Huckabee Rallies Missouri Pastors to Caveman Todd Akin’s Side, GOP Promises to Back Down

Right wing fanatics dig in to support hateful loon
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Proving all over again that there’s absolutely nothing too weird, misogynistic, or reactionary for the religious right to support: Huckabee Rallies Missouri Pastors to Akin’s Side, Attacks GOP Establishment.

Tampa, Florida (CNN) – Mike Huckabee participated in a conference call Friday night with hundreds of Baptist pastors and Christian talk radio hosts in Missouri that was organized to coordinate a robust defense of Rep. Todd Akin as he faces pressure from Washington Republicans to drop his Senate bid against Democrat Claire McCaskill.

Speaking harshly about establishment Republicans who have tried to force Akin from the Missouri race, Huckabee at one point compared the National Republican Senatorial Committee to “union goons” who “kneecap” their enemies.

The former Arkansas governor said party bosses were “opening up rounds and rounds” of ammunition on Akin and “then running over with tanks and trucks and leaving him to be ravaged by the other side.”

“This is unprecedented, to see to this orchestrated attempt to humiliate and devastate a fellow Republican,” Huckabee said of Akin, who has deep ties to the Christian conservative movement. Akin spent Thursday in Florida meeting with evangelical leaders and evaluating his political future.

Huckabee said he spoke directly with NRSC officials this week and was assured that they would begin to dial back their offensive against Akin. He said party officials specifically told him they would stop pressuring Akin’s consultants and campaign vendors to drop the congressman as a client.

Who are the real bosses of the Republican Party? Fanatical throwbacks like Mike Huckabee.

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112 comments
1 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:10:37am

Humiliate a fellow Republican? Yeah poor Todd Akin, it's not like he belittled rape victims. Really, there was a time where I thought Mike Huckabee though his beliefs are against everything I stand for ideologically was at heart a decent guy. Him emerging as Todd Akin's biggest defender amongst other things in the past three years has made me think less and less of him as a human being. Akin deserves the scorn he's gotten. Making Akin out to be a victim is so typical of what Huckabee and others like him do.

2 allegro  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:11:04am

This is excellent. The more open they get about their extreme, hateful, and ignorant views and policies, the more sane Republicans and independents will run.

Well, I can hope. Been doing that for a lot of years now.

3 jaunte  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:12:27am
The former Arkansas governor said party bosses were "opening up rounds and rounds" of ammunition on Akin and "then running over with tanks and trucks and leaving him to be ravaged by the other side."

Military-grade victimization.

4 A Mom Anon  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:13:17am

Huckabee's a bully. I never fell for that aw-shucks-down-home bullshit. He's got a really nasty side to him that's seething just below the surface. He totally squicks me out,always has. Just.Eww.

5 Sionainn  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:13:32am

I never liked that smarmy bastard. With him taking the position he is, now other people can see what I've been seeing all these years.

6 Kronocide  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:14:43am

Double Down Politics

7 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:15:03am

re: #2 allegro

This is excellent. The more open they get about their extreme, hateful, and ignorant views and policies, the more sane Republicans and independents will run.

Well, I can hope. Been doing that for a lot of years now.

We definitely do need more sane Republicans running. Unfortunately it seems to me, we've seen the total opposite happen in many cases. Look at Dick Lugar in Indiana being beaten in a primary by a man who said his idea of bipartisanship was the Democrats doing what the Republicans want to do. I also look more locally and see who the Republicans have ran for Congress after having a moderate Republican in office for over 10 years. Instead of a thoughtful and reasonable moderate, they run an extreme so-con. And the state GOP thought it just grand to give George Allen, a man whose presidential aspirations ended on a racial slur another shot at being in the Senate. I really want the GOP to evolve but they've if anything have devolved these past four years and that's a shame because as much as I dislike the Republican Party, I do want a reasonable opposition.

8 Decatur Deb  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:15:05am

re: #3 jaunte

Military-grade victimization.

I love the smell of TPGOP fratricide in the morning.

9 blueraven  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:16:34am

When the Republicans stop allowing "celebrities" like Limbaugh and Huckabee to rule their party, maybe they will begin to heal.

Anyone who thinks Huckabee is a "nice guy" is delusional. He is one of the worst IMO.

10 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:16:37am

Gotta give those props who saw Huckabee for what he was early on. As much as Romney bothers me, Huckabee bothers me more because he's sincere about his extremely reactionary social views.

11 nines09  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:16:55am

All anyone ever needed to know about Mike Huckabee is right here. He's a creep. A creep.

12 jaunte  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:17:30am

Huck's no genius if he can't figure out that the only way for the throwback GOP to win is to pretend they don't openly support the policies that Akin favors.

13 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:18:19am

Huckabee's practice of pardoning rapists takes on a whole new dimension here.

14 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:27:04am

We need a LOT more of this sort of thing.

Dear Governor Huckabee,

Our own Judge Tom Head has also been kneecapped, crucified, and sent to the PC gulag by global media goons, for merely pointing out the well-understood need for local government to prepare itself for an Obama-instigated UN invasion. Can you please, please come to Lubbock to rally support for him? Perhaps more of our local Republicans will be inspired by Judge Head's fearless stand and dare to voice their own true feelings in public. Please, don't blow this opportunity, give Head a chance.

15 Digital Display  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:32:02am

90 minutes until the biggest NFL preseason game in years.. Luck vs. Griffin III
Is it being carried nationally? Hell no.. Only 2 markets. Colts and DC.
The NFL is so stupid..We are getting the Cowboy Game here in Oklahoma..
I'll be watching the Colts game because I'm tied into Paulie's Server farm in Indy. Stupid NFL.

16 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:40:15am

re: #14 Shiplord Kirel

We need a LOT more of this sort of thing.

Heh heh give Head a chance. And Obama instigated UN invasion? Yeah because that makes total sense. Stupid paranoid freaks.

17 abolitionist  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:45:05am

Slightly off-topic, but Huckabee's Talibanesque endorsement makes this relevent:
David Barton’s Make-Believe Version of American History

David Barton, a self-styled Christian historian who claims to debunk left-wing myths about America, is sure of it: If you studied the Founding Fathers like he has, you would know that “as far as they were concerned, they had already had the entire debate on creationism and evolution.”

And the creationists, Barton says, won.

Just one little problem: Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of the Species, the founding text of the theory of evolution, wasn’t published until 1859. That’s, oh, about three-quarters of a century after the founders were active.

The very same day that Barton offered up his unique view of creationism — a term that was first applied to American fundamentalist beliefs only in 1929 — he told his interviewer that most of the founders were abolitionists, even if George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and many others were slaveholders. “That’s why we said we want to separate from Britain, so we can end slavery,” he said.

Hmmm. That was awfully noble of them. Except for one thing: The British were way out front of the Americans on this.
[snip]

Just shoot me Huck.

18 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:48:51am

re: #17 abolitionist

Slightly off-topic, but Huckabee's Talibanesque endorsement makes this relevent:
David Barton’s Make-Believe Version of American History

Just shoot me Huck.

Yes, shoot me repeatedly. David Barton clearly doesn't understand American history when he claims the things the article mentions. One of the history magazines I worked for earlier in the summer had a piece proving that Jefferson while he used grand language to condemn slavery was perfectly content with its continuation and his actions throughout his life and even in death(He didn't free his slaves in his will in contrast to Washington) show he was no abolitionist. Barton's worse than a revisionist, he makes shit up to suit his belief system.

19 nines09  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:51:50am

re: #17 abolitionist

Slightly off-topic, but Huckabee's Talibanesque endorsement makes this relevent:
David Barton’s Make-Believe Version of American History

Just shoot me Huck.

Barton never let reality interfere with his hallucinations. Nor the GOP.

20 allegro  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:55:22am

re: #19 nines09

Barton never let reality interfere with his hallucinations. Nor the GOP.

But... but... those meanie historians who insist on the truth make Barton baby Jesus cry!

21 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:56:15am

re: #19 nines09

Barton never let reality interfere with his hallucinations. Nor the GOP.

GOP thought this genius was so awesome that they put him on their platform making committee. I mean damn it's one thing to reinterpret history to suit your agenda which is what revisionism is, it's another thing to claim the founders were against Darwin's theories when Darwin published his theories on evolution in a time more closer to 1900 than the times of Washington, Jefferson, etc.

22 austin_blue  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:56:26am

"Huckabee said he spoke directly with NRSC officials this week and was assured that they would begin to dial back their offensive against Akin."

The Republican Party is playing Russian Roulette a semi-automatice pistol. It's stupid and pitiful, but you can't keep yourself from watching it in disgusted fascination.

23 Kronocide  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 11:58:31am

re: #18 HappyWarrior

Barton's worse than a revisionist, he makes shit up to suit his a propaganda industry's ideological belief system.

24 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:02:37pm

re: #19 nines09

Barton never let reality interfere with his hallucinations. Nor the GOP.

The whole cultural right lives in an alternate world.

25 nines09  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:02:51pm

re: #21 HappyWarrior

GOP thought this genius was so awesome that they put him on their platform making committee. I mean damn it's one thing to reinterpret history to suit your agenda which is what revisionism is, it's another thing to claim the founders were against Darwin's theories when Darwin published his theories on evolution in a time more closer to 1900 than the times of Washington, Jefferson, etc.

If you can judge a person(s) by the company they keep, this convention should tell you all you need to know.

26 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:03:35pm

re: #22 austin_blue

You are correct. You do not want to see it self destruct but you can't help but to watch.

27 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:04:30pm

re: #25 nines09

If you can judge a person(s) by the company they keep, this convention should tell you all you need to know.

Sheriff Joe...........

28 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:05:37pm

re: #24 Shiplord Kirel

The whole cultural right lives in an alternate world.

I've seen recently many on the cultural right try to revise history to justify the Crusades because Muslims were killed. You never get a good answer when you point out that the Crusaders killed Jews and other Christians as well though.

29 Gus  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:08:11pm

Oh shit.

RIP Neil Armstrong.

30 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:09:06pm

re: #29 Gus

He will be missed.

31 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:09:33pm

re: #29 Gus

Oh shit.

RIP Neil Armstrong.

Oh NO!

32 allegro  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:09:42pm

re: #26 PhillyPretzel

You are correct. You do not want to see it self destruct but you can't help but to watch.

I do want to see it self destruct. I want to see it explode in flames into oblivion, a terrible memory. I want that a lot.

33 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:09:49pm

He'll always be remembered and have a special place in history for what he did.

34 jaunte  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:10:21pm

re: #24 Shiplord Kirel

The whole cultural right lives in an alternate world.

"I didn't come from no monkey-world."

35 allegro  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:10:49pm

re: #29 Gus

Ohhh, now that is sad news. He was always one of my heroes.

36 PhillyPretzel  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:10:58pm

re: #32 allegro

I can understand that.

37 Lidane  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:12:20pm
Who are the real bosses of the Republican Party? Fanatical throwbacks like Mike Huckabee.

That's been obvious for decades. It just took the rest of the party a while to catch on.

38 moderatelyradicalliberal  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:12:21pm

re: #2 allegro

This is excellent. The more open they get about their extreme, hateful, and ignorant views and policies, the more sane Republicans and independents will run.

Well, I can hope. Been doing that for a lot of years now.

You are an optimist. If sane Republicans and Independents were running, the popular vote wouldn't be as close as it is. Obama would be 10 points ahead if sanity was anywhere in large numbers on the right. These people will do what they have been doing. Ignoring the sexism, bigotry, xenophobia and ignorance because of tax cuts or whatever. Better to pull in new voters, then try to swag old ones. If they haven't had enough of the crazy, the GOP will never be too crazy.

39 Lidane  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:13:56pm

re: #7 HappyWarrior

We definitely do need more sane Republicans running.

They ARE running --as moderate/conservative Democrats.

There aren't any moderates left in the GOP, and the few that are still around are either in total denial or are oblivious. The Republican party is off the fucking rails and is fully in thrall to the social conservatives and teabaggers.

40 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:14:03pm

Astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday, weeks after heart surgery and days after his 82nd birthday.
Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, and he radioed back to Earth the historic news of "one giant leap for mankind." He spent nearly three hours walking on the moon with fellow astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.
Armstrong and his wife married, Carol, in 1999 and made their home in the Cincinnati suburb of Indian Hill, but he has largely stayed out of public view in recent years.
He spoke at Ohio State University during a February event honoring fellow astronaut John Glenn and the 50th anniversary of Glenn becoming the first American to orbit the Earth. In May, Armstrong joined Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida to support the opening of The National Flight Academy, which aims to teach math and science to kids through an aviation-oriented camp.

41 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:16:03pm

Managed to catch NBC's stupid typo in time to correct it.

42 moderatelyradicalliberal  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:16:30pm

re: #39 Lidane

They ARE running --as moderate/conservative Democrats.

There aren't any moderates left in the GOP, and the few that are still around are either in total denial or are oblivious. The Republican party is off the fucking rails and is fully in thrall to the social conservatives and teabaggers.

And those moderate/conservative Democrats eventually get replaced with far right Republicans because why to GOP-lite when you can have GOP hard right? See Claire McCaskill and her only hope of keeping her seat being her opponents rape comment. Very few Blue Dogs will be that lucky.

43 abolitionist  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:18:01pm

re: #34 jaunte

"I didn't come from no monkey-world."

I absolutely could not do it doggie-style and 69 with someone who believes we're related to Bonobos, and who doesn't believe in the hereafter.

44 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:18:02pm

One small step:

Youtube Video
45 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:18:08pm

One tries to imagine what Armstrong must have felt being the first man to walk on the moon forty three years ago. The moon is something that has caught mankind's wonder and awe from our earliest days and to walk on it and to boot be the first man to walk on it must have been a thrilling experience. My elementary school growing up was named after Armstrong. He shied away from celebrity unlike Buzz Aldrin so we never got to meet him unlike Aldrin who visited a nearby school named after him or appeared in a Simpsons episode but Armstrong was the first and he'll always be remembered for that thousands of years from now.

46 Stanghazi  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:18:49pm

He was a hero to any kid alive in 1969.

47 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:19:20pm

re: #42 moderatelyradicalliberal

And those moderate/conservative Democrats eventually get replaced with far right Republicans because why to GOP-lite when you can have GOP hard right? See Claire McCaskill and her only hope of keeping her seat being her opponents rape comment. Very few Blue Dogs will be that lucky.

Yeah, Akin was actually leading McCaskill before he made his stupid comments. I think that more so than his comments is why the GOP establishment is upset at him because they see him as someone who impeded their path to the majority.

48 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:19:39pm

re: #41 Shiplord Kirel

Managed to catch NBC's stupid typo in time to correct it.

This typo?

Astronaut Neil Young, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82

That's a keeper!

49 Stanghazi  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:21:04pm

re: #41 Shiplord Kirel

Managed to catch NBC's stupid typo in time to correct it.

DAMN KIDS DON'T KNOW THEIR HISTORY.

50 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:21:09pm

re: #48 wrenchwench

This typo?

Astronaut Neil Young, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82

That's a keeper!

Look at mother nature on the rise in the 1970's.

51 bratwurst  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:23:14pm
52 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:24:39pm

re: #44 Shiplord Kirel

One small step:

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That was the first thing I watched on a color TV (at the neighbor's). Too bad there was no color on the moon until they put the flag up. Then I fell asleep.

53 dragonath  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:25:44pm

You know, this news is actually making me cry... not just for him, but America too.

54 moderatelyradicalliberal  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:25:48pm

re: #47 HappyWarrior

Yeah, Akin was actually leading McCaskill before he made his stupid comments. I think that more so than his comments is why the GOP establishment is upset at him because they see him as someone who impeded their path to the majority.

Only now even low information voters are seeing that Todd Akin is a perfect representative of the GOP majority.

55 allegro  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:26:32pm

re: #38 moderatelyradicalliberal

You are an optimist. If sane Republicans and Independents were running, the popular vote wouldn't be as close as it is. Obama would be 10 points ahead if sanity was anywhere in large numbers on the right. These people will do what they have been doing. Ignoring the sexism, bigotry, xenophobia and ignorance because of tax cuts or whatever. Better to pull in new voters, then try to swag old ones. If they haven't had enough of the crazy, the GOP will never be too crazy.

Gee, thanks for popping my balloon. :/ What was that about reality? Could be I'm GOP reality fatigued. You're probably right.

56 jaunte  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:26:53pm

re: #53 dragonath

You know, this news is actually making me cry... not just for him, but America too.

The Anti-Science House Science Committee

57 nines09  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:27:08pm

re: #48 wrenchwench

This typo?

Astronaut Neil Young, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82

That's a keeper!

(high falsetto voice) Oh to live on........Sugar Mountain.....With the barkers and the colored balloons.......

58 jaunte  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:27:40pm

We've been through
some things together
With trunks of memories
still to come
We found things to do
in stormy weather
Long may you run.

Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Although these changes
have come
With your chrome heart shining
in the sun
Long may you run.

59 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:28:28pm

re: #54 moderatelyradicalliberal

Only now even low information voters are seeing that Todd Akin is a perfect representative of the GOP majority.

Indeed. Fun to watch Romney and Ryan distance themselves from this guy though.

60 jaunte  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:28:32pm
61 Stanghazi  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:28:33pm
62 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:29:02pm

re: #53 dragonath

You know, this news is actually making me cry... not just for him, but America too.

Go watch some Neil deGrasse Tyson videos.

63 Gus  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:31:21pm

re: #53 dragonath

You know, this news is actually making me cry... not just for him, but America too.

Think of it as typing underwater. That's what I'm doing.

64 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:32:39pm

re: #44 Shiplord Kirel

BTW, in case you were worried:

U.N. to invade Texas? "Ridiculous," says world body

65 Gus  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:33:09pm

One of my favorite pics of Neil.

Image: 10075280.jpg

66 watching you tiny alien kittens are  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:33:33pm

Funny how I have yet to hear even one Far Religious Right pastor/preacher spouting off about how a tropical storm/hurricane arriving near Tampa on the same day that the GOP convention starts means that God is displeased with them for something...

If it was the DNC convention happening there dozens of them would have jumped on the gloating bandwagon by now...with no doubt at all visible for the cameras as they professed it to be God's righteous punishment.

Effing sick hypocrites, God knows I detest them (he really does too). ;)

67 moderatelyradicalliberal  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:34:29pm

re: #55 allegro

Gee, thanks for popping my balloon. :/ What was that about reality? Could be I'm GOP reality fatigued. You're probably right.

Sorry, but part of the reason I favored Barack over Hillary is because his campaign seemed to understand that the "Reagan Democrats" after 30 years of voting Republicans where fucking Republicans and that there was no getting them to turn on the crazy in the GOP. Hell, they along with the Dixiecrats they where the crazy in the GOP. I understand that new voters aren't as reliable as the GOP's older and whiter base, but they really are the only hope this country has. You have to pull in New America because Old America is too fucked up and stuck on whatever pissed them off between 1964 and 1980. Anybody who's still mad about the country's cultural revolution between that time will die mad about it.

68 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:36:41pm

re: #64 wrenchwench

BTW, in case you were worried:

U.N. to invade Texas? "Ridiculous," says world body

It's sad they even needed to comment on it but I bet you this, their denial will be used by the lunatic judge to justify his batshit belief even further. Kind of like how LaPierre claims Obama's gun policies are a way of luring gun owners into a false sense of security.

69 moderatelyradicalliberal  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:36:54pm

re: #59 HappyWarrior

Indeed. Fun to watch Romney and Ryan distance themselves from this guy though.

It will be even more fun if we find out in November that they couldn't distance thmeselves. I'm hoping, but aside from my donations to the Obama Campaign, I won't bet any money on it. Half of this country is nucking futs.

70 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:37:52pm

Luna 2, the first human-made object to reach the surface of the Moon. Sent by the Soviet Union in 1959.

Image: Luna_2_Soviet_moon_probe.jpg

Looks like it's made from kitchen utensils.

71 BongCrodny  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:38:01pm

re: #60 jaunte

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However, if there's anyone on the planet that's been to the moon without the aid of NASA, it's likely Neil Young

72 Gus  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:38:02pm
73 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:38:46pm

re: #70 wrenchwench

Luna 2, the first human-made object to reach the surface of the Moon. Sent by the Soviet Union in 1959.

Image: Luna_2_Soviet_moon_probe.jpg

Looks like it's made from kitchen utensils.

Only ten years later, Neil Armstrong was there. His courage, and that of all the early astronauts, was unimaginable to me.

74 Gus  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:40:28pm

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75 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:40:56pm

Whenever I think of the Apollo 11 mission, I find it hard not to think of President Kennedy and how he promised by the end of the decade that we'd have a man on the moon. I wish he could have gotten to see that and the technological progress we've made in the years since.

76 bratwurst  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:40:58pm
78 Gus  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:41:47pm

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79 Gus  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:43:40pm

Image: 10075205.jpg

80 Randall Gross  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:46:13pm
81 Stanghazi  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:46:52pm

Made me think of this, Buzz Aldrin punches moon landing denier troll

EPIC

Liveleak Video
82 jaunte  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:46:53pm

[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

83 bratwurst  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:48:28pm

re: #81 Stanley Sea

Made me think of this, Buzz Aldrin punches moon landing denier troll

EPIC

[Embedded content]

Candidate for greatest video clip of all time.

84 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:48:30pm

re: #81 Stanley Sea

Made me think of this, Buzz Aldrin punches moon landing denier troll

EPIC

[Embedded content]

Reminds me of that Ali G where Baron Cohen asked Aldrin what he says to people who deny the moon exist. Always thought Aldrin was a cool guy for confronting nuts like this and his Simpsons cameo is one of my favorite all the time guest appearances on any television show.

85 watching you tiny alien kittens are  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:49:57pm

re: #48 wrenchwench

This typo?

Astronaut Neil Young, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82

That's a keeper!

As he immortalized it in one of his more popular songs;

'Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming, I'm finally on the moon...

86 Gus  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:50:45pm

Image: k11.jpg

87 William Barnett-Lewis  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:52:24pm
Youtube Video
88 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:53:22pm

Very cool photos.

89 bratwurst  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:55:23pm

Death of an American hero doesn't keep a fucking asshole from his regularly scheduled hate boner:

90 Stanghazi  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:55:57pm
91 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:56:03pm

re: #48 wrenchwench

This typo?

Astronaut Neil Young, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82

That's a keeper!

He was searching for a heart of gold. Apparently they're so rare he had to look on the moon.

92 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:56:22pm

re: #89 bratwurst

Death of an American hero doesn't stop a fucking asshole from his regularly scheduled hate boner:

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He has an extra 't' and 'z' on his name that he doesn't need.

93 Gus  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:57:19pm

X-15 To the Edge of Space Poster

94 abolitionist  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:57:38pm

re: #75 HappyWarrior

Whenever I think of the Apollo 11 mission, I find it hard not to think of President Kennedy and how he promised by the end of the decade that we'd have a man on the moon. I wish he could have gotten to see that and the technological progress we've made in the years since.

Were it not for JFK's bold speech about putting a man on the moon by the end of decade, I suspect our rivalry with the USSR would likely have continued developing mostly as an arms race. He changed the direction of that rivalry, in a good way.

95 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:57:39pm

re: #89 bratwurst

Death of an American hero doesn't stop a fucking asshole from his regularly scheduled hate boner:

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Politics at a funeral is always in bad taste.

96 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:58:17pm

re: #89 bratwurst

Death of an American hero doesn't stop a fucking asshole from his regularly scheduled hate boner:

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What a douche but that's Boortz for ya.

97 Gus  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:59:50pm

Mmm. Nice.

Image: tumblr_lytbnfrljk1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg

Neil's on the left next to Joe Walker. Walker was unfortunately killed in an F-104 after colliding with an XB-70 that a lot of people have seen.

98 Ben G. Hazi  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 1:00:41pm

re: #89 bratwurst

99 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 1:00:50pm

re: #97 Gus

Mmm. Nice.

Image: tumblr_lytbnfrljk1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg

Neil's on the left next to Joe Walker. Walker was unfortunately killed in an F-104 after colliding with an XB-70 that a lot of people have seen.

Lost alot of good guys in those years. I always teared up a little watching Apollo 13 when they mention the guys in Apollo 1 who died in the fire.

100 Randall Gross  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 1:01:22pm
101 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 1:02:10pm

re: #100 Randall Gross

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Awesome, just awesome.

102 Gus  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 1:04:26pm

Image: 15apollo.jpg

103 Sionainn  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 1:05:56pm

re: #60 jaunte

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I thought Wrenchwench was kidding.

104 allegro  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 1:08:13pm

I remember that day in 1969 vividly. I was 16, just had a huge fight with my parents, and I was seriously considering running off to live with the hippies (and really cute guy) I met in Lincoln Park (Chicago). The amazing accomplishment I watched on TV! from the freaking moon! made me realize was a dumbass move that would be when I could choose to get over my piddly, teenage problems, get that science education I had been working towards, and do something with my life.

Thanks Neil! I know I was only one of millions who were so inspired by that extraordinary accomplishment.

105 Stanghazi  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 1:10:53pm

re: #89 bratwurst

Death of an American hero doesn't stop a fucking asshole from his regularly scheduled hate boner:

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omg, I read his feed. Comparing Obama to Thalidomide?

I had to respond.

106 Sionainn  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 1:10:56pm

re: #81 Stanley Sea

Made me think of this, Buzz Aldrin punches moon landing denier troll

EPIC

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I'd never seen that bit of awesomeness. Thanks!

107 watching you tiny alien kittens are  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 1:13:44pm

re: #81 Stanley Sea

Made me think of this, Buzz Aldrin punches moon landing denier troll

EPIC

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Note, he probably watched crap like this too often and thought it was real.

(BTW, this clip was from a commercial for Lager that was broadcast in the U.K. and then started showing up after being edited of the commercial content on some U.S. moon landing denial sites being purported to be a real "outake" from the Apollo 11 program. Just to show how truly stupid and gullible these people are, much like those who believe in the "documentary" Loose Change.)

Liveleak Video
108 Ben G. Hazi  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 1:17:11pm

re: #99 HappyWarrior

Lost alot of good guys in those years. I always teared up a little watching Apollo 13 when they mention the guys in Apollo 1 who died in the fire.

If you get a chance to rent it from Netflix or buy the set, watch the late-90s HBO miniseries From The Earth to the Moon. A Ron Howard/Tom Hanks venture, it chronicles the Apollo program fairly well over 12 one-hour episodes; the second episode deals exclusively with Apollo 1 and the fallout.

The entire miniseries is excellent; great stories and an stellar ensemble cast.

109 HappyWarrior  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 1:22:48pm

re: #108 TedStriker

If you get a chance to rent it from Netflix or buy the set, watch the late-90s HBO miniseries From The Earth to the Moon. A Ron Howard/Tom Hanks venture, it chronicles the Apollo program fairly well over 12 one-hour episodes; the second episode deals exclusively with Apollo 1 and the fallout.

The entire miniseries is excellent; great stories and an stellar ensemble cast.

Thanks will do.

110 abolitionist  Sat, Aug 25, 2012 2:12:13pm

re: #108 TedStriker

Trailer: From the Earth to the Moon at IMDB

111 S'latch  Sun, Aug 26, 2012 2:50:12am

Todd Akin is being forcibly gang raped the Liberal Media and Establisment/Washington Republicans.

Thank God his tubes are spastic.

112 mgardener  Thu, Aug 30, 2012 6:38:22am

In 5 years or less, unless the republican leaders decide to sever ties with the American Taliban, this country will have 2 parties, the religious conservative and the democrats.
The republicans who love their party must know that they need to sever ties with these people in order to preserve their party or they will lose it.

The democrats should not just sit by and wit for it to happen. We need to fight this religious perversion with everything we have.


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