that are nutty or weird. This is a state of mind. An outlook. A culture.

Folks in the UK must envy us. There they have "Monster Looney" which is a perenial joke Party that runs candidates in silly clothes who get time on the hustings. We yanks, on the other hand, have a significant national movement which may actually take over our government!

Eat that Limeys! Ha!

134 Sol Berdinowitz  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:34:22am

re: #113 Stanley Sea

McKinney? Relative to the conversation how?

How bout Alvin Greene in South Carolina? That's more of a relevant comparison if we must go the comparison route.


There was no Democratic Coffee Pary behine Alvin Greene, there is no sign of how and why he came to run in the first place.

His appearance on the scene is so full of unanswered questions that he will always remain a quixotic blip on the otherwise normal, sane and stable political landscape of South Carolina...

135 jaunte  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:34:34am

re: #129 webevintage

Who's gonna go to the RALLY TO RESTORE SANITY on Oct 30th?
[Link: www.rallytorestoresanity.com...]

Take it down a notch for America!

Ha!
"Think of our event as Woodstock, but with the nudity and drugs replaced by respectful disagreement"

136 Lidane  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:35:20am

re: #129 webevintage

Who's gonna go to the RALLY TO RESTORE SANITY on Oct 30th?
[Link: www.rallytorestoresanity.com...]

Take it down a notch for America!

I'd go to that in a heartbeat, if all my money and time wasn't currently tied to grad school. Ah well.

137 cliffster  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:35:21am

re: #124 iossarian

Fair enough. I think you're right that it's not impossible (things rarely are).

I do think it's pretty unlikely though. As for McKinney, I think that's an example of someone with a very strong local base, which I'm not sure will be the case with Crazy Lady.

Actually, with 0% of the precincts reporting, Cliffster News is calling this one for Coons

138 What, me worry?  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:35:25am

re: #96 bloodstar

I know I've said it before, but it has to be said again. The war is over, and the Tea party social 'conservatives' have won. Rational voices will be further drowned out and marginalized as the Republican party lurches further and further to the extreme.

When the Democrats lost, the soul searching prompted a series of relatively moderate candidates and a reach for the 'center.' Go for a broader, if less purely progressive base of support.

The Republicans have decided that they lost because they weren't extreme enough. It's not enough to say you want to ban all abortions, or kick all the brown people out of the country. Or to discriminate against the Gays. Now you've got candidates who really mean it. Angle, and O'Donnell, and Rand aren't simply giving lip service to the extremists. They're going to try to make sure that vision of purity is implemented.

The Republican party kept playing with fire, and America is going to burn because of it.

I'm with you until the last line.

They aren't making us look any better in the eyes of the international community. Not that that means much to me. I'm not sure the Europeans liked us so much to begin with and that was way before our most unpopular president (GWB), when America-bashing was all the rage.

At any rate, I'm betting on the American People to reject this. I don't think we as a nation accept this bigotry and pig-headedness. I do think you're 100% correct about how it came to be, though.

139 Decatur Deb  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:35:32am

re: #129 webevintage

Who's gonna go to the RALLY TO RESTORE SANITY on Oct 30th?
[Link: www.rallytorestoresanity.com...]

Take it down a notch for America!

We're doing a check to see if it's possible. (I should have TM'd that phrase when I used it here last week. The cut of the t-shirt sales would have paid for the trip.)

140 calochortus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:35:32am

re: #129 webevintage

If only we lived closer than 3000 miles from DC

141 Cato the Elder  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:35:37am

re: #128 Stanley Sea

Mention the ones running for office, I'll bite.

Pulling out the history of moonbattery is not relevant to the elections this November. I'm a current events type.

Meaning history has no meaning. No wonder the Dems are ducked.

142 jaunte  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:35:48am

re: #132 karmic_inquisitor

We are the world's Bull Goose Loony.

143 What, me worry?  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:36:33am

re: #133 Gus 802

I can't stand him. And he's in the #1 slot as far as favorites go, last I read.

144 Kragar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:37:06am

re: #133 Gus 802

Mike Huckabee has type-2 diabetes (a pre-existing condition). He should be denied health care insurance. That is using his wingnut logic.

It is God's Plan. Why does he interfere?
/

145 Romantic Heretic  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:37:15am

re: #1 lawhawk

Party trumps sanity. Party trumps logic. Party trumps all.

I wont be a party to that.

The funny thing is that these people claim endlessly to be true individualists. They claim to be accepting of freedom of speech, conscience and belief.

Unless it's speech, conscience or belief they disagree with. Then it's "off with their heads."

They really do resemble the Bolsheviks they claim to hate so much. Weird.

146 Stanghazi  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:38:04am

re: #141 Cato the Elder

Meaning history has no meaning. No wonder the Dems are ducked.

Booga booga McKinney is not meaningful history. But once again Walter drops a comment and the bait is taken.

147 jamesfirecat  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:38:29am

re: #132 karmic_inquisitor

Got to love the suntan packets idea in the TPM article that is linked.

In Delaware.

In October.

"How many pakets will we have to buy to shake up the race".

That just gives rich detail to the lunacy. This is not someone who simply says things from time to time that are nutty or weird. This is a state of mind. An outlook. A culture.

Folks in the UK must envy us. There they have "Monster Looney" which is a perenial joke Party that runs candidates in silly clothes who get time on the hustings. We yanks, on the other hand, have a significant national movement which may actually take over our government!

Eat that Limeys! Ha!

I once heard someone say that America is what you get if you take Britain and exaggerate to a ridiculous degree. We're an entire continent sized Disney Land to them....

148 engineer cat  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:38:59am

o'donnell, angle, paul, bachmann, and palin are only the beginning

no matter whether the GOP takes the house this year or not, the base will insist that the "lesson" that was "learned" is that the GOP is still not stupid and crazy enough, and they won't be satisfied until every last GOP candidate is warning americans about the dangers of not believing that the earth is flat

149 What, me worry?  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:39:12am

re: #147 jamesfirecat

I once heard someone say that America is what you get if you take Britain and exaggerate to a ridiculous degree. We're an entire continent sized Disney Land to them...

Some of us are much deeper into fantasy land than others lol

150 Cato the Elder  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:39:23am

re: #146 Stanley Sea

Booga booga McKinney is not meaningful history. But once again Walter drops a comment and the bait is taken.

Whatever the Queen of Wishful Thinking says...

151 Kragar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:40:08am

re: #145 Romantic Heretic

The funny thing is that these people claim endlessly to be true individualists. They claim to be accepting of freedom of speech, conscience and belief.

Unless it's speech, conscience or belief they disagree with. Then it's "off with their heads."

They really do resemble the Bolsheviks they claim to hate so much. Weird.

Brian: Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't need to follow me. You don't need to follow anybody! You've got to think for yourselves! You're all individuals!
Crowd: [in unison] Yes! We're all individuals!
Brian: You're all different!
Crowd: [in unison] Yes, we are all different!
Man in crowd: I'm not...

152 Gus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:40:11am

Repost - In other wingnuts news Marco Rubio appears alongside far-right wingnut David Barton.

Rubio Appears With Far Right Evangelical, Revisionist Historian

153 karmic_inquisitor  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:40:13am

re: #147 jamesfirecat

I once heard someone say that America is what you get if you take Britain and exaggerate to a ridiculous degree. We're an entire continent sized Disney Land to them...

Well then I want to hang out in the exagerated Rowan Atkinson and Stephen Fry part. Where is it?

154 Gus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:41:03am

re: #146 Stanley Sea

Booga booga McKinney is not meaningful history. But once again Walter drops a comment and the bait is taken.

Well, you kind of expect the Magical Balance Butthurt Fairy to appear once in a while.

155 Decatur Deb  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:42:11am

BBL

156 Romantic Heretic  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:42:19am

re: #151 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Brian: Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't need to follow me. You don't need to follow anybody! You've got to think for yourselves! You're all individuals!
Crowd: [in unison] Yes! We're all individuals!
Brian: You're all different!
Crowd: [in unison] Yes, we are all different!
Man in crowd: I'm not...

Lord, I miss Monty Python. Off to visit YouTube for a little fish slapping dance.

157 karmic_inquisitor  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:42:33am

re: #148 engineer dog

o'donnell, angle, paul, bachmann, and palin are only the beginning

no matter whether the GOP takes the house this year or not, the base will insist that the "lesson" that was "learned" is that the GOP is still not stupid and crazy enough, and they won't be satisfied until every last GOP candidate is warning americans about the dangers of not believing that the earth is flat

That reminds me - I want everyone to know that God will be taking vengeance on us soon if we don't stop engaging in dangerous helio-centrism and acknowledge his creation of a flat, 5,000 year old Earth.

158 McSpiff  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:42:54am

re: #141 Cato the Elder

Meaning history has no meaning. No wonder the Dems are ducked.

I keep being told that Bush and all his policies were irrelevant since the moment Obama took office. Why should any past Dems matter any more than that? Seriously, keep up with your own rhetoric people.

159 Kragar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:42:55am

Bachman at the Values Voters Summit;

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), as bright a star as ever shown in the conservative constellation this year, took to the stage to slam spending and "Obamacare," but also took time to lead the attendees through a reading of the Declaration of Independence, which she suggested highlighted Thomas Jefferson's intention to keep abortion illegal forever.

Wait. What the fuck was that last bit again?

160 webevintage  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:44:15am

re: #130 deranged cat

i really, really want to.

I wish I lived close to DC.
I'd be there...espically if Jon promised there would be large puppets.

How fun, a large open air Daily Show/Colbert(?)
event in DC for the rest of us who are not nuts and have lives.

Cspan has Obama and Elizabeth Warren on right now in the Rose Garden...

161 Obdicut  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:44:33am

re: #158 McSpiff

Cato voted for Obama, I do believe.

162 TedStriker  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:45:04am

re: #75 Cato the Elder

Isaac Newton was a pimp?

Pimpin' ain't easy...

163 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:45:08am

Have fun everyone. Keep America safe, lizards. The family is off to go camping for the weekend so I'll try catch up Sunday night.

164 Gus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:45:34am

re: #159 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Bachman at the Values Voters Summit;

Wait. What the fuck was that last bit again?

Wingnuts say the darndest things.

“This Statue of Liberty was gifted to us by foreign leaders, really as a warning to us, it was a warning to us to stay unique and to stay exceptional from other countries. Certainly not to go down the path of other countries that adopted socialist policies...” - Sarah Palin

165 Cato the Elder  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:45:47am

re: #158 McSpiff

I do not represent a party here or elsewhere.

166 jamesfirecat  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:46:40am

re: #159 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Bachman at the Values Voters Summit;

Wait. What the fuck was that last bit again?

Wasn't going horse riding without a saddle the closest they had to abortions back in Thomas Jefferson's day?

167 Kragar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:46:48am

And Romney has jumped on the "Sanctity of Life/Marriage" GOP bandwagon to get their support.

Sorry Mitt, you're off the list.

168 Yashmak  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:47:00am

This whole O'Donnell thing has me upset. I've been arguing about it with folks at Malkin's site all week.

They're of that "ideological purity is the way to go" mindset, when it comes to conservatives. They can't seem to grasp the notion that ideological purity gets you nowhere if you can't get candidates elected.

They refuse to acknowledge that, in the case of Delaware, the cost of ideological purity will be that instead of a Republican who votes with conservatives 52% of the time, they'll end up with a liberal who votes with conservatives basically 0% of the time.

Instead, they start accusing me of posting "agitprop", or advocating a "living constitution" or other such nonsense. As a conservative myself, this is difficult to bear. These folks think they have a mandate for change, based on Obama's poor showing. . . and yet they have already forgotten how that sort of thinking has worked out for Obama and the current Dem controlled congress.

What happened to the rational, logical conservatives that I used to associate so closely with the movement? ARGH.

169 calochortus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:47:09am

re: #157 karmic_inquisitor

That reminds me - I want everyone to know that God will be taking vengeance on us soon if we don't stop engaging in dangerous helio-centrism and acknowledge his creation of a flat, 5,000 year old Earth.

Jeez, haven't you been paying attention? The Earth is 6,000 years old.//

170 Obdicut  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:48:30am

re: #168 Yashmak


She's also not 'ideologically pure'. The GOP mainstream planks are pretty crazy, but she's crazier.

171 jamesfirecat  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:48:37am

re: #167 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

And Romney has jumped on the "Sanctity of Life/Marriage" GOP bandwagon to get their support.

Sorry Mitt, you're off the list.

Is there still enough reasonable Republicans left to qualify for "a list" Romney was the last one on mine...


Hell at the moment the member of the GOP I "respect" (if that's the right word for it) most is Dick Cheney because you don't see him cow towing to the Tea Baggers...

172 Kragar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:49:01am

re: #169 calochortus

Jeez, haven't you been paying attention? The Earth is 6,000 years old.//

LIES AND HERESY! Anyone attempting to say the Earth is more than 5 minutes old refuses to believe in the power of God. All evidence pointing to the contrary was created by God to fool the non-believers.

173 Lidane  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:49:51am

re: #167 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

And Romney has jumped on the "Sanctity of Life/Marriage" GOP bandwagon to get their support.

Sorry Mitt, you're off the list.

He's a Mormon. The people he's pandering to don't trust him anyway, and because of his religious beliefs.

Toss in Romneycare and all his flip-flops and he doesn't stand a chance in 2012. At this rate, it will be Caribou Barbie or someone equally crazy.

174 webevintage  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:50:59am

OR on October 30th will you be in DC for the MARCH TO KEEP FEAR ALIVE?
[Link: www.keepfearalive.com...]
To fight Jon Stewart's creeping reasonableness and to restore truthiness, Stephen announces his March to Keep Fear Alive.
FREAK OUT FOR FREEDOM!!!111!!!!

175 Cato the Elder  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:51:02am

re: #171 jamesfirecat

People are towing cows?

176 lawhawk  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:51:44am

re: #175 Cato the Elder

Eh, he's just buttering 'em up after churning up the crowd for a bit.

177 Lidane  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:51:57am

re: #168 Yashmak

What happened to the rational, logical conservatives that I used to associate so closely with the movement?

They've either been marginalized as RINOs or have left the conservative movement altogether because of all the Bad Crazy.

What you're seeing now is the GOP base in 2010. It's all or nothing, as far to the right as possible, or you're a godless traitor. There's no middle ground.

178 Gus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:52:05am

re: #173 Lidane

He's a Mormon. The people he's pandering to don't trust him anyway, and because of his religious beliefs.

Toss in Romneycare and all his flip-flops and he doesn't stand a chance in 2012. At this rate, it will be Caribou Barbie or someone equally crazy.

That just kills me. Romney, the one pro-choice, Romneycare, forner Massachusetts governor. When he ran against Kennedy he tried to portray himself as being equally liberal.

179 karmic_inquisitor  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:52:46am

re: #138 marjoriemoon

I'm with you until the last line.

They aren't making us look any better in the eyes of the international community. Not that that means much to me. I'm not sure the Europeans liked us so much to begin with and that was way before our most unpopular president (GWB), when America-bashing was all the rage.

At any rate, I'm betting on the American People to reject this. I don't think we as a nation accept this bigotry and pig-headedness. I do think you're 100% correct about how it came to be, though.

RE: Europe.

I think what America witnessed during much of the cold war (the embrace of American culture/ideas by Western Europe) was a historic anomaly.

Losing Europe's "respect" (to the degree that actual respect as cultural and political peers) was in the cards the moment the Berlin Wall fell, IMO. We have our old cultural habits with a degree of concomitant xenophobia just as the Europeans do. Western Europeans will always lecture people in the new world and especially the US. And Americans will always be bugged by that and both seek Europe's esteem while also snarking at European "elitism".

All cultures in asserting who they are assert who they aren't, so in whatever way a culture is inclusionary it is exclusionary. No avoiding it. The European esteem held during the Cold War was more motivated by fear of the Russians, IMO, than genuine cultural affinity, IMO.

180 engineer cat  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:52:58am

re: #175 Cato the Elder

People are towing cows?

they were parked in a tow zone

181 jaunte  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:53:09am

re: #178 Gus 802

That just kills me. Romney, the one pro-choice, Romneycare, forner Massachusetts governor. When he ran against Kennedy he tried to portray himself as being equally liberal.

Dwight Schrute:
"Would I ever leave this company? Look, I'm all about loyalty. In fact, I feel like part of what I'm being paid for here is my loyalty. But if there were somewhere else that valued loyalty more highly, I'm going wherever they value loyalty the most."

182 Kragar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:53:10am

Sasch Baron Cohen to play Freddy Mercury in upcoming Queen Biopic.

I think that sound chock full of win.

183 calochortus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:53:12am

re: #177 Lidane

I'll take B, godless traitor, thank you very much.

184 Yashmak  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:54:26am

re: #177 Lidane

They've either been marginalized as RINOs or have left the conservative movement altogether because of all the Bad Crazy.

What you're seeing now is the GOP base in 2010. It's all or nothing, as far to the right as possible, or you're a godless traitor. There's no middle ground.

It's so idiotic! It's like they can't understand that there are degrees of ANYTHING. It's a completely alien concept that amongst conservatives and liberals alike, there are those who are more or less moderate, more or less conservative.

185 webevintage  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:54:40am

re: #182 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Sasch Baron Cohen to play Freddy Mercury in upcoming Queen Biopic.

I think that sound chock full of win.

How awesome.
I have goosebumps...

186 webevintage  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:55:40am

re: #168 Yashmak

This whole O'Donnell thing has me upset. I've been arguing about it with folks at Malkin's site all week.

Isn't arguing with people on Malkin's site like sticking ice picks in your brain?

187 calochortus  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:57:04am

re: #184 Yashmak

That is correct. There's even a nice O'Donnell quote that I'm not going to bother to dig up that asserts that she now understands that there is true and not true and nothing else. This world view admits no middle ground, no shades of gray. Only Truth. Which they fortunately have direct access to.

188 Yashmak  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:57:29am

re: #186 webevintage

Isn't arguing with people on Malkin's site like sticking ice picks in your brain?

Yeah. I must be some sort of masochist. I keep doing it. Either that, or I need some sort of idiocy fix each week. . .or I feel some sort of sympathy and want to stick up for the 2 or 3 voices of reason remaining over there.

189 iossarian  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:58:06am

re: #180 engineer dog

they were parked in a tow zone

Moove along, please.

190 Yashmak  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:58:43am

re: #187 calochortus

That is correct. There's even a nice O'Donnell quote that I'm not going to bother to dig up that asserts that she now understands that there is true and not true and nothing else. This world view admits no middle ground, no shades of gray. Only Truth. Which they fortunately have direct access to.

"Only the dark side deals in absolutes."

Yeah, it's a quote from a Star Wars movie. . .but it's a good one nonetheless.

191 Kragar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 10:59:23am

re: #189 iossarian

Moove along, please.

Great, now everyone will be trying to milk that line for the rest of the thread.

192 Kragar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 11:00:11am

re: #190 Yashmak

"Only the dark side deals in absolutes."

Yeah, it's a quote from a Star Wars movie. . .but it's a good one nonetheless.

But isn't that an example of an absolute as well, Master Kenobi?

193 Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 11:03:45am

re: #138 marjoriemoon

I'm with you until the last line.

They aren't making us look any better in the eyes of the international community. Not that that means much to me. I'm not sure the Europeans liked us so much to begin with and that was way before our most unpopular president (GWB), when America-bashing was all the rage.

At any rate, I'm betting on the American People to reject this. I don't think we as a nation accept this bigotry and pig-headedness. I do think you're 100% correct about how it came to be, though.

I agree that it's an inflammatory way to end the article, but I'm willing to stand by it. and let me try to explain it further.

The biggest problem with extremism is that by it's very nature it's unwilling to compromise or accept half measures. We've already seen isolated cases of extremists resorting to murder (e.g. Tiller) over abortion. and as the extremists continue to garner support in the Republican party, those voices that could fight and argue against the extremists are going to be drowned out, and the moderates continued to be drummed out.

In this case, the extremists have co-opted and taken control of the Republican party. They're no longer some minor fringe but instead the voice of one of the two major parties in the US. Call me cynical, but previously the Republicans didn't really to implement the extremists agenda, they just wanted their votes. But now they've lost control of the beast and they've lost the war for the party.

Do you think as the Republican party slides further and further into the extreme that it won't tear at the very fabric that has kept America so strong? They're not going to compromise, the extremists are very close to believing that 'the end justifies the means'. Once that line is crossed, things are going to get really ugly really quick. And I don't see who's going to stop the extremists from going across that line. Limbaugh? Beck? Demint?

We're in a very dangerous time.

194 Lidane  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 11:04:34am

re: #184 Yashmak

It's so idiotic! It's like they can't understand that there are degrees of ANYTHING. It's a completely alien concept that amongst conservatives and liberals alike, there are those who are more or less moderate, more or less conservative.

They haven't figured out the lessons the Democrats learned back in the 1980's, after being humiliated in three consecutive elections by Reagan, and then the first Bush. Ideological purity doesn't mean shit if you can't win elections.

For all their flaws and staggering incompetence at times, the Dems figured out 20+ years ago that a more moderate, centrist approach works better in the long run. Sure, you still have the occasional far left pol that has a lot of local support in their district, but as a general rule, the national candidates tend to be closer to the middle than anything else.

I brought him up the other day, but look at a guy like Jim Webb. Served under Reagan as Secretary of the Navy. A definite conservative, total hawk, big Second Amendment guy, but he won his Senate seat as a Democrat. Why? Because the party figured out that a far left candidate wouldn't stand a chance in Virginia.

The Republicans need to learn the same lesson. You can be as ideologically pure as you want if you don't mind being irrelevant. If you expect to win, you're going to have to bend somewhat.

195 wrenchwench  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 11:08:17am

re: #193 bloodstar

Do you think as the Republican party slides further and further into the extreme that it won't tear at the very fabric that has kept America so strong?

That depends on how well they are rewarded at the ballot box. If they get trounced, we're saved. However, I don't think they will get trounced. Lightly beaten, at best (meaning fewer gains than they had expected.)

196 Surabaya Stew  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 11:09:27am

re: #188 Yashmak

Yeah. I must be some sort of masochist. I keep doing it. Either that, or I need some sort of idiocy fix each week. . .or I feel some sort of sympathy and want to stick up for the 2 or 3 voices of reason remaining over there.

2 or 3 voices of reason at Malkin's site?

That many?!

Can't be!

197 sagehen  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 11:22:32am

re: #166 jamesfirecat

Wasn't going horse riding without a saddle the closest they had to abortions back in Thomas Jefferson's day?

I'm pretty sure there were herbal concoctions.

198 sagehen  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 11:27:06am

re: #179 karmic_inquisitor

The European esteem held during the Cold War was more motivated by fear of the Russians, IMO, than genuine cultural affinity, IMO.

Or, y'know, there were still a majority of people with vivid, experiential memories of WWII and then the Marshall Plan.

The vast majority of Europeans today, it's something their parents told them about, or they did some reading. Doesn't carry the same punch.

199 Yashmak  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 11:27:10am

re: #192 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

But isn't that an example of an absolute as well, Master Kenobi?

Lol, I suppose so. But does that really merit a down-ding?

200 tradewind  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 11:33:04am

Bet Joe is laughing at this one: Talk about revenge served cold.....
[Link: blogs.abcnews.com...]

201 Kragar  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 11:47:50am

re: #199 Yashmak

Lol, I suppose so. But does that really merit a down-ding?

Its a ridiculous quote from a shite movie

202 HappyWarrior  Fri, Sep 17, 2010 12:31:17pm

Find it funny that they're using an editorial Coons wrote in college as proof that he's a Marxist. So stupid. And I remember the state GOP here in Va was upset when the Deeds campaign brought up something Bob McDonnell wrote in his 30's as a grad student. But this is different because it's a Democrat. And regarding the McDonnell thing, there was some proof that he held some of the views expressed in the grad paper thesis he wrote at Regent. Does Jim DeMint have any proof that Coons has conducted himself as a Marxist as executive of Delaware's largest company.

203 ClaudeMonet  Sat, Sep 18, 2010 12:46:24am

re: #129 webevintage

Who's gonna go to the RALLY TO RESTORE SANITY on Oct 30th?
[Link: www.rallytorestoresanity.com...]

Take it down a notch for America!

It's looking like a good day for me, no obligations that I know of. Kind of a long drive, but WTF, gotta stand up for what we believe in!!


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