Breitbart Blogger Dan Riehl Thinks John Sununu Is Still Governor of New Hampshire

Derp of the day

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DERPDemonstrating the incredibly high journalistic standards of breitbart.com, today Dan Riehl manages to screw up a simple fact in the very first sentence of his latest inept attack on President Obama: NH Gov: Three Years In, Obama Still Unqualified for Presidency.

New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu (R) and other local Romney supporters greeted V.P. Joe Biden when he arrived in N.H. …

The governor of New Hampshire is John Lynch, a Democrat.

John Sununu has not been governor of New Hampshire since 1989.

The article to which Riehl links refers to Sununu, correctly, as “former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu (R).” Did Riehl even read it?

(h/t: P.J. Nicolatore.)

UPDATE at 4/13/12 9:31:06 am

Amazingly, this may not be the stupidest thing Dan Riehl wrote today; from Twitter:

How am I supposed to get worked up about the so called war on women, when these people have been waging war on men for 3 damned decades?

— DanRiehl (@DanRiehl) April 13, 2012

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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:25:29am

Not only dumb, but also ignorant? Now we should add one more quality for the full trifecta ;)

Obdicut Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:26:59am

I think this has become common in the right-wing so they can call Pailn 'Governor Palin'.

Kronocide Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:27:16am

Go ahead Dan. Just call him boy.

Shropshire_Slasher Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:27:56am

But don't you still refer to Sununu as governor?

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:28:02am

re: #2 Obdicut

I think this has become common in the right-wing so they can call Pailn 'Governor Palin'.

"President" and "Governor" seem to be pretty standard, but not "NH governor", such specificity denotes a factual statement.

wrenchwench Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:28:33am

re: #1 Adam, Eve and Steve

Not only dumb, but also ignorant? Now we should add one more quality for the full trifecta ;)

How about 'offensive'?

How am I supposed to get worked up about the so called war on women, when these people have been waging war on men for 3 damned decades?
— DanRiehl (@DanRiehl) April 13, 2012

Obdicut Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:28:38am

re: #4 Tommy's cone of shame

No. Even if you did, you wouldn't refer to them as "New Hampshire Governor". He's not the New Hampshire Governor.

Shropshire_Slasher Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:29:14am

re: #7 Obdicut

Okay

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:29:17am

Like you might call GWB "Mr. President", but you would not write in a news item "President of the United States GWB" in present tense.

Obdicut Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:30:29am

re: #5 Adam, Eve and Steve

Formally and conventionally, only the current Governor gets called Governor.
[Link: www.formsofaddress.info...]

Kronocide Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:33:14am

Gives in the Riehl World new meaning.

Simply Sarah Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:33:31am

I're: #9 Adam, Eve and Steve

Like you might call GWB "Mr. President", but you would not write in a news item "President of the United States GWB" in present tense.

Pretty much. Honestly, this isn't that big of a deal. It's bad/sloppy form, but whatever. I'm more worried about the other things he says and writes, such as the example provided by the first derivative of wrench^2 in #6.

Gus Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:34:58am

John H. Sununu. Let's put him up on the screen:

• Sununu angered some when he was the only governor of a U.S. state not to call for repeal of the extremely controversial UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 ("Zionism is Racism"). He later reversed his position on this issue and supported the Republicans' pro-Israel 1988 platform.

• As White House Chief of Staff, Sununu reportedly took personal trips, for skiing and other purposes, and classified them as official, for purposes such as conservation or promoting the Thousand Points of Light. The Washington Post wrote that Sununu's jets "took him to fat-cat Republican fund-raisers, ski lodges, golf resorts and even his dentist in Boston." Sununu had paid the government only $892 for his more than $615,000 worth of military jet travel. Sununu said that his use of the jets was necessary because he had to be near a telephone at all times for reasons of national security. Sununu became the subject of much late-night television humor over the incident. Sununu worsened the situation shortly afterwards when, after leaking rumors of financial difficulties in his family, he traveled to a rare stamp auction at Christie's auction house in New York City from Washington in a government limousine, spending $5,000 on rare stamps. Sununu then sent the car and driver back to Washington unoccupied while he returned on a corporate jet. In the course of one week, 45 newspapers ran editorials on Sununu, nearly all of them critical of his actions.

• Sununu repaid over $47,000 to the government for the flights on the orders of White House counsel C. Boyden Gray, with the help of the Republican Party. However, the reimbursements were at commercial rates, which are about one-tenth the cost of the actual flights; one ski trip to Vail, Colorado alone had cost taxpayers $86,330.

Obdicut Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:35:12am

Sununu is most famous for profligate spending on the taxpayer dime, taking lots of personal trips and attempting to claim they were business related. He also claimed to be in severe financial difficulty, then immediately spent $5,000 at a rare stamp auction at Christie's.

Not exactly the best ally for Romney to prove he's in touch with the common man.

darthstar Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:35:58am

The fail is strong with this one, Riehl...is he banging Erickson by any chance?

jaunte Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:36:08am

1. Does anyone really care what John Sununu thinks?
2. Does Dan Riehl actually get paid for typing this fluff?

Gus Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:36:57am

re: #13 Gus

John H. Sununu. Let's put him up on the screen:

Global Warming Skeptic - Sununu was a speaker at the Heartland Institute's 2009 International Conference on Climate Change.

Kronocide Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:37:10am

re: #14 Obdicut

Not exactly the best ally for Romney to prove he's in touch with the common man.

War on Stamp Collectors!

Gus Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:38:08am

Sununu Used U.S. Guard Service On New York Trips, Records Show

For more than 18 months, John H. Sununu has used workers who guard Federal office buildings in New York to drive and escort him on business, political and personal errands in the New York and New Jersey area, according to Government officials and documents.

The White House said the assistance to Mr. Sununu, the White House chief of staff, was routine and had been authorized, and had been made available to other senior officials.

But managers of the guard service in five other major cities said today that their duties were primarily limited to guarding buildings and investigating crimes on Federal property, and that they had never escorted high-level officials on local visits.

Kronocide Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:38:11am

Meanwhile, in the Riehl World....

Bulworth Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:38:15am

NH Gov: Three Years In, Obama Still Unqualified for Presidency.

Romney announces plan to "get that Osama bin Laden guy". /

Mocking Jay Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:38:44am

re: #10 Obdicut

Formally and conventionally, only the current Governor gets called Governor.
[Link: www.formsofaddress.info...]

If I'm reading that right he should be referred to as his excellency?

Let's stick with Gov.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:38:59am

re: #16 jaunte

1. Does anyone really care what John Sununu thinks?

That's the point - Riehl's column is based on the assumption that someone important dissed Obama.

Decatur Deb Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:40:06am

re: #18 Kronocide

War on Stamp Collectors!

Philatelophobes!!1!

darthstar Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:42:26am

Okay...I didn't realize Kirk was this good.

Kronocide Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:42:28am

Badass lightning pic

Romantic Heretic Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:43:07am

And here satirists were worried that with Santorum out of the race they'd be short of material to mock.

The derp will keep on coming. No need to worry about your jobs.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:44:59am

Hmm. I see people still didn't get the message that using breitbart.com as a legitimate source of political news is a bit of a no-no here...

darthstar Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:45:46am

re: #26 Kronocide

Badass lightening pic

It was fuckin' intense last night. I live right next to the water at Half Moon Bay...we lost power about a half-dozen times - but only briefly - and the skies were lighting up all around us with almost no delay before the thunder...had the dogs a bit freaked out.

SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:46:17am

re: #26 Kronocide

Badass lightening pic

That was one hell of a storm. We're having a very wet April.

Obdicut Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:47:04am

re: #30 SanFranciscoZionist

That was one hell of a storm. We're having a very wet April.

I'm jealous. Thunderstorms are so rare there, and I love them.

Gus Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:47:42am

re: #28 Adam, Eve and Steve

Hmm. I see people still didn't get the message that using breitbart.com as a legitimate source of political news is a bit of a no-no here...

Ugh. I see.

SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:48:09am

And as for lightning never striking twice, I have to point out that when you put a suspension bridge across an open stretch of water, you are sort of putting up a sign saying 'Electricity Go THIS Way'. It's amazing to photograph, but not terribly astonishing.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:49:06am

re: #33 SanFranciscoZionist

And as for lightning never striking twice, I have to point out that when you put a suspension bridge across an open stretch of water, you are sort of putting up a sign saying 'Electricity Go THIS Way'. It's amazing to photograph, but not terribly astonishing.

Expecto Electronum!!!

NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:49:18am

re: #30 SanFranciscoZionist

That was one hell of a storm. We're having a very wet April.

Send some rain this way, my garden is calling for it!

SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:54:19am

re: #35 NJDhockeyfan

Send some rain this way, my garden is calling for it!

We need it, sorry, but we're saving up for summer.

NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:54:22am

Vermont Governor Chased by Bears

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) says he was chased and nearly caught by four bears that were raiding his birdfeeders, Vermont Public Radio reports.

Shumlin said that "You almost lost the governor. Security was not there. I was within three feet of getting 'arrrh.'"

Yikes!

darthstar Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:54:23am

And it dumped 31" of snow at Alpine. Get a few warm days in next week so this stuff can settle, and next weekend will be corn heaven!

ProGunLiberal Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:57:16am

re: #37 NJDhockeyfan

Weirdest Political incident since Jimmy Carter vs. Bunny.

This however, was a great deal more serious

NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 13, 2012 9:59:16am

re: #39 ProGunLiberal

Weirdest Political incident since Jimmy Carter vs. Bunny.

This however, was a great deal more serious

Yes but the Carter/Bunny indecent will remain a classic.

ProGunLiberal Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:01:39am

re: #40 NJDhockeyfan

Oh yeah, no doubting that. This one is legitimately scary. If I had been in that situation, I might have panicked.

SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:06:53am

re: #37 NJDhockeyfan

Vermont Governor Chased by Bears

Yikes!

Did he make fun of any bald constituents shortly before the bear incident?

Obdicut Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:10:33am

re: #42 SanFranciscoZionist

How often do you get to make an Elisha joke? Nice!

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:10:47am

re: #42 SanFranciscoZionist

Did he make fun of any bald constituents shortly before the bear incident?

Unlikely. In that case the bears would have chased some nearby kids. /

NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:10:50am

Oh, brother...

PA minister: Palestinian unity needed to destroy Israel

A Palestinian Authority minister stated last month that the Palestinians should unite in order to focus on the destruction of Israel.

At an event with the participation of three PA ministers, Minister of Social Affairs Majida Al-Masri called for Palestinian unity and reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas in order "to turn to the struggle for the liberation of Palestine - all of Palestine.'"

Can you feel the love?

SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:11:25am

re: #44 Adam, Eve and Steve

Unlikely. In that case the bears would have chased some nearby kids. /

Well no, the bears chase (and devour) the mockers. If the governor were the one making fun of the bald guy, they'd go after him.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:12:34am

re: #46 SanFranciscoZionist

Well no, the bears chase (and devour) the mockers. If the governor were the one making fun of the bald guy, they'd go after him.

Nah. Pedobears just like them some kids, is all. /

Gus Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:13:49am

Child Celebrities Opposing Kirk Cameron

Youtube Video

Warning: May cause pearl clutching.

SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:14:34am

re: #45 NJDhockeyfan

Oh, brother...

PA minister: Palestinian unity needed to destroy Israel

Can you feel the love?

Unity probably isn't in the cards...

wrenchwench Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:15:27am

Surprise court hearing just called in #GeorgeZimmerman case. Starts at 1:15- I'm in court to see what's going on #TrayvonMartin
— Daralene Jones (@DaraleneJones) April 13, 2012

wrenchwench Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:16:27am

re: #50 wrenchwench

I'm guessing that, after one night in jail, Zimmerman wants a bail hearing.

NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:17:59am

re: #49 SanFranciscoZionist

Unity probably isn't in the cards...

What do they have to lose? Hillary just approved $147 million for the PA.

wrenchwench Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:18:15am

Oops, two nights.

makeitstop Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:18:54am

Cue Riehl tweets containing the nickname 'Chuckles' in 3...2...1...

Gus Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:19:18am

Image: islam-facing-jihad-pamela_geller_itamar_marcus-300x225.jpg

NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:20:43am

Later folks. Work is calling.

wrenchwench Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:25:15am

re: #51 wrenchwench

I'm guessing that, after one night in jail, Zimmerman wants a bail hearing.

Nope. It's about a potential conflict of interest that the judge is disclosing.

Gus Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:27:17am

Uh oh.

Lidane Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:27:58am

Wheee! Small gubmint for everyone!

Iowa Republican State Senator Proposes Drug Testing Child Support Recipients

A favorite Republican pastime recently has been to demonize the unemployed by proposing that they submit to drug tests before collecting their unemployment insurance. Both at the federal and state level, Republicans have pushed for such a policy, even though, as it turns out, such requirements save barely any money and only prove that those on unemployment insurance are less likely than the public at large to be using drugs.
One Iowa Republican this week decided that such measures are not enough. During debate over Iowa’s budget, state Sen. Mark Chelgren (R) proposed that people who receive child support payments also be forced to submit to drug tests on the whims of the person making the payments.

Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:28:09am

WW relying on you guys for updates! Tks

wrenchwench Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:30:56am

re: #60 Hoodies for Justice. T

WW relying on you guys for updates! Tks

OK, here's one more:

RT @BreakingNews: Bond hearing for George Zimmerman set for next Friday, April 20 - USA Today's @Yamiche
— Randall Gross (@Tarkloon) April 13, 2012

lawhawk Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:31:01am

re: #33 SanFranciscoZionist

Amazing things happen when you build skyscrapers.

The Empire State Building gets struck more than 100 times every year during thunderstorms. One guy made a viral youtube video showing the building getting struck three times within minutes of each other.

wrenchwench Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:31:23am

And now I must work!

Gus Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:32:50am

re: #63 wrenchwench

And now I must work!

Derailleur gears are invading mah free time!

Interesting Times Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:33:21am

When told of Newark Mayor Cory Booker's rescue of a woman from a burning building, NJ Gov. Christie promptly laid off two more firemen.
— One-Legged Sandpiper (@OneLegSandpiper) April 13, 2012

allegro Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:33:58am

re: #59 Lidane

One Iowa Republican this week decided that such measures are not enough. During debate over Iowa’s budget, state Sen. Mark Chelgren (R) proposed that people who receive child support payments also be forced to submit to drug tests on the whims of the person making the payments.

Most of whom are women. I am sniffing the strong odor of MRAs in the air...

blueraven Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:34:04am

re: #57 wrenchwench

Nope. It's about a potential conflict of interest that the judge is disclosing.

Looks like this is about Mark NeJame who works with the judge's husband...has been contacted by Zimmerman and is now a CNN analyst.

makeitstop Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:35:27am

re: #67 blueraven

Looks like this is about Mark NeJame who works with the judge's husband...has been contacted by Zimmerman and is now a CNN analyst.

So the judge may have to recuse?

(Just a guess, I really have no idea.)

Gus Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:36:06am

Mitt Romney protesting FOR the Vietnam War...

Image: 1182548422_5400.jpg

Just before he high tailed it to France.

allegro Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:36:59am

re: #69 Gus

Mitt Romney protesting FOR the Vietnam War...

Image: 1182548422_5400.jpg

Just before he high tailed it to France.

What privilege?

Lidane Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:37:20am

re: #66 allegro

Most of whom are women. I am sniffing the strong odor of MRAs in the air...

Yep.

What kills me is the part where it's entirely up to the whims of the person making the payments. This means that a particularly bitter divorce can lead to a woman being forced to take drug tests in order to get her child support payments just because her asshole ex wants her to.

jaunte Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:37:49am

Dear media: Stop playing along with fake controversies

...Both sides know how to take an awkward remark and turn it into a huge flap, regardless of whether there’s anything real behind it. Hey, editors and reporters: don’t fall for it! No one is really offended; there’s no there there, and you shouldn’t be afraid to say so.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:38:17am

re: #58 Gus

Uh oh.

Dumb and dumber.

Obdicut Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:38:20am

re: #71 Lidane

And the kids get harmed.

Gus Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:38:25am

re: #70 allegro

What privilege?

More here...

[Link: www.democraticunderground.com...]

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:38:50am

re: #69 Gus

Mitt Romney protesting FOR the Vietnam War...

Image: 1182548422_5400.jpg

Just before he high tailed it to France.

What a fucker.

Gus Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:38:57am

re: #73 Adam, Eve and Steve

Dumb and dumber.

Yeah. I was referring to the numb nuts commenting about "hate" WRT Abraham, et al.

blueraven Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:39:31am

re: #68 makeitstop

So the judge may have to recuse?

(Just a guess, I really have no idea.)

If the defense files a motion, yes. She wants any motion filed before the bond hearing set for next Friday.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:40:40am

re: #77 Gus

Yeah. I was referring to the numb nuts commenting about "hate" WRT Abraham, et al.

He has just topped it.

Lidane Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:40:56am

Somewhere out there is a quip about halal Butterball jihad turkeys, but I can't think of anything:

Oklahoma State Senator Justifies Need For ‘Open Carry’ Gun Law Due To Threat From Wild Turkeys

Gus Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:41:03am

re: #76 Adam, Eve and Steve

What a fucker.

Let me check but I think one of the "Swift Boaters" is throwing in million towards his campaign.. How's that for irony?

Gus Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:42:42am

Here it is...

‘Swift Boat’ donor throws big money behind Romney

Swift boaters meet ~~college deferment~~ "draft dodger" Mitt Romney.

Thurston Howell III

jaunte Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:44:58am

re: #80 Lidane

"Wait until you get attacked by a turkey. You will know the fear that a turkey can invoke in a person."

Some quotes are hard to improve on.

Gus Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:48:06am

That's some sick shit there. Protest FOR the Vietnam War and then getting college deferments and heading to France to ride around in a bicycle all day long and play table tennis and drink hot cocoa in the evenings.

Lidane Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:51:46am

re: #84 Gus

That's some sick shit there. Protest FOR the Vietnam War and then getting college deferments and heading to France to ride around in a bicycle all day long and play table tennis and drink hot cocoa in the evenings.

You're missing the most important point -- he's a Republican. That makes it acceptable. If Mitt was a Democrat, they'd be pulling out the Purple Heart bandages all over again.

b_sharp Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:53:41am

re: #84 Gus

Gus, dude - you gotta start quoting the comment # your new comment is targeting.

I spend half my time scrolling back through the comments to see wtf you're talking about.

Gus Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:54:36am

re: #86 Born Young

Gus, dude - you gotta start quoting the comment # your new comment is targeting.

I spend half my time scrolling back through the comments to see wtf you're talking about.

I'm sending secret messages to Sergey.

b_sharp Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:56:30am

re: #83 jaunte

Some quotes are hard to improve on.

You know those damn things get as big as Big Bird, are as sneaky as Mr. Snuffleupagus and as violent as Cookie Monster with a handful of chocolate chip cookies don't you?

b_sharp Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:57:33am

re: #87 Gus

I'm sending secret messages to Sergey.

//

But he doesn`t share.

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:57:51am

Gotcha.

Gus Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:58:20am

Understood.

Gus Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:59:14am

Copy that.

[Puts lapel back down.]

SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Apr 13, 2012 11:00:01am

re: #52 NJDhockeyfan

What do they have to lose? Hillary just approved $147 million for the PA.

First, that's bupkis, both absolutely, and in terms of what they get in aid annually. Secondly, what Fatah has to lose is their personal share of that, also control to a bunch of religious fanatics who don't like them. ('Don't like' here being a euphemism that covers a long history of politically motivated murders.) What Hamas has to lose is Fortress Hamas. Everyone's got something to lose, and the best way to keep what you've got, at the present time, is not to do anything radical like let the other guys sit down at the table.

b_sharp Fri, Apr 13, 2012 11:01:04am

re: #90 Adam, Eve and Steve

Gotcha.

re: #91 Gus

Understood.

STOP THAT!

Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 13, 2012 11:01:35am

The subject is nervous. Shall we get him?

b_sharp Fri, Apr 13, 2012 11:27:54am

re: #95 Adam, Eve and Steve

The subject is nervous. Shall we get him?

Some cheese and crackers would be nice.

Origuy Fri, Apr 13, 2012 12:33:19pm

Dan, it's not an act of war when women won't return your calls.

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