The Most Ridiculous GOP Attack on #FreeCommunityCollege Yet

Hey kids, look at these GIFs! Who needs free college?
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How ridiculous will the Republican Party get, in their attempts to get some young people (any young people) to sign on to their deeply reactionary policies and views?

This ridiculous: 12 Taylor Swift GIFs for You | Speaker.gov.

Yes, folks, that’s the Speaker of the House doing the Buzzfeed listicle thing, trying to attack President Obama’s free community college initiative. Because the kids enjoy this Taylor Swift person, right? Don’t they?

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1 Dr. Matt  Jan 16, 2015 9:50:52am

Talk about a waste of taxpayer dollars. Typical hypocritical Orangeman.

2 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 16, 2015 9:51:04am

Whoever manages the SOTH Twitter feed is even drunker than John Boehner.

3 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 16, 2015 9:51:20am
The Most Ridiculous GOP Attack on #FreeCommunityCollege Yet

The year is young and Ben Carson has yet to weigh in.

4 Sionainn  Jan 16, 2015 9:51:52am

When I first saw this, I had to actually check and make sure it was really Boehner’s site. Shockingly adolescent. Ugh.

5 lawhawk  Jan 16, 2015 9:51:55am

Reposted from below:

There’s so much bad crazy there, that I half expect him to claim that his account got hacked.

Except that it wasn’t. This is what the GOP thinks is a principled critique of a plan to educate Americans. Shows exactly what the GOP thinks of their fellow Americans, or a plan to improve our economic competitiveness by making it easier to get an education.

6 Targetpractice  Jan 16, 2015 9:53:54am

I’m reminded of the “Uncle Sam” ads that supposedly were going to convince the young and hip crowd that Obamacare was bad and they should oppose it.

7 lawhawk  Jan 16, 2015 9:55:27am

When the best you can do is critique the President’s education plan with a gif of Taylor Swift, you’re doing something terribly wrong.

8 lawhawk  Jan 16, 2015 9:57:49am

WFTFIS?

That’s the GOP core constituency; older white folks who think the GOP represents them. And that’s the respect you show? Really?

9 Targetpractice  Jan 16, 2015 10:08:44am

So first the NCAA pretty much took the teeth out of their punishment of Penn State, now…

10 nines09  Jan 16, 2015 10:10:10am

Isn’t it a bit early in DC to be drinking? Ah it’s half past Scotch somewhere. What a dipshit. Leader of the House Of Dipstick. Derpotoid. Cretinous slime says *hic*

11 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 16, 2015 10:10:40am

Not just sneezing.

12 meteor  Jan 16, 2015 10:11:23am

re: #10 nines09

When I would start to talk like that, my friends would get me a cab.

13 nines09  Jan 16, 2015 10:12:53am

re: #12 meteor

When I would start to talk like that, my friends would get me a cab.

I can’t get that drunk to say shit like that. impossible.

14 ObserverArt  Jan 16, 2015 10:14:48am

John Boehner, Speaker of the House

…and chief congressional wanker.

15 Ace-o-aces  Jan 16, 2015 10:15:49am

re: #9 Targetpractice

So first the NCAA pretty much took the teeth out of their punishment of Penn State, now…

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It seems they care more about students signing autographs than someone who facilitated child rape.

16 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 16, 2015 10:19:05am

So the proposal is for $60 billion over 10 years? Or six years?

Either way, not much per year. Not saying its the best use of money, just that it’s not much. Stupid Bayner.

17 Targetpractice  Jan 16, 2015 10:19:31am

re: #15 Ace-o-aces

It seems they care more about students signing autographs than someone who facilitated child rape.

I’m curious just how big the suitcase full of money was that Penn State passed the NCAA to get this “deal.” There’s no way I believe that this is about anything but the money made off college sports.

18 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 16, 2015 10:21:40am

During my three times in Paris I stayed in hotels in ZUS zones (Saint-Denis, Porte de Clichy, what have you). Not even once I felt uncomfortable, incl. walking in the streets late in the evening. Maybe there are worse areas that I haven’t seen, but ZUS are expressly not “no go zones” in the wacky sense that Emerson, Pipes et al. want to ascribe to it (rampant lawlessness, Shariah, non-Muslims or whites not welcome, etc.).

There are some “no go zones” in Europe in a very different sense, which mostly concerns the police, who must tread carefully when they enter them (they usually use reinforcements when they check on the local establishments, etc.). If you’re an average person, you mostly won’t notice that you’ve crossed into any such area.

19 Dr Lizardo  Jan 16, 2015 10:22:03am

re: #17 Targetpractice

I’m curious just how big the suitcase full of money was that Penn State passed the NCAA to get this “deal.” There’s no way I believe that this is about anything but the money made off college sports.

Suitcase full of money?

You’re thinking too small.

20 Shiplord Kirel  Jan 16, 2015 10:23:33am

On the positive side of things, here’s Buzz Aldrin with Logan at Purdue today:


It’s safe to say Logan was the youngest attendee at Purdue today but I think he enjoyed Prof Longuski’s presentation.

Btw, Buzz will be 85 on Tuesday (born January 20,1930).

21 unproven innocence  Jan 16, 2015 10:26:26am

Definitely ON topic, by reason of deeply reactionary policies:
Why I Hope Congress Never Watches Blackhat
By Kevin Poulsen 01.16.15

Excerpt:

Following the suicide of hacker activist Aaron Swartz two years ago, a proposal to put limits on the CFAA floated through the halls of Congress and out a window, never to be seen again. Now Obama is looking to go the other way and make the CFAA more powerful.

Don’t mistake Obama’s proposal for meaningful action, though. Computer crime sentences have already smashed through the ceiling of efficacy. At this very moment there are hackers, and even low-level credit card fraudsters, serving 20 year terms, and that didn’t deter the Sony intruders. As for the “trafficking” prohibition, when hacking tools are outlawed … well, you know the rest.

[edit] Kevin Poulsen was one of the technical advisors for the movie.

22 blueraven  Jan 16, 2015 10:32:02am

Great press conference happening now with Obama & Cameron.

I am always so impressed with Obama’s thoughtful, intelligent answers to, often, inane questions from the press.

23 unproven innocence  Jan 16, 2015 10:32:52am

re: #22 blueraven

Got a link? Pretty please.

24 Charles Johnson  Jan 16, 2015 10:33:28am

I think the presser is almost over now…

25 blueraven  Jan 16, 2015 10:33:39am

re: #23 unproven innocence

Got a link? Pretty please.

Sorry I dont. Watching On CNN. Probably almost over now.

26 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 16, 2015 10:33:45am

re:
#3

The year is young and Ben Carson has yet to weigh in.

FreeCommunityCollege is worse than the Holocaust.

27 Charles Johnson  Jan 16, 2015 10:35:15am

Note that Cameron just said he’s NOT proposing that governments have “back doors” into encryption programs, contrary to some of the alarmist stories being spread around the web.

28 Charles Johnson  Jan 16, 2015 10:35:45am
29 Targetpractice  Jan 16, 2015 10:36:51am

Seems the “deal” made is in fact a settlement between the NCAA and Penn State in a lawsuit filed against the NCAA over the fines that were levied. Pennsylvania wanted the money to go to programs in-state, but the NCAA wanted it to be spread around the country, so the state filed suit and it seems over the course of the suit its become apparent that the NCAA had no grounds to sanction Penn State in the first place because Sandusky’s actions were a criminal matter and not violation of NCAA rules and regs.

So yes, it looks like the Cult of Paterno wins in the end.

30 b.d.  Jan 16, 2015 10:37:07am

You mean this isn’t real? I’m a 1/3 of the way of putting on my Swiss Guard uniform already.

31 blueraven  Jan 16, 2015 10:38:48am

I am also struck by how much Obama and Cameron seem to genuinely like each other and exhibit a sense of shared sensibilities.

32 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 10:39:21am
33 Targetpractice  Jan 16, 2015 10:39:52am

re: #32 Kragar

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Wasn’t the establishment supposedly going to limit the number of debates because of the damage they’d done to the party last go around?

34 b.d.  Jan 16, 2015 10:40:31am

re: #33 Targetpractice

Wasn’t the establishment supposedly going to limit the number of debates because of the damage they’d done to the party last go around?

I’m with you, I thought they figured all that out a year or so ago?

35 #FergusonFireside  Jan 16, 2015 10:42:45am
36 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 16, 2015 10:43:16am

re: #30 b.d.

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You mean this isn’t real? I’m a 1/3 of the way of putting on my Swiss Guard uniform already.

And me with my doublet still at the cleaner’s.

37 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 16, 2015 10:44:25am

Can whoever used the last popcorn bag at LGF please buy a couple more boxes?

It appears new House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) really doesn’t want to sit in the shadow of his predecessor and fellow Republican, Darrell Issa (Calif.).

(snip)

One of the Utah Republican’s first acts since taking over the Oversight panel gavel: removing portraits of Issa and other past chairmen from the walls of the Oversight Committee hearing room, committee sources told The Hill.

(snip)

But Chaffetz has been taking shots at Issa in the press, since he was selected as chairman by Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) Steering Committee and grabbed the gavel. In a recent Roll Call story, Chaffetz said his approach would rely more on subcommittees, taking the spotlight off of him. “It’s not the ‘Jason Chaffetz Show,’ ” he said, a swipe at Issa’s ability to grab headlines.

thehill.com

38 Higgs Boson's Mate  Jan 16, 2015 10:46:14am

re: #32 Kragar

Judy Collins: Send in the Clowns
Video

39 Timothy Watson  Jan 16, 2015 10:46:25am

re: #37 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse

Can whoever used the last popcorn bag at LGF please buy a couple more boxes?

thehill.com

We must not allow a popcorn gap!

40 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 10:47:33am
41 lawhawk  Jan 16, 2015 10:47:53am

re: #28 Charles Johnson

Well, that’s a relief.

42 unproven innocence  Jan 16, 2015 10:48:23am

re: #27 Charles Johnson

Note that Cameron just said he’s NOT proposing that governments have “back doors” into encryption programs, contrary to some of the alarmist stories being spread around the web.

Back doors are moot if his goal is to make the legality of encryption exceeding context-dependent.

43 makeitstop  Jan 16, 2015 10:48:44am

Here, here’s a hammer. Just go ahead and kosh my head in so I don’t have to put up with the galloping stupitude any more.

Also…

re: #32 Kragar

There will be at least 9 GOP presidential debates—and as many as 12—starting with FOX in August in Ohio, RNC announced today.

Weren’t they saying last year that were going to do fewer debates? Make yer minds up, idiots.

44 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 16, 2015 10:49:13am

re: #40 Kragar

She’s ridiculous. That’s obviously a communist bus.

45 Targetpractice  Jan 16, 2015 10:49:47am

re: #40 Kragar

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46 lawhawk  Jan 16, 2015 10:49:59am

So I guess he’s going to speak out against the Islamophobes who want to limit Muslim rights in the US in 3…2…1..

Oh wait…

47 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 16, 2015 10:51:08am

re: #46 lawhawk

Or against the anti-atheism rampant among the conservatives.

48 Timothy Watson  Jan 16, 2015 10:52:14am

re: #40 Kragar

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SATANIC RITUAL ABUSE!1!!

50 b_sharp  Jan 16, 2015 10:52:42am

re: #40 Kragar

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Fuckin pareidolia.

51 lawhawk  Jan 16, 2015 10:53:10am

re: #5 lawhawk

Guess I was a bit off in claiming someone got hacked. It wasn’t the Speaker’s site, but rather the Speaker’s mouthpiece at NY Post.

52 Targetpractice  Jan 16, 2015 10:54:24am

re: #49 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

He’ll be a great Florida Man.

Police detain Florida teen who spent a month posing as a doctor at a West Palm Beach hospital

They finally caught Frank Abagnale?

//

53 darthstar  Jan 16, 2015 10:54:26am

re: #32 Kragar

Seven debates too many, but at least it’s something.

54 Dr. Matt  Jan 16, 2015 10:56:10am

re: #32 Kragar

There will be at least 9 GOP presidential debates—and as many as 12—starting with FOX in August in Ohio, RNC announced today.

Good. The more the merrier because the country (and world) will be able to see and hear how batshit crazy the GOP really are.

55 makeitstop  Jan 16, 2015 10:58:54am

re: #49 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

He’ll be a great Florida Man.

Police detain Florida teen who spent a month posing as a doctor at a West Palm Beach hospital

He was telling people to call him ‘Doogie,’ I heard.

56 lawhawk  Jan 16, 2015 10:58:59am
57 blueraven  Jan 16, 2015 11:00:07am

I expect one of the big “news items” out of the Obama/Cameron presser will be the fact that Cameron is, in effect, lobbying members of Congress to not pass any bills imposing new sanctions on Iran while nuclear talks are ongoing.

There will be outrage.

58 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Jan 16, 2015 11:01:23am

re: #40 Kragar

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From the linked page:

Fleeing Florida man tosses cocaine out sunroof and onto hood of pursuing police car

Florida Man is everywhere.

59 WhatEVs  Jan 16, 2015 11:01:23am

re: #32 Kragar

There will be at least 9 GOP presidential debates—and as many as 12—starting with FOX in August in Ohio, RNC announced today.

I don’t know if there is enough popcorn for that.

60 Dr. Matt  Jan 16, 2015 11:01:59am

re: #55 makeitstop

He was telling people to call him ‘Doogie,’ I heard.

61 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 11:02:00am
62 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 16, 2015 11:02:39am

re:
#32

There will be at least 9 GOP presidential debates—and as many as 12—starting with FOX in August in Ohio, RNC announced today.

This August? Good gawd the derpolly is starting early.

63 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 16, 2015 11:04:16am

re: #56 lawhawk

The question is, why this idiot has been there for decades.

64 b.d.  Jan 16, 2015 11:05:12am

re: #56 lawhawk

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Ahhhh Twitter, tool of the Devil;

“Get a grip, junior. It’s my Friday night,” he wrote in another tweet, according to Mediaite. “You and the Hasbara team need to pick on some cripple on the edge of the herd.”

65 The Vicious Babushka  Jan 16, 2015 11:06:12am

re: #46 lawhawk

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So I guess he’s going to speak out against the Islamophobes who want to limit Muslim rights in the US in 3…2…1..

Oh wait…

You silly. What that means is the right to discriminate against Teh Ghey and deny vagina-Americans the right to reproductive health care. Muslims and heathens have no “religious rights” according to Bryan Fischer.

66 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 11:07:17am
67 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 11:09:20am
68 b.d.  Jan 16, 2015 11:14:04am

re: #55 makeitstop

He was telling people to call him ‘Doogie,’ I heard.

Heh Doogie

From this week’s American Horror Story spoiler

I hope that guy would be better at sawing a woman in half than Doogie was

69 lawhawk  Jan 16, 2015 11:14:30am

John Boehner ♥ Taylor Swift, but Swift is never, ever, going to get together. Like Ever.

70 Charles Johnson  Jan 16, 2015 11:14:49am

re: #57 blueraven

I expect one of the big “news items” out of the Obama/Cameron presser will be the fact that Cameron is, in effect, lobbying members of Congress to not pass any bills imposing new sanctions on Iran while nuclear talks are ongoing.

There will be outrage.

Yes, that was very interesting. He’s basically telling the Republican Party to STFU and let the grown-ups work on it.

71 Targetpractice  Jan 16, 2015 11:15:03am

So months ago, wingnuts were salivating something serious over Cameron’s strongly worded speech against ISIS and terrorism, talking about how “strong” he was and how great a “leader” he was.

Now he’s with the President today, joining in the call on Congress not to pass new sanctions against Iran.

I imagine the spitting and yowling is soon to commence.

72 WhatEVs  Jan 16, 2015 11:15:43am

re: #69 lawhawk

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John Boehner ♥ Taylor Swift, but Swift is never, ever, going to get together. Like Ever.

Imagine the “creepy old orange dude” song Swift could write. Grammytime, baby.

73 The War TARDIS  Jan 16, 2015 11:17:04am

re: #69 lawhawk

Especially since she sent money to a fan to help with student loans.

74 De Kolta Chair  Jan 16, 2015 11:18:50am

re: #49 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Police detain Florida teen who spent a month posing as a doctor at a West Palm Beach hospital

75 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 11:19:58am
76 WhatEVs  Jan 16, 2015 11:20:06am

re: #74 De Kolta Chair

You have no idea how old that picture makes me feel. Wow. Was NPH really that young?

Christ. I am old.

77 b_sharp  Jan 16, 2015 11:22:21am

re: #76 WhatEVs

You have no idea how old that picture makes me feel. Wow. Was NPH really that young?

Christ. I am old.

You and me both.

78 lawhawk  Jan 16, 2015 11:23:06am

Unbelievable that the NCAA is about to restore Joe Paterno’s record at Penn State after a settlement with the state over where the money from the NCAA fine would go. State officials sued to make sure the money stayed in Pennsylvania, which gave them an in to get his record restored.

Frankly, I still think the NCAA should have killed the athletic program altogether (football at a minimum, but since the AD was also involved, the whole thing should have been axed).

Sexual abuse. Turning a blind eye to the abuse at the highest levels in the school, and the effect is a glorified slap on the wrist.

79 Dr. Matt  Jan 16, 2015 11:25:13am

Four Reasons Why Romney Is a 2016 Long-Shot

1. To win the nomination in 2016, Romney would need to pander to the Right more than he did last time. That would be toxic in a general election.

2. Romney ran on his business credentials as the economic fix-it candidate in 2012. The economy is looking in better shape for 2016.

3. Economic mobility is emerging as a leading issue, even for Republicans. Romney’s biography (and his “47 percent” gaffe) is a fundamental handicap.

4. The Republican electorate wants change. Romney is a symbol of the past

5. He has already lost two previous times.
6. Clint’s empty chair has more personality.
7. In the sad, pathetic right-wing world he is a “moderate”.

80 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 11:26:10am
81 lawhawk  Jan 16, 2015 11:27:18am

re: #80 Kragar

82 Eventual Carrion  Jan 16, 2015 11:27:37am

re: #79 Dr. Matt

Four Reasons Why Romney Is a 2016 Long-Shot

5. He has already lost two previous times.
6. Clint’s empty chair has more personality.
7. In the sad, pathetic right-wing world he is a “moderate”.

And the whole Mormon thing doesn’t fly well with the christian evangelical ilk.

83 WhatEVs  Jan 16, 2015 11:28:13am

re: #78 lawhawk

Silly rabbit. Ideals are for kids!*

Money ruling the world is for everyone else.

*and people who genuinely give a crap about right vs wrong…not the idolized one people talk about but don’t actually care about, the real “this is right and this is wrong” kind of thing.

84 Shazam  Jan 16, 2015 11:29:23am

re: #80 Kragar

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Holy shit! Is that Arnold Schwarzenegger from Terminator??? Sexy!

Seriously, someone should do the Wonkette CCJ “Blingy” shop job on that photo.

85 Charles Johnson  Jan 16, 2015 11:29:25am
86 b.d.  Jan 16, 2015 11:30:32am

re: #79 Dr. Matt

Four Reasons Why Romney Is a 2016 Long-Shot

5. He has already lost two previous times.
6. Clint’s empty chair has more personality.
7. In the sad, pathetic right-wing world he is a “moderate”.

Not so sure that the Romney buzz isn’t just a big FU to Jeb to freeze up his potential donors.

87 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Jan 16, 2015 11:30:44am

Seems like the French integration project, while far from perfect, has its share of successes.

88 b.d.  Jan 16, 2015 11:32:00am

re: #80 Kragar

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Gotta love the Yinyang belt buckle.

What a lulu.

89 WhatEVs  Jan 16, 2015 11:32:44am

re: #84 Shazam

Holy shit! Is that Arnold Schwarzenegger from Terminator??? Sexy!

Seriously, someone should do the Wonkette CCJ “Blingy” shop job on that photo.

I thought it was Tom Arnold, myself.

90 b_sharp  Jan 16, 2015 11:36:17am

re: #88 b.d.

Gotta love the Yinyang belt buckle.

What a lulu.

What’s with the painted fingernails?

91 WhatEVs  Jan 16, 2015 11:37:04am

re: #90 b_sharp

What’s with the painted fingernails?

He either thinks it’s badass…or is an Adam Lambert wannabe. :-)

92 b_sharp  Jan 16, 2015 11:37:43am

re: #91 WhatEVs

He either thinks it’s badass…or is an Adam Lambert wannabe. :-)

It doesn’t seem to fit the persona.

93 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 11:37:51am

re: #90 b_sharp

What’s with the painted fingernails?

They’re tactical.

94 b.d.  Jan 16, 2015 11:38:22am

re: #90 b_sharp

What’s with the painted fingernails?

He’s not very good with a hammer?

95 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 11:38:31am
96 WhatEVs  Jan 16, 2015 11:38:53am

re: #93 Kragar

They’re tactical.

Or tacky. :-) Unless you’re in full goth regalia. Then it’s ok. Amirite?

97 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Jan 16, 2015 11:39:52am

re: #89 WhatEVs

I thought it was Tom Arnold, myself.

I thought it was Eugene from TWD.

98 WhatEVs  Jan 16, 2015 11:39:55am

re: #95 Kragar

Vanna, I would like to buy an upding.

(For Kragar giving me Mr. Fillion’s adorable mug to gaze at.)

99 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 11:40:48am

re: #96 WhatEVs

Or tacky. :-) Unless you’re in full goth regalia. Then it’s ok. Amirite?

I went full Goth one time, only to be told my chain mail, bronze spear and battle axe were not allowed in the club.

Bastards

100 unproven innocence  Jan 16, 2015 11:40:55am

re: #80 Kragar

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Really cute nail polish.

101 Targetpractice  Jan 16, 2015 11:41:19am

re: #95 Kragar

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Gee John, perhaps if we hadn’t “led” back in ‘03, we wouldn’t need to “lead” now.

102 Rightwingconspirator  Jan 16, 2015 11:42:43am

Better luck next time…
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103 Romantic Heretic  Jan 16, 2015 11:47:09am

re: #32 Kragar

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Wonderful. The best hope the GOP has is as little exposure to the public as possible.

Instead they’re making it so that they are maximizing their exposure. No one will be able to say “I haven’t seen or heard from any of the GOP candidates so I had no idea how crazy they were.”

I wonder why people so fond of shooting themselves in the foot are in favour of more guns for everyone.

104 De Kolta Chair  Jan 16, 2015 11:47:37am

re: #102 Rightwingconspirator

Better luck next time…
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What the heck is that?

105 #FergusonFireside  Jan 16, 2015 11:49:36am
106 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 16, 2015 11:49:53am

re:
#75

Bastards!

107 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 11:50:21am
108 CuriousLurker  Jan 16, 2015 11:50:41am

re: #46 lawhawk

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So I guess he’s going to speak out against the Islamophobes who want to limit Muslim rights in the US in 3…2…1..

Oh wait…

The anti-Muslim hate machine is in overdrive right now. I’m getting far more Google Alerts than I can keep up with. They were obviously prepared for just such an occurrence as what happened in Paris.

I just spent an hour and a half listening to a conference at the National Press Club—it was on C-SPan (they tweeted it). It was filled with the most disgusting, deceitful fear mongering you can imagine, courtesy of Frank Gaffney’s Center for Security Policy. Apart form Gaffney, the speakers included David Yerushalmi, Clare Lopez, and Admiral James A. “Ace” Lyons, among others. That retired wingnut general William G. “Jerry” Boykin was also supposed to be there, but for some reason he didn’t show up. Here’s the full line-up: donotlink.com (direct link is here).

These people are truly loathsome. The worst part is that if you’re not familiar with their background & alliances they can come across as quite rational, especially since many of them have held important government positions in the past that lend them credibility.

109 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 16, 2015 11:52:20am

re:
#107

Beck: Our Founding Principles Require That Christianity Receive Preferential Treatment

Like “No religious test.”

110 Romantic Heretic  Jan 16, 2015 11:53:37am

re: #80 Kragar

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I find his Yin/Yang belt buckle highly ironic as the man is definitely unbalanced.

111 Fourth Football of the Apocalypse  Jan 16, 2015 11:53:44am

re:
#108

It was filled with the most disgusting, deceitful fear mongering you can imagine, courtesy of Frank Gaffney’s Center for Security Policy.

Ah, I think I see the problem..

112 Rightwingconspirator  Jan 16, 2015 11:53:58am

re: #104 De Kolta Chair

Oh sorry! That’s the Space X booster trying to land on a ship at sea. It ran out of hydraulic fluid so at the last moment the stabilisers went dead. After taking a cargo load to the ISS perfectly.

113 Romantic Heretic  Jan 16, 2015 11:54:20am

re: #82 Eventual Carrion

And the whole Mormon thing doesn’t fly well with the christian evangelical ilk.

Does anything fly well with those people?

114 De Kolta Chair  Jan 16, 2015 11:57:18am

re: #112 Rightwingconspirator

Oh sorry! That’s the Space X booster trying to land on a ship at sea. It ran out of hydraulic fluid so at the last moment the stabilisers went dead. After taking a cargo load to the ISS perfectly.

Thanks. I thought it might have been the whale probe from Star Trek IV returning to check on our progress, or lack of same.

115 Eventual Carrion  Jan 16, 2015 12:01:25pm

re: #107 Kragar

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I’m sure he can point to the passage(s) in the constitution that says that.

116 unproven innocence  Jan 16, 2015 12:03:32pm

re: #115 Eventual Carrion

I’m sure he can point to the passage(s) in the constitution that says that.

Surely David Barton has shared copies of some early drafts. /

117 Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 16, 2015 12:04:17pm

Sooo, I wandered over to CCJ’s TL to see what he’s been up to since yesterday.
He has all the Chris Kyle/”American Sniper” fans totally pissed off.

118 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 12:05:52pm
119 Dr Lizardo  Jan 16, 2015 12:06:08pm

re: #108 CuriousLurker

You know, I’d rather spend some quality time watching a 45 minute documentary about Fritz Honka - “The Duisberg Cannibal” than listen to five minutes of Frank Gaffney and the rest of those bigoted assclowns.

120 CuriousLurker  Jan 16, 2015 12:06:27pm

re: #113 Romantic Heretic

Does anything fly well with those people?

You know what really weirded me out when the realization hit me after doing my most recent Page? The fact that the GOP is using the exact same strategy AQ uses to pit non-Muslim Westerners against all Muslims (regardless of where they live). The only difference is that they’ve turned it inward and are using it to pit American voters against each other. That’s beyond reprehensible.

The most effective way to convince a target audience to buy into a rhetorical vision is to echo and respond to their grievances. In other words, use their existing complaints to make them sign up to your plan to fix things.

littlegreenfootballs.com

The source article is well worth the 10 minutes or so it takes to read in it’s entirety.

121 Kragar  Jan 16, 2015 12:08:08pm
122 De Kolta Chair  Jan 16, 2015 12:15:04pm

re: #121 Kragar

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123 CuriousLurker  Jan 16, 2015 12:15:14pm

re: #119 Dr Lizardo

You know, I’d rather spend some quality time watching a 45 minute documentary about Fritz Honka - “The Duisberg Cannibal” than listen to five minutes of Frank Gaffney and the rest of those bigoted assclowns.

Me too, but unfortunately ignoring them won’t make them go away, and they’re doing their best to turn my fellow countrymen against me. If they could scare people bad enough and get the “right” wingnuts in power…

Let’s just say the whole internment thing has never been taken off the table, legally speaking (see Korematsu v. United States).

124 BeachDem  Jan 16, 2015 12:33:23pm

re: #72 WhatEVs

Imagine the “creepy old orange dude” song Swift could write. Grammytime, baby.

I think she could have had Republicans in mind when she did Mean

And I can see you years from now in a bar
Talking over a football game
With that same big loud opinion
But nobody’s listening
Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things
Drunk and grumbling on about how I can’t sing
But all you are is mean

All you are is mean
And a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life
And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean

But someday I’ll be living in a big ol’ city
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean, yeah
Someday I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me
And all you’re ever gonna be is mean

125 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 16, 2015 1:07:11pm

re: #33 Targetpractice

Wasn’t the establishment supposedly going to limit the number of debates because of the damage they’d done to the party last go around?

They’ll hold all 12 on FOX and that should limit the damage since they can just toss red meat and softball questions for the entire event.
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126 Feline Fearless Leader  Jan 16, 2015 1:10:46pm

re: #78 lawhawk

Unbelievable that the NCAA is about to restore Joe Paterno’s record at Penn State after a settlement with the state over where the money from the NCAA fine would go. State officials sued to make sure the money stayed in Pennsylvania, which gave them an in to get his record restored.

Frankly, I still think the NCAA should have killed the athletic program altogether (football at a minimum, but since the AD was also involved, the whole thing should have been axed).

Sexual abuse. Turning a blind eye to the abuse at the highest levels in the school, and the effect is a glorified slap on the wrist.

This is what I expected. Wait 3-4 years for the outrage to simmer down, and then start re-establishing the status quo. The NCAA played “bad guy” for the PSU administration so that they did not have to internally own the housecleaning.

The statue of Joe Pa will be back outside the stadium in 2018 or so, 2020 at the latest.

127 Eventual Carrion  Jan 16, 2015 1:10:53pm

re: #113 Romantic Heretic

Does anything fly well with those people?

One thing, Anger fly’s well. Anger and, two things, anger and hate fly’s well. Anger and hate and, three things, anger and hate and bigotry. Anger, hate …

128 makeitstop  Jan 16, 2015 1:18:32pm

re: #124 BeachDem

I just watched ‘Mean,’ then clicked a couple more in the window when that was done.

She really is fun to watch. You can tell that she doesn’t take the whole pop star thing too seriously, which is a good thing.


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