Mitt Romney on Rush Limbaugh: The Weakest Possible Statement

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This is just pathetic. The strongest words GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney can dredge up to describe Rush Limbaugh’s disgusting remarks: “not the language I would have used.”

Mitt Romney, on a rope line on Ohio a short time ago, was asked about Rush Limbaugh’s “slut” verbiage about a young woman testifying on birth control, and replied, per POLITCO’s Reid Epstein, “I’ll just say this, which is it’s not the language I would have used.”

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357 comments
1 jaunte  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:23:34pm

"Praising with faint damns."

2 Shiplord Kirel  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:24:11pm

The mouse that squeaked.....

3 wrenchwench  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:25:00pm

Limbaugh already hates Romney. Romney really has nothing to lose in criticizing Limbaugh. Which makes him look all the more cowardly.

4 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:26:04pm

And Santorum ducked the issue by pulling the "He's an entertainer!" card early, while Newt and Crazy Uncle Ron are nowhere to be found on the issue.

Congrats, GOP, you've done the impossible and lowered my already low opinion of you even further. It's sitting somewhere around Satan's wine cellar by now.

5 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:26:38pm

Romney’s Bain Capital Owns Media Giant Broadcasting Limbaugh, Hannity

Mitt's not about to say anything that might jeopardize his investment.

6 The Questionable Timing of a Flea  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:27:11pm

re: #3 wrenchwench

Limbaugh already hates Romney. Romney really has nothing to lose in criticizing Limbaugh. Which makes him look all the more cowardly.

Tofu is not known for its spine.

7 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:28:19pm

Romney: "She's a whore, but gosh! We don't say it out loud!"

8 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:29:15pm

First video from West Liberty, KY.

[Link: fbcdn-video-a.akamaihd.net...]

O_O

9 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:29:20pm

Meanwhile, let me test this again:

10 Interesting Times  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:31:04pm

re: #7 windupbird is in the gravity well

I liked your previous comment best:

Romney on Limbaugh: "I would have used more godly terms like meretrix, strumpet or harlot, slut is just too coarse for church."

11 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:32:17pm

re: #10 Interesting Times


I love the term "meretrix" because it sounds like a monster from the Dark Crystal

12 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:32:42pm

re: #8 ProGunLiberal

This town has already had the National Guard ordered to it. Reports are of horrific damage.

13 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:32:45pm

It looks like Twitter has a limit on how many embedded tweets it can show in one page.

14 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:33:03pm

re: #3 wrenchwench

Limbaugh already hates Romney. Romney really has nothing to lose in criticizing Limbaugh. Which makes him look all the more cowardly.

EXACTLY. He could've scored on this.

Wimp.

Why is his game so bad?

15 Kragar  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:33:56pm

Mitt: "The Women's Rights activists are just the right height."

16 EdDantes  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:34:28pm

re: #5 Lidane

This should have been disclosed long ago. Even though Romney is no longer CEO of Bain he still has substantial holdings.

17 Kragar  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:35:39pm

“I’ll just say this, which is it’s not the language I would have used.”

Really? What kind of weak ass non answer is that shit?

18 Archangelus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:35:47pm

And this is surprising anyone because.....?

19 Interesting Times  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:37:33pm

re: #14 Oooh, the Vagina uses birth control

Why is his game so bad?

Because Romney's got a galaxy-sized sense of privilege and entitlement. He thinks he can buy his way out of anything.

20 McSpiff  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:37:41pm

re: #17 Kragar

“I’ll just say this, which is it’s not the language I would have used.”

Really? What kind of weak ass non answer is that shit?

Wonder if he'd use similar language when on the international stage? Would the atrocities of the Syrian regime be "not how he'd handle things?"

The man is a coward through and through.

21 Kragar  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:38:14pm

Some may call Mitt a spineless sack of dried turds.

Thats not the language I would use, but some may.

22 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:38:32pm

Testing again:

23 jaunte  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:41:52pm
24 Iwouldprefernotto  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:42:26pm

Let me see if I understand, making fun of the dead (Breitbart) is bad, but making fun of the living (Fluke) is OK. Am I missing something here?

25 McSpiff  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:42:48pm

re: #24 Iwouldprefernotto

Let me see if I understand, making fun of the dead (Breitbart) is bad, but making fun of the living (Fluke) is OK. Am I missing something here?

The testicles.

26 wrenchwench  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:47:26pm
Youtube Video

Later, lizards.

27 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:47:52pm

re: #20 McSpiff

Wonder if he'd use similar language when on the international stage? Would the atrocities of the Syrian regime be "not how he'd handle things?"

The man is a coward through and through.

In his defense (*snicker*), Rush Limbaugh is more of an imposing figure that most of the world leaders that Mittens might have to stare down. Except perhaps Putin, who'd have Willard begging for mercy just by glaring at him.

28 bubba zanetti  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:48:08pm

re: #25 McSpiff

Activisticles, to be specific.

29 Interesting Times  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:48:35pm

Not sure who this person was originally referring to, but who cares? It applies to any wingnut nowadays :P

30 CuriousLurker  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:50:48pm

re: #11 windupbird is in the gravity well

I love the term "meretrix" because it sounds like a monster from the Dark Crystal

My curiosity got the best of me (again) so I went to read the Wiki entry for meretrix:

In ancient Rome, registered prostitutes were called meretrices while the unregistered ones fell under the broad category prostibulae.

Prostibulae? That sounds like some sort of weird appendage that you might want to see a doctor about. So, I guess that's plural and the singular would be prostibula or something like that? Meretrix definitely sounds better.

The Wiki entry is short, but interesting. Yellow togas! Anyway, apparently Medieval Europe had fewer hang-ups and was less judgmental about female sexuality than 21st century America is. Go figure.

31 prairiefire  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:53:01pm

re: #11 windupbird is in the gravity well

I love the term "meretrix" because it sounds like a monster from the Dark Crystal

It sounds like fun.

32 prairiefire  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:53:34pm

re: #31 prairiefire

It sounds like fun.

Well, not the prostitute part.

33 sagehen  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:53:37pm

Chris Matthews on Rush Limbaugh:

"He doesn't understand how birth control works, he thinks you need more pills the more you have sex. He thinks it's like Viagra."

34 _RememberTonyC  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:55:05pm

all the GOP guys are afraid to cross Rush ..... is this so hard to understand? it's too bad, but it is what it is

35 Kragar  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:56:52pm

Tipping Point: GOPers Start To Turn On Rush Limbaugh

36 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:57:00pm

Animated gif contrasting Fluke with Limbaugh's responses

This is how it's done on the internet, quick, simple, easily shared and linked

37 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:58:31pm

re: #29 Interesting Times

awright how do you do the twitter link

38 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:58:43pm

re: #37 windupbird is in the gravity well

awright how do you do the twitter link

Very Carefully (tm).

39 [deleted]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:58:57pm
40 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:59:02pm

re: #38 thedopefishlives

Very Carefully (tm).

>:-(

41 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:59:19pm
42 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:59:45pm

More on Limbaugh's descent into full derp: Limbaugh: Fluke has boyfriends "lined up around the block"

43 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 5:59:59pm

re: #40 windupbird is in the gravity well

>:-(

Just copy and paste the URL of the Tweet.

44 engineer cat  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:00:51pm

now, now, mitt has spend millions of dollars researching the blandest possible reactions to all conceivable situations, and here you go criticizing him for it

45 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:00:53pm


46 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:01:15pm

re: #33 sagehen

Chris Matthews on Rush Limbaugh:

"He doesn't understand how birth control works, he thinks you need more pills the more you have sex. He thinks it's like Viagra."

Limbaugh and the rest of the right-wing nutjobs. They all think that women pop a birth control pill right before sex.

Maybe if they'd had some of that evil comprehensive sex ed they're always railing against, they'd know how The Pill actually works.

47 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:02:50pm

re: #43 Gus

rgh, trying to figure this out in tweetdeck

48 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:03:07pm

re: #42 thedopefishlives

More on Limbaugh's descent into full derp: Limbaugh: Fluke has boyfriends "lined up around the block"

Memo to the GOP: Please keep defending Rush and calling Sandra Fluke a slut. I'm sure it will go over well for you.

49 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:03:24pm

re: #46 Lidane

Limbaugh and the rest of the right-wing nutjobs. They all think that women pop a birth control pill right before sex.

Maybe if they'd had some of that evil comprehensive sex ed they're always railing against, they'd know how The Pill actually works.

See, they don't care how it works. All they care about is the fact that women who are on The Pill are obviously of loose morals. No matter the reason.

50 engineer cat  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:04:43pm

re: #47 windupbird is in the gravity well

rgh, trying to figure this out in tweetdeck

all these twittergasms give me tweetlock

51 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:05:01pm
52 SidewaysQuark  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:05:04pm

Dunno about this one. I've never know Romney to be one to go out of his way to praise Rush Limbaugh. I don't see why he should feel obligated to bend over backward to apologize for him, either. His statement gave him a deserved brush-off - I think he actually played this one well.

As for some of the other stuff Romney's said, well.......

53 allegro  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:05:12pm

I don't see especially large families among Republicans so I guess this means that a) Republican women are sluts or b) Republican men can't get it up. Which is it?

54 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:05:37pm

re: #49 thedopefishlives

See, they don't care how it works. All they care about is the fact that women who are on The Pill are obviously of loose morals. No matter the reason.

Yeah, I know.

It's such a primitive mentality. These nutjobs rant and rave about people needing to take responsibility for your actions, and the very thing that helps people take responsibility for not bringing an unwanted child into the world is somehow evil and wrong. WTF.

55 jaunte  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:05:53pm
56 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:07:28pm

re: #54 Lidane

Yeah, I know.

It's such a primitive mentality. These nutjobs rant and rave about people needing to take responsibility for your actions, and the very thing that helps people take responsibility for not bringing an unwanted child into the world is somehow evil and wrong. WTF.

Remember, it's wrong and immoral to have sex for fun. You're only supposed to do it if you're intending to have children. Married, unmarried, gay, straight, other - it doesn't matter. No baby-making, no sex, nohow.

57 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:08:51pm

re: #56 thedopefishlives

Remember, it's wrong and immoral to have sex for fun. You're only supposed to do it if you're intending to have children. Married, unmarried, gay, straight, other - it doesn't matter. No baby-making, no sex, nohow.

And yet Limbaugh has been married four times, has no children and takes Viagra. Hmmm.

58 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:09:00pm

re: #26 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]Later, lizards.

I really listened. Thanks WW

59 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:09:35pm

re: #57 Lidane

And yet Limbaugh has been married four times, has no children and takes Viagra. Hmmm.

Sex for me, but not for thee...

As an aside, I had no idea he'd been married four times. Serial philandering must be a trait of the socons.

60 watching you tiny alien kittens are  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:10:18pm

Sorry, OT:

Meanwhile over at Free Republic they continue to blame yesterdays bomb scare at Rush Limbaugh's house in Palm Beach on the evil, violent, liberals and continue to assure each other that they are ready for the all out civil war against all of us evil socialists. (WTF?)

Some guy sent a plaque to Rush, something he hoped Rush would promote on his radio program and help him sell a bunch more plaques. This plaque was an electronic video and audio memorial to John Wilkes Booth in celebration of his assassination of President Lincoln (a $200.00 prototype).

Now maybe I recently got a concussion or something and am so delusional that I cannot think in any kind of logical pattern, but how does any of this connect to the left? It wasn't a bomb sent by a "leftie", in fact it was a disgusting piece of white supremacist wank-off tech sent to Rush by someone else almost as sick as him apparently. :p

Yet the Freepers are still dreaming about a civil war caused by the "the lefts attack" on Saint Rush? What in the fucking hell is wrong with these people? Have they no grip on reality at all anymore?

61 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:11:25pm

re: #60 ausador

What in the fucking hell is wrong with these people? Have they no grip on reality at all anymore?

Black guy with an African name got elected POTUS. Their reality died.

62 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:13:00pm

re: #61 Lidane

Black guy with an African name got elected POTUS. Their reality died.

they lost their war, basically, they were defeated

63 CuriousLurker  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:13:22pm

If I was the wife, daughter, sister, or mother of a Republican politician who wasn't speaking out against Limbaugh's disgusting remarks, I'd be expecting a really damned good explanation for why the hell not.

These are the leaders of the party of God and country and family values? These are the Real Americans™, these craven panderers who slink on their bellies in obeisance to a vile, self-serving slug of a man?

It's truly a disgusting thing to witness.

I feel my blood pressure rising, so I guess I'm going to go back to burying my mind in code before thinking about it ruins my night.

64 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:13:26pm

Tornado Warning for Marietta. It may be the first significant city in the US (50,000+) to get slammed with a Tornado this year.

Last year, 12 Significant Cities got smacked.

65 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:14:17pm

I don't care much about Mitt's opinion of Rush's opinion but how's Mitt going to explain this?
How will Romney account for billions of lost revenue?

Romney rolled out a new tax proposal after many Republicans blasted his initial plan as too cautious. His plans to cut income tax rates by 20 percent and eliminate the Alternative Minimum Tax sound appealing, but he offers no specifics on how he'll offset the billions in lost revenue.

66 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:14:21pm

re: #63 CuriousLurker

If I was the wife, daughter, sister, or mother of a Republican politician who wasn't speaking out against Limbaugh's disgusting remarks, I'd be expecting a really damned good explanation for why the hell not.

These are the leaders of the party of God and country and family values? These are the Real Americans™, these craven panderers who slink on their bellies in obeisance to a vile, self-serving slug of a man?

It's truly a disgusting thing to witness.

I feel my blood pressure rising, so I guess I'm going to go back to burying my mind in code before thinking about it ruins my night.

Republican Control Machine, they're afraid to smash it

67 nines09  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:16:11pm

By not actually saying Rush went over the line Mitt takes one for the Team. The same Team that hates him. Mitt could have show he was more than a spineless pandering sniveling boot licking GOP/TP card carrying hack. But no. He chose to remind all of who he is. Just in case you were not paying attention.

68 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:16:48pm

Searching for the limit on embedded tweets...

69 sagehen  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:17:10pm

re: #56 thedopefishlives

Remember, it's wrong and immoral to have sex for fun. You're only supposed to do it if you're intending to have children. Married, unmarried, gay, straight, other - it doesn't matter. No baby-making, no sex, nohow.

So conservative christians, once they have enough children, just don't ever have sex again?

I suddenly understand why the divorce rate is so much higher in red states than in blue states.

70 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:17:14pm

re: #65 Killgore Trout

I don't care much about Mitt's opinion of Rush's opinion

So it doesn't bother you that Mitt Romney has a massive stake in Bain, who owns Clear Channel, who are the ones that pay Rush? You don't care that he has a massive conflict of interest here at all?

Good to know that you're so willing to throw women under the bus.

How will Romney account for billions of lost revenue?

Please. As if the anti-tax lunatics like Norquist would care about lost revenue. They just don't want to pay taxes.

71 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:18:54pm
72 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:19:02pm

re: #69 sagehen

So conservative christians, once they have enough children, just don't ever have sex again?

I suddenly understand why the divorce rate is so much higher in red states than in blue states.

Heck, a lot of conservative Christians I know don't ever have sex unless they're trying to conceive. They are living embodiments of the term "unresolved sexual tension".

73 darthstar  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:20:01pm

re: #71 Charles Johnson

I like lady parts. I don't know why Republicans hate them so much.

74 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:20:09pm

re: #72 thedopefishlives

Heck, a lot of conservative Christians I know don't ever have sex unless they're trying to conceive. They are living embodiments of the term "unresolved sexual tension".

What a depressing way to live. They're denying themselves a very natural part of life.

75 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:20:23pm
76 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:21:12pm

re: #70 Lidane

So it doesn't bother you that Mitt Romney has a massive stake in Bain, who owns Clear Channel, who are the ones that pay Rush? You don't care that he has a massive conflict of interest here at all?

Good to know that you're so willing to throw women under the bus.

Please. As if the anti-tax lunatics like Norquist would care about lost revenue. They just don't want to pay taxes.

I think Mitt has a blind trust. I doubt there's a conspiracy or conflict of financial interest at work here. Mitt isn't going to take responsibility for something Rush says any more than Obama is going to defend something Al Sharpton says.

77 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:21:49pm

re: #73 darthstar

I like lady parts. I don't know why Republicans hate them so much.

Because they're afraid of them.

They're afraid of women. Afraid of their strength, and their sexuality, and their beauty. They just want some easily controlled Stepford wife who shuts up and does what she's told and pumps out kids on command.

78 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:22:27pm

re: #74 Lidane

What a depressing way to live. They're denying themselves a very natural part of life.

Yes, yes they are. And although the divorce rate is not much higher - if at all - than the population at large, there have been no studies done on legal separation or other symptoms of a troubled marriage that could indicate that they just need to get laid more. Not to mention, given their extreme distaste for divorces, the fact that the divorce rate is equal to the "heathens" is incredibly damning.

79 darthstar  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:23:23pm

re: #77 Lidane

Because they're afraid of them.

They're afraid of women. Afraid of their strength, and their sexuality, and their beauty. They just want some easily controlled Stepford wife who shuts up and does what she's told and pumps out kids on command.

What a sad, pathetic way to go through life.

80 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:23:47pm

re: #76 Killgore Trout

Oh please. Stop with the pathetic MBF attempts. Barack Obama doesn't have a financial stake in anything Al Sharpton says or does.

Mitt Romney, OTOH, does have a financial stake in what Rush says and does. Same goes for Beck, Levin, Hannity, and Savage. He's not going to say anything that would hurt his investment. Conflict of interest in a huge way.

81 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:24:36pm

Mittbot has calculated precise response to appease base and centrists. Nailed it...

82 darthstar  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:26:06pm

re: #81 The Right Height

Mittbot has calculated precise response to appease base and centrists. Nailed it...

Mitt's definition of "nailed it" and the common understanding are polar opposites.

83 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:26:43pm

re: #42 thedopefishlives

More on Limbaugh's descent into full derp: Limbaugh: Fluke has boyfriends "lined up around the block"

Would this count as slander? Rush really shouldn't be talking about anyone's sex life after Viagraville.

84 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:27:00pm

re: #76 Killgore Trout

I think Mitt has a blind trust. I doubt there's a conspiracy or conflict of financial interest at work here. Mitt isn't going to take responsibility for something Rush says any more than Obama is going to defend something Al Sharpton says.

To me it's a no-brainer. Asked about Rush Limbaugh's misogynistic comments, the right answer is, "That was disgusting, and Rush Limbaugh should apologize."

That's not taking responsibility for what Rush said, it's expressing a simple human reaction to a seriously creepy attack on a private citizen who did nothing but testify to Congress on a current issue.

If Romney had the guts to do that, I'd be praising him tonight. But he's actually afraid of what will happen if he criticizes Rush Limbaugh.

85 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:27:22pm

re: #76 Killgore Trout

I think Mitt has a blind trust. I doubt there's a conspiracy or conflict of financial interest at work here. Mitt isn't going to take responsibility for something Rush says any more than Obama is going to defend something Al Sharpton says.

That has jack shit to do with the blind trust. But I also won't suggest he bears any responsibility for Bain's holdings anymore.

86 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:27:38pm

BTW, Darrell Issa is a massive tool as well:

Issa: Focus On 'Slut' Comment Dismisses 'Attacks On Americans Of Faith'

Never mind the rampant misogyny on display from the right. Religious persecution ZOMG.

87 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:27:45pm

God Romney could you be anymore of a coward. At least Santorum called it absurd.

88 prairiefire  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:27:46pm

re: #83 HappyWarrior

Would this count as slander? Rush really shouldn't be talking about anyone's sex life about Viagraville.

The local radio show hacks thought she might have a case for libel and slander.

89 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:28:16pm

re: #86 Lidane

BTW, Darrell Issa is a massive tool as well:

Issa: Focus On 'Slut' Comment Dismisses 'Attacks On Americans Of Faith'

Never mind the rampant misogyny on display from the right. Religious persecution ZOMG.

WHAT attacks on Americans of faith? I'm an American of faith. I don't feel attacked. Put the pipe down, Issa, and back away slowly.

90 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:28:55pm

re: #76 Killgore Trout

I think Mitt has a blind trust. I doubt there's a conspiracy or conflict of financial interest at work here. Mitt isn't going to take responsibility for something Rush says any more than Obama is going to defend something Al Sharpton says.

First, apples and oranges with regards to Obama/Sharpton. Second, any decent person would condemn Rush Limbaugh's words. The conclusion is simple. Mitt Romney is not a decent person and in fact quite a scoundrel.

91 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:29:11pm

re: #88 prairiefire

I think she should persue it then. Take as much from him as possible.

Also, where are you, because your "Radio Hacks" seem somewhat Liberal.

92 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:29:23pm

re: #89 thedopefishlives

Oh, but that's right, I forget. I would be considered a heretic at worst, or "backslidden" at best, should I ever be outed as a liberal Christian. So that means I'm no longer an American of faith.

*spit*

93 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:30:02pm

re: #82 darthstar

Mitt's definition of "nailed it" and the common understanding are polar opposites.

What's so much sadder than Mitt's pathological need to pander with every position he takes is how often he gets it so so wrong. He wants to think he has his fingers on the pulse of the nation, but he's sticking them in the wrong place...

94 prairiefire  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:30:58pm

Craig Crawford quote ~ "You almost have to wonder whether the Republican Party has forgotten women have the right to vote."[Link: craigcrawford.com...]

95 darthstar  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:31:06pm

re: #87 HappyWarrior

God Romney could you be anymore of a coward. At least Santorum called it absurd.

Santorum also stopped short of criticizing Limbaugh.

96 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:31:09pm
97 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:31:48pm

Obama isn't consulting with Sharpton on the debt crisis. Sharpton isn't named most influential liberal. Sorry but the two aren't remotely alike. If all Mitt Romney can say is "it's not the language" I would have used, it suggests to me that Romney is afraid of upsetting Limbaugh more than actually calling him out for being a jerk. Romney's a political coward and his reaction to this story shows his cowardness in spades.

98 prairiefire  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:32:02pm

re: #91 ProGunLiberal

The radio hacks seem liberal or I seem liberal?

99 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:32:19pm

re: #95 darthstar

Santorum also stopped short of criticizing Limbaugh.

I know but it was better than Mitt's weasel no comment.

100 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:32:40pm

re: #84 Charles Johnson

To me it's a no-brainer. Asked about Rush Limbaugh's misogynistic comments, the right answer is, "That was disgusting, and Rush Limbaugh should apologize."

That's not taking responsibility for what Rush said, it's expressing a simple human reaction to a seriously creepy attack on a private citizen who did nothing but testify to Congress on a current issue.

If Romney had the guts to do that, I'd be praising him tonight. But he's actually afraid of what will happen if he criticizes Rush Limbaugh.

Mitt almost certainly doesn't listen to Rush's show. He was asked about a statement he hadn't heard. He probably wasn't briefed before hand. He made a generic distancing statement on something he probably wasn't aware of. There's no conspiracy or outrageous outrage. A simple political move any other politician would have made.

101 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:32:40pm

re: #97 HappyWarrior

He's a political coward who is looking at his investment portfolio instead of at whatever passes for his conscience.

102 prairiefire  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:33:11pm

re: #100 Killgore Trout

I think he's Autistic.

103 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:33:22pm
104 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:33:30pm

re: #98 prairiefire

The Radio Hacks

In other news, still no word out of West Liberty, KY.

This is the only thing to come out right now.

Youtube Video
105 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:33:48pm

re: #100 Killgore Trout

It's the political move you make if you're a fucking coward who can't call out a guy for making offensive statements about someone who testified before Congress.

106 darthstar  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:34:10pm

re: #99 HappyWarrior

I know but it was better than Mitt's weasel no comment.

He's excusing Limbaugh by calling him an 'entertainer'...

“He’s being absurd, but that’s you know, an entertainer can be absurd. He’s in a very different business than I am.”
-Santorum

107 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:34:15pm

re: #102 prairiefire

I think he's Autistic.

Possibly cyborg if not full out robot. Definitely not human.

108 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:34:22pm

re: #100 Killgore Trout

Mitt almost certainly doesn't listen to Rush's show. He was asked about a statement he hadn't heard. He probably wasn't briefed before hand. He made a generic distancing statement on something he probably wasn't aware of. There's no conspiracy or outrageous outrage. A simple political move any other politician would have made.

Sorry, but I guarantee that Mitt Romney is well aware of this controversy.

109 McSpiff  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:34:38pm

re: #100 Killgore Trout

He's been asked before this. What's your opinion on Rush's statement KT?

110 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:34:41pm

re: #106 darthstar

He's excusing Limbaugh by calling him an 'entertainer'...

Then fuck him too.

111 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:34:46pm

This is great news for John McCain.

112 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:35:23pm

re: #108 Charles Johnson

Sorry, but I guarantee that Mitt Romney is well aware of this controversy.

If he's not, then he has no business running for President. Anyone that cut off from the world around him doesn't need to be anywhere near the nuke codes.

Saying that Mitt doesn't know about this is bullshit. Total, unfettered bullshit.

113 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:35:33pm

re: #102 prairiefire

I think he's Autistic.

Nah. He's just a dick.

114 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:36:01pm

re: #109 McSpiff

He's been asked before this. What's your opinion on Rush's statement KT?

It was a shitty and classless thing to say. Just what I've come to expect from Rush.

115 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:36:37pm

This is a big one:

116 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:36:45pm

Aw, come on, Mitt. Even John Boener managed to actually criticize Limbaugh. No one wants a dickless* wonder for president!


*: "Is this true?"

Space Jesus as Peter Venkman: "Yes, it's true: Willard has no dick."

117 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:36:55pm

re: #100 Killgore Trout

Mitt almost certainly doesn't listen to Rush's show. He was asked about a statement he hadn't heard. He probably wasn't briefed before hand. He made a generic distancing statement on something he probably wasn't aware of. There's no conspiracy or outrageous outrage. A simple political move any other politician would have made.

so if limbaugh called someone a ni**er, and Romney said "that's not the language I would have used"


that's okay with you?


generic distancing statement!

118 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:37:38pm

re: #116 Dark_Falcon

Did Illinois get any damage from the outbreak?

119 McSpiff  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:37:41pm

re: #114 Killgore Trout

It was a shitty and classless thing to say. Just what I've come to expect from Rush.

So why is it so wrong for everyone else to say what you've just said? Why bring up Obama and Al Sharpton? Why not be disappointed when Romney doesn't say that?

120 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:38:14pm

re: #100 Killgore Trout

Mitt almost certainly doesn't listen to Rush's show. He was asked about a statement he hadn't heard. He probably wasn't briefed before hand. He made a generic distancing statement on something he probably wasn't aware of. There's no conspiracy or outrageous outrage. A simple political move any other politician would have made.

The slut word was dropped on Wednesday. You suggest that he hasn't heard of this until now?

121 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:38:21pm

re: #119 McSpiff

So why is it so wrong for everyone else to say what you've just said? Why bring up Obama and Al Sharpton? Why not be disappointed when Romney doesn't say that?

Because apparently, Mitt Romney can't be held accountable for these things.

122 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:38:46pm

re: #115 Charles Johnson

This is a big one:

And Robert Shapiro should take a short leave from his spokesman duties at Legal Zoom to help Sandra Fluke draw up a lawsuit.

123 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:39:18pm
124 McSpiff  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:39:33pm

re: #116 Dark_Falcon

Aw, come on, Mitt. Even John Boener managed to actually criticize Limbaugh. No one wants a dickless* wonder for president!

*: "Is this true?"

Space Jesus as Peter Venkman: "Yes, it's true: Willard has no dick."

I feel a little woozy when we agree about internal GOP politics.

125 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:39:40pm

"Outrageous outrage!"

126 darthstar  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:40:12pm

re: #100 Killgore Trout

Mitt almost certainly doesn't listen to Rush's show. He was asked about a statement he hadn't heard. He probably wasn't briefed before hand. He made a generic distancing statement on something he probably wasn't aware of. There's no conspiracy or outrageous outrage. A simple political move any other politician would have made.

Mitt spends millions of dollars paying people to ensure he is aware of any hot button topics and the opposing opinions on them long before he ever gets caught in front of a camera. Saying he 'hadn't heard' the statement is willful ignorance. If he hasn't heard Limbaugh's comments, then he's far to sheltered to be allowed to serve in public office.

127 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:40:34pm
129 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:40:49pm

re: #118 ProGunLiberal

Did Illinois get any damage from the outbreak?

Yes, several homes downstate have been destroyed. But the focus at my pod at work today was on Limbaugh's hate spew, not on the storms. No tornadoes up here in Cook County, but the winds are high and it is snowing (though the snow is not sticking).

130 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:40:56pm

The only time we've seen Romney get passionate at all this campaign is really in defense of the corporations. It's sad really but it shows you that Mitt is not and should not be the leader of this country.

131 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:41:03pm

Cynical old man blog commenter act, whee

132 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:41:25pm

re: #123 Lidane

[Embedded content]

Look for Rush the Hutt to slur about how this doesn't mean anything, that some just can't handle "free speech," that companies dropping their advertising won't dissuade him from speaking "the truth," and that the network sticks with him and that's all that matters.

133 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:41:49pm
134 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:41:58pm

re: #127 Charles Johnson

*blink*

I have no words.

They should have sent a poet...

135 Robert O.  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:42:43pm

Mitt Romney's statement may be weak, but NEWT "OPEN MARRIAGE" GINGRICH hasn't said anything on the subject at all :-D

Surely, one expects Newt to be a trove of information on birth control techniques.

136 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:43:51pm

re: #128 jaunte

Discussing Contraception Issue, O'Reilly Guest Turner Compares Progressives To Child Kidnappers

What is it with their blanket assumptions about people on the left? I have to say. I may not like conservative the ideology but I don't assume conservatives are bad parents because of that.

137 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:44:15pm

re: #129 Dark_Falcon

It's been nearly 4 hours, and right now, only that video from 2 posts ago has come out from West Liberty. Kentucky Emergency Management lost contact with the town after it got hit around 2250 UTC. It's right now 244 UTC

138 jaunte  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:44:51pm

re: #136 HappyWarrior

Leftists have apparently kidnapped religious liberty and turned it into a conversation about birth control.

139 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:44:58pm

re: #135 Robert O.

Mitt Romney's statement may be weak, but NEWT "OPEN MARRIAGE" GINGRICH hasn't said anything on the subject at all :-D

Surely, one expects Newt to be a trove of information on birth control techniques.

I'm not entirely sure if that's a result of him not having an opinion...or an utter lack of anybody caring what his opinion is.

140 jaunte  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:45:50pm
141 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:46:32pm

re: #135 Robert O.

Mitt Romney's statement may be weak, but NEWT "OPEN MARRIAGE" GINGRICH hasn't said anything on the subject at all :-D

Surely, one expects Newt to be a trove of information on birth control techniques.

Newt can't say anything, since this is an issue on which he has zero moral authority. The only way he could credibly respond would be to lash out hard at Rush, which he will not do. But if he did that and Limbaugh survived the controversy, Rush would go out of his way to hobble Newt.

142 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:46:32pm

re: #140 jaunte

I know I might be getting caught up in this, but I'm hoping this could be Limbaugh's fall.

143 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:47:03pm

re: #140 jaunte

And Killgore sheds a tear.

144 jaunte  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:47:22pm

re: #142 ProGunLiberal

He could have a very comfortable retirement.

145 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:47:26pm
146 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:47:43pm

re: #141 Dark_Falcon

Newt can't say anything, since this is an issue on which he has zero moral authority. The only way he could credibly respond would be to lash out hard at Rush, which he will not do. But if he did that and Limbaugh survived the controversy, Rush would go out of his way to hobble Newt.

Not sure that Limbaugh could do much at this point to Newt other than bring an end to his "campaign."

147 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:47:48pm

re: #142 ProGunLiberal

I know I might be getting caught up in this, but I'm hoping this could be Limbaugh's fall.

Ah, so young.

148 jaunte  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:48:36pm

re: #145 Charles Johnson

It's truly a nervous breakdown. The right wing is going to alienate any thinking woman.

149 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:48:44pm

This has gone way beyond Rush Limbaugh - the entire right wing media and blogosphere are attacking Sandra Fluke today.

150 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:48:54pm

re: #145 Charles Johnson

I'm registering a Douchequake:

Youtube Video
151 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:49:27pm

re: #149 Charles Johnson

This has gone way beyond Rush Limbaugh - the entire right wing media and blogosphere are attacking Sandra Fluke today.

I don't understand this at all. How can any living, breathing person seriously think saying these things is a GOOD IDEA?

152 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:49:35pm

re: #145 Charles Johnson

Jesus. From what I've seen, she doesn't seem that far off from the average 30 year old career woman. Is this the demographic they want to shit on?

Don't bother answering that.

153 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:49:52pm

The attacks on Fluke are unbelievable honestly. Really has shown some of the worst in people if you ask me. Charles is right, it's not just Limbaugh.

154 bratwurst  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:50:03pm

re: #131 windupbird is in the gravity well

Cynical old man blog commenter act, whee

A pox on both their houses I say!

155 FreedomMoon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:50:04pm

re: #142 ProGunLiberal

I know I might be getting caught up in this, but I'm hoping this could be Limbaugh's fall.

This bringing down Limbaugh? That's about as likely as the Pope cracking down on pedophile priests.

156 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:50:11pm

re: #151 thedopefishlives

I don't understand this at all. How can any living, breathing person seriously think saying these things is a GOOD IDEA?

She deserves it! She's a liberal activist whore!

157 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:50:11pm

Ace of spades on twitter is classy as always [Link: mediamatters.org...]


republicans really fucking hate women when they speak their mind! Wow!


We seem to be just shy of the GOP inciting violence against Sandra Fluke, by the end of Saturday I'll be surprised if she's not gotten stalkers

158 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:50:49pm

re: #151 thedopefishlives

I don't understand this at all. How can any living, breathing person seriously think saying these things is a GOOD IDEA?

I'd say "desperation," but that's not even it. They seem convinced that the ship is sinking and, rather than trying to flee like rats, they're hanging on with all their might and screaming obscenities.

159 McSpiff  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:50:54pm

re: #141 Dark_Falcon

Newt can't say anything, since this is an issue on which he has zero moral authority. The only way he could credibly respond would be to lash out hard at Rush, which he will not do. But if he did that and Limbaugh survived the controversy, Rush would go out of his way to hobble Newt.

Seems so easy to me for any GOP candidate to just come out and say something to the effect of "There are many wonderful women in my life that I appreciate and respect deeply. No matter how great our political differences, I'll never stand for this degrading language in our political discourse. I absolutely and completely repudiate what Rush said."

How could that possibly hurt any of the candidates?

160 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:51:30pm

re: #149 Charles Johnson

This has gone way beyond Rush Limbaugh - the entire right wing media and blogosphere are attacking Sandra Fluke today.

edging closer and closer to advocating violence against her


it's almost as if they blame Sandra Fluke for the fact that their misogyny is ballistic, accelerating under its own power


"You made me hit you!"

161 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:52:07pm

This just happened:

0140 100 2 WSW LAKE TUSCALOOSA B TUSCALOOSA AL 3338 8763 REPORTED NEAR THE NORTH WINDS SUBDIVISION ON OLD FAYETTE RD. (BMX)

Translation: Apparently, Tuscaloosa got another Tornado roughly an hour ago. Tuscaloosa just can't catch a break.

162 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:52:11pm

re: #149 Charles Johnson

This has gone way beyond Rush Limbaugh - the entire right wing media and blogosphere are attacking Sandra Fluke today.

It's like they're having a meltdown of sorts. Wonder if this also has something to do with Breitbart's death?

163 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:52:18pm

re: #142 ProGunLiberal

I know I might be getting caught up in this, but I'm hoping this could be Limbaugh's fall.

As am I.

164 Shvaughn  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:52:24pm

re: #76 Killgore Trout

I think Mitt has a blind trust. I doubt there's a conspiracy or conflict of financial interest at work here. Mitt isn't going to take responsibility for something Rush says any more than Obama is going to defend something Al Sharpton says.

Al Sharpton isn't the voice of the Democratic party in the way Rush Limbaugh embodies the Republican point of view.

Out of curiosity, why'd you choose Rev. Al for this example anyway?

165 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:52:24pm

re: #157 windupbird is in the gravity well

Ace of spades on twitter is classy as always [Link: mediamatters.org...]

republicans really fucking hate women when they speak their mind! Wow!

We seem to be just shy of the GOP inciting violence against Sandra Fluke, by the end of Saturday I'll be surprised if she's not gotten stalkers

Freedom o' Religion deserves more respect than freedom of speech, I guess.

166 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:52:59pm

re: #159 McSpiff

Seems so easy to me for any GOP candidate to just come out and say something to the effect of "There are many wonderful women in my life that I appreciate and respect deeply. No matter how great our political differences, I'll never stand for this degrading language in our political discourse. I absolutely and completely repudiate what Rush said."

How could that possibly hurt any of the candidates?

because it's misogynists who are the base, who vote for them, and they would see that as a defeat


This is about showing weakness in front of the tribe


And misogynists are the tribe, look at Limbaugh. He built his brand on misogyny.

167 bratwurst  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:53:13pm

re: #162 Gus

It's like they having a meltdown of sorts. Wonder if this also has something to do with Breitbart's death?

To be fair, this is quite possibly what he would have wanted to honor his passing.

168 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:53:19pm

re: #158 Targetpractice

I'd say "desperation," but that's not even it. They seem convinced that the ship is sinking and, rather than trying to flee like rats, they're hanging on with all their might and screaming obscenities.

They're steering the ship straight toward a lighthouse, convinced to the end that it is a gateway to Treasure Island.

169 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:53:19pm

re: #162 Gus

It's like they're having a meltdown of sorts. Wonder if this also has something to do with Breitbart's death?

it's probably increased the tempo

170 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:53:30pm

re: #159 McSpiff

Seems so easy to me for any GOP candidate to just come out and say something to the effect of "There are many wonderful women in my life that I appreciate and respect deeply. No matter how great our political differences, I'll never stand for this degrading language in our political discourse. I absolutely and completely repudiate what Rush said."

How could that possibly hurt any of the candidates?

Yep, it should be easy enough. I feel like I am living in bizzaro world here. This should be a Fred Phelps moment where Americans realize that we can hate a bastard equally even if we disagree but instead we see people defending Limbaugh and others like Issa who are trying to make themselves into the victims.

171 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:53:36pm

re: #159 McSpiff

Seems so easy to me for any GOP candidate to just come out and say something to the effect of "There are many wonderful women in my life that I appreciate and respect deeply. No matter how great our political differences, I'll never stand for this degrading language in our political discourse. I absolutely and completely repudiate what Rush said."

How could that possibly hurt any of the candidates?

Ummm... because they're running in the Republican Primaries?

172 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:53:43pm
173 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:53:50pm

re: #158 Targetpractice

I just.. what is the point in calling her a slut, round-heeled, a rent-a-cooch? What is the best possible outcome?

It's even more important, on every level, to make sure women who have a lot of sex have access to contraception. Because babies are expensive, abortions are not a form of birth control. It saves money for the insurance companies to pay for the birth control, which is why they haven't really kicked at this at all.

And since you have to take the same amount of birth control if you have sex with your husband, or with the 2007 Buccaneers, the amount of sluttiness or not doesn't really come into it.

174 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:53:57pm

re: #126 darthstar

Mitt spends millions of dollars paying people to ensure he is aware of any hot button topics and the opposing opinions on them long before he ever gets caught in front of a camera. Saying he 'hadn't heard' the statement is willful ignorance. If he hasn't heard Limbaugh's comments, then he's far to sheltered to be allowed to serve in public office.

I think it's fair to fault his political machine for not briefing him better on the latest outrageous outrage but it's absur to assume he's listening to Rush all day. He probably doesn't know who won Dancing With The Stars this week or the status of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's relationship either.

175 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:54:23pm

re: #160 windupbird is in the gravity well

edging closer and closer to advocating violence against her

it's almost as if they blame Sandra Fluke for the fact that their misogyny is ballistic, accelerating under its own power

"You made me hit you!"

That really IS what it boils down to, an anger and hatred of the victim because the victim didn't have the "decency" to keep their mouth shut. And then, worse, the victim actually became more sympathetic after being attacked rather than loathed and hated. Screaming "slut!" has done more to damage their credibility in this matter than anything up to this point.

176 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:54:53pm

Oh cool. Rachel's showing that Mitt video that came out today.

177 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:54:57pm

re: #162 Gus

It's like they having a meltdown of sorts. Wonder if this also has something to do with Breitbart's death?

I think somewhat yes. Breitbart wouldn't have said something this stupid. Were he still alive, he'd set a meme that would likely be hateful, but have some wit and not give the left such an obvious cudgel with which to pound away.

178 McSpiff  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:55:12pm

re: #166 windupbird is in the gravity well

re: #170 HappyWarrior

re: #171 The Right Height

It really scares me that "I don't support calling women sluts" is a dangerous position to take in 2012...

179 BongCrodny  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:55:14pm

re: #160 windupbird is in the gravity well

edging closer and closer to advocating violence against her

it's almost as if they blame Sandra Fluke for the fact that their misogyny is ballistic, accelerating under its own power

"You made me hit you!"

Sadly, I was thinking the same thing.

I hope there are some organizations out there that would consider funding a bodyguard for her should she decide she needs one.

As has been pointed out here many times, almost all the political violence in this country these days stems from the rabid right -- and they're exhibiting extremely rabid behavior over Ms. Fluke.

180 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:55:19pm

re: #174 Killgore Trout

Except that this isn't just an outrageous outrage.

The fact that you're calling it one says a lot, and it's not complimentary.

181 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:55:19pm

re: #174 Killgore Trout

I think it's fair to fault his political machine for not briefing him better on the latest outrageous outrage but it's absur to assume he's listening to Rush all day. He probably doesn't know who won Dancing With The Stars this week or the status of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's relationship either.

Thanks, privileged white man, for your opinion

182 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:55:19pm

re: #173 Obdicut

I just.. what is the point in calling her a slut, round-heeled, a rent-a-cooch? What is the best possible outcome?

See, in their minds, the Good Ol' Boys will stand up for them and the status quo will be restored.

I'm sorry, Republicans, the Good Ol' Boys are no longer in charge. This is adult swim time.

183 Interesting Times  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:55:23pm

DERP from Dana Perino:

My reply:

184 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:55:49pm

re: #179 BongCrodny

But it's an outrageous outrage!

185 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:55:53pm

re: #174 Killgore Trout

Wait, you're calling this an outrageous outrage? Isn't that the term for things that aren't actually outrageous?

You don't find Rush Limbaugh-- the guy that Boehner consults on the debt plan, the guy who has access to the GOP on every level-- calling a woman a slut for giving her opinion about the birth control 'debate' an outrage?

And do you really assume the only way to know what Rush said is to be listening to him all day? No, wait, I know you don't, because you're not stupid.

So why would you say that?

186 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:56:22pm

re: #178 McSpiff

re: #170 HappyWarrior

re: #171 The Right Height

It really scares me that "I don't support calling women sluts" is a dangerous position to take in 2012...

We have come far yet have so far to go. The way I imagine this though is I imagine if Sandra were my mom, sister, friend, girlfriend, or wife. I would be pissed and honestly want a word with Limbaugh himself.

187 McSpiff  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:56:46pm

re: #174 Killgore Trout

I think it's fair to fault his political machine for not briefing him better on the latest outrageous outrage but it's absur to assume he's listening to Rush all day. He probably doesn't know who won Dancing With The Stars this week or the status of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's relationship either.

Just to be clear, you fully regard Rush's statement as a non-issue then? Because thats what you just said.

188 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:56:55pm

re: #174 Killgore Trout

I think it's fair to fault his political machine for not briefing him better on the latest outrageous outrage but it's absur to assume he's listening to Rush all day. He probably doesn't know who won Dancing With The Stars this week or the status of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's relationship either.

Yes, but those are his people, and if he did not know what Rush had said he could have asked his questioner.

189 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:57:02pm

Finally a bit more news from West Liberty. Someone from Weather Underground (Jeff Master's Blog) said:

Officials is blocking people and news people from entering West Liberty.

That's not a good sign. The damage must be horrific.

190 jaunte  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:57:12pm

re: #186 HappyWarrior

He'll be hiding in his mansion, having the police inspect all packages.

191 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:57:21pm

re: #174 Killgore Trout

I think it's fair to fault his political machine for not briefing him better on the latest outrageous outrage but it's absur to assume he's listening to Rush all day. He probably doesn't know who won Dancing With The Stars this week or the status of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's relationship either.

It's absurd to think he hasn't heard of this, especially when you think critically and process the fact that it's been on the networks, including Fox.

192 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:57:30pm

re: #162 Gus

It's like they're having a meltdown of sorts. Wonder if this also has something to do with Breitbart's death?

We are watching a right wing media melt down. Actually sad, that it's that shallow.

193 Killgore Trout  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:57:48pm

re: #164 Shvaughn

Out of curiosity, why'd you choose Rev. Al for this example anyway?

Because he also has a history of gross and bigoted statements and nobody on the left is trying to get him fired. He's an easy target as the low water mark for stupidity and bigotry.

194 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:58:11pm

re: #173 Obdicut

I just.. what is the point in calling her a slut, round-heeled, a rent-a-cooch? What is the best possible outcome?

It's even more important, on every level, to make sure women who have a lot of sex have access to contraception. Because babies are expensive, abortions are not a form of birth control. It saves money for the insurance companies to pay for the birth control, which is why they haven't really kicked at this at all.

And since you have to take the same amount of birth control if you have sex with your husband, or with the 2007 Buccaneers, the amount of sluttiness or not doesn't really come into it.

There never really was a point to it all, it was the dog-pile effect. Rush poisoned the well by asserting to his legions of useful idiots that she was some "slut" looking for the taxpayers to cover her costs, and they took it all, hook, line, sinker, and tackle box. No matter how much you point out that nothing in her testimony was about sex, they have to believe it was about sex, because Rush said so and Rush is never wrong.

195 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:58:28pm

re: #174 Killgore Trout

I think it's fair to fault his political machine for not briefing him better on the latest outrageous outrage but it's absur to assume he's listening to Rush all day. He probably doesn't know who won Dancing With The Stars this week or the status of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's relationship either.

Huh? Is that you Dana Perino?

196 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:58:35pm

gotomeeting has canceled their advertising on limbaugh's show

197 darthstar  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:58:41pm

re: #174 Killgore Trout

I think it's fair to fault his political machine for not briefing him better on the latest outrageous outrage but it's absur to assume he's listening to Rush all day. He probably doesn't know who won Dancing With The Stars this week or the status of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's relationship either.

Brad Pitt and Angeline Jolie are irrelevant, but you know that. Nobody's expecting Mitt Romney to listen to three hours of Limbaugh every day. But this isn't a passing comment...it's been in the news for going on a week now. Find another way to defend him besides blaming his handlers.

198 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:59:14pm

re: #180 Lidane

Except that this isn't just an outrageous outrage.

The fact that you're calling it one says a lot, and it's not complimentary.

This isn't an OUTRAGEOUS OUTRAGE!!1

What this is is a Real Outrage. It is in fact outrageous that Rush Limbaugh said what he said. Unless he fully and abjectly apologizes, he should be hounded off of the air and from public life for his misdeed.

199 darthstar  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:59:19pm

re: #188 Dark_Falcon

Yes, but those are his people, and if he did not know what Rush had said he could have asked his questioner.

"Oh, he called her a 'slut'? That's reprehensible!" How easy is that?

200 Shvaughn  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 6:59:44pm

re: #149 Charles Johnson

This has gone way beyond Rush Limbaugh - the entire right wing media and blogosphere are attacking Sandra Fluke today.

They're attacking Fluke at the same time corporate America is pulling OUT of their Limbaugh ads.

This is an exploitable rift in the GOP. This is a nice wedge issue for the Democrats and Obama to slice off a nice block of moderate swing voters.

201 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:00:06pm

re: #189 ProGunLiberal

Finally a bit more news from West Liberty. Someone from Weather Underground (Jeff Master's Blog) said:

That's not a good sign. The damage must be horrific.

I just looked at it on Google Maps. It's such a tiny town, it could've been entirely wiped off the map. The incredible power of nature.

202 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:00:15pm

re: #193 Killgore Trout

Al Sharpton:

1. Isn't getting paid $400 million to give his opinion on things.

2. Doesn't have the Democratic party leadership by the balls, and doesn't have them cowering in fear of him.

You're being incredibly dishonest in even trying to use him as an MBF. Of course, you think this isn't an issue at all, so what the fuck do you care anyway.

203 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:00:15pm

re: #199 darthstar

"Oh, he called her a 'slut'? That's reprehensible!" How easy is that?

By saying that it's not the language he would have used, he's basically saying that he agrees with Rush's sentiment, just not the language.

Which is pretty fucking fucked up.

204 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:00:39pm

re: #196 windupbird is in the gravity well

gotomeeting has canceled their advertising on limbaugh's show

The best part of this is that it'll only push Rush to turn it up to 12. Or is he up to 13 by now?

205 BongCrodny  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:01:58pm

re: #204 The Right Height

The best part of this is that it'll only push Rush to turn it up to 12. Or is he up to 13 by now?

This Is Spinal Derp.

206 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:02:22pm

re: #204 The Right Height

The best part of this is that it'll only push Rush to turn it up to 12. Or is he up to 13 by now?

He's been at ELEVENTY!!1 ever since Obama got elected.

207 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:02:27pm

Heh. And now Maher's opening with this.

208 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:02:51pm

re: #200 Shvaughn

They're attacking Fluke at the same time corporate America is pulling OUT of their Limbaugh ads.

This is an exploitable rift in the GOP. This is a nice wedge issue for the Democrats and Obama to slice off a nice block of moderate swing voters.

If anything, this is probably the one and only chance the GOP is going to have to disassociate themselves entirely from Rush, if not lay into him with both barrels. To stop kissing the ring and instead telling him where he can pucker up and kiss.

But no, we see in Santorum and Romney the response we're likely to get, which is to either ignore the issue or act as though it's "not a big deal."

209 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:03:19pm

re: #205 BongCrodny

This Is Spinal Derp.

Would that make the Ever-Changing 'Not-Romney' the stand-in for the Ever Changing Drummer?

210 Interesting Times  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:03:26pm

Haha. AngryBlackLady and friends tweet about Dana Perino FAIL:

211 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:03:27pm

re: #201 thedopefishlives

That's what everybody is thinking. Rumors are of a mass casualty event. All they are saying a "numerous" fatalities have occurred.

212 jaunte  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:03:53pm

Big Derp keeps on turnin'...

Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly attacked and mocked Sandra Fluke, claiming that Fluke was insisting the government pay for her “social life.” O’Reilly’s attack mirrors Limbaugh, who has insisted on that Fluke’s advocacy for contraception coverage is motivated by sexual promiscuity.
...
Bill O’Reilly’s attack is not only sexist and mean spirited, he has his facts completely wrong. Fluke is advocating for contraception to be covered under Georgetown University’s private insurance plan.
[Link: thinkprogress.org...]

213 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:03:56pm

re: #209 Dark_Falcon

Would that make the Ever-Changing 'Not-Romney' the stand-in for the Ever Changing Drummer?

It would, though none of them have spontaneously combusted...that we're aware of.

/

214 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:04:33pm

re: #211 ProGunLiberal

That's what everybody is thinking. Rumors are of a mass casualty event. All they are saying a "numerous" fatalities have occurred.

And all we will get from the right wing is, "People are dead, WHO CARES?! Pay attention to ME!"

Sigh.

215 Shvaughn  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:04:50pm

re: #185 Obdicut

Wait, you're calling this an outrageous outrage? Isn't that the term for things that aren't actually outrageous? [...]
So why would you say that?

Same reason he thinks that the outrage against Komen was overhyped and ginned up. He thinks ALL Internet outrages that come from the left are automatically bogus.

Except if they're targeting OWS dirty hippies!

216 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:05:12pm

re: #206 Dark_Falcon

He's been at ELEVENTY!!1 ever since Obama Clinton got elected.

FTFY.

Back then, he went eight goddamn years screaming about "AMERICA HELD HOSTAGE!!1! ELEVENTY!"

The only thing he's added now is racism and sexism.

217 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:05:25pm

As of right now, 91 Tornadoes have been reported today.

That is more than the average number of tornadoes for the entire month of March.

218 McSpiff  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:05:26pm

re: #206 Dark_Falcon

He's been at ELEVENTY!!1 even since Obama got elected.

How would you like to see the GOP establishment respond to this? In D_F's ideal world, how would the major players be responding to this, and the overall birth control 'controversy'?

Remind me about this discussion next time I accuse you of being blindly partisan all the time...

219 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:05:41pm

re: #215 Shvaughn

I don't actually think Killgore believes his own bullshit. It's amazingly half-assed bullshit.

220 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:06:00pm

I love that a concentrated internet effort to destroy the reputation of a woman for perfectly reasonable testimony about critical health concerns is equal in killgore's mind to Dancing with the Stars

White male privilege!

221 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:06:22pm

re: #217 ProGunLiberal

As of right now, 91 Tornadoes have been reported today.

That is more than the average number of tornadoes for the entire month of March.

A storm of the century in every sense of the word.

222 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:06:28pm

re: #202 Lidane

Al Sharpton:

1. Isn't getting paid $400 million to give his opinion on things.

2. Doesn't have the Democratic party leadership by the balls, and doesn't have them cowering in fear of him.

You're being incredibly dishonest in even trying to use him as an MBF. Of course, you think this isn't an issue at all, so what the fuck do you care anyway.

he sure does like it when hippie ladies get beat up by cops

223 sagehen  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:06:41pm

re: #161 ProGunLiberal

This just happened:

Translation: Apparently, Tuscaloosa got another Tornado roughly an hour ago. Tuscaloosa just can't catch a break.

Prediction: Obama/FEMA will request an appropriation to go help these people, and Boehner/McConnell will say "only if the money comes out of Planned Parenthood's budget."

224 McSpiff  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:06:42pm

re: #220 windupbird is in the gravity well

I love that a concentrated internet effort to destroy the reputation of a woman for perfectly reasonable testimony about critical health concerns is equal in killgore's mind to Dancing with the Stars

White male privilege!

Na, anyone can be stupid. Not much privilege in that.

225 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:06:55pm

re: #202 Lidane

Al Sharpton:

1. Isn't getting paid $400 million to give his opinion on things.

2. Doesn't have the Democratic party leadership by the balls, and doesn't have them cowering in fear of him.

You're being incredibly dishonest in even trying to use him as an MBF. Of course, you think this isn't an issue at all, so what the fuck do you care anyway.

omg, my post of the night as I am slagging on.
LIDANE. Yes. Kilgore, pitifully slow flounce. No he's concerned about Rush Limbaugh.

Killgore concern: state concern, bail.

226 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:07:15pm

re: #219 Obdicut

I don't actually think Killgore believes his own bullshit. It's amazingly half-assed bullshit.

cynicism meant to demean people

Which is sorta what we get on right wing radio every day

227 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:07:19pm

re: #221 thedopefishlives

We aren't even into the main portion of Tornado season yet.

Hold on, this is not going to be a good ride.

228 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:07:58pm

re: #217 ProGunLiberal

As of right now, 91 Tornadoes have been reported today.

That is more than the average number of tornadoes for the entire month of March.

No doubt all orchestrated by the masters of the great AGW Hoax!

229 Shvaughn  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:08:11pm

re: #193 Killgore Trout

Because he also has a history of gross and bigoted statements and nobody on the left is trying to get him fired. He's an easy target as the low water mark for stupidity and bigotry.

So you think Rev. Sharpton is the left's equivalent of Rush Limbaugh, but we just let him get away with stuff and meanwhile we manufacture controversy about Limbaugh when it's really no more important than who is on Dancing with the Stars, is that it?

230 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:08:41pm

re: #222 windupbird is in the gravity well

he sure does like it when hippie ladies get beat up by cops

And when dirty hippies get pepper sprayed. Don't forget that.

231 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:09:33pm

re: #204 The Right Height

The best part of this is that it'll only push Rush to turn it up to 12. Or is he up to 13 by now?

he gets to cool off till monday. And call in all his chips. Who is his rep?

232 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:09:54pm

Finally some pictures out of West Liberty. The building you are seeing seems to have been a church.

233 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:09:56pm

re: #227 ProGunLiberal

We aren't even into the main portion of Tornado season yet.

Hold on, this is not going to be a good ride.

Do you have a map of all the reported tracks? I wouldn't mind checking to see if anything hit close to fish country.

234 Shvaughn  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:10:16pm

re: #202 Lidane

Al Sharpton:

1. Isn't getting paid $400 million to give his opinion on things.

2. Doesn't have the Democratic party leadership by the balls, and doesn't have them cowering in fear of him.

You're being incredibly dishonest in even trying to use him as an MBF. Of course, you think this isn't an issue at all, so what the fuck do you care anyway.

Al Sharpton:

1. Is black like the President.

That's all you need to know, really.

235 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:10:17pm

re: #218 McSpiff

How would you like to see the GOP establishment respond to this? In D_F's ideal world, how would the major players be responding to this, and the overall birth control 'controversy'?

Remind me about this discussion next time I accuse you of being blindly partisan all the time...

Ideal response would be given on TV. Santorum would be the best one to deliver it, and he'd use a ruler as a prop:

Rick Santorum: Rush, here's the line. [Rick sets down a ruler] And here's you... [He puts his index finger far over the line from his body.] To call a woman a prostitute like you did is uncivil, ungentlemanly, and unChristian. Shame on you for saying that, Mr. Limbaugh!

236 McSpiff  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:11:09pm

re: #235 Dark_Falcon

Works for me!

237 darthstar  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:11:48pm

re: #235 Dark_Falcon

Ideal response would be given on TV. Santorum would be the best one to deliver it, and he'd use a ruler as a prop:

Rick Santorum: Rush, here's the line. [Rick sets down a ruler] And here's you... [He puts his index finger far over the line from his body.] To call a woman a prostitute like you did is uncivil, ungentlemanly, and unChristian. Shame on you for saying that, Mr. Limbaugh!

Santorum already replied. He said it's absurd, but Limbaugh is an entertainer (so he really can't criticize as Rush isn't a political figure). It's too late for him to take the high ground.

238 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:12:01pm

re: #223 sagehen

Prediction: Obama/FEMA will request an appropriation to go help these people, and Boehner/McConnell will say "only if the money comes out of Planned Parenthood's budget."

Not in this case: Kentucky is Mitch McConnell's home state, so he'll throw ideology aside and make sure his constituents get aid. He knows what side his bread is buttered on.

239 Shvaughn  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:12:08pm

re: #219 Obdicut

I don't actually think Killgore believes his own bullshit. It's amazingly half-assed bullshit.

Why would he say it then? It's too half-assed to be good trolling, either.

240 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:13:04pm

re: #239 Shvaughn

Why would he say it then? It's too half-assed to be good trolling, either.

Killgore has a sad.

:(

241 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:13:23pm

re: #239 Shvaughn

I dunno. I long ago gave up trying to figure out why people do things like that. There's no possible way to verify the truth and it gets you nowhere.

242 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:14:23pm

re: #238 Dark_Falcon

And there is another picture out of West Liberty

Image: zsafi.png

243 sagehen  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:14:27pm

For the benefit of those who are trying so desperately to MBF this, please remember:

When Ed Schulz called a right-wing radio host a slut, he was only allowed back on the air for 3 minutes to apologize profusely... after which he began his two week unpaid suspension.

And nobody of any stature defended or tried to excuse him. People who share his politics in every particular were unanimous in declaring "OMG what an awful thing to say, so sorry that somebody I agree with on so many other issues would be so out of line on this one."

244 McSpiff  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:14:30pm

re: #239 Shvaughn

Why would he say it then? It's too half-assed to be good trolling, either.

Eventually certain people show up just to piss everyone else off. They really don't like that they aren't part of the 'in crowd' anymore, that their beliefs are rejected when they would have been cheered before. They end up bitter, and usually banned.

245 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:15:30pm

re: #242 ProGunLiberal

I hope no one died.

246 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:15:41pm

re: #238 Dark_Falcon

Not in this case: Kentucky is Mitch McConnell's home state, so he'll throw ideology aside and make sure his constituents get aid. He knows what side his bread is buttered on.

Can't be too sure these days. Cantor told us folks here in Virginia, after two different disasters within the same year, that any federal dollars appropriated for disaster relief had to be "paid for." Something tells me any constituents of his that were loony enough to vote for him in the first place are unlikely to hold such statements against him.

247 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:15:46pm

re: #245 Obdicut

I hope no one died.

See upthread. Casualties, plural, reported.

248 jaunte  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:15:49pm

re: #243 sagehen

Schultz apologized for the comment on his TV program, “The Ed Show,” on Wednesday night, saying he had used “vile and inappropriate language” in referring to Ingraham. “I am deeply sorry, and I apologize,” he said. “It was wrong, uncalled for, and I recognize the severity of what I said. I apologize to you, Laura, and ask for your forgiveness.”
[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]

249 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:16:06pm

re: #243 sagehen

For the benefit of those who are trying so desperately to MBF this, please remember:

When Ed Schulz called a right-wing radio host a slut, he was only allowed back on the air for 3 minutes to apologize profusely... after which he began his two week unpaid suspension.

And nobody of any stature defended or tried to excuse him. People who share his politics in every particular were unanimous in declaring "OMG what an awful thing to say, so sorry that somebody I agree with on so many other issues would be so out of line on this one."

That was the MBF that idiot Kirsten Powers was pulling earlier today. She failed miserably. She was also using Maher as a MBF. The usual. Same kind of crap we've seen used here back in the weird old days.

250 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:16:30pm

Carville is wearing a shirt that makes my head hurt...

251 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:16:38pm

re: #246 Targetpractice

Can't be too sure these days. Cantor told us folks here in Virginia, after two different disasters within the same year, that any federal dollars appropriated for disaster relief had to be "paid for." Something tells me any constituents of his that were loony enough to vote for him in the first place are unlikely to hold such statements against him.

Yeah but McConnell represents all of Kentucky not just a district like Cantor does.

252 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:17:18pm

re: #247 thedopefishlives

See upthread. Casualties, plural, reported.

Crap. This says 14 dead.

[Link: www.news4jax.com...]

That means a ton more people homeless, a ton hurt. Goddamn.

253 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:17:41pm

re: #251 HappyWarrior

Yeah but McConnell represents all of Kentucky not just a district like Cantor does.

Yeah, but they also elected Paul the Second, so its iffy on whether or not he'll try to bleed somebody else for his state's sake.

254 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:17:47pm

re: #238 Dark_Falcon

Not in this case: Kentucky is Mitch McConnell's home state, so he'll throw ideology aside and make sure his constituents get aid. He knows what side his bread is buttered on.

As it should be. Representative of your constituents. Regardless if they are union, women on birth control (why the fuck are we even discussing this) or small business owners. In the path of a tornado. You always should represent. Grow a conscience.

255 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:18:07pm

re: #249 Gus

That was the MBF that idiot Kirsten Powers was pulling earlier today. She failed miserably. She was also using Maher as a MBF. The usual. Same kind of crap we've seen used here back in the weird old days.

I remember when President Obama consulted Bill Maher on the debt crisis and was consistently voted the most influential liberal. Limbaugh has influence and whenever he says something crazy like this, it's always oh he's just an entertainer yet this entertainer was asked to consult Boehner on the debt. They clearly value Rush and frankly need him more than he needs them.

256 Shiplord Kirel  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:18:10pm

re: #145 Charles Johnson

hard to look away...RW Blogger Ace Of Spades Calls Sandra Fluke "A Shiftless Rent-A-Cooch From East Whoreville; bit.ly/xrWR3S
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) March 3, 2012

For the love of God.....

As the father of two grown women who both vote, I hereby invite Ace and Rush to bugger each other with red-hot pokers. Who knows, they're so depraved they might enjoy it.

The Republican Party has gone from trainwreck to cult to social disease almost in the blink of an eye. What's next?

257 palomino  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:18:19pm

Mitt Romney: Profile in Courage!

258 ProGunLiberal  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:18:52pm

re: #252 Obdicut

That doesn't even cover West Liberty. Apparently, the picture may be showing the least damaged part of town.

259 McSpiff  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:19:16pm

re: #256 Winston Smith, Fox News Moderator

Hopefully? Just a memory.

260 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:19:16pm

re: #257 palomino

Mitt Romney: Profile in Courage!

Real Man of Genius.

261 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:19:57pm

re: #258 ProGunLiberal

I really hope the GOP doesn't attempt to hold rescue money hostage.

262 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:20:12pm

re: #258 ProGunLiberal

That doesn't even cover West Liberty. Apparently, the picture may be showing the least damaged part of town.

I was going to say, that doesn't look like a direct hit from an EF-4. I'm not sure I want to see the total destruction. Seriously, a tornado hit is like a bomb strike.

263 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:20:17pm

Mitt Romney: The Least Interesting Man in the World.

264 recusancy  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:20:26pm

re: #68 Charles Johnson

Searching for the limit on embedded tweets...

[Embedded content]

"Keep in mind that since the oEmbed endpoint is rate limited, you should cache this response and use the cached data instead of making a request per page load."
[Link: dev.twitter.com...]

265 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:21:14pm

If I were one of the Republican candidates especially one with daughter like I know Santorum has. I would have said this. I'm a father and Mr. Limbaugh's comments have no place in the political discourse. A woman should not be called a slut because we disagree with her opinions or ever. Mr. Limbaugh should respect women.
Of course that statement would probably get Rush flying into an outrage about how that candidate was not a real conservative but it would show courage and god knows these candidates lack anything resembling it.

266 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:21:14pm

re: #263 Lidane

Mitt Romney: The Least Interesting Man in the World.

I don't always drink, but when I do, I drink Idiotic.

Stay derpy, my friends.

//

267 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:21:30pm

re: #253 Targetpractice

Yeah, but they also elected Paul the Second, so its iffy on whether or not he'll try to bleed somebody else for his state's sake.

He may try, but he won't insist on it. He'll make it clear at the outset he'll make sure the money is appropriated and then they'll try to find the offsets. I'd call that a responsible position, dependent on the offsets of course.

268 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:22:06pm

re: #253 Targetpractice

Yeah, but they also elected Paul the Second, so its iffy on whether or not he'll try to bleed somebody else for his state's sake.

Paul the Father is a big pork beneficiary but I see your point.

269 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:22:15pm

re: #267 Dark_Falcon

He may try, but he won't insist on it. He'll make it clear at the outset he'll make sure the money is appropriated and then they'll try to find the offsets. I'd call that a responsible position, dependent on the offsets of course.

Agreed, provided the offsets are to something other than a convenient Democratic target.

270 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:23:40pm

re: #264 recusancy

"Keep in mind that since the oEmbed endpoint is rate limited, you should cache this response and use the cached data instead of making a request per page load."
[Link: dev.twitter.com...]

Totally caching the response. The oembed endpoint is only called when the comment is previewed or posted - after that, it's static code.

271 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:23:40pm

re: #267 Dark_Falcon

Not spending the money will cost us far more money. So it's not responsible to hold it hostage to offsets, no.

272 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:24:44pm

re: #271 Obdicut

Not spending the money will cost us far more money. So it's not responsible to hold it hostage to offsets, no.

That's why I say "appropriate it, then try to find decent offsets."

273 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:24:47pm

re: #263 Lidane

Mitt Romney: The Least Interesting Man in the World.

On Paper he was pretty good.

274 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:25:13pm

re: #273 Oooh, the Vagina uses birth control

On Paper he was pretty good.

then he opened his mouth and our eyes closed.

275 Lidane  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:25:35pm

re: #273 Oooh, the Vagina uses birth control

On Paper he was pretty good.

So was John Kerry. =P

276 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:26:25pm

re: #274 HappyWarrior

then he opened his mouth and our eyes closed.

Romney, his eyes closed.

/(geek moment)

277 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:27:17pm

re: #276 Targetpractice

Romney, his eyes closed.

/(geek moment)

GOP, their hopes dashed.

;)

278 palomino  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:27:38pm

re: #177 Dark_Falcon

I think somewhat yes. Breitbart wouldn't have said something this stupid. Were he still alive, he'd set a meme that would likely be hateful, but have some wit and not give the left such an obvious cudgel with which to pound away.

Are you serious?

Just off the top of my head, from Breitbart: 1) "Ted Kennedy is a cocksucker. I'm glad he's dead." (on the day TK died)
2) "Stop raping people! Stop raping people!" (to all the people at an OWS protest)
3) "Fuck John Podesta! He should go straight to hell!" (at CPAC)

Even Limbaugh doesn't usually venture into this kind of territory. Breitbart was savvy about using the internet and sowing discord. But witty? What wit of his are you talking about...it was rarely if ever on display. He was the internet's equivalent of Limbaugh, but more profane and even more hateful because he could get away with it on the net, whereas radio is a little more PG rated.

279 Obdicut  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:28:12pm

re: #272 Dark_Falcon

That's why I say "appropriate it, then try to find decent offsets."

Okay, whatever. The offsets are totally not the point. Whatever 'offsets' are appropriate are things we should be cutting anyway, they don't need the context of a storm to make them good to cut. If they're not good to cut, then they're not good to cut. If they are, they are. This changes nothing.

280 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:28:48pm

re: #276 Targetpractice

Romney, his eyes closed.

/(geek moment)

Lt. Cmdr. Data: He is referring to Romney's blindness about how weak he looks, Commander.

How's that for an ST:TNG reply?

281 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:29:37pm

re: #278 palomino

Are you serious?

Just off the top of my head, from Breitbart: 1) "Ted Kennedy is a cocksucker. I'm glad he's dead." (on the day TK died)
2) "Stop raping people! Stop raping people!" (to all the people at an OWS protest)
3) "Fuck John Podesta! He should go straight to hell!" (at CPAC)

Even Limbaugh doesn't usually venture into this kind of territory. Breitbart was savvy about using the internet and sowing discord. But witty? What wit of his are you talking about...it was rarely if ever on display. He was the internet's equivalent of Limbaugh, but more profane and even more hateful because he could get away with it on the net, whereas radio is a little more PG rated.

Yeah Breitbart was on the same level as Limbaugh. Let's not rewrite what Breitbart was. I hear Perino was saying "what if Breitbart had said the things about Ted Kennedy that Matt Taibbi said about him?" The irony couldn't have been greater.

282 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:29:56pm

re: #276 Targetpractice

Romney, his eyes closed.

/(geek moment)

Geeks! huh wat.

283 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:30:54pm

re: #281 HappyWarrior

Yeah Breitbart was on the same level as Limbaugh. Let's not rewrite what Breitbart was. I hear Perino was saying "what if Breitbart had said the things about Ted Kennedy that Matt Taibbi said about him?" The irony couldn't have been greater.

The other thing being attempting to put Andrew Breitbart on the same level as Ted Kennedy.

284 Charles Johnson  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:31:20pm

Still searching for the limit:

285 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:31:55pm

re: #283 Gus

The other thing being attempting to put Andrew Breitbart on the same level as Ted Kennedy.

Didn't Louie Gohmert compare him to Quincy Adams and Lincoln? I saw Charles post that and went "wow you really don't have this thing called perspective do ya Louie?"

286 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:32:38pm

re: #285 HappyWarrior

Didn't Louie Gohmert compare him to Quincy Adams and Lincoln? I saw Charles post that and went "wow you really don't have this thing called perspective do ya Louie?"

Apparently, yes. It's pathetic.

287 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:33:14pm

re: #278 palomino

Oh, if Breitbart was able, he'd turn back time and retract all his poison to still be on this earth. That, I can imagine.

288 recusancy  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:33:21pm

re: #281 HappyWarrior

Yeah Breitbart was on the same level as Limbaugh. Let's not rewrite what Breitbart was. I hear Perino was saying "what if Breitbart had said the things about Ted Kennedy that Matt Taibbi said about him?" The irony couldn't have been greater.

Wait... She didn't actually say that right??

289 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:33:35pm

Here's the lowlife Ace of Spades Tweet. Not sure if it's by that freak "Uncle Jimbo."

290 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:34:16pm

re: #288 recusancy

Wait... She didn't actually say that right??

I don't watch Fox News but from what I heard from my grandmother, Dana did in fact say that and Cenk from Young Turks produced the clip of Andy bashing Ted after he died.

291 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:34:32pm

re: #284 Charles Johnson

Still searching for the limit:

And it's true, he says this shit because he's sold up til now. What should be interesting to see is whether he actually feels humbled by companies pulling their advertising or sees it as an excuse to get even nastier (if that's possible).

292 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:35:11pm

re: #278 palomino

Are you serious?

Just off the top of my head, from Breitbart: 1) "Ted Kennedy is a cocksucker. I'm glad he's dead." (on the day TK died)
2) "Stop raping people! Stop raping people!" (to all the people at an OWS protest)
3) "Fuck John Podesta! He should go straight to hell!" (at CPAC)

Even Limbaugh doesn't usually venture into this kind of territory. Breitbart was savvy about using the internet and sowing discord. But witty? What wit of his are you talking about...it was rarely if ever on display. He was the internet's equivalent of Limbaugh, but more profane and even more hateful because he could get away with it on the net, whereas radio is a little more PG rated.

Point Conceded. I'm not going to waste all of our time defending the indefensible.

293 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:35:17pm

re: #283 Gus

The other thing being attempting to put Andrew Breitbart on the same level as Ted Kennedy.

Really. REALLY.

294 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:35:41pm

re: #286 Gus

Apparently, yes. It's pathetic.

Yeah it is. It would be if Rachel Maddow who I like by the way died and a leading liberal compared her to Lincoln.

295 darthstar  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:36:21pm

re: #287 Oooh, the Vagina uses birth control

Replying purely to have your nickname live on indefinitely. :)

296 recusancy  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:36:49pm

re: #290 HappyWarrior

I don't watch Fox News but from what I heard from my grandmother, Dana did in fact say that and Cenk from Young Turks produced the clip of Andy bashing Ted after he died.

Wow. Taibbi's ability to bait is masterful.

He's a master baiter.

297 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:36:52pm

re: #294 HappyWarrior

Yeah it is. It would be if Rachel Maddow who I like by the way died and a leading liberal compared her to Lincoln.

The only modern comparison I can think of in the aforementioned case would be Father Coughlin.

298 palomino  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:37:36pm

re: #290 HappyWarrior

I don't watch Fox News but from what I heard from my grandmother, Dana did in fact say that and Cenk from Young Turks produced the clip of Andy bashing Ted after he died.

Perino's a dolt, probably the worst of Bush's press secretaries.

In context, what Taibbi said was far less hateful than Breitbart on TK's last day. No sense of irony in AB, whereas MT's article was filled with self-awareness, irony and even agreement with AB on some of the ACORN issues.

299 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:37:49pm

re: #297 Gus

The only modern comparison I can think of in the aforementioned case would be Father Coughlin.

There was a miserable jerk. I would be curious to see how Santorum feels about him honestly.

300 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:38:54pm

re: #289 Gus

they're amplifying the story by following limbaugh's lead


and thus making the GOP brand synonomous with slurs and misogyny

301 darthstar  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:41:11pm

Breitbart is dead. He will be remembered, temporarily, for the hateful things he said because he felt it was the way he wanted to earn his living. Whether he'd like to be remembered for that or not is not his choice. His family will mourn, rightfully, and move on, as is their right. What we think he might have said about this topic isn't important. The dead have one right, and one right only...and that is to be left alone.

302 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:41:20pm

Watching a climate denier on Bill Maher right now. Neil DeGrasse Tyson is trying to talk him down. Awesome.

303 palomino  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:42:15pm

OT: maybe someone can shed light on Obama's statements today regarding Iran. Many commentators have framed it as, "Obama sternly told Israel and Iran that 'I don't bluff.'" As if there were an equivalency in Obama's attitude toward the two countries.

My impression was that the statement was meant as a warning to Iran and a reassurance to Israel. Which is quite the opposite of the headlines and inferences made by some pundits.

304 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:43:09pm

re: #300 windupbird is in the gravity well

they're amplifying the story by following limbaugh's lead

and thus making the GOP brand synonomous with slurs and misogyny

Then they wonder why we call them wing-nuts or right-wing-nut-jobs. The proof is in their words. This is who they are.

305 recusancy  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:43:25pm

re: #303 palomino

OT: maybe someone can shed light on Obama's statements today regarding Iran. Many commentators have framed it as, "Obama sternly told Israel and Iran that 'I don't bluff.'" As if there were an equivalency in Obama's attitude toward the two countries.

My impression was that the statement was meant as a warning to Iran and a reassurance to Israel. Which is quite the opposite of the headlines and inferences made by some pundits.

Here's the interview where he said that: [Link: www.theatlantic.com...]

306 Gretchen G.Tiger  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:43:51pm

91 tornados touched down today in the US? It isn't even tornado season.

There outta be a law!

307 freetoken  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:45:25pm

re: #301 darthstar

The dead have one right, and one right only...and that is to be left alone.

Well said.

So commonly others want to put words into the mouths of the dead. Doesn't work that way. The reason one's legal document execute upon death is called their Last Will and Testament is because it is the last thing a person can make sure happens.

308 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:45:28pm

re: #306 ggt

91 tornados touched down today in the US? It isn't even tornado season.

There outta be a law!

We should prevent tornados from marrying.

309 palomino  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:45:34pm

re: #305 recusancy

Good Obama interview on the topic here: [Link: www.theatlantic.com...]

I really like Jeffrey Goldberg's writing. He's pragmatic but tough, and generally tries to avoid partisanship in analyzing foreign policy.

310 Four More Tears  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:45:41pm

Neil DeGrasse Tyson is really fun to watch once he gets started.

311 William Barnett-Lewis  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:46:12pm

re: #163 Dark_Falcon

As am I.

He survived a nuke from the NFL. I doubt this will do it, alas, and Rush the Hutt will continue to poison our nation.

312 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:46:28pm

Ding dong!

313 Gretchen G.Tiger  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:46:32pm

re: #308 HappyWarrior

We should prevent tornados from marrying.

They would still have sex and make baby tornados.

You know how they are.

314 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:46:50pm

re: #303 palomino

OT: maybe someone can shed light on Obama's statements today regarding Iran. Many commentators have framed it as, "Obama sternly told Israel and Iran that 'I don't bluff.'" As if there were an equivalency in Obama's attitude toward the two countries.

My impression was that the statement was meant as a warning to Iran and a reassurance to Israel. Which is quite the opposite of the headlines and inferences made by some pundits.

I'm trusting Jeffery Goldberg's take, which If I comprehended, was positive.

315 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:47:12pm

Sure enough. It's "the evil!" Dana Loesch. Seriously though. Look at that mug of hers.

316 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:47:50pm

re: #312 Gus

Ding dong!

You gotta be shittin' me. Santorum made the most weasely of excuses for not criticizing Rush and they still give him shit for it?

317 Gretchen G.Tiger  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:48:10pm

The GOP is beyond amazing right now. In a disgusting way.

When else in their lives do Americans, even the majority of Catholic Americans, let Rome dictate public or business policy in this country?

RRMA! (Religious Rights my ass.)

318 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:48:17pm

I knew it! The wingers took the bait with Santorum's comment. I knew they'd freak out and not even see the nuance.

319 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:49:39pm
320 palomino  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:52:51pm

re: #317 ggt

The GOP is beyond amazing right now. In a disgusting way.

When else in their lives do Americans, even the majority of Catholic Americans, let Rome dictate public or business policy in this country?

RRMA! (Religious Rights my ass.)

Agreed. It's as if the GOP decided, "Fuck abortion. Let's go back farther in time to something that's far less controversial and double down on that.

321 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:53:22pm

re: #319 Gus

He has criticized Lord Rush!! OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!

322 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:53:59pm

He didn't even really criticize him though. Gosh imagine the reaction if someone had actually criticized the sob.

323 freetoken  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:54:05pm

re: #318 Gus

I knew they'd freak out and not even see the nuance.

They're ABSURD!, I tell you, ABSURD!

324 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:54:23pm

re: #321 Targetpractice

Heresy! He has slandered King Rush of Limbaugh! Apostasy!

...RINO!

325 Gretchen G.Tiger  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:56:05pm

Brat Puppy cost me $268 at the vet today --bladder and ear infection. Then he got a bath and has to still get a grooming before 7:00 am tomorrow. He has a beauty pageant he has to win.

326 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:56:48pm

I guess Ronald Reagan's "Don't Criticize a Fellow Republican" has been replaced with "Don't criticize or even hint at criticizing the Limbaugh"

327 freetoken  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:56:58pm

Va. Supreme Court: U-Va. doesn’t have to give Cuccinelli global-warming documents

After two years and more than half a million dollars in legal fees, the Virginia Supreme Court on Friday rejected Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II’s assertion that the state’s flagship university had to turn over documents related to global warming.

The decision was a defeat for Cuccinelli (R), a global-warming skeptic who has garnered national attention for a string of high-profile lawsuits, just as he kicks off his campaign for governor next year.

[...]

TYRANTS IN BLACK ROBES!!

328 Achilles Tang  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:57:20pm

re: #263 Lidane

Mitt Romney: The Least Interesting Man in the World.

Reminds me of a caption I saw on a picture of "The most interesting man in the world" with a bottle of XX

I don't often test my code, but when I do I do it in production

329 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:57:32pm

re: #327 freetoken

Va. Supreme Court: U-Va. doesn’t have to give Cuccinelli global-warming documents

TYRANTS IN BLACK ROBES!!

Woot! In your face Cooch.

330 Stanghazi  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:57:50pm

Dang, the 2 day right wing break down has been interesting. What a shitshow.

Good night now!

331 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:58:56pm

re: #323 freetoken

They're ABSURD!, I tell you, ABSURD!

Well. We have personal experience with the absurd here at LGF -- from our admirers. Here we call them things like anti-science; Luddites; creationists; deniers; etc. They turn around and call your mother a whore. Everything is this extreme hyper and over the top reaction. Always turning up the flame higher and higher every day.

332 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 7:59:38pm

re: #327 freetoken

Va. Supreme Court: U-Va. doesn’t have to give Cuccinelli global-warming documents

TYRANTS IN BLACK ROBES!!

Yeah, if only it would end there. But no, he's likely to appeal.

And the oh so glorious side-note? This fruitloop is being hinted as being one of his party's candidate for Gov next go-round. And I just don't have enough faith in my state these days to send his ass packing.

333 Gretchen G.Tiger  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:00:17pm

re: #331 Gus

Well. We have personal experience with the absurd here at LGF -- from our admirers. Here we call them things like anti-science; Luddites; creationists; deniers; etc. They turn around and call your mother a whore. Everything is this extreme hyper and over the top reaction. Always turning up the flame higher and higher every day.

Like I said earlier (on another thread-I think), they never seem to make the connection that these "sluts" are having sex with someone.

334 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:00:40pm

re: #312 Gus

Ding dong!

Proper response from Rick Santorum:

How can you not call Limbaugh's remarks absurd? A suggestion that a woman receiving free contraceptives should be forced to post 'sex tapes' is completely unrealistic, as Rush Limbaugh well knew. He said seriously off-the-wall things trying to gain attention and went over-the-top in so doing. "Absurd" is an appropriate characterization and I will not retract it. As I have for Catholic hospitals in the contraception controversy, so now I exercise my own right to Freedom of Conscience. "Here I stand, I cannot Recant."

The quote at the end is from Sir Thomas Moore.

335 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:01:07pm

re: #332 Targetpractice

Yeah, if only it would end there. But no, he's likely to appeal.

And the oh so glorious side-note? This fruitloop is being hinted as being one of his party's candidate for Gov next go-round. And I just don't have enough faith in my state these days to send his ass packing.

The primary will be between him and Bolling. And yeah I don't either. After all we elected McDonnell in a landslide. Granted Deeds ran a terrible campaign but that big of a margin to Bobby McD after two terms of Warner and Kaine both of whom by all accounts were well liked and if things go right will both be the the Senators.

336 Gretchen G.Tiger  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:01:29pm

re: #334 Dark_Falcon

Proper response from Rick Santorum:

The quote at the end is from Sir Thomas Moore.

Because Rick Santorum is among the majority of people who fervently pray they will make a baby everytime they have sex.

/gah

337 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:01:40pm

I even made an example of that. Earlier I called Ace of Spades a lowlife and a freak. He called Sandra Fluke a "a shiftless rent-a-cooch from East Whoreville." Compare. One is not like the other.

338 Gretchen G.Tiger  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:03:55pm

Rush is a bully.

Nothing more, nothing less.

339 Targetpractice  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:04:09pm

re: #335 HappyWarrior

The primary will be between him and Bolling. And yeah I don't either. After all we elected McDonnell in a landslide. Granted Deeds ran a terrible campaign but that big of a margin to Bobby McD after two terms of Warner and Kaine both of whom by all accounts were well liked and if things go right will both be the the Senators.

Deeds was one of those Democrats who didn't seem to take the Tea Party craziness seriously in '09, much to our embarrassment.

340 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:05:09pm

re: #336 ggt

Because Rick Santorum is among the majority of people who fervently pray they will make a baby everytime they have sex.

/gah

This shit kills people too. It killed Breitbart IMO. Or was major contributor. Something they would never admit to. These people are "bumper sticker" people with an attitude. Always looking for getting into trouble.

341 HappyWarrior  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:05:23pm

re: #339 Targetpractice

Deeds was one of those Democrats who didn't seem to take the Tea Party craziness seriously in '09, much to our embarrassment.

Yeah totally. He ran an awful campaign and McDonnell though I despise him ran an equally good one.

342 engineer cat  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:05:45pm

re: #328 Blue Spot Vlamingii Tang

I don't often test my code, but when I do I do it in production

some pgmrs test their code?

343 freetoken  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:06:20pm

re: #331 Gus

Speaking of creationists, here is part of our daily creationism update:

Debate continues over religion policy for Buncombe schools

Pagan advocate Angela Pippinger provided Twitter-based coverage of the March 1 Buncombe County Board of Education meeting, where a revised religion policy was at the center of a heated debate. Her tweets are aggregated below.

The debate over the new policy instructing school officials to "not use their positions to endorse, promote, or disparage a particular religious belief, viewpoint or practice" continued at the March 1 meeting. In early January, Pagan mother Ginger Strivelli carried out her promise to deliver Pagan religious books to Buncombe County Schools, after North Windy Ridge intermediate school had accepted Bibles for distribution. Pippinger also tweeted part of the debate at last month's board meeting.

[...]

Unnamed man says that politics and religion are the same thing, cannot be separated. Unnamed man says kids have to learn how to defend themselves in preparation for the real world. Unnamed man says that Christians have been silent too long. Unnamed man says that board is putting off vote because they hope people don't come back. Unnamed man says that if vote doesn't swing in favor of Christians, they won't lay down.

This is America.

344 Gretchen G.Tiger  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:06:34pm

re: #340 Gus

This shit kills people too. It killed Breitbart IMO. Or was major contributor. Something they would never admit to. These people are "bumper sticker" people with an attitude. Always looking for getting into trouble.

Frankly, IMHO, along wtih it being act of violence, slavery and selfishness, rape could also be considered attempted murder. Women die as a result of pregnancy.

345 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:06:39pm

re: #338 ggt

Rush is a bully.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Yes. A major bully and de facto leader of political party, the Republican Party, with a direct line and ear with the Speaker of the House, John Boehner. He wields some political power which affects policy and affects lives.

346 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:08:01pm

re: #344 ggt

Frankly, IMHO, along wtih it being act of violence, slavery and selfishness, rape could also be considered attempted murder. Women die as a result of pregnancy.

It's at least some kind of misdemeanor harassment charge. If someone started yelling "slut" or "whore" to me in the middle of the street for several days and hours on end I would call the police and demand charges be filed.

347 Interesting Times  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:11:18pm

re: #302 The Right Height

Watching a climate denier on Bill Maher right now. Neil DeGrasse Tyson is trying to talk him down. Awesome.

I guess I was too steamed to see it that way, since the fuckwitted old-ass douchetard denier had me pretty much screaming at the TV (and I hardly ever do that). But said douchetard global-warming denier used to be a vice-chairman at GM. Explains their funding of the Heartland Institute, as the douchetard global-warming denier simply regurgitated their toxic talking points.

348 Gus  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:14:15pm

re: #343 freetoken

Speaking of creationists, here is part of our daily creationism update:

Debate continues over religion policy for Buncombe schools

This is America.

It's amazing you know. How they don't see the parallels to these religions and sects. No where have we heard this line before: politics and religion are the same thing?

349 MtnWoman  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:26:40pm

Bain Capital owns a big chunk of Clear Channel.
Could this be why Romney couldn't bring himself to condemn Rushbo?
This is from InfoWars on January 13:

Of course Mitt Romney is not running Bain Capital anymore. He is a “retired partner”, but he still has a huge financial stake in Bain Capital. We’re talking about millions upon millions of dollars. If you doubt this, just check out page 34 of this public financial disclosure report. So if you have been wondering why so many conservative talk show hosts are being so incredibly kind to Mitt Romney, this just might be the answer.

350 Interesting Times  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:32:19pm

re: #349 MtnWoman

Just a word of unsolicited advice: Infowars is run by batshit birther and 9/11 truther lunatic Alex Jones. Not exactly a "go-to" credible source.

If the information itself happens to be legitimate, it will be available somewhere else.

351 watching you tiny alien kittens are  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:32:31pm

re: #92 thedopefishlives

Oh, but that's right, I forget. I would be considered a heretic at worst, or "backslidden" at best, should I ever be outed as a liberal Christian. So that means I'm no longer an American of faith.

*spit*

Stop reading the Gospel, obviously the words spoken by Jesus are leading you astray! Instead you should devote all your time To the half of the New Testament written single-handedly by Paul. Paul explains why women are inferior and should be shunned by right minded men, why gays are an abomination, and much, much more. Apparently these are all revelations that Jesus just...uhh...simply never got around to explaining to us in his own words.

Never mind that quite a lot of what Paul has to say seems to contradict the spirit of what Jesus said in the Gospel and in places actually does contradict what Jesus said. It is in the Bible so it must all be true, (you need to learn to embrace cognitive dissonance) right?

Jesus also said in the gospel that false teachers would come after him and using his name try to pervert his teachings. That one of them actually ended up in the Bible as published by the Roman Catholic Church after the council of Nicea somehow doesn't shock me all that much. The Catholics always have seemed eager to embrace any teachings that confirmed their own misogynist and patriarchal bent. :p

352 JamesWI  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:38:21pm

Judging by his idiotic comments here, I take it Kilgore must have found some evidence that Fluke was part of OWS.

353 MtnWoman  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:41:38pm

re: #350 Interesting Times
True he is a nut (I don't know why both Ron Paul and Rand Paul are constantly on his show) but in this case their ownership can be verified. I should have looked further.
From Forbes:
At the height of the credit boom, THL [Thomas H. Lee Partners]and Bain Capital spent $17.9 billion to buy Clear Channel.
That's a lot of money.

354 labman57  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 8:57:12pm

Republican politicians are unable to speak out against Limbaugh's misogynistic rant, as their lips have been continuously applied to his anal sphincter for the past decade.

355 Decider  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 9:54:01pm

Limbaugh is the Leader of the GOP. Make not mistake, no GOP person will ever say anything against Limbaugh.

356 SidewaysQuark  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 9:56:02pm

re: #60 ausador

Sorry, OT:

Meanwhile over at Free Republic they continue to blame yesterdays bomb scare at Rush Limbaugh's house in Palm Beach on the evil, violent, liberals and continue to assure each other that they are ready for the all out civil war against all of us evil socialists. (WTF?)

What if they held a Civil War and nobody showed up?

357 SidewaysQuark  Fri, Mar 2, 2012 10:42:57pm

re: #338 ggt

Rush is a bully.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Pfft, Rush is a wuss with a microphone. Take that away and a fifth grade girl could bitchslap him hard enough to knock the Viagra and Oxycontin out of his pockets.


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