Sarah Palin Advises Christine O’Donnell to ‘Speak Through Fox News’

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Sarah Palin is publicly castigating The Hill: Twitter / Sarah Palin: The Hill: get it right …

The Hill: get it right, please; I did NOT tell O’Donnell to only speak to Fox News. Where do u all get this stuff? Pls report truth. Thanks

Of course, this is right after she shared a strategy tip with Christine O’Donnell: not to “appease” the media, who are “seeking ur destruction.”

Twitter / Sarah Palin: C. O’Donnell strategy: …

C. O’Donnell strategy: time’s limited;use it 2 connect w/local voters whom you’ll be serving vs appeasing nat’l media seeking ur destruction


Is it high level political strategy, or a lolcat caption? We can’t tell.

But to return to Palin’s huffy demand for The Hill to retract, Palin absolutely did tell O’Donnell to “speak through Fox News,” as the following video shows. You could technically argue that the word “only” wasn’t in what she said, but what a lame excuse … when at the same time, she’s openly telling O’Donnell the national media are on a mission to destroy her.

The operative term “destroy,” in Palinland, means reporting what O’Donnell has said and done, accurately and in context. Is it still paranoia if she really has something be paranoid about?

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245 comments
1 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:08:46pm

Yet another BS Spew by the league leader.

2 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:09:13pm

I'll be honest: I have trouble reading text-speak and taking it seriously.

3 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:09:52pm

When Christine O'Donnell caught wind of Sarah Palin's suggestion she responded by asking, "Fox News, is that on the Animal Planet channel?"

4 jaunte  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:11:31pm

"time's limited, u can hide from unfrndly media."

5 Targetpractice  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:12:54pm

Yeah, hide from the media, especially that devilishly clever fiend, Katie Couric!

/

6 elizajane  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:14:39pm

Honestly, how petty can a "national political figure" get?

I mean, however you feel about Obama, can you imagine him sitting around fretting about what some blogger had said about him, and then twittering a little chiding comment about it? That is what I call narcissism.

This woman is too profoundly unserious to govern anything. No wonder she quit Alaska. It probably interfered with reading her clippings, or whatever her personal blog aggregator was sending her.

7 darthstar  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:15:08pm

Fairness Doctrine.

(not that it would make a difference because it would be so watered down that the law would end up reading, "Reporting positively about the Democrats is unfair to Republicans, as is reporting honestly about the Republicans.")

8 Charles Johnson  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:15:48pm

The HBO series from Martin Scorsese is debuting tonight on HBO - 'Boardwalk Empire.' Looks great...

9 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:18:44pm

Christine O'Donnell and the Sarah Palin.

The mice people (aka Pinky and the Brain).

10 Cato the Elder  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:19:46pm

Sawah Pawin: tap that gas!

11 Charles Johnson  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:20:04pm

Boardwalk Empire previews here:

[Link: itunes.apple.com...]

12 Wozza Matter?  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:21:25pm

re: #7 darthstar

Fairness Doctrine.

(not that it would make a difference because it would be so watered down that the law would end up reading, "Reporting positively about the Democrats is unfair to Republicans, as is reporting honestly about the Republicans.")

well, the magical balance fairy IS a GOP donor.........

13 Cato the Elder  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:24:38pm

The amount of santorum she spews must cost a lot in dry-cleaning.

14 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:27:19pm

re: #11 Charles

Boardwalk Empire previews here:

[Link: itunes.apple.com...]

I fully intend to catch the late showing. The Manning Bowl has top priority, though.

15 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:28:27pm

re: #12 wozzablog

well, the magical balance fairy IS a GOP donor...

She also donates to the Democrats, Libertarians, and Modern Whigs. :D

16 Mocking Jay  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:28:36pm

re: #14 Dark_Falcon

I fully intend to catch the late showing. The Manning Bowl has top priority, though.

I'm watching a football for the first time in years (not including the Superbowl, but even then only for the ads). The reason? I'm doing it for a woman. Bizarre.

17 Bipartite Gnomenclature  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:29:55pm

Well she's technically right that she didn't advise what's her name to exclusively limit appearances to Fox, although the inference of that is rather simply done by reading her words on the much feared MSM. Her problem is that not everybody reading her tripe is as literalistic as she and her sycophants are and are willing to unpack her meaning.

I think this literalism is at the heart of the right wing's ubiquitous use of quote mining.

18 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:33:55pm

Peyton Manning is going no-huddle. He's good at this and is trying to confuse and wear down the Giants 'D' early.

19 steve_davis  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:34:32pm

Ah, yes. The return of Sarah "I haz cheezeburger, plz?" Palin.

20 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:36:06pm

re: #19 steve_davis

Ah, yes. The return of Sarah "I haz cheezeburger, plz?" Palin.

Actually, we should have Varek and JFC apply their talent and translate her words into LOL Cat.

21 Bipartite Gnomenclature  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:36:26pm

Apropos of nothing, I really love the idea of quilt by association. I'm just waiting for Kevin Bacon to do something really, horribly evil.

22 Digital Display  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:37:01pm

re: #18 Dark_Falcon

Peyton Manning is going no-huddle. He's good at this and is trying to confuse and wear down the Giants 'D' early.

Colts look sharp tonight...

23 Mocking Jay  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:37:57pm

re: #22 HoosierHoops

Colts look sharp tonight...

Bite me.

24 Cato the Elder  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:38:07pm

re: #21 b_sharp

Is that a blanket accusation?

25 Killgore Trout  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:39:23pm

Newt's a loon....
Gingrich Calls For Federal Ban On Shariah Law In US

"We should have a federal law that says sharia law cannot be recognized by any court in the United States," Gingrich said to a standing ovation from the audience. The law will let judges know, Gingrich said, that "no judge will remain in office that tried to use sharia law."


Tilting at windmills.

26 Digital Display  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:39:29pm

re: #23 JasonA

Bite me.

Colts 7-0!

27 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:39:45pm

Touchdown, Colts! And Hoops goes wild! ;)

28 jaunte  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:39:49pm

re: #21 b_sharp

Apropos of nothing, I really love the idea of quilt by association. I'm just waiting for Kevin Bacon to do something really, horribly evil.

Someone is bound to stitch him together with the muslins.

29 Mocking Jay  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:40:10pm

re: #26 HoosierHoops

Colts 7-0!


The Giants know how this game is played, right?

30 Mocking Jay  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:40:27pm

re: #28 jaunte

Someone is bound to stitch him together with the muslins.

It's all a cover-up.

31 jaunte  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:40:59pm

re: #30 JasonA

Things are not what they seam?

32 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:41:11pm

Image: odonnellmouse.jpg

33 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:41:31pm

re: #25 Killgore Trout

Newt's a loon...
Gingrich Calls For Federal Ban On Shariah Law In US


Tilting at windmills.

Wouldn't that violate the Constitution? Given that judges have to be impeached to be removed. Not that Newt was concerned with the facts when he let loose this brain-fart.

34 Cato the Elder  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:42:03pm

re: #25 Killgore Trout

Is he trying to get in Pam's pants?

35 Wozza Matter?  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:42:35pm

laters

36 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:43:15pm

re: #34 Cato the Elder

Is he trying to get in Pam's pants?

She's dumb enough to let him in.

(Now there's a visual I don't need in my head.)

37 Killgore Trout  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:44:05pm

OT: I watched Black Death this afternoon. Good movie. It's set in the early stages of the plague outbreak in England. I won't give any spoilers but it's a rare treat to watch a movie about the middle ages and the hero doesn't build a flying machine and is never chased down a hallway by a ball of fire from an explosion. Very well done with plausible characters and setting.

38 Killgore Trout  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:47:11pm

Newt Gingrich: I'm This Big of a Douche

39 Bipartite Gnomenclature  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:47:33pm

re: #24 Cato the Elder

Is that a blanket accusation?

Of course not, since I don't know all right-wingers, and cannot possibly do so, it's limited to the highly vocal and visible right-wing, anti-evolution, anti-AGW, anti-logic populists. The only right-wingers I'm regularly exposed to, outside of this and a couple of other forums, are the barking mad political polemicists.

40 Nemesis6  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:48:36pm

Lolcat time:
im in ur media, seekin ur destructionz!

41 Mocking Jay  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:49:29pm

re: #39 b_sharp

Of course not, since I don't know all right-wingers, and cannot possibly do so, it's limited to the highly vocal and visible right-wing, anti-evolution, anti-AGW, anti-logic populists. The only right-wingers I'm regularly exposed to, outside of this and a couple of other forums, are the barking mad political polemicists.

He was making fun of your typo.

42 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:49:40pm

This is why I only make public statements to Kyrgyzstan News Now! Firstly they can't speak english and don't understand a word I am saying, secondly since it is news that has no local interest it isn't very likely to be broadcast (especially in the U.S.A.).

/

43 Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:49:47pm

re: #25 Killgore Trout

Newt's a loon...
Gingrich Calls For Federal Ban On Shariah Law In US


Tilting at windmills.

Well, if that includes a ban on all religious based and morality laws, I could actually be for that. Of course, Newt wouldn't want to banish all religious based laws, just the Muslim ones.

It's not merely tilting at windmills, it's simply another chapter in making the 'other' the enemy, the sinister evil. "see I'm trying to stop the evil Muslims from making America just like Saudia Arabia and Iran" (of course, He'll quietly ignore his friends and associates who want to implement a Christian version of Sharia law in the US).

44 prairiefire  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:49:51pm

I'm looking forward to the "Black Swan", directed by Darren Aronofsky.[Link: movies.yahoo.com...]

45 Decatur Deb  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:50:09pm

re: #28 jaunte

Someone is bound to stitch him together with the muslins.

He's already been implicated with Mathematics, in the Erdos-Bacon number.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Natalie Portman and Winnie from the Wonder Years have very low numbers

[Link: www.imagesbox.com...]

46 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:50:37pm

re: #41 JasonA

He was making fun of your typo.

He was never known for being a comforter.

/

47 Cato the Elder  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:50:42pm

re: #39 b_sharp

So you really do have something against quilts?

48 Decatur Deb  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:52:43pm

Politicians never mean what they say, duvet?

49 Bipartite Gnomenclature  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:54:02pm

re: #41 JasonA

He was making fun of your typo.

Well am I embarrassed.

I mistook which post Cato was responding to.

And I missed a brilliant unintentional joke.

I shall stand in the corner and hang my head in shame.

50 Bipartite Gnomenclature  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:55:33pm

re: #47 Cato the Elder

So you really do have something against quilts?

I find no comfort in them. Oh, well, sheet happens.

51 Cato the Elder  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:56:08pm

Sadly, all the GOP has left anymore is "trust us, we're Christians!"

LOL.

52 Digital Display  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:57:21pm

re: #50 b_sharp

I find no comfort in them. Oh, well, sheet happens.

Are you trying to pump up your thread count?

53 Sheila Broflovski  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:58:45pm

re: #47 Cato the Elder

So you really do have something against quilts?

Don't go making blanket accusations.

54 webevintage  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 5:59:37pm

re: #37 Killgore Trout

OT: I watched Black Death this afternoon. Good movie. It's set in the early stages of the plague outbreak in England. I won't give any spoilers....

They all die?

55 PhillyPretzel  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:00:12pm

re: #52 HoosierHoops

[Link: www.llbean.com...]

A nice little thread count.

56 Lidane  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:00:54pm

Saw this trailer today. Looks interesting, IMO:

Youtube Video
57 Charles Johnson  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:00:55pm

You folks who want to talk about the Manning brothers face-off -- one of you should start a Page about it, and I'll feature it.

58 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:00:57pm

re: #51 Cato the Elder

Sadly, all the GOP has left anymore is "trust us, we're Christians!"

LOL.

Roger Keats (running for President of the Cook County Coard) isn't like that nor is Mark Kirk (running for the Senate). Nor are Robert Dold and Joel Polleck (running for Congress from IL's 10th and 9th Congressional Districts respectively).

59 Targetpractice  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:05:18pm

re: #51 Cato the Elder

Sadly, all the GOP has left anymore is "trust us, we're Christians!"

LOL.

Nah, seems more like "Vote for me, I'm not a Democrat!"

60 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:05:51pm

re: #57 Charles

You folks who want to talk about the Manning brother face-off -- one of you should start a Page about it, and I'll feature it.

Done.

61 darthstar  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:07:21pm

re: #57 Charles

You folks who want to talk about the Manning brothers face-off -- one of you should start a Page about it, and I'll feature it.

I tried to get into the game, but The Breakfast Club started at the same time, and Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy--wa, wa, waa!

62 Lidane  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:07:23pm

re: #6 elizajane

This woman is too profoundly unserious to govern anything.

And yet there are a bunch of starburst-addled morans who think that she should be POTUS. It's crazy.

63 PhillyPretzel  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:12:41pm

Good Night to my fellow Lizards.

64 sagehen  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:13:27pm

re: #37 Killgore Trout

OT: I watched Black Death this afternoon. Good movie. It's set in the early stages of the plague outbreak in England. I won't give any spoilers but it's a rare treat to watch a movie about the middle ages and the hero doesn't build a flying machine and is never chased down a hallway by a ball of fire from an explosion. Very well done with plausible characters and setting.

I'm pretty sure the title is a spoiler.

65 Bipartite Gnomenclature  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:13:31pm

re: #63 PhillyPretzel

Good Night to my fellow Lizards.

Is that a lizard in your pocket, or are you just happy to leave us?

66 PhillyPretzel  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:14:28pm

re: #65 b_sharp

Is that a lizard in your pocket, or are you just happy to leave us?

Just tired. My allergies are really bothering me.

67 Bipartite Gnomenclature  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:15:15pm

re: #66 PhillyPretzel

Just tired. My allergies are really bothering me.

Have a good night.

68 PhillyPretzel  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:16:03pm

re: #67 b_sharp

Thanks :)

69 avanti  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:16:12pm

Wow the right wing blogs are a fun read this evening. It's now "Tokyo Rove" and David Frum "Totalitarian Progressive", makes you wonder what Reagan would be today.

70 Killgore Trout  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:17:35pm

re: #64 sagehen

I'm pretty sure the title is a spoiler.

Not really. It's actually a very interesting story.

71 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:18:42pm

re: #69 avanti

Wow the right wing blogs are a fun read this evening. It's now "Tokyo Rove" and David Frum "Totalitarian Progressive", makes you wonder what Reagan would be today.

I see David Frum has become an Honorary Lizard. You haven't hit the big time here till the Stalker Blog attacks you as a "Totalitarian Progressive".

/Waves at the Stalkers.

72 Lidane  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:18:44pm

re: #69 avanti

Wow the right wing blogs are a fun read this evening. It's now "Tokyo Rove" and David Frum "Totalitarian Progressive", makes you wonder what Reagan would be today.

What else? He'd be a RINO. So would Goldwater, Nixon, both Bush presidents, Eisenhower, and Teddy Roosevelt.

73 Cato the Elder  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:24:00pm

re: #70 Killgore Trout

Not really. It's actually a very interesting story.

As long as the actors don't have shiny white Hollywood teeth in a movie about the days when barbers were also dentists, I'm interested.

74 Cannadian Club Akbar  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:27:50pm

re: #73 Cato the Elder

As long as the actors don't have shiny white Hollywood teeth in a movie about the days when barbers were also dentists, I'm interested.

Even the extras playing peasants have perfect teeth, I'm sure.

75 Vambo  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:27:58pm

STOP DESTROYING ME BY QUOTING THE WORDS I SAY!!!

76 Charles Johnson  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:28:59pm

re: #69 avanti

Wow the right wing blogs are a fun read this evening. It's now "Tokyo Rove" and David Frum "Totalitarian Progressive", makes you wonder what Reagan would be today.

You know it's getting bad when they're calling each other "Charles Johnson."

77 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:29:29pm

BTW, avanti ain't kidding: The Stalker Blog actually has a thread up right now wherein Rodan refers to Frum as a Totalitarian Progressive. Just insane: Frum, like Rove, tells them something mild but truth and they go into a full-on scream-and-spew session.

78 Vambo  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:30:19pm

re: #5 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Yeah, hide from the media, especially that devilishly clever fiend, Katie Couric!

/

CONNIVING TRICKSTER!!! Backing Queen Sarah into a corner with questions like "what kind of newspapers do you read"... WHAT A SNAKE!!

79 Targetpractice  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:34:11pm

Like I said the other day, the Right has begun their inquisition and all those who do not bow at the altar of St. Sarah of Wasilla or speak unkindly of those who pray to the Tea gods are to be cast out and their names stricken from the memory of all true believers.

80 Killgore Trout  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:37:37pm

Hot Air readers still getting around the filters....


For the life of me I can’t understand why Oblahblah the
A!!irmative Ac!tion President does not get through the filters!

dhunter on September 19, 2010 at 9:21 PM


It doesn't make any sense to create those silly filters if the community doesn't want them. They're just going to find a way around it because nobody there is really offended by racism.

81 Kronocide  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:39:33pm

What lizard this AM said something about this being the Robespierrian Period for the GOP?
re: #9 Decatur Deb

Sooner or later the astroturf revolution will hit the Robespierre phase.

It is here and now.

82 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:40:20pm

re: #80 Killgore Trout

Hot Air readers still getting around the filters...


It doesn't make any sense to create those silly filters if the community doesn't want them. They're just going to find a way around it because nobody there is really offended by racism.

The filters are there to provide cover for Allahpundit. He tries to protect himself without actually having to get rid of the loonies.

83 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:42:27pm

re: #25 Killgore Trout

Newt's a loon...
Gingrich Calls For Federal Ban On Shariah Law In US


Tilting at windmills.

I will sign on to this in a heartbeat, Mr. Gingrich, the moment you add canon law and whatever it is the Mormons call their internal rules to the bill.

(Oh dear. This will add fuel to the stalker blog's assertion that I'm anti-Catholic. I would have spent more time worrying about this when I saw it first, except I had to get up early the next morning to get to Mass and a day-long workshop with my fellow Catholic educators, so there was no time.)

84 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:43:07pm

re: #80 Killgore Trout

Hot Air readers still getting around the filters...


It doesn't make any sense to create those silly filters if the community doesn't want them. They're just going to find a way around it because nobody there is really offended by racism.

Here's another choice comment, this time from the Stalkers:

AZfederalist
25 | September 19, 2010 21:30

Frum is another of the leftists’ house conservatives

/in the old south sense of the word

Political and racial bigotry walk hand in hand on many right-wing blogs these days.

85 wee fury  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:45:04pm

The stalker blog people should just power down their computers and watch football.
That's what I think.

86 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:45:47pm

re: #83 SanFranciscoZionist

I will sign on to this in a heartbeat, Mr. Gingrich, the moment you add canon law and whatever it is the Mormons call their internal rules to the bill.

(Oh dear. This will add fuel to the stalker blog's assertion that I'm anti-Catholic. I would have spent more time worrying about this when I saw it first, except I had to get up early the next morning to get to Mass and a day-long workshop with my fellow Catholic educators, so there was no time.)

Of course you're anti-Catholic. You're a "Totalitarian Fascist". I read it on the Internet.

87 MittDoesNotCompute  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:46:26pm

re: #85 wee fury

The stalker blog people should just power down their computers and watch football.
That's what I think.

They should, but their twisted egos won't let them...they have to get their wild-eyed froth on daily.

88 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:47:24pm

re: #86 Dark_Falcon

Of course you're anti-Catholic. You're a "Totalitarian Fascist". I read it on the Internet.

Did they also mention that I'm Hispanophobic?

89 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:48:16pm

re: #88 SanFranciscoZionist

Did they also mention that I'm Hispanophobic?

Yes, because you persecute poor Rodan with facts.

90 Reginald Perrin  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:48:50pm

re: #88 SanFranciscoZionist

Did they also mention that I'm Hispanophobic?

I believe it has been mentioned more than once.

91 Killgore Trout  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:49:15pm

re: #84 Dark_Falcon

Charles rules the world according to Hot Air readers....

I’ve heard the filters were designed by Chuckie from Little Green Footballs so maybe that’s it.

sharrukin on September 19, 2010 at 9:32 PM

92 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:49:44pm

re: #80 Killgore Trout

Hot Air readers still getting around the filters...

It doesn't make any sense to create those silly filters if the community doesn't want them. They're just going to find a way around it because nobody there is really offended by racism.

Sarah Palin aside reading Hot Air and that comment from a resident mental midget over there reminded me of 2008 and their attitudes towards John McCain. Most of which involved a strange form of swift boating from the wingnut commentators and being led by the shrill Michelle Malkin. I say that because the wingnuts failed to support McCain and yet now they're complaining daily about Obama. That is if these fools even voted. That's one thing we'll never know for sure. There are a lot of people we run into that probably did not even vote.

Otherwise, Hot Air is a cesspool of ideas.

93 MittDoesNotCompute  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:50:37pm

re: #88 SanFranciscoZionist

Did they also mention that I'm Hispanophobic?

You? I find that hard to believe, but being that it is Rodan we're talking about, the charge doesn't surprise me.

/Rodan is a bigoted moron, IMNSHO...

94 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:50:57pm

re: #92 Gus 802

Sarah Palin aside reading Hot Air and that comment from a resident mental midget over there reminded me of 2008 and their attitudes towards John McCain. Most of which involved a strange form of swift boating from the wingnut commentators and being led by the shrill Michelle Malkin. I say that because the wingnuts failed to support McCain and yet now they're complaining daily about Obama. That is if these fools even voted. That's one thing we'll never know for sure. There are a lot of people we run into that probably did not even vote.

Otherwise, Hot Air is a cesspool of ideas Troll Bile.

Fixed.

95 Targetpractice  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:51:17pm

re: #91 Killgore Trout

Charles rules the world according to Hot Air readers...

Of course. It doesn't enter into their minds that those filters are the only reason they can continue to post there, as the alternative would be the banhammer.

96 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:52:23pm

re: #93 talon_262

You? I find that hard to believe, but being that it is Rodan we're talking about, the charge doesn't surprise me.

/Rodan is a bigoted moron, IMNSHO...

That's not the half of it. Reggie, tell us all about our Stalker-in-Chief...

97 MittDoesNotCompute  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:53:41pm

re: #95 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Of course. It doesn't enter into their minds that those filters are the only reason they can continue to post there, as the alternative would be the banhammer.

AP doesn't have the guts to ban his "readership" wholesale...

98 Lidane  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:53:52pm

re: #95 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Of course. It doesn't enter into their minds that those filters are the only reason they can continue to post there, as the alternative would be the banhammer.

There's a banhammer at Hot Air?

What the hell does it take to get hit with it? Some of the comments I've read there are banworthy pretty much everywhere else.

99 [deleted]  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:54:58pm
100 avanti  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:55:43pm

re: #97 talon_262

AP doesn't have the guts to ban his "readership" wholesale...

AP is now officially a progressive.

101 Targetpractice  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:57:03pm

re: #97 talon_262

AP doesn't have the guts to ban his "readership" wholesale...

'course not, because if banned the loons, he'd be left with a very packed Boot Hill and perhaps a handful of sane followers.

102 Decatur Deb  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:57:24pm

Inspector Lewis is up. 'Nite, mateys.

103 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:58:40pm

re: #99 The Blue Boy

It's possible that Palin was just being cordial when she mentioned Fox News specifically, since that's where she was. Therefore I'm not sure she meant "only". If she'd tweeted it or something, that'd be different.

Unlikely. She sees Fox as a safe haven, and the other networks as bent on pushing the nation towards socialism.

104 MittDoesNotCompute  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:58:52pm

re: #91 Killgore Trout

Charles rules the world according to Hot Air readers...

He (and, by extension, we Lizards) has taken up residence in their craniums...lots of space there.

105 freetoken  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:59:00pm

re: #99 The Blue Boy

It's possible that Palin was just being cordial when she mentioned Fox News specifically, since that's where she was.

Fox pays her! She's a hired talking head for them.

106 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 6:59:43pm

re: #98 Lidane

There's a banhammer at Hot Air?

What the hell does it take to get hit with it? Some of the comments I've read there are banworthy pretty much everywhere else.

Some people were banned for calling Michelle Obama a Wookie. That's why the filters were added, to obviate the need for mass bannings.

107 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:01:21pm

re: #100 avanti

AP is now officially a progressive.

I doubt Allahpundit will last another year. Allahpundit strikes me as another one of many liberals that though he was a conservative after 9/11. Now he's an atheist blogging for a right-wing Christian owned blog, Hot Air. The only thing that got him this far is that he barely says anything of substance.

108 [deleted]  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:01:33pm
109 MittDoesNotCompute  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:01:41pm

re: #106 Dark_Falcon

Some people were banned for calling Michelle Obama a Wookie. That's why the filters were added, to obviate the need for mass bannings.

Right...forgot about that.

110 Cato the Elder  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:02:11pm

re: #99 The Blue Boy

She is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Murdoch machine. Get real.

111 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:03:38pm

re: #99 The Blue Boy

It's possible that Palin was just being cordial when she mentioned Fox News specifically, since that's where she was. Therefore I'm not sure she meant "only". If she'd tweeted it or something, that'd be different.

Who do you think she meant? MSNBC?

112 MittDoesNotCompute  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:04:10pm

re: #108 The Blue Boy

In that case, it was a plug?

More or less, but it was also a wink-and-a-nod that Fox is the home team and the rest of the MSM are the hostile opposition, to be avoided if at all possible.

113 Ojoe  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:04:16pm

The whole country, with few exceptions, apparently has been watching the media - of all sorts- until its brains have gone.

114 Cato the Elder  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:04:37pm

re: #108 The Blue Boy

In that case, it was a plug?

A hair plug.

115 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:04:47pm

re: #90 Reginald Perrin

I believe it has been mentioned more than once.

My mother, when she heard this bit of news, blinked and said, "These people don't quite get you, do they?"

116 freetoken  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:05:30pm

re: #108 The Blue Boy

In that case, it was a plug?

It's a two way street. Murdoch makes money by idiots watching his TV productions, and the talking heads get exposure (and a little money.) Huckabee has his own program, but The Sarah is only a hired political analyst.

Murdoch loves controversy - controversy sells papers, pages, and air time. If not controversy then boobs (e.g. The Sun.)

The Sarah, celeb of the year that she is, needs constant TV time, and Murdoch needs more viewers. A match made in Heaven ....

117 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:05:34pm

re: #109 talon_262

Right...forgot about that.

I wonder if those who insult her like that understand it makes them like the Empire. Emperor Palpatine is an anti-alien bigot who purges all non-humans from positions of power. By making the word "wookie" an insult in applying it to Michelle Obama, they show themselves as the Servants of the Dark Side.

Sci-Fi Geek Smackdown

118 Reginald Perrin  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:05:44pm

re: #96 Dark_Falcon

That's not the half of it. Reggie, tell us all about our Stalker-in-Chief...

You do realize that the stalker's blog is Troll Central and those you describe as stalkers, others refer to as trolls.

119 Ojoe  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:05:47pm

re: #104 talon_262

Eeyeore:

"No brains at all, some of them - just grey fluff blown in."

120 Ojoe  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:06:48pm

? Eeyore? the donkey in Winnie the Pooh.

Spell check won't help ...

121 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:07:26pm

re: #118 Reginald Perrin

You do realize that the stalker's blog is Troll Central and those you describe as stalkers, others refer to as trolls.

Either-Or. It's a place where haters gather to hate.

122 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:07:41pm

re: #120 Ojoe

? Eeyore? the donkey in Winnie the Pooh.

Spell check won't help ...

I think it's Eeyore.

123 MittDoesNotCompute  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:09:30pm

re: #122 SanFranciscoZionist

I think it's Eeyore.

Yes...

124 Reginald Perrin  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:10:07pm

re: #115 SanFranciscoZionist

My mother, when she heard this bit of news, blinked and said, "These people don't quite get you, do they?"

There are a lot of things the silly stalker trolls don't get....starting with reality.

125 MittDoesNotCompute  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:10:41pm

re: #117 Dark_Falcon

I wonder if those who insult her like that understand it makes them like the Empire. Emperor Palpatine is an anti-alien bigot who purges all non-humans from positions of power. By making the word "wookie" an insult in applying it to Michelle Obama, they show themselves as the Servants of the Dark Side.

Sci-Fi Geek Smackdown

Shit, I don't think they care at this point...it's the only perceived power some of them have in their pathetic lives.

126 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:11:10pm

re: #125 talon_262

Shit, I don't think they care at this point...it's the only perceived power some of them have in their pathetic lives.

Quite Concur.

127 Cato the Elder  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:11:39pm

re: #116 freetoken

Murdoch may love controversy, but he desires fascism.

128 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:12:45pm

re: #127 Cato the Elder

Murdoch may love controversy, but he desires fascism.

Not disagreeing, but how do you figure?

129 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:15:22pm

re: #116 freetoken

It's a two way street. Murdoch makes money by idiots watching his TV productions, and the talking heads get exposure (and a little money.) Huckabee has his own program, but The Sarah is only a hired political analyst.

Murdoch loves controversy - controversy sells papers, pages, and air time. If not controversy then boobs (e.g. The Sun.)

The Sarah, celeb of the year that she is, needs constant TV time, and Murdoch needs more viewers. A match made in Heaven ...

Right. There's a unique tone and look to Fox News. Most of it is an offshoot of the gossip tabloids. The roots for picking their anchorwomen is based on an entertainment news model and Murdoch's Page Three women from his days owning The Sun:

When he relaunched the flagging Sun newspaper in tabloid format on November 17, 1969, Rupert Murdoch began publishing photographs of clothed glamour models on its third page. The first edition featured that month's Penthouse Pet, Ulla Lindstrom, wearing a suggestively unbuttoned shirt. Page Three photographs over the following year were often provocative, but did not feature nudity.

So there's an underlying sex appeal built into Fox News and this is done by auditioning and selecting attractive anchorwomen (typically blondes). It also has an AM radio tone which is accomplished with Beck, O'Reilly, Hannity, Rivera, etc. These of course are dumbed down version of political analysis utilizing anchormen with distinctly working class accents.

Then there's Roger Aisles who is their direct link to the GOP. Overall it comes off as a television news outfit that could find a home in a 3rd world South American country.

130 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:16:59pm

Game's back on. Colts-Giants thread is here.

131 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:18:36pm

Yesterday at the Yom Kippur services at my mother's shul, they read what seemed to be a prepared statement, presumably from Reform higher-ups, about supporting Muslims in the face of the current wave of bigotry.

132 freetoken  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:18:52pm

re: #129 Gus 802

Yup, Tabloid TV, and about as connected to the truth as those supermarket tabloids of years past.

133 Ojoe  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:19:51pm

re: #116 freetoken

With Palin, controversy and boobs also.

134 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:21:44pm

re: #132 freetoken

Yup, Tabloid TV, and about as connected to the truth as those supermarket tabloids of years past.

Strange though. Apparently anti-trust laws don't apply to newspapers and the media. I'm surprised that News Corp has never or rarely been hit with anti-trust lawsuits.

135 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:21:51pm

All the stuff going on in the world today and we're talking about a failed Vice Pres candidate giving another right wing candidate advice on how to handle the media. Frankly, it doesn't sound like she was telling someone to only talk to FOX even if you read between the lines which you really shouldn't do. She didn't say it. You don't know that she meant it. And why do we care anyway? Might be good advice for this one.

136 Walter L. Newton  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:24:08pm

re: #135 Escaped Hillbilly

All the stuff going on in the world today and we're talking about a failed Vice Pres candidate giving another right wing candidate advice on how to handle the media. Frankly, it doesn't sound like she was telling someone to only talk to FOX even if you read between the lines which you really shouldn't do. She didn't say it. You don't know that she meant it. And why do we care anyway? Might be good advice for this one.

Hmmm... I'm quite sure that we could find enough video, print and audio sources to clip and paste together, sort of like a ransom note, clip together her saying that she wants to dance naked on American Idol.

137 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:25:36pm

re: #136 Walter L. Newton
You might not have to try that hard. And thank you very much for that lovely image. Mental floss, where is it?

138 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:28:05pm

re: #129 Gus 802

Right. There's a unique tone and look to Fox News. Most of it is an offshoot of the gossip tabloids. The roots for picking their anchorwomen is based on an entertainment news model and Murdoch's Page Three women from his days owning The Sun:

So there's an underlying sex appeal built into Fox News and this is done by auditioning and selecting attractive anchorwomen (typically blondes). It also has an AM radio tone which is accomplished with Beck, O'Reilly, Hannity, Rivera, etc. These of course are dumbed down version of political analysis utilizing anchormen with distinctly working class accents.

Then there's Roger Aisles who is their direct link to the GOP. Overall it comes off as a television news outfit that could find a home in a 3rd world South American country.

Seen Outfoxed?

It's clearly not unbiased, but if even 1% of it is accurate, then something something something.

139 Cato the Elder  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:29:27pm

re: #135 Escaped Hillbilly

No reading between the lines?

Bull.

140 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:30:12pm

re: #135 Escaped Hillbilly

All the stuff going on in the world today and we're talking about a failed Vice Pres candidate giving another right wing candidate advice on how to handle the media. Frankly, it doesn't sound like she was telling someone to only talk to FOX even if you read between the lines which you really shouldn't do. She didn't say it. You don't know that she meant it. And why do we care anyway? Might be good advice for this one.

I can see where you're coming from on this, but O'Donnell is very much the news of the hour and her saga, one way or another, may well be something of an indicator for some of the current GOP strategy playing out in November.

141 Ojoe  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:30:40pm

Fox news, A.D. 3000.

142 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:31:09pm

re: #136 Walter L. Newton

Hmmm... I'm quite sure that we could find enough video, print and audio sources to clip and paste together, sort of like a ransom note, clip together her saying that she wants to dance naked on American Idol.

I wouldn't be opposed to that, necessarily. Especially since I don't watch American Idol.

My main concern is that she seems like the sort of person who might, out of the blue, just say it.

143 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:31:13pm

re: #140 SanFranciscoZionist
How did she get suddenly to be the next big thing? I think I blinked.

144 Ojoe  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:31:18pm

Here it is embedded:

Youtube Video
145 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:31:37pm

re: #140 SanFranciscoZionist

I can see where you're coming from on this, but O'Donnell is very much the news of the hour and her saga, one way or another, may well be something of an indicator for some of the current GOP strategy playing out in November.

That's looking less likely, as her win is causing the GOP's chief strategist to be at daggers drawn with the wingnuts.

146 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:32:36pm

re: #142 SanFranciscoZionist

I wouldn't be opposed to that, necessarily. Especially since I don't watch American Idol.

My main concern is that she seems like the sort of person who might, out of the blue, just say it.


I don't either but I have avidly watched Americas Got Talent this year. My son recorded the last 2 episodes and we're watching them now.

147 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:32:51pm

re: #138 negativ

Seen Outfoxed?

It's clearly not unbiased, but if even 1% of it is accurate, then something something something.

Thanks. Looks and sounds good thus far.

148 freetoken  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:33:25pm

re: #143 Escaped Hillbilly

How did she get suddenly to be the next big thing? I think I blinked.

Blame McCain for making her a national figure.

149 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:33:37pm

re: #143 Escaped Hillbilly

How did she get suddenly to be the next big thing? I think I blinked.

Won the Delaware GOP Senate primary.

150 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:34:39pm

re: #148 freetoken

Blame McCain for making her a national figure.


Wait, that was Palin, no?

151 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:34:50pm

re: #146 Escaped Hillbilly

I don't either but I have avidly watched Americas Got Talent this year. My son recorded the last 2 episodes and we're watching them now.

Master Chef is my reality indulgence at the moment.

152 freetoken  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:35:07pm

re: #150 Escaped Hillbilly

Wait, that was Palin, no?

Yes, and Palin is credited with being the push that let O'Donnell win.

153 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:36:18pm

re: #152 freetoken

Yes, and Palin is credited with being the push that let O'Donnell win.

Ya think that was really the factor? (I have no idea, but people from Delaware always seemed sort of sane to me before this.)

154 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:37:44pm

re: #152 freetoken

Yes, and Palin is credited with being the push that let O'Donnell win.


Weird. Well, why not. Thinks just continue their downward spiral. Lady meatdress is pressuring Reid to push for the end of DADT and making more headway than the national gay rights groups were able to in recent years. American politics has turned into a reality show I think.

155 ozbloke  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:37:50pm

re: #151 SanFranciscoZionist

Master Chef is my reality indulgence at the moment.

Hi SanFranciscoZionist,

Don't know whether you have done this in the states:

Junior Master Chef, ages 8-12, adorable...

156 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:38:11pm

re: #154 Escaped Hillbilly

Oops, supposed to be things not thinks. I'm tired.

157 freetoken  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:38:17pm

re: #153 SanFranciscoZionist

Well, it seems like everybody has attributed O'Donnell's final push to victory to the strong endorsement of The Sarah.

It's hard to imagine O'Donnell on her own winning over Castle - she needed outside help.

158 Cato the Elder  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:38:33pm

FoxNewsPorn.com!

Youtube Video
159 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:39:21pm

re: #155 ozbloke

Hi SanFranciscoZionist,

Don't know whether you have done this in the states:

Junior Master Chef, ages 8-12, adorable...

Goodness, no, I don't think we've done it in the States. I have to watch those now.

I assume that Gordon Ramsay is not the host of this one?

160 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:42:11pm

re: #159 SanFranciscoZionist
Prince Poppycock for President!

161 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:42:40pm

General questions, folks: As of now, seven-forty, Pacific Standard, on September 19, what do you all think November is going to bring, and what will it mean when it does?

162 ozbloke  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:42:47pm

re: #159 SanFranciscoZionist

No, Is an Australian version, this series started two weeks ago, highest ratings of any Australian reality show ever.

Very talented children, very proud parents, very encouraging.

Enjoy...

163 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:43:39pm

re: #162 ozbloke

No, Is an Australian version, this series started two weeks ago, highest ratings of any Australian reality show ever.

Very talented children, very proud parents, very encouraging.

Enjoy...

Thanks, I'm sure I will. Is it just devastating when one of them has to leave the game, though?

164 Cato the Elder  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:43:54pm

re: #161 SanFranciscoZionist

Civil war.

165 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:44:21pm

re: #161 SanFranciscoZionist

General questions, folks: As of now, seven-forty, Pacific Standard, on September 19, what do you all think November is going to bring, and what will it mean when it does?


Cold, snow in our area but I won't be here so will mean kiddo will have to shovel without me.
Honestly, it gets worse before it gets better and that's all I can guess at this point.

166 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:44:29pm

re: #164 Cato the Elder

Civil war.

OK, Cato is down for 'civil war'.

167 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:46:31pm

re: #161 SanFranciscoZionist

General questions, folks: As of now, seven-forty, Pacific Standard, on September 19, what do you all think November is going to bring, and what will it mean when it does?

I think the GOP will make major gains in both Houses. They may take the House but will not take the Senate. In my home state of Illinois, the Republicans will sweep the statewide races except for Secretary of State (which will still be held by Jesse White). Major gains in the statehouse will see Michael Madigan out as State House Speaker.

168 Targetpractice  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:47:53pm

re: #161 SanFranciscoZionist

General questions, folks: As of now, seven-forty, Pacific Standard, on September 19, what do you all think November is going to bring, and what will it mean when it does?

My prediction? The GOP will make inroads, that's pretty much a given. But I don't think we'll see the sort of numbers that the Right is predicting. I'd say there's a distinct possibility that the House will switch hands, but the Senate will stay in Democrat hands, with a whittled down majority there. Of the handful of Tea Party candidates, most will have squeaker wins or be blown out of the water.

What will it all mean? 2 more years of legislative gridlock, as the GOP tries and fails repeatedly to ram through their own agenda before 2012. As for what it means for the Tea Party, its influence will be diminished, but it will remain a force to be reckoned with until after the GOP primaries, when its socially-theocratic/fiscally-conservative candidate crashes and burns.

169 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:48:33pm

re: #161 SanFranciscoZionist

General questions, folks: As of now, seven-forty, Pacific Standard, on September 19, what do you all think November is going to bring, and what will it mean when it does?

Dems retain control of the Senate. Republicans pick up around 33 percent of the House. Republicans won't get a super majority in either case. Republicans will also have about 30 governors. Nancy Pelosi may be replaced as Speaker of the House. If Reid loses (it's still tied) then obviously he goes as Senate Majority Leader.

Obama will remain president and possibly edge rightwards to appeal to Republicans in the House and Senate. Economy continues to improves and towards 2012 we will have fully recovered and the economy will no longer be a primary voter issue. In 2012 Obama is reelected.

170 ozbloke  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:50:48pm

re: #163 SanFranciscoZionist

Yes, the first two weeks they went from 50 down to 20, next week they will cut it to 12. Groups of 10 cut to 4.

Hopefully after that it will be one per week.

These children are jaw dropping, amazing...

171 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:51:09pm

You know, usually by this time in the election cycle, Presidential possibilities are making themselves known. Haven't seen any yet. Anybody got any names to throw into the hat as likelies?

172 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:51:18pm

re: #166 SanFranciscoZionist

OK, Cato is down for 'civil war'.

Remember when some people were predicting riots if Obama won? That was strange.

173 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:51:26pm

I hope she wins. I hope they all win. I hope every dingbat lunatic currently running for office wins whatever seat they're after. I hope Rick Santorum and Sarah Palin become co-presidents for all eternity. I hope SKYNET becomes self-aware and tries to destroy humanity (it will fail because Microsoft won the software contract, which means the Terminators randomly crash and have to be rebooted mid-mission, and if they happen to stay stable long enough, they get interrupted by the little animated paperclip saying "IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO COMMIT GENOCIDE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO (a) DEPLOY NUCLEAR WEAPONS (b) CREATE A FAMINE (c) FIND SARAH CONNOR" at which point the Terminators all self-destruct out of frustration.)

174 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:52:42pm

re: #173 negativ

I hope she wins. I hope they all win. I hope every dingbat lunatic currently running for office wins whatever seat they're after. I hope Rick Santorum and Sarah Palin become co-presidents for all eternity. I hope SKYNET becomes self-aware and tries to destroy humanity (it will fail because Microsoft won the software contract, which means the Terminators randomly crash and have to be rebooted mid-mission, and if they happen to stay stable long enough, they get interrupted by the little animated paperclip saying "IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO COMMIT GENOCIDE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO (a) DEPLOY NUCLEAR WEAPONS (b) CREATE A FAMINE (c) FIND SARAH CONNOR" at which point the Terminators all self-destruct out of frustration.)

[snicker]

175 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:53:43pm

re: #158 Cato the Elder

FoxNewsPorn.com!


[Video]

BLANK MY BLANK, AND BLANK MY BLANK-BLANK UNTIL 5 AM.

That's what I always say.

176 Targetpractice  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:54:25pm

re: #171 Escaped Hillbilly

You know, usually by this time in the election cycle, Presidential possibilities are making themselves known. Haven't seen any yet. Anybody got any names to throw into the hat as likelies?

As likely candidates? I'd probably say Romney, Huckabee, Palin, Paul, and perhaps Gingrich. I'm not sure if Pence will see the straw poll as reason to throw his hat in, but I wouldn't doubt it. Paul Ryan might jump in, and though I disagree with his "Plan," I'd be hard pressed not to at least listen to where he stands on the issues.

177 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:54:47pm

They're about to announce Michael Grimm's win. Like we didn't see that coming from the first show. Michael Grimm would make a great speaker...quiet, family oriented, unassuming, fiscally responsible, a man of few words. (That last being the most important qualification.)

178 Cato the Elder  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:55:16pm

re: #169 Gus 802

Such optimism.

The only way forward for the "economy" (read "swindle") is to grant permanent title to California to the Chinese against temporary suspension of interest payments.

179 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:56:16pm

re: #176 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

As likely candidates? I'd probably say Romney, Huckabee, Palin, Paul, and perhaps Gingrich. I'm not sure if Pence will see the straw poll as reason to throw his hat in, but I wouldn't doubt it. Paul Ryan might jump in, and though I disagree with his "Plan," I'd be hard pressed not to at least listen to where he stands on the issues.

From the GOP I'm going to bet on acting governors. Pawlenty, Jindal, Daniels, etc.

180 freetoken  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:56:59pm

re: #171 Escaped Hillbilly

Pawlenty and Huckabee have machinery in place in Iowa, and Palin just spoke there.

181 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:57:00pm

On The Simpsons--"Israelis are pushy? Americans should talk! You sit there next to your ancient enemy, Canada! Try Syria for one week and see how relaxed you are."

182 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:58:06pm

re: #178 Cato the Elder

Such optimism.

The only way forward for the "economy" (read "swindle") is to grant permanent title to California to the Chinese against temporary suspension of interest payments.

Yes. Now when I say recovered it will be the result of another manufactured economic bubble. Which means that soon afterwards it will crash and continue to follow a boom and bust cycle.

183 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:58:08pm

re: #176 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

As likely candidates? I'd probably say Romney, Huckabee, Palin, Paul, and perhaps Gingrich. I'm not sure if Pence will see the straw poll as reason to throw his hat in, but I wouldn't doubt it. Paul Ryan might jump in, and though I disagree with his "Plan," I'd be hard pressed not to at least listen to where he stands on the issues.


It always surprises me Gingrich is still around. Weirdest thing of all is that he now seems almost (almost) moderate compared to some of the other freak shows running around. Couldn't stand him when I was voting Republican, can't see changing my mind now. I didn't vote for Obama but am really glad Palin lost as a default.

184 Ojoe  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:58:51pm

re: #161 SanFranciscoZionist

General questions, folks: As of now, seven-forty, Pacific Standard, on September 19, what do you all think November is going to bring, and what will it mean when it does?

It will bring a blowout victory for the GOP and let us hope to God that the newely elected Republicans are smart enough to see that the country wants something different and better, and not what they are peddling now.

We so need a sensible moderate party.

185 Targetpractice  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 7:58:58pm

re: #179 Gus 802

From the GOP I'm going to bet on acting governors. Pawlenty, Jindal, Daniels, etc.

Good possibility. Run somebody with "executive experience." My guess is that the party will want to run a young up-and-comer in some hope of seizing the youth vote, but will ultimately pull another '08 and settle on the old codger with decades in Congress with the massive corporate-backed war chest and plenty of clout with Washington insiders. Probably somebody that can be painted as "fiscally conservative."

186 Walter L. Newton  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:00:30pm

re: #173 negativ

I hope she wins. I hope they all win. I hope every dingbat lunatic currently running for office wins whatever seat they're after. I hope Rick Santorum and Sarah Palin become co-presidents for all eternity. I hope SKYNET becomes self-aware and tries to destroy humanity (it will fail because Microsoft won the software contract, which means the Terminators randomly crash and have to be rebooted mid-mission, and if they happen to stay stable long enough, they get interrupted by the little animated paperclip saying "IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO COMMIT GENOCIDE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO (a) DEPLOY NUCLEAR WEAPONS (b) CREATE A FAMINE (c) FIND SARAH CONNOR" at which point the Terminators all self-destruct out of frustration.)

... otherwise... what will you have to talk about in the locker room?

187 Cato the Elder  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:01:17pm

re: #184 Ojoe

Fat chance. Victory for the GOP will be understood by the victors as a cry for and ticket to theocracy.

188 William Barnett-Lewis  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:01:28pm

re: #117 Dark_Falcon

G' Evening DF. You're right, of course, but they don't care. We have to make our own world out from under their feet. How do we do that? How do we steal back our reality from those who spin, spin, spin? I'm not sure, but I have a feeling it's going to sound something like it did back in the '80's when I'd listen to Husker Du (a punk band from the Twin Cities) cover "Love is all around" (the theme song from the Mary Tyler Moore Show). Now a punk cover of that shouldn't work - yet they grew up there. They watched that show as children. So rather than feed their cynicism, it fed something else; something better. By all that is holy their cover did work and the reason, that refusal of cynicism & stoicism, is the key to finding the way to twist past the spinners on both the right & left to find a place where we can have a real debate again about what the nation needs. Because that's not happening right now.

How to actually do this? Damned if I know. Just try to live it, I suppose.

I spent the weekend camping with good friends who are considerably more conservative than me but we usually can disagree pleasantly. On occasion he has convinced me of something and I have convinced him, my best friend, of something. Yet the current mess in our political culture poisons even that well.

At one point we are talking a fairly deep conversation about biology & ecology and we're doing fine until we get into a case that touches on human evolution and he falls back into a literal moment and talks about there only being 6 breeding pairs of humans at one time - after Noah's flood. Nearly 30 years ago, when we first met, he would have not brought his religious ideas into such a discussion. That wouldn't be biology & ecology and as hunters we both look carefully at these ideas. Conservation started in both lefty & righty hunters after all. But these days he does say these things with a straight enough face that I didn't even go there.

I know he knows better but I also know he really believes the Teabagger mythos. I just try to be a good friend and hope he won't be too hurt when they, inevitably, fail to live up to the hype they are creating.

God of Abraham, hear my prayer...

189 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:01:37pm

re: #184 Ojoe
It might take voting in a bunch of total crazies to get moderates to form a new party that could win. Unfortunately, moderates aren't easy to energize and organize precisely because they are so reasonable and willing to compromise etc. So many identify as "Independent".

190 Walter L. Newton  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:01:55pm

re: #186 Walter L. Newton

... otherwise... what will you have to talk about in the locker room?

(Correction)

Otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the locker room.

191 Ojoe  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:01:56pm

re: #187 Cato the Elder

Fat chance. Victory for the GOP will be understood by the victors as a cry for and ticket to theocracy.

So have you joined the Whigs yet?

/

192 Walter L. Newton  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:02:23pm

re: #190 Walter L. Newton

(Correction)

Otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the locker room.

While we are at it... name that movie?

193 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:03:02pm

re: #185 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Good possibility. Run somebody with "executive experience." My guess is that the party will want to run a young up-and-comer in some hope of seizing the youth vote, but will ultimately pull another '08 and settle on the old codger with decades in Congress with the massive corporate-backed war chest and plenty of clout with Washington insiders. Probably somebody that can be painted as "fiscally conservative."

IMO it's too late for Huckabee, Palin or Romney. They had their chance in 2008 and failed. There is no president for their return to the limelight. Palin's approval number are horrible and she's barely noticed by the American public at large.

A Pawlenty, Jindal, or Daniels will garner more serious attention from the American public and they will go well beyond Iowa. Christie of New Jersey could also be in the picture. In the end all boils down to the primaries. Look at how fast Huckabee fell after Iowa.

194 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:03:37pm

re: #187 Cato the Elder

Fat chance. Victory for the GOP will be understood by the victors as a cry for and ticket to theocracy.


And by the losers as motivation and a rallying cry for increased pull to the other extreme to counterbalance the right's extremity.

195 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:04:56pm

Mike Pence would last 1 week in front of a national audience.

196 Escaped Hillbilly  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:06:03pm

Beddy bye time. Have to go to PT in the morning.

197 freetoken  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:06:06pm

re: #193 Gus 802

IMO it's too late for Huckabee, Palin or Romney. They had their chance in 2008 and failed.

Reagan tried for years - finally made it.
McCain tried for years - finally got the nomination.

However, I will agree with your statement - those three you mentioned have a staleness about them. The only person I know of now that has a shot is Pawlenty. In three months we'll see how the post election fallout affects the 2012 race.

Even if the GOP does not make the big gains their propagandists are pushing I expect the reactionary far-right to keep trying to steer the GOP as a whole.

198 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:07:03pm

re: #186 Walter L. Newton

... otherwise... what will you have to talk about in the locker room?

The good old days, obviously.

199 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:07:22pm

re: #196 Escaped Hillbilly

Beddy bye time. Have to go to PT in the morning.

Sleep well, EH.

200 Targetpractice  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:07:23pm

re: #183 Escaped Hillbilly

It always surprises me Gingrich is still around. Weirdest thing of all is that he now seems almost (almost) moderate compared to some of the other freak shows running around. Couldn't stand him when I was voting Republican, can't see changing my mind now. I didn't vote for Obama but am really glad Palin lost as a default.

Newt's having a resurgence of popularity alongside the GOP, as many with memories of the "Contract with America" hope that they can reclaim that high-water mark and return to the glory days of GOP power. And time, as always, has a tendency to dull memories, and so many have convinced themselves that Newt was a "victim" of Democratic hatred and envy, rather than being thrown out because he was a lying philanderer whose leadership style was bullying others into seeing things his way.

I really don't think he'll get far in 2012, if he actually runs. But, then again, I'm not sure he'll actually run. He may decide not to, so as not to have all that bad shit dredged up in the primaries and spoil his current popularity in political circles.

201 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:08:06pm

re: #197 freetoken

Reagan tried for years - finally made it.
McCain tried for years - finally got the nomination.

However, I will agree with your statement - those three you mentioned have a staleness about them. The only person I know of now that has a shot is Pawlenty. In three months we'll see how the post election fallout affects the 2012 race.

Even if the GOP does not make the big gains their propagandists are pushing I expect the reactionary far-right to keep trying to steer the GOP as a whole.

Yep. All the way to 2012. 2011 will be relatively quiet on the Tea Party front and come back full force in 2012. The ODS will remain for obvious reasons.

202 Targetpractice  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:10:18pm

re: #193 Gus 802

IMO it's too late for Huckabee, Palin or Romney. They had their chance in 2008 and failed. There is no president for their return to the limelight. Palin's approval number are horrible and she's barely noticed by the American public at large.

A Pawlenty, Jindal, or Daniels will garner more serious attention from the American public and they will go well beyond Iowa. Christie of New Jersey could also be in the picture. In the end all boils down to the primaries. Look at how fast Huckabee fell after Iowa.

Honestly, what I've heard of Romney makes me more supportive of him than any of the other possibilities put up so far. But, in the current prevailing theocratic bent amongst the GOP ranks, I don't think he'd survive that primaries a second time. You're right that it will probably be governors, either currently in office or recently retired, who'll go the farthest in 2012.

203 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:10:23pm

re: #200 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Newt's having a resurgence of popularity alongside the GOP, as many with memories of the "Contract with America" hope that they can reclaim that high-water mark and return to the glory days of GOP power. And time, as always, has a tendency to dull memories, and so many have convinced themselves that Newt was a "victim" of Democratic hatred and envy, rather than being thrown out because he was a lying philanderer whose leadership style was bullying others into seeing things his way.

I really don't think he'll get far in 2012, if he actually runs. But, then again, I'm not sure he'll actually run. He may decide not to, so as not to have all that bad shit dredged up in the primaries and spoil his current popularity in political circles.

Unless they reinvent the American people I don't see Gingrich getting that far. He has zero personality and a terrible voice. He also has tons of personal and ethical baggage. Mostly it's his personality which is a lot like vinegar. Same applies with DeMint "The Undertaker".

204 Walter L. Newton  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:11:57pm

re: #192 Walter L. Newton

While we are at it... name that movie?

Ok... try again... this time the full quote... name the movie...

"A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life. *Reach* out. Take a *chance*. Get *hurt* even. But play as well as you can. Go team, go! Give me an L. Give me an I. Give me a V. Give me an E. L-I-V-E. LIVE! Otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the locker room. "

205 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:12:21pm

re: #192 Walter L. Newton

While we are at it... name that movie?

Image: harold-and-maude-2.jpg

206 Gus  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:12:28pm

re: #202 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Honestly, what I've heard of Romney makes me more supportive of him than any of the other possibilities put up so far. But, in the current prevailing theocratic bent amongst the GOP ranks, I don't think he'd survive that primaries a second time. You're right that it will probably be governors, either currently in office or recently retired, who'll go the farthest in 2012.

Romney will or would be attacked from both ends. From within the party because of his Mormonism, Romneycare, and historical pro-choice views. From outside for his remolded "Values Voter" views. The former already happened in 2008.

207 Walter L. Newton  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:12:51pm

re: #205 negativ

Image: harold-and-maude-2.jpg

Bingo...

208 Walter L. Newton  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:13:32pm

re: #205 negativ

Image: harold-and-maude-2.jpg

One of my favorite lines from the movie...

"Vice, Virtue. It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much *life.* Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then you're bound to live life fully. "

209 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:15:19pm

re: #201 Gus 802

Yep. All the way to 2012. 2011 will be relatively quiet on the Tea Party front and come back full force in 2012. The ODS will remain for obvious reasons.

That I tend to agree with. Some of the Tea Party crowd will want something big, but even most of them understand that they can't get anything major on their agenda passed as long as Obama is President. They'll rest a bit in 2011.

210 Targetpractice  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:17:17pm

re: #203 Gus 802

Unless they reinvent the American people I don't see Gingrich getting that far. He has zero personality and a terrible voice. He also has tons of personal and ethical baggage. Mostly it's his personality which is a lot like vinegar. Same applies with DeMint "The Undertaker".

Yeah, I don't see there being much chance of a Gingrich candidacy. The man may not acknowledge it out loud, but he's got to know that throwing his hat into the ring would be like sounding the dinner bell. If he announced on Monday, by Sunday we'd have ever intimate detail of his personal life splashed over the morning news. Man's gotta know by now that the best he can ever hope is to remain a consultant and a "king-maker," because his chances of being king are long gone.

211 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:17:44pm

re: #208 Walter L. Newton

One of my favorite lines from the movie...

"Vice, Virtue. It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much *life.* Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then you're bound to live life fully. "

Shame on them, sneakily inflicting Søren Kierkegaard and Ernest Becker on the unsuspecting audience.

212 William Barnett-Lewis  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:22:08pm

re: #208 Walter L. Newton

One of my favorite lines from the movie...

"Vice, Virtue. It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much *life.* Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then you're bound to live life fully. "

Good quote, but I must admit that I rather prefered a slightly different variation on the theme:

“Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.”
Robert A. Heinlein

A bit more blatant, to be sure, but the ones who need it the most, don't tend to respond to subtly very well... IME and all that.

213 Cato the Elder  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:22:55pm

In the case of Gingrich, God bless the politics of personal destruction. That guy is not merely a theocrat but an advocate for genocidal West vs. East warfare.

214 ClaudeMonet  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:25:42pm

re: #25 Killgore Trout

Newt's a loon...
Gingrich Calls For Federal Ban On Shariah Law In US


Tilting at windmills.

Do not insult all those who love Don Quixote or Man of La Mancha by associating Newt with either. Hell, that's an insult to windmills, too.

215 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:26:02pm

re: #185 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Good possibility. Run somebody with "executive experience." My guess is that the party will want to run a young up-and-comer in some hope of seizing the youth vote, but will ultimately pull another '08 and settle on the old codger with decades in Congress with the massive corporate-backed war chest and plenty of clout with Washington insiders. Probably somebody that can be painted as "fiscally conservative."

I'd rather someone who can be painted as fiscally conservative than someone who can be painted as a raving loonie.

216 ClaudeMonet  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:32:52pm

re: #127 Cato the Elder

Murdoch may love controversy, but he desires fascism.

So long as he controls the only permitted media in the fascist state. Imagine his surprise if one of the places he operates in became a fascist state--and threw his a** out.

217 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:33:11pm

And now for something completely different:

I'm thoroughly biased, because I think David Cronenberg can pretty much do no cinematic wrong, but regardless, you should see Eastern Promises.

Youtube Video

Also, see The Road.

Youtube Video

Can that guy act, or what?

218 William Barnett-Lewis  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:33:20pm

re: #214 ClaudeMonet

Do not insult all those who love Don Quixote or Man of La Mancha by associating Newt with either. Hell, that's an insult to windmills, too.

Pancho! My lance!

219 Kronocide  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:33:34pm

re: #161 SanFranciscoZionist

the GOP Apoxcalypses. I'm going to stock up on beer and popcorn.

220 ClaudeMonet  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:34:27pm

re: #136 Walter L. Newton

Hmmm... I'm quite sure that we could find enough video, print and audio sources to clip and paste together, sort of like a ransom note, clip together her saying that she wants to dance naked on American Idol.

It could be better than listening to the "singers". It's certainly better than listening to Seacrest and the "judges".

And I'd watch it just as often as I do now. Zero.

221 Killgore Trout  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:37:51pm

Clintowned
Image: 34oob3m.gif

222 Our Precious Bodily Fluids  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:38:30pm

re: #215 SanFranciscoZionist

I'd rather someone who can be painted as fiscally conservative than someone who can be painted as a raving loonie.

Now you have to be both. If you're merely fiscally conservative and not otherwise a deranged wacko who sports off-key calliope music as your version of the theme from "Shaft", you aren't getting elected for anything because you're probably a nazi communist fascist.

223 ClaudeMonet  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:41:20pm

re: #164 Cato the Elder

Civil war.

That would be the first hint of civility in this country in a while.

My prediction--Higher-than-usual gains in Congress than is typical for a midterm election. Repugs fail to take either house. Reid holds his Senate seat but "voluntarily" steps down as Majority Leader. O'Donnell loses to Coons. A few stray TP candidates win, Sister Sarah takes credit for that as proof of Her Power while ignoring all of the candidates endorsed by She Who Must Run Away who lost.

Democrats still have majorities but fear the filibuster threat so much that they can't do squat.

Both sides proclaim victory.

Two more years of trench warfare stalemate.

224 Cato the Elder  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:42:39pm

re: #221 Killgore Trout

Know what to kiss and when.

225 Dancing along the light of day  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:43:46pm

re: #197 freetoken

The GOP needs a messager besides the "don't like what Washington/Obama is doing" to have a chance. They need to offer ideas, and solutions, not just criticism.

226 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:44:35pm

re: #225 Floral Giraffe

The GOP needs a messager besides the "don't like what Washington/Obama is doing" to have a chance. They need to offer ideas, and solutions, not just criticism.

I just spent fifteen minutes on the phone with a pollster!

227 Dancing along the light of day  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:44:54pm

re: #224 Cato the Elder

And when not to tell....

228 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:45:30pm

re: #223 ClaudeMonet

That would be the first hint of civility in this country in a while.

My prediction--Higher-than-usual gains in Congress than is typical for a midterm election. Repugs fail to take either house. Reid holds his Senate seat but "voluntarily" steps down as Majority Leader. O'Donnell loses to Coons. A few stray TP candidates win, Sister Sarah takes credit for that as proof of Her Power while ignoring all of the candidates endorsed by She Who Must Run Away who lost.

Democrats still have majorities but fear the filibuster threat so much that they can't do squat.

Both sides proclaim victory.

Two more years of trench warfare stalemate.

So, Sarah is Lady Robin? :D

229 freetoken  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:46:00pm

I need a music break...

MP3 Audio
230 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:46:08pm

re: #226 SanFranciscoZionist

I just spent fifteen minutes on the phone with a pollster!

Which agency and what did they ask about?

231 Killgore Trout  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:46:35pm

re: #224 Cato the Elder

Know what to kiss and when.

Kiss everything always.

232 Dancing along the light of day  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:47:45pm

re: #231 Killgore Trout

Ewwww. No, thank you!

233 Killgore Trout  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:47:49pm

re: #230 Dark_Falcon

The CDC called me tonight and I hung up on them. I should have asked about zombie outbreaks first.

234 prairiefire  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:48:11pm

re: #231 Killgore Trout

I'd rather get a kiss from Obama.

235 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:49:40pm

re: #233 Killgore Trout

The CDC called me tonight and I hung up on them. I should have asked about zombie outbreaks first.

Then they would have hung up on you.

236 ClaudeMonet  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:52:05pm

re: #218 wlewisiii

Pancho! My lance!


It's Sancho, not Pancho. I've played the role 2.5 times.

"Sancho!"
"Here, Your Grace!"
"My armor! My sword!"
"More misadventures?"
"Adventures, old friend!"

Alas, as much as I love the role, I'm too old to play it correctly now. It's surprisingly taxing physically. Better to leave it to those younger and probably more talented. In fact, just last night I was at a party whose membership included a young friend who just had the role. His first remark to me was, "Damn, you were right about how tough that was!"

237 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:53:31pm

re: #230 Dark_Falcon

Which agency and what did they ask about?

Nonpartisan somethingsomething. And they wanted to know how I felt about the California propositions coming up, plus 8, plus the November elections.

238 ClaudeMonet  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:54:27pm

re: #224 Cato the Elder

Know what to kiss and when.

Upding for the Deteriorata reference.

"Go placidly among the noise and waste
And take what comfort there may be
In owning a piece thereof..."

239 Dark_Falcon  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:56:00pm

re: #237 SanFranciscoZionist

Nonpartisan somethingsomething. And they wanted to know how I felt about the California propositions coming up, plus 8, plus the November elections.

What did you tell him?

240 SanFranciscoZionist  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 8:58:39pm

re: #239 Dark_Falcon

What did you tell him?

I'm voting for all the Democrats, I think Schwarzenegger is doing pretty good, I think the ruling on 8 was appropriate, I like immigrants, I consider myself somewhat liberal, and I think I said I was 'somewhat' in favor of the pot thing. Those were the highlights. That, and the fact that the young woman couldn't pronounce 'Fiorina', and I had to help her.

241 Eclectic Infidel  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 9:03:19pm

re: #173 negativ

I totally hearted this post. It's just worth remembering.

242 Daniel Ballard  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 9:31:47pm

Sanity Break anyone? I just got back from a photo excursion. Caught the moon just coming up through the treeline on the ridge.

I put up a page while I wait for the video from the trip to render after my edits.

243 William Barnett-Lewis  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 9:54:45pm

re: #236 ClaudeMonet

It's Sancho, not Pancho. I've played the role 2.5 times.

"Sancho!"
"Here, Your Grace!"
"My armor! My sword!"
"More misadventures?"
"Adventures, old friend!"

Alas, as much as I love the role, I'm too old to play it correctly now. It's surprisingly taxing physically. Better to leave it to those younger and probably more talented. In fact, just last night I was at a party whose membership included a young friend who just had the role. His first remark to me was, "Damn, you were right about how tough that was!"

Thank you, that is, perhaps, the best correction I have received here.

244 Summer Seale  Sun, Sep 19, 2010 11:15:37pm
Is it high level political strategy, or a lolcat caption? We can’t tell.

I read that in bed on my iPad this morning and I couldn't stop laughing for like ten minutes. =)

Thanks Charles! Best wakeup feeling ever! =)

245 HappyWarrior  Mon, Sep 20, 2010 8:20:03am

Because the best way to show that you're going to represent everyone in your state is to only speak on right wing media outlets! Great advice Sarah. Seriously Palin seems to want these senate candidates not to represent their states but the right wing above all else. I bet you SArah couldn't tell you anything about Delaware.


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