April 17, 2014

Obama's Deliberately Trolling the GOP
— Ace

Already mentioned by @theh2 (Andy) in the morning comments, and boy, I sure wish he'd mentioned it for the podcast -- great piece at Slate by John Dickerson, linked from Hot Air.

We've talked about the Buzzfeedification of politics but this would seem to mean that's now an actual strategy.

Obama Trolls the GOP

The refined cynicism of the president.

By John Dickerson


How do I get you to pay attention to this story? I could type out a balanced tale about an incremental change in White House spin and message control, relying on your discernment, patience, and kindness toward all the creatures of the Earth. Or, I could say that Barack Obama is a cynical and manipulative liar. The first approach would get a modest number of thoughtful readers, but they probably wouldn't stay on the page very long. The second would excite the emotions. Conservatives would approve. Liberals would denounce it and point out the exaggerations. My editor would smile because the controversy would attract more readers.

This is trolling. I've decided against it, but the White House has not. CBS's Major Garrett writes in National Journal about a new version of the “stray voltage” theory of communication in which the president purposefully overstates his case knowing that it will create controversy. Garrett describes it this way: “Controversy sparks attention, attention provokes conversation, and conversation embeds previously unknown or marginalized ideas in the public consciousness.”


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Under this approach, a president wants the fact-checkers to call him out (again and again) because that hubbub keeps the issue in the news, which is good for promoting the issue to the public. It is the political equivalent of “there is no such thing as bad publicity” or the quote attributed to Mae West (and others): “I don't care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right.” The tactic represents one more step in the embrace of cynicism that has characterized President Obama's journey in office.

...

Facts, schmacts. As long as people are talking about an issue where my party has an advantage with voters, itÂ’s good.

Major Garrett writes of this "stray voltage" tactic here.

The questioning of Obama's use of a Census Bureau statistic that the median wages of working women in America are 77 percent of median wages earned by men lasted almost all week. The story revved into mini-overdrive when the White House defensively swatted away criticism that salaries on Obama's watch—for which the American Enterprise Institute used the same median wages metric applied by the Census Bureau—showed that women in the president's employ earned 88 cents for every dollar earned by men.

All to the delight of a White House desperate to inject the issue into the political bloodstream and amplify otherwise doomed Senate Democratic efforts to make it easier for women to sue and win damages for workplace pay differences. The controversy that played out on front pages, social media, TV, and radio did just that.

This is the White House theory of "Stray Voltage." It is the brainchild of former White House Senior Adviser David Plouffe, whose methods loom large long after his departure. The theory goes like this: Controversy sparks attention, attention provokes conversation, and conversation embeds previously unknown or marginalized ideas in the public consciousness....

A top White House adviser told me last week's pay gap dust up was a "perfect" example of stray voltage. This time it was premeditated.

Like the typical sort of blog-trolling, Obama is basically writing grabby, preposterous, eye-catching, false headlines. And as with the various outfits which practice trolling all day long, he doesn't expect to catch flack for his mangling of the facts for viral hits, because no one expects a Salon headline to be honest in the first place, and, increasingly, few expect honesty from a President, either.

So, in order to maximize viral shares, you just lie. You lie small, you lie big. You like outrageously, you lie entertainingly. This makes liberals link you in approval -- you're finally "getting tough" with the GOP -- and it makes conservatives link you to argue against you.

Whatever the reason, you're getting linked. Your claims, no matter how false, unfair, or ridiculous, are now the day's number one linked story.

Obama came into office as the world's first truly literary president, a rara avis (according to super-fan Christopher Buckley), and he goes out of office as a Gawker blog editor with a keen eye for search engine optimization and listicles.

Posted by: Ace at 07:38 AM | Comments (340)
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1 My Ray-Bans look awesome.

Posted by: Joe Biden at April 17, 2014 07:41 AM (xvtYZ)

2 "You can fool fools all of the time." -- Shih Tzu

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 17, 2014 07:41 AM (phmNs)

3 Since he's trolling, let's banhammer Obama.

Posted by: Phinn at April 17, 2014 07:41 AM (i5GO4)

4 This sounds about right. His delivery during speeches has gotten very arrogant. And he certainly enjoyed trolling "birthers" for years.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2014 07:42 AM (IdOTf)

5 with a keen eye .... listicles.

Oh, you know it, girlfriend!

I'm sorry, what?

Oooooo, you said "listicles.

That's very different.

Never mind.

Posted by: Reggie Love at April 17, 2014 07:42 AM (NXg/k)

6 When you lie like a rug, internet wins!

Posted by: dantesed at April 17, 2014 07:43 AM (88xKn)

7 Not going over so well in PA, though. *See WeaselZippers.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2014 07:43 AM (IdOTf)

8 He doesn't really need to bother... The media does all his dirty work for him....

Posted by: Hello it's me Donna and I know nuthink! at April 17, 2014 07:43 AM (9+ccr)

9 An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them to exercise oversight. -- Thomas Jefferson IOW, we're all screwed.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 17, 2014 07:44 AM (VqenQ)

10 Stray voltage with enough amperage [outrage] can kill.  Two edged sword.  So be careful with your new fangled fully operation toy there.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 17, 2014 07:44 AM (mJqIh)

11 Imagine if you had the largest, most technologically advanced media apparatus at your disposal; a media capable and willing to instantly change anything you do or say into the mainstream.

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 17, 2014 07:44 AM (phmNs)

12 Like me on Facebook, bitchez!!!!

Posted by: Barky O'Genius at April 17, 2014 07:44 AM (VqenQ)

13 Now imagine a nation of lazy, ignorant fools..

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 17, 2014 07:44 AM (phmNs)

14 OT- Feds power-tripping yet again. Man charged with shoplifting over unknowingly refilling soda without paying. $0.89 soda becomes $500 fine and a ban from the premises without being given a chance to pay. Link in name.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 17, 2014 07:44 AM (APuJ7)

15 Competency and sound policies do not matter to this administration. EVERYTHING and I mean everything devolves to messaging. They really only panic when something outside of their ability to spin comes around. Hi, Vladimir.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 17, 2014 07:45 AM (659DL)

16 summed it up perfectly Ace, sadly for the Republic

Posted by: Nora at April 17, 2014 07:45 AM (RGgMp)

17 High Voltage!

Posted by: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap at April 17, 2014 07:45 AM (BAS5M)

18 This post by ace explains the Seven Worst Things About Obama - Number 3 Made Me Blow My Top!

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at April 17, 2014 07:45 AM (+lsX1)

19 Wait, Palin Steele now works at the White House? WTF? Lace Wigs up next?

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 17, 2014 07:46 AM (0FSuD)

20 Brandon, and we thought Les Mis was just a story...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 17, 2014 07:47 AM (mJqIh)

21 If we'd only let Obama be clear early on, this wouldn't have happened.  [sobs]

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 17, 2014 07:47 AM (BAS5M)

22 He's always been an ignorant moron, that's why Dickerson had him on his trapper keeper,

Posted by: arnim zola at April 17, 2014 07:47 AM (Jsiw/)

23 Most. Unifying. President. Ever.

Posted by: dan-O at April 17, 2014 07:47 AM (D0bIN)

24 Yep, all it took was handing educational institutions and the media to the left to bring this about.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at April 17, 2014 07:47 AM (Mj+L4)

25 20 Brandon, and we thought Les Mis was just a story... --- I'd refer to Holder as Inspector Javert but that actually implies he was FOLLOWING the law, however blindly or stupidly.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 17, 2014 07:48 AM (APuJ7)

26 Obama has been trolling since day 1. Hope and Change, blah blah blah..it is how a community organizer operates. Quite effectively too.

Posted by: bruceinsocalommunity organizer operates. What is sad is that our side still engages him on it instea at April 17, 2014 07:48 AM (bn38K)

27 he isn't just post racial he's post factual

Posted by: thunderb at April 17, 2014 07:48 AM (zOTsN)

28 So, now who thinks that Romney's tax form wasn't sitting in the oval office? I wouldn't be surprised if all the tax returns of all competitors is/were/are sitting and the attorneys are going over every bit of it. Dingy, dirty, vile, lying, hairy reid was trying to make Gov Romney release all of his tax returns so that 0bama could continue his war against rich people. When Romney said he would not release them, dingy, dirty, vile, lying, hairy reid could run wild with his lies. Dingy, dirty, vile, lying, hairy reid knew that when Romney said he wouldn't release them he would not (unlike most of Dingy, dirty, vile, lying, hairy's friends) So he could say anything he wanted and he did. Of course he's paid and I bet he was audited every year and admin knew it.

Posted by: Toronto Gal at April 17, 2014 07:48 AM (5cS5I)

29 Obama came into office as the world's first truly literary president Not sure I'm understanding that.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 17, 2014 07:48 AM (d+Dej)

30 This post by ace explains the Seven Worst Things About Obama - Number 3 Made Me Blow My Top! *Golf clap* Now take this test to find out which member of the Obama Administration you are.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 17, 2014 07:48 AM (VqenQ)

31 And I don't mean Moron in a good way, he sends out armies of squirrels to cover the fact that there are no net jobs, food and fuel is going through the roof,

Posted by: arnim zola at April 17, 2014 07:49 AM (Jsiw/)

32

When I can't avoid hearing him (and I try mightily to do so) I get the sense that Obama takes his greatest pleasure from his comic timing: a strawman with a rising inflection, a weighty pause, a cheap refutation and smug satisfaction. 

 

This president is not a serious man.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at April 17, 2014 07:49 AM (JtwS4)

33 Man charged with shoplifting over unknowingly refilling soda without paying. $0.89 soda becomes $500 fine and a ban from the premises without being given a chance to pay. Total bull shit. You don't put a self fill out in a public area unless refills are free.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2014 07:49 AM (8D0/R)

34 I call BS on Bammy being "literary." Release the college records and we'll find out. Till then, I will assume that the instruction manual to his bong was his biggest literary pursuit.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 17, 2014 07:49 AM (7ObY1)

35 Obama isn't this smart.

Posted by: In the bunker at April 17, 2014 07:49 AM (lFQfB)

36 Imagine if you had the largest, most technologically advanced media apparatus at your disposal; a media capable and willing to instantly change anything you do or say into the mainstream.

Now imagine a nation of lazy, ignorant fools..

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 17, 2014 11:44 AM (phmNs)


It's like we're living in the best parts of 1984 and Brave New World, all at once! 

Posted by: Phinn at April 17, 2014 07:49 AM (i5GO4)

37

he isn't just post racial

 

he's post factual

 

 

Posted by: thunderb at April 17, 2014 11:48 AM (zOTsN)

 

 

And a post turtle. 

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 17, 2014 07:50 AM (BAS5M)

38 Obama came into office as the world's first truly literary president Ima gonna have to call bullshit on that one, ace...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 17, 2014 07:50 AM (HsTG8)

39 Our passive-aggressive dictatorial tyrant. The guy is still stuck in middle school. Which wouldn't be so bad, but there are no adults around him to temper this. In fact, they eagerly join in.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 17, 2014 07:50 AM (T0NGe)

40 I think this is an over analyzation. obama and his ilk are liars and the ends justify the means in their left wing minds. It's as simple as that

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 17, 2014 07:50 AM (t3UFN)

41 "You can fool fools all of the time." -- Shih Tzu Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 17, 2014 11:41 AM (phmNs) Nonsense, according to AllenG there are no fools.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 07:50 AM (bb5+k)

42 27 he isn't just post racial

he's post factual

Posted by: thunderb at April 17, 2014 11:48 AM (zOTsN)

 

 

Giorgio A. Tsoukalos deals with more facts and reality than Obama does.

Posted by: buzzion at April 17, 2014 07:51 AM (LI48c)

43 I believe an aide of Obama's had come out a while ago and said the plan was to split the republican party to help with 2014 elections. I would say it's a success so far.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 07:51 AM (nqBYe)

44 We already have Pelosi concern trolling everyone.

Posted by: wooga at April 17, 2014 07:51 AM (6KuDG)

45 Anyone know why there is no twitter bird on this site? I'm not sure how to tweet anything here.

Posted by: Toronto Gal at April 17, 2014 07:51 AM (5cS5I)

46 8 He doesn't really need to bother... The media does all his dirty work for him.... Posted by: Hello it's me Donna and I know nuthink! at April 17, 2014 11:43 AM (9+ccr) No, that can't possibly work because AllenG says there are no sheep to be led in such a way.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 07:51 AM (bb5+k)

47 The, uh, major flaw in Major's theory is that the MFM doesn't report on Bammy's lies.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 17, 2014 07:51 AM (7ObY1)

48 All this reminds me of that scene in Requiem For A Dream..

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 17, 2014 07:52 AM (phmNs)

49 Or, the Obama Regime is counting on its fluffers in the MFM to give a patina of respectability to its campaign of lies by claiming it's "just a strategy to get people talking."

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 17, 2014 07:52 AM (9f7ZN)

50 48 All this reminds me of that scene in Requiem For A Dream.. --- Jennifer Connelly doing ass-to-ass?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 17, 2014 07:52 AM (APuJ7)

51 Cynical prezzy Media lapdogs flog lies Goodbye republic.

Posted by: Insane Clown joncelli at April 17, 2014 07:52 AM (RD7QR)

52 No s*it. It took this long to figure out? Back to the AM Vic - anyone notice the record cold temps across the Cont. US, will have $$$ impact on early season ag, but "temp anomaly chart" from the Dept. of Muslim Outreach shows "warming". Kinda like the fake "deportation" numbers 'n s*it.

Posted by: anon a mouse at April 17, 2014 07:52 AM (gXRIG)

53 10 Stray voltage with enough amperage [outrage] can kill. Two edged sword. So be careful with your new fangled fully operation toy there. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 17, 2014 11:44 AM (mJqIh) Nah....he's fully insulated by the PraetorianMedia®

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 17, 2014 07:52 AM (d+Dej)

54 >>and he goes out of office as a Gawker blog editor with a keen eye for search engine optimization and listicles. I wish he WAS out of office, but in reality we're gonna be stuck with this guy for decades. And if you're right about this latest trend toward trolling, WE WILL actually look back fondly at the comparatively demure Jimmah Carter, Ex ImPOTUS.

Posted by: ontherocks at April 17, 2014 07:52 AM (tUqAV)

55 no doubt there are trolls in this administration seriously actual trolls look at them! Hillary, Jarrett, Axelrod

Posted by: thunderb at April 17, 2014 07:52 AM (zOTsN)

56 The president is a troll?

Somebody fire-up the BanHammer:  http://tinyurl.com/nxvpgbo.


Posted by: Sharkman at April 17, 2014 07:52 AM (TM1p8)

57 11 Imagine if you had the largest, most technologically advanced media apparatus at your disposal; a media capable and willing to instantly change anything you do or say into the mainstream. Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 17, 2014 11:44 AM (phmNs) But that only works on Sheep, and AllenG says there ARE NO SHEEP.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 07:53 AM (bb5+k)

58

Giorgio A. Tsoukalos deals with more facts and reality than Obama does.

 

 

I loved that little mouse  on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 17, 2014 07:53 AM (BAS5M)

59 This should be the opening salvo from the House in any struggle.

"The President of the United States is a liar.  Not a periodic liar, but a habitual liar, about matters of grave importance to you, me, and everyone in the United States.  Further, he has surrounded himself with habitual liars, the likes of which have populated the entire Executive Branch with an infestation of corrupt liars just like themselves.

Don't talk to us about doing the country's business until people go to prison for what they've done.  We're not about to sit here and pretend that these individuals aren't destroying the country, the freedoms for which our ancestors and our newest generations have paid in blood. To do so, to pretend these people aren't the lowest of the low, and deserving of scorn and incarceration, is to insult the memory of those who gave the greatest sacrifice so that we can have our unique experiment in freedom.

When the Executive Branch is worth our time, and worth the sacrifice of those noble generations, then we'll treat them as such.  Until then, they won't get a dime of funding from us."

and of course, that will never happen.  But it would resonate just as if Boehner walked up to Pelosi and smacked her with her gavel.

Posted by: grognard at April 17, 2014 07:53 AM (/29Nl)

60 13 Now imagine a nation of lazy, ignorant fools.. Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 17, 2014 11:44 AM (phmNs) No, that can't be possible. AllenG says there are no sheep.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 07:53 AM (bb5+k)

61 And a post turtle. **Golf clap**

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2014 07:54 AM (8D0/R)

62 Okay D-Lamp we get it

Posted by: thunderb at April 17, 2014 07:54 AM (zOTsN)

63 Holder does not need to be Javerts.  He has many willing accomplices.  He just has to be the one calling the shots and off go agents merely following orders. 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 17, 2014 07:54 AM (mJqIh)

64

45 Anyone know why there is no twitter bird on this site? I'm not sure how to tweet anything here.

Posted by: Toronto Gal at April 17, 2014 11:51 AM (5cS5I)

 

Use this twitter feed.  Eventually this post will show up there and you can retweet from that.  https://twitter.com/aoshq

Posted by: buzzion at April 17, 2014 07:55 AM (LI48c)

65 POTUS just taking over where journ-o-list left off

Posted by: thunderb at April 17, 2014 07:55 AM (zOTsN)

66 EVERYTHING and I mean everything devolves to messaging. They really only panic when something outside of their ability to spin comes around. Hi, Vladimir. Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at April 17, 2014 11:45 AM (659DL) Virtually every other message is premised on the existence of non-thinking Sheeple, and yet for some reason, a person I consider a relatively good thinker completely rejects the idea that some people can be led, and are not independent thinkers. I simply find this position incomprehensible.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 07:55 AM (bb5+k)

67 The problem is that the tactic will backfire... You can do this every once in awhile, but use this tactic too much and people first start to take everything you say with a huge 'grain of salt'... and then dismiss everything you say.... because you are a known liar... and then IGNORE everything you say... as a waste of time... Just like you see here all the time with Trolls. Latest Polls say that the Obama Admin LIES... with only something like 15% saying they tell the truth all the time.... How many of us, if the Pres comes on the TV, will change the channel???

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 17, 2014 07:56 AM (84gbM)

68 Hello, Toronto Gal.  Greetings from the Distillery District.

Posted by: grognard at April 17, 2014 07:56 AM (/29Nl)

69 Jennifer Connelly doing ass-to-ass? It's just an expression...but if that works for you..

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 17, 2014 07:56 AM (phmNs)

70

Obama came into office as the world's first truly literary president


Ima gonna have to call bullshit on that one, ace...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ at April 17, 2014 11:50 AM (HsTG

 

I think Ace is referring to the MSM's felching of him as opposed to the illiterate monkey George "My Pet Goat" Bush.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 17, 2014 07:56 AM (zF6Iw)

71 24 Yep, all it took was handing educational institutions and the media to the left to bring this about. Posted by: akula51 at April 17, 2014 11:47 AM (Mj+L4) I read this as a reference to sheep.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 07:56 AM (bb5+k)

72 I'd never sink to the level of that Kenyan.

Posted by: Donald Trump at April 17, 2014 07:57 AM (eAJwE)

73 that last sentence " Obama came into office as the world's first truly literary president, a rara avis, and he goes out of office as a Gawker blog editor with a keen eye for search engine optimization and listicles." is brilliant.

Posted by: RagamuffinB at April 17, 2014 07:57 AM (545ep)

74 I'm what happens when your sperm donor doesn't love you

Posted by: The Trolling Scoamf at April 17, 2014 07:58 AM (RGgMp)

75 69 Jennifer Connelly doing ass-to-ass? It's just an expression...but if that works for you.. --- It comes to mind as it's the best ass-to-ass scene involving a Best Actress winner in history.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 17, 2014 07:58 AM (APuJ7)

76 47 The, uh, major flaw in Major's theory is that the MFM doesn't report on Bammy's lies. Posted by: Citizen X at April 17, 2014 11:51 AM (7ObY1) Premised on Sheep.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 07:58 AM (bb5+k)

77 So...this is what passes for leadership?

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at April 17, 2014 07:58 AM (1hM1d)

78 one sheep -two sheep, wa-aa-hoo

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 07:58 AM (nqBYe)

79
Nonsense, according to AllenG there are no fools.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 11:50 AM (bb5+k)

 

He must not read many of your postings then.

Posted by: buzzion at April 17, 2014 07:59 AM (LI48c)

80 49 Or, the Obama Regime is counting on its fluffers in the MFM to give a patina of respectability to its campaign of lies by claiming it's "just a strategy to get people talking." Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at April 17, 2014 11:52 AM (9f7ZN) Also premised on Sheep.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 07:59 AM (bb5+k)

81 >>So...this is what passes for leadership? Not leadership. Ruling.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2014 07:59 AM (IdOTf)

82 alright we have an obsession with sheep going on in here.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 07:59 AM (nqBYe)

83 So he deliberately lies to get attention? Did I glean the TL;DR from that? So he really is, a spoiled child.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 17, 2014 07:59 AM (0q2P7)

84 for search engine optimization

Fellow travelers do all the SEO reflexively.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 17, 2014 07:59 AM (DL2i+)

85 Posted by: buzzion at April 17, 2014 11:59 AM (LI48c)

+1

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 17, 2014 07:59 AM (QFxY5)

86 So...this is what passes for leadership? Sadly, it appears so.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 17, 2014 08:00 AM (0HooB)

87 67 The problem is that the tactic will backfire... You can do this every once in awhile, but use this tactic too much and people first start to take everything you say with a huge 'grain of salt'... and then dismiss everything you say.... because you are a known liar... and then IGNORE everything you say... as a waste of time... Just like you see here all the time with Trolls. Latest Polls say that the Obama Admin LIES... with only something like 15% saying they tell the truth all the time.... How many of us, if the Pres comes on the TV, will change the channel??? Posted by: Romeo13 at April 17, 2014 11:56 AM (84gbM) But.......Preznit Historic 9 Iron still gets a pass by 43% of the retarded electorate.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 17, 2014 08:00 AM (d+Dej)

88 this is where i step in and blame the media. because, it IS true.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:00 AM (nqBYe)

89 Who's the truly literary one here?

Posted by: Billy Ayers at April 17, 2014 08:00 AM (ZPrif)

90 I took the test, "Which 19th Century Disease Are You?" and got 'Consumption'!

Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at April 17, 2014 08:01 AM (27KAF)

91 Now take this test to find out which member of the Obama Administration you are.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 17, 2014 11:48 AM (VqenQ)



Someone should put together one of those tests.  Somewhere in it, there should be a question regarding why the test-taker voted for the SCOAMF.  The last optional answer should be "I didn't vote for the SCOAMF."


For all those that answered anything other than "I didn't vote for the SCOAMF,"  the final analysis of the test-taker is that "You're every member of TFG's administration: a crypto-Marxist totalitarian shitbag that wants to freeload off of actually-producing Americans in perpetuity."


For those that didn't vote for the SCOAMF, the answer would be, "Congrats, you're not a liberal shitbag, therefore you don't resemble ANY member of TFG's administration."

Posted by: Country Singer at April 17, 2014 08:01 AM (L8r/r)

92 47 The, uh, major flaw in Major's theory is that the MFM doesn't report on Bammy's lies. Posted by: Citizen X at April 17, 2014 11:51 AM (7ObY1) No.... they did something worse.... they reported what he said... as truth... Which destroyed their own reputation.... Look at the Bundy thing.... LOTS of people know about it.... yet the MSM... even FOX... did not really cover it with boots on the ground until it was over... The MSM has lost the one the very factors which made it a power.... the Monopoly on information, and credibility...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 17, 2014 08:01 AM (84gbM)

93 the world's first truly literary president

Ace, what does this mean?  That he's written books, or is well-read?  Because I think both of those are somewhat disputed.

Posted by: Null at April 17, 2014 08:01 AM (P7hip)

94 62 Okay D-Lamp we get it Posted by: thunderb at April 17, 2014 11:54 AM (zOTsN) You are not my target audience. This is so fundamental that I think it needs to be hammered.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 08:02 AM (bb5+k)

95 alright we have an obsession with sheep going on in here. Weekend's close. Lining up dates. Kilts are at the cleaners..........

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2014 08:02 AM (8D0/R)

96 There's more to the "stray voltage" approach. Not only does the President and his prison gang deliberately troll the country, but they move rapidly and on many fronts simultaneously. "Drown 'em in crap!" is their motto. Have you noticed how irritated TFG gets when he gets weighed down by an issue, and he's required to actually spend time on it? He's almost like an ADD nine year old who has homework, but wants to watch ESPN. Actually, he's exactly like that.

Posted by: MTF at April 17, 2014 08:03 AM (F58x4)

97 "You are not my target audience. " Thankfully as it is neither interesting nor amusing but is quite annoying.

Posted by: Nora at April 17, 2014 08:03 AM (RGgMp)

98 rick, baaaaad.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:03 AM (nqBYe)

99 Buzzfeed - check
Gawker! - check
Obama - check

Ace - Internetz genius - check

Posted by: mrp at April 17, 2014 08:03 AM (JBggj)

100 Right. So they're trolling for hits.

But, the only reason to troll for hits is to sell advertising.

So, what are they selling?

Because less and less people are buying.

Is it just fundraising? I think it is. Anyone have the current fundraising numbers? What are they pulling in compared to the Rs?

Do they really believe the bullshit that Obaaamacare would be popular if it had more positive advertising?
Or is it their belief they'll win in November by swamping the airways with hit jobs on the Republicans?

How can they not see that Obaaama is the Shit Midas? Every single issue he has focused on has gone to shit. It's why I hope he keeps talking about immigration reform.

Posted by: RoyalOil at April 17, 2014 08:03 AM (VjL9S)

101 ( .) ( .)

Posted by: An Alarmed Sheep at April 17, 2014 08:03 AM (/FnUH)

102 The MSM has lost the one the very factors which made it a power.... the Monopoly on information, and credibility... Posted by: Romeo13 at April 17, 2014 12:01 PM (84gbM) It would seem, they couldn't care less.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 17, 2014 08:04 AM (d+Dej)

103

Obstensibly, Obama  did write two books before becoming President.

 

For you people in Loma Linda, CA, that's twice as many books  as icon  JFK.

 

Indubitably.

 

We rate ace's  calling Onama "the world's first truly literary president, a rara avis."  as mostly true  and  award one-half of a pinocchio nose.  --- WaPo

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 17, 2014 08:04 AM (BAS5M)

104 Sheep are sissies.

Posted by: Ahmed the Goatmongerer at April 17, 2014 08:04 AM (eAJwE)

105 I guess he figures it's better to climb a tree and lie than stand on the ground and tell the truth.

I guess he figures he moves the Overton window more even if he lies in his belief system than tells the truth in ours (or stays silent).

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at April 17, 2014 08:04 AM (kCfMX)

106 sheepless in seattle.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:04 AM (nqBYe)

107 It means we were told, in the beginning, obama was really smart -- with writing and oratory skills only matched by Cicero or someone. But THIS is who obama really is.

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 17, 2014 08:04 AM (phmNs)

108 *hastily tosses a can of tomato paste into the garbage*

Put can opener to lid and hear a hiss.  Followed by the paste start to ooze out of the puncture.

I sense a movie script - Attack of the Killer Tomato Paste.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 17, 2014 08:04 AM (mJqIh)

109 This is why Dems win. They know how to play the game. Republicans...they're making youtube videos nobody watches. And ORCA!

Posted by: Woody Allen at April 17, 2014 08:04 AM (0LHZx)

110 95 alright we have an obsession with sheep going on in here.


Weekend's close. Lining up dates. Kilts are at the cleaners..........

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2014 12:02 PM (8D0/R)

 

The sound of a zipper startles the sheep.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2014 08:04 AM (DrWcr)

111 baaaaad. **Golf clap**

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2014 08:05 AM (8D0/R)

112 Like this? They want to put yaaaallll in chainz!!!

Posted by: Slow Sheriff Joe at April 17, 2014 08:05 AM (Aif/5)

113 the whole "rara avis" thing is a reference to Christopher Buckley's stupid characterization of Obama as a literary genius for having Bill Ayers ghost write Dreams From My Father for him.

Posted by: ace at April 17, 2014 08:05 AM (/FnUH)

114 ( .) ( .) Posted by: An Alarmed Sheep at April 17, 2014 12:03 PM (/FnUH) Call to Fap? Where's my prayer bunk?

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 17, 2014 08:05 AM (d+Dej)

115 not everything I say is on the level

Posted by: ace at April 17, 2014 08:05 AM (/FnUH)

116 Hay, has anybody seen my dick? I had it just this morning......

Posted by: Shorty Johnson at April 17, 2014 08:05 AM (xWW96)

117 Baaaaa-d boys baaaaaa-d boys, watcha gonna do?

Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2014 08:05 AM (DrWcr)

118 102 The MSM has lost the one the very factors which made it a power.... the Monopoly on information, and credibility Posted by: Romeo13 at April 17, 2014 12:01 PM (84gbM) _____________ Why do people say this? OK they don't have a 100% monopoly anymore. They only have a 90% monopoly. Muuuuuch better.

Posted by: Woody Allen at April 17, 2014 08:06 AM (0LHZx)

119

So many lies, mistatements, factually untrue stories and misinformation that it would be hard to know where to start with Obama. 

 

Anyone of us could immediately  name  a dozen specific lies  of Obama right off the top of our head.   Not difference of opinions but outright lies.   That  the press  ignored one or two could be  counted as mere partisanship but the dozens of lies that have basically gone unreported is criminal.   

Posted by: polynikes at April 17, 2014 08:06 AM (m2CN7)

120 stop it ewe guys!

Posted by: thunderb at April 17, 2014 08:06 AM (zOTsN)

121 jan 2013. George Soros said he thinks President Barack Obama is trying to divide the Republican Party and split off the Tea Party “extremists” — something that if successful, would restore the balance of the two-party system. “I think Obama is trying to split the Republican Party between the Tea Party and the establishment,” the billionaire investor and self-described “bleeding heart liberal” told a group of reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 24 --- what's also nice, Cantor's going to chill out with Soros . that seems interesting but not spoken of much.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:06 AM (nqBYe)

122 Obama came into office as the world's first truly literary president, a rara avis, and he goes out of office as a Gawker blog editor with a keen eye for search engine optimization and listicles. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yeah, you missed one... He goes out... a giant ASSHOLE.

Posted by: deadrody at April 17, 2014 08:06 AM (b2D8X)

123 * puts on Velcro gloves...*

Posted by: Arthur Cognomen at April 17, 2014 08:06 AM (RwwCT)

124 We could use some mood music.  Some Ram-stein perhaps?

Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2014 08:07 AM (DrWcr)

125 34 I call BS on Bammy being "literary." I think "literary" is BS. We get polisci majors and Germany gets a quantum chemist. We have the worst philosopher kings ever.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 17, 2014 08:07 AM (T0NGe)

126 79 Nonsense, according to AllenG there are no fools. Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 11:50 AM (bb5+k) He must not read many of your postings then. Posted by: buzzion at April 17, 2014 11:59 AM (LI48c) I don't know what it is I did to piss in your post toasties you fucked up little pissant, but about your opinion a shit I do not give. If you want to see a fool, just look in the mirror.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 08:07 AM (bb5+k)

127 Christopher Buckley is a fine American.

Posted by: Peggy Nooner at April 17, 2014 08:07 AM (eAJwE)

128 ace , are you saying you are trying to mystify me with obscure references?

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:07 AM (nqBYe)

129 what's also nice, Cantor's going to chill out with Soros . that seems interesting but not spoken of much. Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 12:06 PM (nqBYe) Soros just wants to have a look at his investment property.

Posted by: Insane Clown joncelli at April 17, 2014 08:07 AM (RD7QR)

130 How about some Underdog

http://youtu.be/7XRil07h5uE

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 17, 2014 08:07 AM (mJqIh)

131

...the president purposefully overstates his case knowing that it will create controversy.

 

 

 

 

 

Or  more  likely,  he's  a  cock-sucking  liar  and  a  dumbass  who  believes  all  those  dorm  room  slogans  because  he  doesn't  have  a  clue  how  the  world  really  works

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at April 17, 2014 08:08 AM (rXcBX)

132 alright ! Do NOT make me pull over this car!

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:08 AM (nqBYe)

133 Bah Woody

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 17, 2014 08:08 AM (0LHZx)

134 ewe are you , ewe-ewe-ewe- ewe

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:08 AM (nqBYe)

135 It's actually a decent strategy. As long as we're arguing over equal pay for women, that's good for Democrats. Repubs should copy this strategy. For example -- call Obama a traitor and a pussy. Every second the debate is about whether Obama is a traitor and whether the Democrats are pussies is good. It's why the Left plays the race card so often. It works. Every second the debate is about whether Repubs are racist or how racist they are -- or even that the Left are evil liars for calling Repubs racist ... that's good. All the low info voters hear is blah, blah, Repubs are racist, blah, blah. Trolling works. Having a complicit media helps a lot, though.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 17, 2014 08:08 AM (ZPrif)

136 >>The MSM has lost the one the very factors which made it a power.... the Monopoly on information, and credibility. Problem is, it's not just the media. They have the entertainment industry, too. So the young'ns don't watch the news. They do watch The Daily Show and Jimmy Kimmel, and every TV show and movie reinforces the narrative: Republicans/Businessmen/Military/Christians = Evil, Democrats/Community Activists/Hippies/Atheists = Saint.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2014 08:09 AM (IdOTf)

137 baaahd boys whut ya gonna dew when they come for ewe

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:09 AM (nqBYe)

138 83 So he deliberately lies to get attention? Did I glean the TL;DR from that? So he really is, a spoiled child. Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 17, 2014 11:59 AM (0q2P7) /ouch... THAT is the meme....

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 17, 2014 08:09 AM (84gbM)

139 Awwww did I piss off the conspiracy nut?  I feel so bad.  boo-hoo

Posted by: buzzion at April 17, 2014 08:09 AM (LI48c)

140 132 alright !

Do NOT make me pull over this car!

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 12:08 PM (nqBYe)

 

That's just shear bossiness!

Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2014 08:09 AM (DrWcr)

141 Yeah, you missed one... He goes out... a giant ASSHOLE. You think, eh? Well, you better prepare yourself for the Building Of obama's Legacy, which is scheduled to commence in 2015. obama will go down in history, we'll be told, as one of the Top 3 presidents of all time.

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 17, 2014 08:09 AM (phmNs)

142 Note to anyone dropping into the thread at this point: 1) Ctrl+F "sheep" 2) Skip comment which contains it 3) Save time.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 17, 2014 08:09 AM (HLprW)

143 What was that Mark Twain quote about a lie circling the globe before the truth even leaves the station? That's what Obama's doing. Nobody reads the retractions, nobody reads the corrections on p.33. Everyone reads the headlines though.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 17, 2014 08:09 AM (0LHZx)

144 My point  ,which I left out,  is that Obama is not now trolling  because of some Machiavellian  strategy but because it  has always been  in his nature to lie.   

Posted by: polynikes at April 17, 2014 08:10 AM (m2CN7)

145 I don't care if it short dicks every cannibal in the congo........oops...

Posted by: Shorty Johnson at April 17, 2014 08:10 AM (xWW96)

146 Baa-ram-ewe! Baa-ram-ewe! To your breed, your fleece, your clan be true! Sheep be true! Baa-ram-ewe!

Posted by: Omama Speechwriter at April 17, 2014 08:10 AM (BAS5M)

147 troll gonna troll

Posted by: thunderb at April 17, 2014 08:11 AM (zOTsN)

148 Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 17, 2014 12:08 PM (ZPrif) Trolling works for attention... Trolling destroys credibility though.... And the Administration is NOT a media outlet... like the Enquirer, who gets paid for attention... They are the Federal Government who runs this country....

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 17, 2014 08:11 AM (84gbM)

149 Ewe light up my life....

Posted by: Baaaaahb at April 17, 2014 08:11 AM (QM5S2)

150 That's just shear bossiness! Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2014 12:09 PM (DrWcr) ewe not the boss of me!

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:11 AM (nqBYe)

151 Baa Ram Ewe. Baa Ram Ewe.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2014 08:11 AM (8D0/R)

152 In short, dude's a dick.

Posted by: Pipeholder at April 17, 2014 08:11 AM (VTeUD)

153 "Obama came into office as the world's first truly literary president, a rara avis"

Compare Obama's canon, two ghostwritten books about himself, to the prodigious and variegated writing output of Theodore Roosevelt.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 17, 2014 08:11 AM (noWW6)

154 Obama came into office as the world's first truly literary president







There are 2 books with his name on them. I think it's a stretch to call him literary

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 17, 2014 08:11 AM (1Jaio)

155

Outrageously OT because I'm allowed being Way Down Under on Friday morning and it's also time for bed as in it's 2am....

 

 

You are truly a very funny bunch - reading through the threads has given me lots of laughs - I wish I could be as witty as some of you here

 

I've always seen your President as a troll with his middle finger permanently sticking up into all your faces - what a creep of a man - he is revolting really

 

 

Today I'm off to our wonderful Royal Easter Show where the country meets the city - and maybe catch a glimpse of our Royal visitors Prince William and his lovely Kate

 

Of course my dear old Aussie Bloke  is mainly interested in seeing the woman with strong hair who lifts weights with her plaits and other weird people but I will be enthralled by the cows, chooks and horses as usual

 

So if anyone is interested look up Royal Easter Show and see what a great event this is in Sydney  (I can't tiny due to only having cardboard AoSHQ membership)

Posted by: aussie at April 17, 2014 08:11 AM (XURZb)

156 Or more likely, he's a cock-sucking liar and a dumbass who believes all those dorm room slogans because he doesn't have a clue how the world really works Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at April 17, 2014 12:08 PM (rXcBX) That gets my vote. That's what I said in 2008.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 17, 2014 08:11 AM (d+Dej)

157 Problem is, it's not just the media. They have the entertainment industry, too. So the young'ns don't watch the news. They do watch The Daily Show and Jimmy Kimmel, and every TV show and movie reinforces the narrative: Republicans/Businessmen/Military/Christians = Evil, Democrats/Community Activists/Hippies/Atheists = Saint. Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2014 12:09 PM (IdOTf) _________ precisely...it's all one giant feedback loop between movies, TV, music, news, and Democrat politicians...whether online, in print, it doesn't matter. It's all controlled by the left, with a couple of sprinkles controlled by the right like Fox News or Wall St Journal.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 17, 2014 08:11 AM (0LHZx)

158 Why no twitter bird on this site?

Posted by: Toronto Gal at April 17, 2014 08:12 AM (5cS5I)

159 I meant the JEF in that last one I got no sheep in this fight why can't ewe get along?

Posted by: thunderb at April 17, 2014 08:12 AM (zOTsN)

160 The sad thing is that his trolling does not destroy his credibility - because our LIV society believes everything that he says - because of their blind trust

Posted by: Erik at April 17, 2014 08:12 AM (D4yqe)

161 153In short, dude's a dick.

Posted by: Pipeholder at April 17, 2014 12:11 PM (VTeUD)

 

 

 

 

Agreed! And I be a expurt on shote dicks.

Posted by: Shorty Johnson at April 17, 2014 08:12 AM (xWW96)

162 I don't know what it is I did to piss in your post toasties you fucked up little pissant, but about your opinion a shit I do not give.

If you want to see a fool, just look in the mirror.

It's awesome that you're willing to take time away from commanding your militia and planning the revolution to put some knowledge to the rest of us. It must be hard to tolerate the nonsense that goes on here when you have so much important work to do!

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at April 17, 2014 08:12 AM (+lsX1)

163 79 Nonsense, according to AllenG there are no fools. Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 11:50 AM (bb5+k) He must not read many of your postings then. Posted by: buzzion at April 17, 2014 11:59 AM (LI48c) Oh, My. A flame war in the middle of the day? Well, OK then bring it on assholes.

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 17, 2014 08:12 AM (0FSuD)

164 In this thread, we repeat everything!

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 17, 2014 08:13 AM (phmNs)

165 Have fun at the show, aussie!

Posted by: Citizen X at April 17, 2014 08:13 AM (7ObY1)

166 You are truly a very funny bunch - reading through the threads has given me lots of laughs - I wish I could be as witty as some of you here Aussie, why would you want to be as crazy as us?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2014 08:13 AM (8D0/R)

167

So.... I just saw this commercial air on TNT.  I'm quite disturbed.  You must wallow in my disturbance as well.

 

http://tinyurl.com/pgw64sj

Posted by: buzzion at April 17, 2014 08:13 AM (LI48c)

168 159 Why no twitter bird on this site? Posted by: Toronto Gal at April 17, 2014 12:12 PM (5cS5I) This is a "smart military blog". We shoot birds, not post them.

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 17, 2014 08:13 AM (0FSuD)

169 Why no twitter bird on this site? Posted by: Toronto Gal this is the internet equivalent of a dive bar lots of booze but we're not allowed to have nice things like ampersands and twitter birds

Posted by: thunderb at April 17, 2014 08:14 AM (zOTsN)

170 144 Note to anyone dropping into the thread at this point:


1) Ctrl+F "sheep"

2) Skip comment which contains it

3) Save time.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 17, 2014 12:09 PM (HLprW)

 

Well that's some woolly-headed advice!

Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2014 08:14 AM (DrWcr)

171 Twitter bird, where for art thou?

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 17, 2014 08:14 AM (phmNs)

172 88 this is where i step in and blame the media. because, it IS true. Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 12:00 PM (nqBYe) You suggest I have an obsession with sheep, but I consider it so fundamentally important to understand the circumstances of which we are dealing that I consider it almost a duty to dispel a very wrong headed notion about what we are facing. If we can't get the fundamentals right, then we aren't likely to steer a correct course. Yes, there is a massive cohort of people who's opinions are steered by popular sentiment, and many of these popular sentiments are engineered by the people who control the broadcast microphones and cameras. Lena Dunham? I have no clue who is Lena Dunham, but I gather that she is prominent on some television show or other. Do you know who knows who is Lena Dunham? Pop culture viewers. Do they know who was James Madison? Most of them do not. Do they know about Free Markets, Natural Law, the rights of man, Burke, Smith, Locke, etc? No, and a shit they do not give. Sheep. Dangerous sheep.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 08:14 AM (bb5+k)

173 ewe are all so disappointing. ewe should remember where your sheep are filling their bellies

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:15 AM (nqBYe)

174 see? a fight is breaking out in the middle of the day a dive bar

Posted by: thunderb at April 17, 2014 08:15 AM (zOTsN)

175 The sad thing is that his trolling does not destroy his credibility - because our LIV society believes everything that he says - because of their blind trust. ^^^^^ This.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2014 08:15 AM (8D0/R)

176 Stock answer to the question or premise: "Republicans don't respect the President/Attorney General/Other Leftist Flunky"

"He/She/It is a liar.  He lies to us.  He lies to the media.  He lies to the American people. Are you suggesting it is my job to treat a liar as anything but?  Look, I don't have to allow liars into my orbit.  He and all of his sycophants in the media may have lied enough to get him into office, but I sure as hell don't need to make the problem worse by pretending he's something he isn't."

Posted by: grognard at April 17, 2014 08:15 AM (/29Nl)

177 Sorry, I don't do rightwing h8 blogs /squawk

Posted by: Twitter Bird at April 17, 2014 08:15 AM (phmNs)

178 (I can't tiny due to only having cardboard AoSHQ membership) Posted by: aussie at April 17, 2014 12:11 PM (XURZb) You missed out on last weekends' free upgrade to Scrap Tin?

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 17, 2014 08:15 AM (d+Dej)

179 159 Why no twitter bird on this site?

Posted by: Toronto Gal at April 17, 2014 12:12 PM (5cS5I

 

Use the twitter feed that provides links to every post put up on the site.

 

https://twitter.com/aoshq

 

It might take some time for it to appear but it will.

Posted by: buzzion at April 17, 2014 08:15 AM (LI48c)

180 No, trolling works for the White House. Remember the VP debate? Biden literally trolled Ryan the entire time. It was clearly the strategy. Lie, laugh, guffaw, give Ryan the "U Mad Bro?" look. And it worked. The whole WarOnWomenz and Women in Binders thing was a giant troll. And it worked. But it worked cause most of the media was a willing participant in the trolling.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 17, 2014 08:15 AM (ZPrif)

181 You are truly a very funny bunch - reading through the threads has given me lots of laughs - I wish I could be as witty as some of you here The reason we're all here is because we're not all there.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 17, 2014 08:15 AM (0HooB)

182 151 That's just shear bossiness!
Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2014 12:09 PM (DrWcr)

ewe not the boss of me!

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 12:11 PM (nqBYe)

 

Uh oh, willow's mad at me.  Time to go on the lamb!

Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2014 08:16 AM (DrWcr)

183 @168 http://tinyurl.com/pgw64sj That's just wrong. Who thinks this shit up??

Posted by: Nip Sip at April 17, 2014 08:16 AM (0FSuD)

184 The Republican response should be any of the following: - What the hell does this have to do with fixing the economy you fucked up? - Start paying your women more, then we'll talk - What the fuck does this have to do with {Benghazi, F&F}? - When are you going to stop personally directing the IRS? - How many brown people did you drone yesterday? I can do this all day.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 17, 2014 08:16 AM (HLprW)

185 Aussie, have fun. Wave to the royals too.

Posted by: joncelli at April 17, 2014 08:16 AM (RD7QR)

186 tries to shelter aussie from the fruits and nuts. and sheep, maybe really baaaa-d sheep.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:16 AM (nqBYe)

187 Once again people are confusing TFG with someone who is actually smart and/or crafty.   Rather than even trying to pay the barest lip service to the myth that He's The Smartest Guy Evah I'm going with Occam's Razor on this.

He's being a dick.  Yeah, he was always a dick but now it's personal to him.  The MFM can work the pole all they want on this but the fact remains he's going down as the worst POTUS in history.  There's not one measure of this country's economic indicators that is remotely better than it was in Jan 2009 and in most cases they're horribly worse off.   He's a petulant whiny little dickhead and nobody likes him anymore.  Being a dick is the only option for him because God knows the problem isn't him. Right?

None of his ideas have done fuck-all like they thought it would. Even the folks who still support Dems are embarrassed by him.  I work in a building with about 600 temps who work at a call center and more than half of them are black.  In 2008 it was like a literal party zone here.  Now?  If you can find an Obama sticker in our parking lot, I'll eat it.

The elections are going to be horrible for the Dems.  There's going to be a massive Airing of the Grievances on the Dem side and you can look for a lot of Dems to suddenly become "racists" because that's ALL they've got.  Hell, look at Eric  Holder.  If there's a guy in the government with a comparably worse record and legacy in his job description than TFG, it's him.  Why do you think he's so touchy these days?  He's barely keeping his rage down as it is. 

Before it's over with him in 2016, TFG is going to be tagging the halls of the WH and fucking with the plumbing because frankly that's all he got left.


Posted by: B at April 17, 2014 08:16 AM (twiRb)

188 Twitter bird, where for art thou? Is it dove season?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2014 08:16 AM (8D0/R)

189 Oh, and don't forget the selfies. There was one going around Twitter of Obama and Biden. So middle school.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 17, 2014 08:16 AM (T0NGe)

190 Uh oh, willow's mad at me. Time to go on the lamb! Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2014 12:16 PM (DrWcr) for the shearing hell of it?

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:17 AM (nqBYe)

191 Put can opener to lid and hear a hiss.

Hey save that, I need a touchup.

Posted by: SecState JonCary (of the DIY botox Carys)[/i][/b][/s] at April 17, 2014 08:17 AM (DL2i+)

192 Professional trollers know that to really fire up the webs, the internetz  and the r2d2s, the following names should be dropped.

Senator Ted Cruz
Senator Mike Lee
Sarah Palin

Who will all be in Tulsa on April 24 for the Liberty Rally.   With  T. W. Shannon, who is a US Senate candidate in the Republican  Oklahoma primary.

LINK: http://preview.tinyurl.com/qxbsjqk

Posted by: mrp at April 17, 2014 08:17 AM (JBggj)

193 no baaaaaa dy knows the trouble I seen no baaaaaa dy knows my sorrow

Posted by: thunderb at April 17, 2014 08:17 AM (zOTsN)

194 obama and the dems are a one trick pony and the shtick is getting old

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 17, 2014 08:17 AM (t3UFN)

195

Willow

Sorry some of us came up "short". In compensation please take this gift.

http://tinyurl.com/ax4jmws

Posted by: Shorty Johnson at April 17, 2014 08:17 AM (xWW96)

196 Greetings from the Distillery District. Now having that address means truly living the Moron lifestyle.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 17, 2014 08:17 AM (7ObY1)

197 190 Oh, and don't forget the selfies. There was one going around Twitter of Obama and Biden. So middle school. Posted by: AmishDude at April 17, 2014 12:16 PM (T0NGe) That was on the morning thread. Thankfully you had to click to view it.

Posted by: RWC at April 17, 2014 08:17 AM (fWAjv)

198

A pitiful, petty, desperate corupt Chicago (BIRM) politician.

 

 

What a small man.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Snow! AHHHHHHHH! at April 17, 2014 08:18 AM (hLRSq)

199 I want ewwwwe to show me the way Every day

Posted by: Citizen X at April 17, 2014 08:18 AM (7ObY1)

200 Stock Response #2:

"I'm insulted that you think I should work in good faith with those for whom "The Godfather" isn't just a movie, but an instruction manual."

Posted by: grognard at April 17, 2014 08:18 AM (/29Nl)

201 Today I'm off to our wonderful Royal Easter Show where the country meets the city - and maybe catch a glimpse of our Royal visitors Prince William and his lovely Kate

Posted by: aussie at April 17, 2014 12:11 PM (XURZb)



We're going to need some close angle photos of Kate.  Don't make it too obvious, but we want to see fur and early morning dew.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 17, 2014 08:18 AM (L8r/r)

202 Twitter bird, where for art thou?


Is it dove season?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2014 12:16 PM (8D0/R

 

 

 

Rabbit  season.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at April 17, 2014 08:18 AM (rXcBX)

203 Poll referenced by Stein: 81% believe the President is a liar: http://tinyurl.com/pksv77c

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 17, 2014 08:18 AM (aDwsi)

204 President Selfie McHalo

Posted by: Citizen X at April 17, 2014 08:19 AM (7ObY1)

205 I see many sheep here but where are the goats?

Posted by: Achmed at April 17, 2014 08:19 AM (Aif/5)

206 191 Uh oh, willow's mad at me. Time to go on the lamb!
Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2014 12:16 PM (DrWcr)

for the shearing hell of it?

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 12:17 PM (nqBYe)

 

Huh?  What?  Oh, sorry, I was woolgathering.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2014 08:19 AM (DrWcr)

207 Shorty Johnson , i Hate Ewe!

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:19 AM (nqBYe)

208 But does this strategy work in any meaningful way? Let's remember, Obama has two big domestic accomplishments (using that term loosely) which were only passed under Dem supermajorities. He has nothing else. If this is his stratgey, I'm not sure to what purpose it is serving. Perhaps in time it will prove successful, if he and the left can consolidate whatever gains they have made. But methinks it will not have any lasting effect. It will not be useful for the next liberal President. The good news is we now know what to expect from him for the next 30 years after his term ends. It will not be fun.

Posted by: SH at April 17, 2014 08:19 AM (gmeXX)

209 Thankfully as it is neither interesting nor amusing but is quite annoying. Posted by: Nora at April 17, 2014 12:03 PM (RGgMp) Well of course. To those who understand the subject matter, reiteration is indeed boring. Unfortunately I see no way to help it because this forum is very much like an old style "party line" telephone system, and everyone has to share the available bandwidth.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 08:19 AM (bb5+k)

210 what's also nice, Cantor's going to chill out with Soros . that seems interesting but not spoken of much.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 12:06 PM (nqBYe)



Two weasels sniffing each other's asses.  And plotting against the country.  Cantor is the most worthless lying fuck the GOPe has come up with, which is really saying something.

Posted by: Captain Hate at April 17, 2014 08:19 AM (pQf67)

211 113 the whole "rara avis" thing is a reference to Christopher Buckley's stupid characterization of Obama as a literary genius for having Bill Ayers ghost write Dreams From My Father for him. Posted by: ace at April 17, 2014 12:05 PM (/FnUH) Do you notice that nobody on the Left challenges this? Nobody. They'll make a big deal about the birth certificate but will never push back on the idea that Obama didn't write Issues from My Daddy.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 17, 2014 08:19 AM (T0NGe)

212 Baaaaaad with no bone Baaaaaad with no bone

Posted by: Shorty Johnson, Dickless Rapper at April 17, 2014 08:19 AM (zOTsN)

213 I'm on the Lamb but I ain't no Sheep

Posted by: Blue Oyster Cult at April 17, 2014 08:19 AM (7ObY1)

214 insomniac, ewe have the wool pulled over your eyes easily.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:20 AM (nqBYe)

215 159 Why no twitter bird on this site? You want to link a post? Look at the top of the page. http://minx.cc/?post=348610 Paste that into twitter. Wanna link to a comment? Right click on a red number. Open in new window. Look at the top of the page. http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=348610#c22035663 (comment #159 atm) Paste that into twitter. Old school.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at April 17, 2014 08:20 AM (Mj+L4)

216 Maybe it's time to go back to: "Oh, there you go again."

Posted by: A message at April 17, 2014 08:20 AM (fsHdl)

217
Now having that address means truly living the Moron lifestyle.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 17, 2014 12:17 PM (7ObY1)


Except while the buildings are still here, there is only one craft brewery/restaurant and a saki specialist generating new booze.  No real distillery.

It's a cool place, though.  There's a really fucked up Lovecraftian sculpture right outside a daycare.


Posted by: grognard at April 17, 2014 08:20 AM (/29Nl)

218

I don;t think Obama actually has listicles. Pardon my spelling.

 

 

Posted by: West at April 17, 2014 08:20 AM (1Rgee)

219

"Obama came into office as the world's first truly literary president..."

 

Lincoln's amazing speeches. Grant's riveting memoirs. Madison's brilliant entries in the Federalist Papers. Jefferson...just Jefferson.

 

No, Obama wasn't the first truly literary president. He wasn't even the first presidential troll. FDR took that title with his famous 'Fala' speech.

Posted by: troyriser at April 17, 2014 08:20 AM (O66NZ)

220 Be true to your crewel.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 17, 2014 08:20 AM (zF6Iw)

221

166 Citizen X

 

Hi and yes it will be a great day - being a Show junkie I'm also going on Saturday with my son...

 

Today with the old Bloke it will be looking at the exhibits and food tastings etc   (sedate adult stuff)

 

On Saturday with my son it will be the carnival rides  (Crazy thrill seeking heart attack inducing stuff)

 

 

 

Posted by: aussie at April 17, 2014 08:21 AM (XURZb)

222 215 insomniac, ewe have the wool pulled over your eyes easily.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 12:20 PM (nqBYe)

 

I'll have to ruminate on that.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2014 08:21 AM (DrWcr)

223 get the flock outta my face, get - the - flock outta my face

Posted by: Shorty Johnson, Dickless Rapper at April 17, 2014 08:22 AM (zOTsN)

224 Obama came into office as the world's first truly literary president

Not sure I'm understanding that.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 17, 2014 11:48 AM (d+Dej)

 

That president would be Theodore Roosevelt, and Christopher Buckley is a mouth-breathing imbecile.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Snow! AHHHHHHHH! at April 17, 2014 08:22 AM (hLRSq)

225 >>Oh, and don't forget the selfies. This is the 21st century equivalent of having murals of his face painted all over town. No (formerly) non-political zone is safe - the Oscars, March Madness, the Nickelodeon Awards, American Idol, etc. All must include The Won. He *has* to beat Ellen's Oscar selfie record.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 17, 2014 08:22 AM (IdOTf)

226 Enjoy the show Aussie.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 17, 2014 08:22 AM (mJqIh)

227 In Soviet America, president trolls  EWE!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 17, 2014 08:22 AM (zF6Iw)

228 Poll referenced by Stein: 81% believe the President is a liar:
http://tinyurl.com/pksv77c

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 17, 2014 12:18 PM (aDwsi)


If the GOP wasn't in on it, don't you think they'd be putting the word "liar" in every sentence they say or write about this administration?

They are treating this like a political game, which means they are in on it, or horribly naive.  Both of which are enabling the Dems to win.

Posted by: grognard at April 17, 2014 08:22 AM (/29Nl)

229 All the low info voters hear is blah, blah, Repubs are racist, blah, blah. Trolling works. Having a complicit media helps a lot, though. Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 17, 2014 12:08 PM (ZPrif) Shouldn't that be Baaah Baaah Baaah?

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 08:22 AM (bb5+k)

230 As I said on this topic in the morning thread.. it's all about "optics" with this White House.

How the heck ValJar gets the C+ prez to memorize this stuff is beyond me..

Posted by: Chi-town Jerry at April 17, 2014 08:23 AM (Z7PrM)

231 204 Poll referenced by Stein: 81% believe the President is a liar: http://tinyurl.com/pksv77c Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 17, 2014 12:18 PM (aDwsi) _______ 61% not 81% By the way in the same poll, Obama's approval is up 4% since Fox last polled in March.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 17, 2014 08:23 AM (0LHZx)

232 remember when saying "You Lie!" to the POTUS was such a big deal? yeah, not so much anymore

Posted by: thunderb also dickless rapper at April 17, 2014 08:23 AM (zOTsN)

233 231 As I said on this topic in the morning thread.. it's all about "optics" with this White House.

How the heck ValJar gets the C+ prez to memorize this stuff is beyond me..

Posted by: Chi-town Jerry at April 17, 2014 12:23 PM (Z7PrM

 

She doesn't....

Posted by: ToTUS at April 17, 2014 08:24 AM (LI48c)

234 Obama came into office as the world's first truly literary president Not sure I'm understanding that.
=======
Wouldn't that be Thomas Jefferson, who wrote some neat stuff, like the Constitution that's a hundred years old.  He owned slaves, though.

Posted by: mrp at April 17, 2014 08:24 AM (JBggj)

235 larry had a little lamb and fleeced everyone he knows.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:24 AM (nqBYe)

236 I want EWE to want . . . me.

Posted by: Cheap Trick at April 17, 2014 08:25 AM (BAS5M)

237 I saw the Listicles open for Iggy Pop and The Stooges at Jones Hall in '78.

Posted by: Countrysquire at April 17, 2014 08:25 AM (eEBON)

238 Ben Franklin's essay on farts > Obama's literary "accomplishments"

Posted by: Citizen X at April 17, 2014 08:25 AM (7ObY1)

239 Trolling works. Having a complicit media helps a lot, though. ---- It works on the Internet where the point is to attract eyeballs and nothing more. Does it actually move people to take action? Maybe in the short term, but I'm not sure about the long term.

Posted by: SH at April 17, 2014 08:25 AM (gmeXX)

240

167 rickb223

 

Hi there - I've lurked here for years and only came out of the closet a few months back -  for some strange reason I feel like a moron (ette) ....

 

I come here for the content...

Posted by: aussie at April 17, 2014 08:25 AM (XURZb)

241 Wouldn't that be Thomas Jefferson, who wrote some neat stuff, like the Constitution that's a hundred years old. He owned slaves, though.

Posted by: mrp at April 17, 2014 12:24 PM (JBggj)


That's four hundred, H8r!

Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee at April 17, 2014 08:25 AM (L8r/r)

242 damn it ! that was supposed to be. Barry

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:25 AM (nqBYe)

243 209 But does this strategy work in any meaningful way? Let's remember, Obama has two big domestic accomplishments (using that term loosely) which were only passed under Dem supermajorities. He has nothing else. Posted by: SH at April 17, 2014 12:19 PM (gmeXX) _________ Sure about that? Using EOs he's granted amnesty to millions, he's effectively banned offshore drilling, he's killed Keystone, using the IRS he's put the fear of God into conservatives who are thinking of donating money to conservative groups, he's waging a pretty good war on farming/ranching. This is shit that his base absolutely loves and centrists have no clue is happening.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 17, 2014 08:26 AM (0LHZx)

244

President Hissy-Fit.

President Stompy-Feet.

President Temper Tantrum.

 

 

This could get fun.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Snow! AHHHHHHHH! at April 17, 2014 08:26 AM (hLRSq)

245 nextbigfuture ‏@nextbigfuture Iraq oil pipeline damaged for 40 days as repair crews get killed but Iraq is now barely a blip in media covera... http://bit.ly/1j7sDBD Militants whose bombs have shut Iraq's main northern oil export pipeline for 40 days are preventing repairs, threatening to extend an outage that is already the longest since the days of sanctions in the 1990s.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 17, 2014 08:26 AM (ZPrif)

246 I want ewwwwe to show me the way Every day Ewe, ewe liiiight up myyyy life

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2014 08:27 AM (8D0/R)

247 "Truly Literary" ISWYDT

Posted by: Lauren at April 17, 2014 08:27 AM (awAIE)

248 I think he and Reggie are both literary, and some times lottaÂ…

Posted by: ontherocks at April 17, 2014 08:27 AM (tUqAV)

249

And that, boys and girls, is why I cut the cable. 

I no longer pay leftists (via my cable fees) to create their propaganda.  I no longer listen to it either, from lowlifes like Chris Matthew all the way down to scum like the Preezy, I have boycotted and divested.

But not being a fascist, I have not sanctioned them.

Posted by: Steve in Greensboro at April 17, 2014 08:27 AM (bbivj)

250 Could you imagine a debate between Obama and Jefferson?

I could just hear the limitless "ahs" and "oms"

Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2014 08:27 AM (78TbK)

251 TFG's deliberately trolling the GOP. And the GOP won't call him on it. It's like the whole country knows the score with this clown car of an administration except the GOP.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 17, 2014 08:27 AM (0HooB)

252 The other really laughable thing about Obama the "accomplished author" is how the backstory puts paid to the whole notion.

Obama's literary agents (to whom he provided an authorial biography describing himself as "born in Kenya") negotiated a quite comfortable advance for him from a major publisher.

On the basis, essentially, of "first black president of the Harvard Law Review", which was the single point of distinction on Obama's entire CV to date. Never mind that he got that post purely on the basis of melanin count rather than accomplishment.

(Harvard Law had been accused of TEH RAYCISS after letting go an underperforming black instructor and were desperate to prop up their bona fides; the law school brass grabbed the first dusky-hued individual who happened past, and installed him as law review head.)

Also never mind that Obama, per the account of his classmates on the law review, did not do a lick of work. He left it all to the rest of them while he rested on his laurels. Note that Obama is the very first head of the HLR, going back to its founding in 1887, not to have contributed a single article under his own byline.

But, nevertheless, the publisher expected great things. And did not get them. They waited patiently. Then got less patient. Became impatient. Started ringing bells and rattling cages at Obama's agency. Then demanded the advance money back. Ooops! Barack and Mooch had blown through it.

Obama then ran off to Bali (!) to closet himself alone with his majestic O-lympian thoughts and get _something_ down on paper. Apparently there was less in his mighty cranium than he thought, because he came back empty-handed. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is where Bill Ayers entered the picture. The rest is history.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 17, 2014 08:28 AM (noWW6)

253 I Can't Stop Looooooving Ewe

Posted by: Don and Ray at April 17, 2014 08:28 AM (JBggj)

254 140 Awwww did I piss off the conspiracy nut? I feel so bad. boo-hoo Posted by: buzzion at April 17, 2014 12:09 PM (LI48c) Oh, I see now. You are one of those simpleminded "sheeple" that thinks anyone who questions Obama's legitimacy to hold office is a "conspiracy nut" which is like your simple minded substitute for the word "Racist." It is an ad homenem intended to detract credibility from it's target. And of course it's a fucking lie, but little shit stains like you don't mind repeating lies. Actually, you really don't have an argument beyond that, I suspect.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 08:28 AM (bb5+k)

255 By the way in the same poll, Obama's approval is up 4% since Fox last polled in March.
***
Liberals like to be lied to.

Just ask them about Obama's stances on gay marriage.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2014 08:28 AM (78TbK)

256 Hi there - I've lurked here for years and only came out of the closet a few months back - for some strange reason I feel like a moron (ette) .... I come here for the content... ......and stay for the insanity.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2014 08:28 AM (8D0/R)

257 ewe baby, baby, it's a wild world

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:29 AM (nqBYe)

258

179 98 ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire

Re upgrades

Sadly time differences stop me seeing the upgrade windows so I'm stuck here living a cardboard life..

Posted by: aussie at April 17, 2014 08:29 AM (XURZb)

259 It's not enough for people to know the dems are liars, because they think every politician is a liar.

The only way is to call them liars AND ostracize them.  Gutfeld has it right with the "Not Cool" thing.  As soon as it stops being "cool" to support these assholes, they are done.

We won't associate with lying criminals.  There's no point in working in good faith when it isn't returned in kind.

Oh, you support and voted for the lying criminal?  That makes you an accomplice.  No soup for you.




Posted by: grognard at April 17, 2014 08:29 AM (/29Nl)

260 "I come here for the content..."

There's an old joke about certain magazines and how "I only read them for the articles."

Posted by: torquewrench at April 17, 2014 08:29 AM (noWW6)

261 I took the "which mass murderer are you?" test and I got Ed Gein!

Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 17, 2014 08:29 AM (32Ze2)

262 Sure about that? Using EOs he's granted amnesty to millions, he's effectively banned offshore drilling, he's killed Keystone, using the IRS he's put the fear of God into conservatives who are thinking of donating money to conservative groups, he's waging a pretty good war on farming/ranching. ----- Much of what he is doing can be reversed. I'm not sure politicizing the agencies will have the desired effect. I think it will only awaken people to realize that the natural outcome of executive agencies is politicization. What is being done is bad. People are recognizing that. Why should we assume it will always be this way?

Posted by: SH at April 17, 2014 08:29 AM (gmeXX)

263 Does it actually move people to take action? Maybe in the short term, but I'm not sure about the long term.

All the really need long term is for people to keep voting for their party until they've finished permanently cementing their power.  That part seems to be working.

Posted by: HR at April 17, 2014 08:29 AM (ZKzrr)

264 Most of what Obama will accomplish will happen over decades through the courts he has stacked. Gay marriage is being implemented almost entirely by the courts. Obama doesn't have to pass any laws. He just needed to win the White House and start installing his judicial enforcers. And his de facto amnesty also will have huge benefits to the Left -- over time. He's changing the electorate.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 17, 2014 08:30 AM (ZPrif)

265 257 Hi there - I've lurked here for years and only came out of the closet a few months back - for some strange reason I feel like a moron (ette) .... I come here for the content... ......and stay for the insanity. And the sheer poetry. Don't forget the sheer poetry!

Posted by: Citizen X at April 17, 2014 08:30 AM (7ObY1)

266 Ben Franklin's essay on farts > Obama's literary "accomplishments"

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 17, 2014 08:30 AM (0HooB)

267 i just called to say i love ewe.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:30 AM (nqBYe)

268 1) Ctrl+F "sheep" 2) Skip comment which contains it 3) Save time. Posted by: Burn the Witch at April 17, 2014 12:09 PM (HLprW) Do the same thing with the words "MSM" or "Media" because they mean pretty much the same thing. Also, be sure to focus on the fart jokes, because that's certainly what you came here for.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 08:30 AM (bb5+k)

269

182 Backwards Boy

 

Hi, I do have an affinity with those not all there obviously..

Posted by: aussie at April 17, 2014 08:31 AM (XURZb)

270 Umm, this does not sound good. From USA Today: Jews in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk where pro-Russian militants have taken over government buildings were told they have to "register" with the Ukrainians who are trying to make the city become part of Russia, according to Israeli media. Jews emerging from a synagogue say they were handed leaflets that ordered the city's Jews to provide a list of property they own and pay a registration fee "or else have their citizenship revoked, face deportation and see their assets confiscated," reported Ynet News, Israel's largest news website

Posted by: SH at April 17, 2014 08:31 AM (gmeXX)

271 89 Who's the truly literary one here? Posted by: Billy Ayers at April 17, 2014 12:00 PM (ZPrif) What I (indirectly and unclearly) said...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 17, 2014 08:31 AM (HsTG8)

272 Why should we assume it will always be this way? --- 1. It's hard to put the genie back in the bottle 2. Who's to say that Obama won't have the agencies go all-out again in 2016 in favor of his successor, a la 2012? It's kind of hard to root out corruption and bullshit if the guy in power is using illegal means to keep his buddies there which, in turn, covers his own ass.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 17, 2014 08:32 AM (APuJ7)

273 Obama's de facto amnesty can't be reversed. The court packing can't be reversed. Yeah, the keystone pipeline deal can probably be reversed. Know what can also be reversed? -- the SCOTUS 5-4 Heller ruling once Obama or Hillary appoints a liberal to replace Scalia or Thomas. Then all the gun rights victories we've won can be quickly reversed

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 17, 2014 08:32 AM (ZPrif)

274 And the sheer poetry. Don't forget the sheer poetry! No haiku for ewe!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2014 08:32 AM (8D0/R)

275 If we actually had a literary President it would be more interesting. Instead we have a narcissistic bore snapping his selfies and making it all about him like a cleaner Presidential version of Miley Cyrus. There are any number of folks here who are more literary than Obama.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 17, 2014 08:32 AM (XyM/Y)

276 precisely...it's all one giant feedback loop between movies, TV, music, news, and Democrat politicians...whether online, in print, it doesn't matter. It's all controlled by the left, with a couple of sprinkles controlled by the right like Fox News or Wall St Journal. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 17, 2014 12:11 PM (0LHZx) And evidence demonstrates that they have a receptive audience that votes with real world consequences. The public can be, and is, misled.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 08:32 AM (bb5+k)

277 All the really need long term is for people to keep voting for their party until they've finished permanently cementing their power. That part seems to be working. ---- I'm not sure I would agree with that. His actions provoked a backlash in 2010. We will see what happens in 2014. There is no such thing as "permantly cemented power."

Posted by: SH at April 17, 2014 08:32 AM (gmeXX)

278 When I was a lad And porn grew upon the trees Only looked at pics

Posted by: Citizen X at April 17, 2014 08:33 AM (7ObY1)

279 with the Ukrainians who are trying to make the city become part of Russia, according to Israeli media. so i would think this is another Russian tactic?

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:33 AM (nqBYe)

280 And that, ladies and gentlemen, is where Bill Ayers entered the picture. The rest is history.
***
One of the interesting things to consider here is that the notion that Ayers wrote the book started off as a wild eyed conspiracy theory.

Then it turned out that literary analysis, of the sort used to check for plagiarism, said Ayers wrote the book. And then Ayers himself said he wrote the book. And then finally the publisher (IIRC) accidentally admitted that Ayers substantially rewrote the book.

So it turns out the crazy conspiracy theory is, at least mostly, true.

And yet this admission generated no interest. If Bush had falsely claimed to have written a book would the Dem party have let it go?

Now, in the grand scheme of Obama's lies this is a relatively unimportant one. But had the Republican elite made a bigger deal of this would he feel so free to lie?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2014 08:33 AM (78TbK)

281 Jews in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk where pro-Russian militants have taken over government buildings were told they have to "register" with the Ukrainians who are trying to make the city become part of Russia, according to Israeli media. Jews emerging from a synagogue say they were handed leaflets that ordered the city's Jews to provide a list of property they own and pay a registration fee "or else have their citizenship revoked, face deportation and see their assets confiscated," reported Ynet News, Israel's largest news website Posted by: SH I suspect those pamphlets were handed out by Russian operatives not that either side loves Jews

Posted by: thunderb also dickless rapper at April 17, 2014 08:33 AM (zOTsN)

282 161 The sad thing is that his trolling does not destroy his credibility - because our LIV society believes everything that he says - because of their blind trust Posted by: Erik at April 17, 2014 12:12 PM (D4yqe) I didn't even write this.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 08:33 AM (bb5+k)

283 61% not 81% By the way in the same poll, Obama's approval is up 4% since Fox last polled in March. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo ------------------ Read more carefully. You exclude the 20% who believe that he lies "only now and then". There is no such thing as a part-time liar. Even those people who say 'sometimes' know the truth.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 17, 2014 08:33 AM (aDwsi)

284 The leaflet story sounds like disinfo - not sure from which side. Each side has been accusing he other of being anti-semitic fascists.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 17, 2014 08:34 AM (ZPrif)

285

186 joncelli

 

Hi, and yes it will be lovely day

 

I just love walking through all the huge sheds with cows, horses, chooks, etc

 

And also just enjoying the crowds -  people are happy at the Show

 

 

Posted by: aussie at April 17, 2014 08:34 AM (XURZb)

286 So, is it President Ergie or President Raykon?

Posted by: random lurker at April 17, 2014 08:34 AM (G+hiD)

287 Gawker = chance of Upton tits TFG= chance of Fluke flaps Advantage Gawker

Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at April 17, 2014 08:35 AM (eKy6k)

288 Oh that's right sheer it! Sheer it! Oh yeah!

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 17, 2014 08:35 AM (0q2P7)

289 i'm obsessed with ewe it's shear hell.

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:35 AM (nqBYe)

290 It's awesome that you're willing to take time away from commanding your militia and planning the revolution to put some knowledge to the rest of us. It must be hard to tolerate the nonsense that goes on here when you have so much important work to do! Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at April 17, 2014 12:12 PM (+lsX1) And here is someone else jumping on the "Lets keep repeating a bald faced lie" bandwagon. You invented the LogJammers Militia, It's your army of straw men.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 08:35 AM (bb5+k)

291 I'm not sure I would agree with that. His actions provoked a backlash in 2010. We will see what happens in 2014. There is no such thing as "permantly cemented power."
***
And even after the backlash in 2010 we still have Obamacare...and a Republican party that is united around the notion of..."fixing" Obamacare instead of ending it.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2014 08:35 AM (78TbK)

292 His actions provoked a backlash in 2010.

Which changed precisely nothing--and I'm not blaming the House, because they've passed a shit-ton of bills that Harry Reid has just smirked at, and SCOAMF wouldn't sign anyway.

And then in 2012, he got re-elected .

Posted by: HR at April 17, 2014 08:35 AM (ZKzrr)

293 Hi, I do have an affinity with those not all there obviously.. Moronitudinousity recognizes no borders.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b][/u] at April 17, 2014 08:36 AM (0HooB)

294 I suspect those pamphlets were handed out by Russian operatives not that either side loves Jews Posted by: thunderb also dickless rapper at April 17, 2014 12:33 PM (zOTsN) I find that very very hard to believe. Putin is not stupid... he has military contracts with Israel... and wants more... He REALLY wants to tie into their defense technology.... Note.... the Russians are NOT funding the Palestinians ... WE ARE...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 17, 2014 08:36 AM (84gbM)

295

187 willow

 

Hi and I will be definitely looking at the sheep later today

 

Fruit and nuts we have a big supply to look at too....at the Show of course

 

 

 

 

Posted by: aussie at April 17, 2014 08:36 AM (XURZb)

296 There is no such thing as a part-time liar. Even those people who say 'sometimes' know the truth.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 17, 2014 12:33 PM (aDwsi)



You just gave me an earworm: http://youtu.be/jN2AdOjI4FI

Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee at April 17, 2014 08:37 AM (L8r/r)

297 Hi, and yes it will be lovely day I just love walking through all the huge sheds with cows, horses, chooks, etc And also just enjoying the crowds - people are happy at the Show Posted by: aussie at April 17, 2014 12:34 PM (XURZb) sad face, ewe had sheepishly awaited the the carnage of the lambs?

Posted by: willow at April 17, 2014 08:37 AM (nqBYe)

298 And then in 2012, he got re-elected .
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I thought about trying, but really who wants to be president? Especially if people are just going to say mean things about you.

Posted by: Mitt Romney at April 17, 2014 08:37 AM (78TbK)

299 I'm not saying Bill Ayres didn't ghost-write for Teh Won, (I believe it is highly probable) but literary analysis tests are highly, highly suspect. It's like statistics, you can decide the outcome first and find the stats to back it up afterwards. Those same sort of tests "prove" that Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare. And so did the Earl of Oxford, Christopher Marlowe, Queen Elizabeth and dozens of others. Quite the feat for most of them, since they were dead long before Shakespeare retired from writing. Hey, this post was rather literary of me.

Posted by: Citizen X at April 17, 2014 08:37 AM (7ObY1)

300 Then all the gun rights victories we've won can be quickly reversed

Theoretically bu not practically.

Posted by: Irish Democracy in Connecticut at April 17, 2014 08:38 AM (DL2i+)

301 Congratulations D-Lamp

 You started this thread with everyone basically supporting you on ribbing AllenG for his naivete.  However, after spending the whole thread being a total jackass to everybody who got tired of your making the same point over and over again you have united everyone against you.  I get it, AllenG said something naive.  I get that the American Public isn't exactly a brain trust (they never were when you think about it).  Still...

 LET. IT. GO.
 If you push a point to earnestly and strongly you turn off even your natural allies.

Posted by: Socky D. Sock at April 17, 2014 08:38 AM (qJPSp)

302 285 The leaflet story sounds like disinfo - not sure from which side. Each side has been accusing he other of being anti-semitic fascists. --- Russia has a long history of antisemetic pogroms. I'm less sure about the Ukraine.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at April 17, 2014 08:38 AM (APuJ7)

303 Why should we assume it will always be this way?

Posted by: SH at April 17, 2014 12:29 PM (gmeXX)

 

 

Because the AoSHQ is known for insantiy, cheap vodka, bad jokes, depression, and hobo carnage.

 

But mostly depression because woe is me is more fun than being a cock-eyed optimist.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Snow! AHHHHHHHH! at April 17, 2014 08:38 AM (hLRSq)

304 darn it, ewe were going to see the sheep! walks away in dejection

Posted by: wispy willowing wimper at April 17, 2014 08:38 AM (nqBYe)

305 Romeo I don't think the Russians are threatening to deport Ukrainian Jews I think the Russians would love the world to think the Ukrainians are threatening to deport the Ukrainian Jews and he can step in a restore civil rights see?

Posted by: thunderb also dickless rapper at April 17, 2014 08:38 AM (zOTsN)

306 And even after the backlash in 2010 we still have Obamacare...and a Republican party that is united around the notion of..."fixing" Obamacare instead of ending it. ---- While I'd like the short game to be better. There is a long game to this. I simply do not subscribe to the fact that things are only going to get worse.

Posted by: SH at April 17, 2014 08:38 AM (gmeXX)

307 Gawker = chance of Upton tits

TFG= chance of Fluke flaps

Advantage Gawker

Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at April 17, 2014 12:35 PM (eKy6k)



AtC invokes Fluke's Beef Drapes, and all around the world, male Ace o' Spades commenter testicles slam back up into their owner's bodies in fear.  Ugh.


Any truth to the rumor that the dickless rapper screamed "RELEASE THE KRACKEN!!!!!" just before the emasculated himself?


Oh, SMOD, where is thy sting?

Posted by: Sharkman at April 17, 2014 08:38 AM (TM1p8)

308 But mostly depression because woe is me is more fun than being a cock-eyed optimist.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Snow! AHHHHHHHH! at April 17, 2014 12:38 PM (hLRSq)

 

Hard to be optimistic with a dick in your eye.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 17, 2014 08:39 AM (DrWcr)

309 Stupid Sock.

Posted by: Captain_Cookie at April 17, 2014 08:39 AM (qJPSp)

310 There is no such thing as a part-time liar. Even those people who say 'sometimes' know the truth. --- The man constantly lied to me and my wife... Morgan Fairchild!

Posted by: Tommy Flanagan at April 17, 2014 08:39 AM (APuJ7)

311 ......and stay for the insanity. And the sheer poetry. Don't forget the sheer poetry! Posted by: Citizen X at April 17, 2014 12:30 PM (7ObY1) Cowboy Poetry??? We used to fund that... but now those damn Cowboys are pissing me off...

Posted by: Sen. from Nevada at April 17, 2014 08:39 AM (84gbM)

312 Even the folks who still support Dems are embarrassed by him. I work in a building with about 600 temps who work at a call center and more than half of them are black. In 2008 it was like a literal party zone here. Now? If you can find an Obama sticker in our parking lot, I'll eat it. You will start hearing more about Michelle running for office. Which is crazy. She would never put in the time to be a Senator or bow to the lifestyle. She doesn't have Hillary's ruthless drive and she doesn't really have a symbiotic relationship with her husband. If she thought she could have the vacations-in-Hawaii lifestyle without Barack, she'd divorce him in a second. But she hasn't cultivated a network that is loyal to her over Barack. She hasn't really done the feminist thing that Hillary did. Remember Hillary, the strong woman? However, for Barack's power base to remain intact, they have to believe there's some reason to defend the Obamas against the onslaught of reality. As soon as the 2016 race starts and there's another Democrat to defend, you're going to start hearing "Well, he wasn't *really* black anyway."

Posted by: AmishDude at April 17, 2014 08:40 AM (T0NGe)

313 But mostly depression because woe is me is more fun than being a cock-eyed optimist. --- I forgot. Carry on.

Posted by: SH at April 17, 2014 08:40 AM (gmeXX)

314

202 country singer

 

Hi and I'll  try to take a selfie with me and  Kate if you like (after I trample over the thousands of people trying the same thing)

 

I do have abetter chance of taking a selfie with a sheep...

Posted by: aussie at April 17, 2014 08:40 AM (XURZb)

315 The future's so bright, I gotta wear Ray Bans™. I just made that up!

Posted by: Joey "Choo Choo" Biden at April 17, 2014 08:42 AM (pgQxn)

316 woohoo, my research chemicals have arrived! my rats are gonna be so happy!!

Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at April 17, 2014 08:42 AM (phmNs)

317
I light farts in the oval office.

Posted by: Prez Gaslighter at April 17, 2014 08:43 AM (hUf/y)

318 If she thought she could have the vacations-in-Hawaii lifestyle without Barack, she'd divorce him in a second. But she hasn't cultivated a network that is loyal to her over Barack. Hard to when you are always a scowling, screaming harpy.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2014 08:43 AM (8D0/R)

319

227 Anna Puma

 

Hi and thanks!

 

And I do like your very interesting posts especially about all things military...

Posted by: aussie at April 17, 2014 08:43 AM (XURZb)

320 Posted by: thunderb also dickless rapper at April 17, 2014 12:38 PM (zOTsN) Mastroyka? (sp?).... could see that... One of my Nightmare scenarios is that the Obama pisses off the Israelies enough that they look a for a new Power to protect them... The synthesis of Israeli Military technology, and Russian production and resources, would be a game changer...

Posted by: Sen. from Nevada at April 17, 2014 08:43 AM (84gbM)

321 D-Lamp, I think you are twisting AllenG's point. The two of you weren't speaking of the same thing.

Posted by: [/i]KG at April 17, 2014 08:43 AM (p7BzH)

322 Nood

Posted by: rickb223 at April 17, 2014 08:43 AM (8D0/R)

323 Be friends, you English fools, be friends!  We have French Quarrels enough, if you could tell how to reckon.


- Bates, Henry V, Act IV.1

Posted by: Kinley Ardal at April 17, 2014 08:44 AM (9LuAk)

324 I'm less sure about the Ukraine.

Even worse.

Just for a nice Little starter, bing "14th Waffen Grenadier Division der SS."


Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 17, 2014 08:44 AM (nkPV9)

325 There's not one "ME" but TWO in Meme! I like that!

Posted by: Preznit Bamster at April 17, 2014 08:44 AM (pgQxn)

326 While I'd like the short game to be better. There is a long game to this. I simply do not subscribe to the fact that things are only going to get worse.
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I look at the order of battle on the left, and the order of battle on the right, and I'm pretty sure I see France in 1940. We don't have the infrastructure, we don't have the equipment, and the only question is how many of our leaders want to go Vichy when the time is right.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2014 08:44 AM (78TbK)

327 I took the "which gastrointestinal disease are you?" test and got "the wombling trots."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at April 17, 2014 08:45 AM (zF6Iw)

328 I imagine Mrs SCOAMF will end up with a Krugmanesque media deal; obscene amounts of money to film one show a year, where she just sits on a couch with a celeb or two and bitch at the viewers about eating vegetables. 

Posted by: HR at April 17, 2014 08:45 AM (ZKzrr)

329 I imagine Mrs SCOAMF will end up with a Krugmanesque media deal; obscene amounts of money to film one show a year, where she just sits on a couch with a celeb or two and bitch at the viewers about eating vegetables.
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Isn't that pretty much what her job was like when Obama got elected to the Senate?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 17, 2014 08:46 AM (78TbK)

330

There is no such thing as "permantly cemented power."

 

I working on it, round eye!

Posted by: Kim Jong Un at April 17, 2014 08:47 AM (zF6Iw)

331 LET. IT. GO. If you push a point to earnestly and strongly you turn off even your natural allies. Posted by: Socky D. Sock at April 17, 2014 12:38 PM (qJPSp) No doubt true, but when one cannot read feedback without a ten minute delay (because i'm reading through the thread a message at a time) one cannot correct course quickly enough. They may be pissed at me right now, but over time I think people can get along. If not, I don't always make my points with an eye towards being popular. God only knows if you simply repeat what is popular, you aren't doing it right.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 08:47 AM (bb5+k)

332 God only knows if you simply repeat what is popular, you aren't doing it right.
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Top 10 ways you can make sure you are only thinking government approved thoughts!

Posted by: The latest on buzzfeed at April 17, 2014 08:48 AM (78TbK)

333 322 D-Lamp, I think you are twisting AllenG's point. The two of you weren't speaking of the same thing. Posted by: KG at April 17, 2014 12:43 PM (p7BzH) We had quite a back and forth before I had to leave, I find it unlikely that he didn't understand my point or I his. I think it is a fundamental difference of opinion regarding the nature of the populace we face, and I think it is such a serious error in judgement that it needs to be addressed.

Posted by: D-Lamp at April 17, 2014 08:50 AM (bb5+k)

334

 (I can't tiny due to only having cardboard AoSHQ membership)

---

One percenter

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 - used condom membership at April 17, 2014 08:52 AM (SO2Q8)

335 >332
I get that it is easy to "get behind" in the flow of messaging in this site. This very comment is evidence of that. 

I also know that they will probably forget about anything on this thread by the time they sit down for dinner.  All things considered this was not a very memorable thread.  Certainly no longbows and crossbows going on here.

It's also clear you know that it went to far and you know why.  You're reasonable, I respect that.  I myself occasionally get too "into the moment" for my own good.  So it seems there really isn't a problem in the long term.

And yes, sometimes you have to state an unpopular truth, it's just that an unpopular truth goes down easier in smaller doses.

Posted by: Captain_Cookie at April 17, 2014 08:54 AM (qJPSp)

336

335   Buzzsaw90 - used condom membership

 

I'm the one percenter cardboarder...

 

Goodnight everyone!

 

Love ewes all.....

Posted by: aussie at April 17, 2014 08:55 AM (XURZb)

337 B-b-b-b-b-baby ewe just ain't seen nothin' yet!

Posted by: Darles Chickens at April 17, 2014 09:09 AM (z4vvZ)

338 all bullshit. Obama is not that smart

Posted by: free tibet, etc. at April 17, 2014 09:36 AM (6wqZn)

339 Might have been mentioned in a prior comment but the missing factor is that the main stream media doesn't call Obama on the lie and plays up Republican opposition to Obama as racist and therefore Republicans are lying all for the benefit of the 30 to 40% of LIV you know as morons.

Posted by: bobbymike at April 17, 2014 12:16 PM (hY7Vw)

340 So we need to talk more about Jay Carney and those USSR posters. We need to get people interested in where Obama gets the idea that he can lie all the time and the press will cover him... just like Pravda! Slate seems to think the PResident is so clever in his lying. Sick.

Posted by: petunia at April 17, 2014 01:38 PM (DAcBA)

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