August 25, 2010

Democrat? Moi? Surely You Jest!
Added: Associated Press Plays The Faithful Stooge

— DrewM

Just as the reality starts to hit Democrats that this year is going to be a massacre for them, they have to confront a new fact...it's likely to be worse than they thought.

“Democrats kept thinking: ‘We’re going to get better. We’re going to get well before the election,’” said one of Washington’s best-connected Democrats. “But as of this week, you now have people saying that Republicans are going to win the House. And now it’s starting to look like the Senate is going to be a lot closer than people thought.”

A Democratic pollster working on several key races said, “The reality is that [the House majority] is probably gone.” His data shows the Democrats’ problems are only getting worse. “It’s spreading,” the pollster said

...Yet Democratic concern continues to manifest itself in a variety of ways, including the purchasing of ads in districts – like that of veteran Ike Skelton of Missouri -- that historically are only in play in miserable political years and were not considered at risk several months ago. And then there are more subtle hints that professional Democrats are worried -- lobbyists are reporting a noticeable uptick in House committee staffers looking for jobs.

...In some races, endangered Democrats are trying to carve out their own separate identities from the national party – even if that means bashing Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Check the whole thing out. Aside from a few attempts to cheer up Democrats reading the story, it's pretty tasty.

Jake Tapper has a post along these same lines...Democrats turning against their leadership. He illustrates the point nicely with a bunch of Democratic ads.

There's definitely a theme running through them....

Old and Busted: Yes We Can! We're Democrats.

New Hotness: Independent!

This is my favorite (so far) from the new genre.

"Independent conservative"? Dude you're a DEMOCRAT, own it.

Now you may think, he's from Alabama, what else do you expect him to say? Well, take a look at the one from the guy in Ohio. It's all about illegal immigration. Ohio!

In less than two years we've gone from the idea that Republicans may never be a force in national elections again to Democrats turning on their leadership in order to save their own seats.

Added: Like the good lapdogs they are, the AP chimes in with this report, "As GOP civil war rages, Democrats look to benefit".

Talk about your bitter clingers.

This Democrat Is Running as a Mental Patient [ace]: A Democrat, Chris Young, is running for Providence's mayor. A local station has a feature called "Coffee with the Candidates" in which they give candidates five minutes to talk with the hostess, to introduce themselves to the city.

This guy used his time unexpectedly.

"I hope you learned something."

-- "I did. Always make sure to park your car near an active doorway under a working streetlight."

Posted by: DrewM at 06:33 PM | Comments (242)
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1 The 'I'm a 'maverick' Democrat' thing doesn't mean anything.  Each Democrat keeps Nancy Pelosi in leadership-- they're ALL part of the problem.

Posted by: nickless at August 25, 2010 06:36 PM (MMC8r)

2 If this guy really did vote against that stuff then he might not be a complete douchebag. Then again, what did he vote for that was full stupid? That's all his competiton has to show.

Posted by: dagny at August 25, 2010 06:39 PM (GiZ6k)

3

Speaking of Tapper, when he 'reported' earlier: Breaking News: Obama said they are having fun on vacation....

Was that tongue & cheek? Please tell me it was. I think he's pretty funny by nature--but I don't get that feel from his reporting generally. I just stared at that headline like, 'oh.holy.hell.'

Posted by: laceyunderalls at August 25, 2010 06:40 PM (NGqy5)

4 The only downside here is that they're going to use their lame-duck succession to pass as much socialism as they can, and trust America's short memory to pave over the pain by 2014.

Posted by: David at August 25, 2010 06:40 PM (+M16j)

5 Our local commiecrat just released a commercial bashing the wall street bailout. I don't think folks are going to forget that this 'small business owner' voted FOR health destruction, 'stimulus' et al though.

Posted by: PaleRider at August 25, 2010 06:41 PM (dkExz)

6 Bobby bright - I didn't vote for the bailouts, obamacare, stimulus...

But you did vote for Nancy Pelosi as speaker and that is what started the ball rolling. 

Posted by: Hoover at August 25, 2010 06:43 PM (sD7bS)

7 Blue dogs can be bought.  Ask Heath Shuler.

Posted by: Reiver at August 25, 2010 06:44 PM (RPPEk)

8 Those Dem's sure are a slow witted bunch.  They just figured out this is a bad year for Dem's.  You don't say.  I guess being a year behind he rest of America is a pretty good improvement for the dem's.

I can't wait to see pelosi's face when she has to hand over the gavel.  They'll need to pry it out of her hands.

Posted by: Hoover at August 25, 2010 06:46 PM (sD7bS)

9 I live in Bobby's district, he pretty much voted against the entire Democratic agenda. He's probably a more reliable Republican vote than most Republicans. I'm still voting for Martha Roby who is basically a sorority girl city council member.

Posted by: Ken at August 25, 2010 06:46 PM (7faB0)

10 Voted against "the trillion dollar federal budget"?  When was the last time the federal budget was under a trillion, 1985?

Posted by: the peanut gallery at August 25, 2010 06:47 PM (NurK6)

11 Chris Carney's most recent ad doesn't mention that whole pesky Democrat thing anywhere in it.  Oh and it's all about how he's trying to look out for business and did the made in America tax break and yadda yadda yadda.  It's pretty funny.

What's hilarious is the DSCC ad against Toomey in which the announcer says Derivatives! like he's taking about zombies or something.  That's a riot. 

Posted by: alexthechick at August 25, 2010 06:47 PM (eRjGt)

12 The sign is funny. In '08 all the yard signs prominatly displayed "democrat". Heh, missing something guys?

Posted by: dagny at August 25, 2010 06:47 PM (GiZ6k)

13

I like their ad that says, "No! Honest!  I thought that when he said change, it was the change that didn't suck!"

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 25, 2010 06:49 PM (r1h5M)

14 Oh, it's not just moderate Democrats either.  Even the local "Working Families Party" (i.e. SEIU Front Group) candidate for a local statehouse seat in Summerville, SC is running against "both parties" with a platform that sounds like something with which the average RINO squish would be comfortable.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 25, 2010 06:49 PM (P9zpD)

15 4 The only downside here is that they're going to use their lame-duck succession to pass as much socialism as they can, and trust America's short memory to pave over the pain by 2014.

Posted by:"David"

Can we put this stupid concern over the lame duck session to bed, already? It is tiresome.

 

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 25, 2010 06:52 PM (P9zpD)

16 Even this poor sot elected Pelosi because she was female--"historic" then Barry because he was black. They make decisions on race, religion and gender. That fucks things up because character matters. Then they call everyone racists.

Posted by: dagny at August 25, 2010 06:52 PM (GiZ6k)

17

Hell, not only am I not a Democrat, I am also an orphan.

 

 

Posted by: Rory at August 25, 2010 06:53 PM (P9zpD)

18

BTW, Bobby won last election (which was an open seat because Terry Everett retired) because the asshole Harri Ann Smith lost to Jay Love in the Republican primary and she just couldn't support Jay because "he talked to her bad". Also Bobby, though the mayor of Montgomery, was able to convince other RINO leaders (specifically asshole mayor of Dothan Pat Thomas) that he would support Ft. Rucker more than Jay Love because he grew up in the Dothan area. The district runs from Montgomery to Dothan.

 

Posted by: Ken at August 25, 2010 06:54 PM (7faB0)

19 I rather doubt he voted against any trillion dollar budget this year.

Posted by: Methos at August 25, 2010 06:57 PM (1sroz)

20 I wonder, has anyone asked Harry how he feels about his son not even wanting to be associated with his last name?  That would be Youtube gold I think.

Posted by: buzzion at August 25, 2010 06:58 PM (oVQFe)

21 Don't be naive. First the donks ruined the name democrat so they switched to calling themselves progressives to distance themselves from their failures. Now that progressive is toxic they want to be called independents?? How about just calling them scum?

Posted by: Moi at August 25, 2010 06:58 PM (Ez4Ql)

22 Our Blue Dog Dem is Gene Taylor.  Its the same old story, he is says he is a conservative, but votes for Nancy for speaker.  Real sack o' shit.

Posted by: Hammer at August 25, 2010 06:58 PM (1kwr2)

23 Oh it's just a bunch of astroturfing nazi's.  We're in fine shape. 

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at August 25, 2010 06:59 PM (UvR6d)

24 Bobby Bright: "I firmly oppose the Pelosi agenda. Now, vote for me or she might just lose her seat as the most powerful member of the House."

That rings reasonable to some.

Posted by: Bruce at August 25, 2010 07:00 PM (xXarD)

25 When in doubt, throw them out.

Posted by: Hammer at August 25, 2010 07:01 PM (1kwr2)

26

Before everyone starts banking on that Republican majority come November, just remember that Bush's book comes out in mid-October. That's right, W.'s parting gift to the party that he screwed up by pulling it to the left from his first day in office will be to remind everyone of his fantastic programs just a few weeks before the election. Right when Obama's attempts to blame everything on Bush have become a running joke, W. will be right out there reminding everyone of his attempts to provide amnesty and a free house to every illegal he could find, and of how heroic his efforts were to provide trillions of bailouts and implied guarantees to Wall Street (that they were passed by the Dems in Congress will be conveniently overlooked by the MFM)..

Yeah, the last couple weeks of the campaign are going to look a lot different than you might think right now. The narrative WILL change.

Posted by: SteveN at August 25, 2010 07:01 PM (7EV/g)

27 The thing that scares me is every time these damned liberals run as moderates or conservatives only to govern as batwing left nutjobs.

Every time.

And every time it seems Americans believe them - just because they say it so pretty.

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at August 25, 2010 07:02 PM (gmH92)

28 POTD - hell POTY, unless we get a shot of Pelosi crying. : http://tinyurl.com/29qnyho

Posted by: Jean at August 25, 2010 07:02 PM (YPH5r)

29 Democrats being trounced? Pffft. Dems are going to pick up 50 seats in the House and 20 in the Senate. Book it!

Posted by: Alexandra Gutierrez at August 25, 2010 07:03 PM (pDzwv)

30 Yes, why would Bush put his book out in October?  Is he TRYING to destroy our party?

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at August 25, 2010 07:03 PM (gmH92)

31 Just a recap- RCP currently listing 16 GOP seats as "somewhat vulnerable." It lists 112 for the Democrats. currently shows 195D-34Tossup-206R "safe" seats like MA-5, MA-6, ME-1, OR-6, CA-47, and CT-5 are all now listed on the chart.

Posted by: CAC at August 25, 2010 07:03 PM (lV4Fs)

32 endangered Democrats are trying to carve out their own separate identities from the national party

Yea, go with that.  The public ain't gonna buy any cheap parlor trick rebranding charade this time around.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at August 25, 2010 07:04 PM (dLXsg)

33 How about just calling them scum?

No way.  Even we got standards to uphold.

Posted by: The Pond Scum at August 25, 2010 07:07 PM (dLXsg)

34 How desperate are the Dems?? This desperate:

The Donkey Master Plan

“We want to elevate John Boehner,” said a senior Democratic aide involved in party strategy. “We want him and his ideas to be in the forefront.”

(Politico - Drew's link above)

Drew, for the icing on the cake, check out the NYT's latest editorial:

The Wrong Kind of Enthusiasm

Whoever wrote that piece is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

Posted by: mrp at August 25, 2010 07:07 PM (HjPtV)

35 The Dems are out of ideas, out of altitude, and out of time.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at August 25, 2010 07:09 PM (dLXsg)

36

And every time it seems Americans believe them - just because they say it so pretty.

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at August 25, 2010 11:02 PM (gmH92)

Actually its a case of not paying attention.  The Dems and RINOs have benefitted a very long time from having an uninformed uninterested public.  They didn't know how they were voting when in DC and only seeing them when they came back to ask to be re-elected. 

Now people are pissed and have been paying attention.  Like with Harry Reid.  He benefitted for a long time by being liberal but hiding behind others so Nevada didn't know how he really was voting.  But then he gets the power and sets the agenda in the Senate and he's no longer able to hide.

Posted by: buzzion at August 25, 2010 07:09 PM (oVQFe)

37 W's book is coming out November 9, what the hell are you talking about?

Posted by: huerfano at August 25, 2010 07:09 PM (No0N3)

38 OT but really, is this not just super creepy?

Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn't violate your Fourth Amendment rights, because you do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy in your own driveway - and no reasonable expectation that the government isn't tracking your movements.

P.S. This is from TIME.  The sun shines on a dog's ass every once in a while, after all.

Posted by: logprof at August 25, 2010 07:11 PM (BP6Z1)

39 Independent Conservative? Why don't they just say they're Olympia Snowes' lesbo sister?

Posted by: Corona at August 25, 2010 07:12 PM (woZIc)

40

Old and Busted: Yes We Can! We're Democrats.

New Hotness: Independent! Those Aren't The Democrats I Knew

Posted by: progressoverpeace at August 25, 2010 07:14 PM (Qp4DT)

41

#38 I hope that's true. Last week I was at the local Borders and they still had posters for an October 19th release date. I hope someone explained to all involved that it's best to leave the the Bush legacy project until after the election.

Did Bobby Bright vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker. If so, I think that's the only commercial that his opponent need run.

 

Posted by: SteveN at August 25, 2010 07:15 PM (7EV/g)

42 W's book is coming out November 9, what the hell are you talking about?
Posted by: huerfano at August 25, 2010 11:09 PM

People are expecting the usual "excerpts" to start popping up before the election. They'll be spun by the media to make Dubya look as bad a s possible.

Of course I don't hear a lot of Republican candidates saying "I'm going to do just what Bush did," either. And I'd have a hard time supporting them if they did.

An honest book about Osama Obama, if released before the election, could torpedo every friggin' Dem in House and Senate. That would be change I could believe in....

Posted by: MrScribbler at August 25, 2010 07:16 PM (Ulu3i)

43

Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn't violate your Fourth Amendment rights, because you do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy in your own driveway - and no reasonable expectation that the government isn't tracking your movements.

P.S. This is from TIME.  The sun shines on a dog's ass every once in a while, after all.

Posted by: logprof at August 25, 2010 11:11 PM (BP6Z1)

But remember, talking to someone in another country via a separate third party is the most sacred form of privacy that shall never ever be infringed in any way.

Posted by: buzzion at August 25, 2010 07:17 PM (oVQFe)

44 In less than two years we've gone from the idea that Republicans may never be a force in national elections again to Democrats turning on their leadership in order to save their own seats ------------------- This really is particularly tasty. Not only that, the remaining RINOs are living in real fear; knowing that conservatives actually remember shit for more than 10 newsdays; and have not only beaten the piss out of them this year, will be comin' after the rest of the herd next time.

Posted by: Sven Svenson, Really Pissed Off Hobo Zombie at August 25, 2010 07:19 PM (aFgvs)

45 I don't think even if W's book came out it is enough to save the dems.  That anti-incumbent sentiment seems to have hit them particularly hard.

Posted by: huerfano at August 25, 2010 07:20 PM (No0N3)

46 I see that we are back to the "Name That Party" games.  Not one of the ads in Trapper's column mentioned the word Democrat.  Wonder how people will feel going into the voting booth, looking for the guy under "Independent" and finding out he's a Democrat.

Posted by: Steve S at August 25, 2010 07:20 PM (XX7YX)

47

But remember, talking to someone in another country via a separate third party is the most sacred form of privacy that shall never ever be infringed in any way.

Posted by: buzzion at August 25, 2010 11:17 PM (oVQFe)

--Don't forget, they probably can't plant GPS trackers on illegal aliens' cars either.

Posted by: logprof at August 25, 2010 07:20 PM (BP6Z1)

48 We'll see what happens but I know that they are purposefully trying to keep the book from affecting the elections. I think W knows how the election thing works as well as October surprises.

Posted by: dagny at August 25, 2010 07:20 PM (GiZ6k)

49 I don't think Dubya's book will do any harm. It may even help. Libtards won't read it in any case. It will just add to the 'Miss Me Yet' thingie.

Posted by: Sven Svenson, Really Pissed Off Hobo Zombie at August 25, 2010 07:24 PM (aFgvs)

50
Drop the "D". Put on some eyeliner and black clothes. Now your an Emocrat! Got the goth vote locked!
It's gold, gold I tell ya!

Posted by: Dick Morris' Evil Twin at August 25, 2010 07:26 PM (rMMMP)

51 They never really run as Democrats.  Well, not in red or purple states anyway.  Generally they're a bunch of pragmatic centrists in search of common sense solutions from around August to November, and then magically transform the moment they get elected.  Bill Owens special election was an excellent example of how that game works.

Usually there are enough voters that are asleep enough to make it work for them.  I'm really hoping that isn't the case this time.  They're about to be fed 2 months of complete bullshit.  We need to keep kicking our best and brightest candidates the $'s so that the short attention span theater can get some extended exposure to some truth. 

Posted by: Dave S. at August 25, 2010 07:28 PM (UvR6d)

52 This guy thinks time runs backwards.  W's book comes out after the election, so:

1.  People spend October reminiscing about bank bailouts after reading W's book.
2.  ???????????
3.  Democrats win!

As I recall, October happens before November.  At least, so far.

Posted by: huerfano at August 25, 2010 07:28 PM (No0N3)

53 Forgot the link

Damn beer.

Posted by: huerfano at August 25, 2010 07:30 PM (No0N3)

54 Fuck off, jarry!

Posted by: logprof at August 25, 2010 07:34 PM (BP6Z1)

55

I Think Evil Attracts Evil.

Dems say Ok with Sharia Law.

Moslems say Ok with that, for now.

Posted by: Long Hair'd Country Boy at August 25, 2010 07:35 PM (tgGTZ)

56

White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said Republicans are hurting their chances this fall "by nominating candidates well outside the mainstream."

This word "mainstream"... it does not mean the same as how the lab tech tells you to collect your urine sample.

Posted by: sherlock at August 25, 2010 07:36 PM (thr9V)

57 Dude you're a DEMOCRAT, own it. Wallpaper for hope and change bumperstickers .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at August 25, 2010 07:39 PM (XDeui)

58 People, educate yourselves please.  Ohio is full of Mexican illegals, whoops I meant Hispanics (no such animal) and they come by way of Canada.  State fruit is not the tomato for nothing.  Migrants have been their forever or so.  Northwest Ohio is truckgardening big time and northeast Ohio is hothouse growing.  Acres and acres as far as the eye can see of stuff that needs to be picked and cultivated.  Just wish they would get green cards legally.  BTW Ohio is one of the 22 states in process for a law like Arizona and if Porter beats Strickland for governor, I would say it will happen.

Posted by: Judith Hofbauer at August 25, 2010 07:46 PM (qhudc)

59 As has been suggested, there was a meeting today of top political advisers after the President's phone call. As luck would have it, I have an account of that meeting and can report some of the conversation for your information:

Rahm:     "Barack said we are not leaving until we get an election strategy."

Gibbs:     "Can they really keep us here?"

Staff:       "I know!  We'll tax Republicans and give the money to Democrats!"

Axelrod:  "Too obvious."

Staff:       "Okay, we tax Red States and give the money to Blue States."

Rahm:     "We've been doing that for 50 years."

Staff:       "We take credit for Iraq and blame Afghanistan on the Generals?"

Rahm:     "Okay, its a start, what else we got?"

Staff:      "Blame Bush?"

Rahm:    "Now that's what I'm talkin' about."

Posted by: Robert at August 25, 2010 07:49 PM (cd6Ip)

60 Civil war?

Posted by: What Civil War? at August 25, 2010 07:51 PM (X+sda)

61 WTF?

Posted by: What Civil War? at August 25, 2010 07:51 PM (X+sda)

62 You think those are something meet

New England's Most INDEPENDENT Congressman


Jim Himes. Even in Connecticut they are cutting and running on Pelosi, Obama and the Democrats. Whoever they are. Of course his Republican challenger is "Reckless, Radical and Wrong"!

Posted by: Rocks at August 25, 2010 07:59 PM (ivAmM)

63 Of course they're independent. They independently came to the decision to join together and support collectivist policies. See, it's easy!

Posted by: Doc at August 25, 2010 08:02 PM (MYT77)

64 It's infuriating that some of these douchebags would vote for ObamaCare and the Stimulus bills, etc. and then dare trying to distance themselves from what they did NOW.

If that doesn't deserve a hearty fuck you, then nothing does.

Posted by: Kensington at August 25, 2010 08:02 PM (mEyVv)

65 Comment for a post from the future:  who is Fred Grandy?

Posted by: Semi-ConfusedParamus at August 25, 2010 08:03 PM (06v7e)

66

JUST A REMINDER FROM YOUR SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID.

 

THE WAR IS LOST.

 

Posted by: gus at August 25, 2010 08:03 PM (59+f8)

67 Hah, then let them call for a new caucus vote and let them vote for Boehner. Like, now. So absurd! Oh my God. And these people voted for the Obama agenda down the line over the screaming protests of their constituents!

Posted by: ace at August 25, 2010 08:09 PM (QbA6l)

68 Sorry Democraps.  Since we can't count on Pelosi losing her seat, she has to be neutered.  That means the rest of you gotta go.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 25, 2010 08:11 PM (IqfKc)

69 Pelosi gonna get what she's been giving.

Posted by: The Chicken™ at August 25, 2010 08:12 PM (UrYD2)

70 Almost forgot. Politico=PolitiNO

Posted by: Rocks at August 25, 2010 08:14 PM (ivAmM)

71 In less than two years we've gone from the idea that Republicans may never be a force in national elections again to Democrats turning on their leadership in order to save their own seats.

Well, the 2008 election was an odd one.

The Democrats ran on tax cuts, reining in the deficit, and getting rid of the corrupt SOBs running Congress.

After they won, they took it as a mandate to raise taxes, spend like drunken sailors, and oh yeah, they were the corrupt SOBs running Congress in 2006 anyway.

Apparently people don't like being lied to.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 25, 2010 08:14 PM (bgcml)

72 drew, I hope you don't mind, I added the Chris Young video as vaguely on-topic... since he's apparently running against Satan.

Posted by: ace at August 25, 2010 08:17 PM (QbA6l)

73 "...Democrats turning against their leadership. He illustrates the point nicely with a bunch of Democratic ads."

Yeah, um, ~240 days late and a few trillion dollars short. Ask not for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee... to the tune of AC/DC's Hell's Bells.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 25, 2010 08:18 PM (swuwV)

74 66 It's infuriating that some of these douchebags would vote for ObamaCare and the Stimulus bills, etc. and then dare trying to distance themselves from what they did NOW. ------------------- Hell, they voted for the Iraq war, agreed that there were indeed WMD's, and then lied straight faced about it later. Do you think there is any natural limit to hypocrisy?

Posted by: Sven Svenson, Really Pissed Off Hobo Zombie at August 25, 2010 08:19 PM (aFgvs)

75 Chris Young is a sensitive, new age guy.

Posted by: huerfano at August 25, 2010 08:21 PM (No0N3)

76 Given all this and Obama's Tuesday night Iraq Oval Office Speech, I'm guessing Axelrod has been kidnapped and Karl Rove has taken his place.

Posted by: jorgxmckie at August 25, 2010 08:22 PM (290l2)

77

Wow. First I almost creamed my jeans for this guy. I mean, he looked perfect almost.

Then I discovered he was just another lying fucking leftist trying to save his own ass from the coming tsunami.

 

And I chuckled.

Posted by: redstatedeb at August 25, 2010 08:23 PM (ykmvs)

78 The 'I'm a 'maverick' Democrat' thing doesn't mean anything.  Each Democrat keeps Nancy Pelosi in leadership-- they're ALL part of the problem.

One of interesting thing to note - the Republicans are full of mavericky independents who won't just rubber stamp the party line*.

On the Democrat side their maverick list is, uh, Lieberman. Who technically isn't a Democrat to begin with.

*Unfortunately normally from the left, not the right...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 25, 2010 08:23 PM (bgcml)

79 If everything goes as expected, we can hope for the best of 2003! Medicare drugs for everybody! RAH RAH GO REPUBLICANS I, for one, cannot wait! TAKE THAT, DEMOCROOKS!

Posted by: Lolcano at August 25, 2010 08:25 PM (qE9Su)

80

Comment for a post from the future:  who is Fred Grandy?

Gopher on Love Boat.

Former GOP Congressman from Iowa (pretty RINO squishy, though he's been out for a while).

Morning drive co-host on the radio in DC.

Why?

Posted by: AmishDude at August 25, 2010 08:25 PM (RgyHa)

81 A Democrat, Chris Young,

Jack Black is running for Mayor of Providence?

Posted by: Rocks at August 25, 2010 08:26 PM (ivAmM)

82 The Republicans will blow it. Even if they win big, they'll blow it. They'll pussy out. They'll be all about bipartisanship and reaching across the aisle and all that crap. They won't stand firm. They'll go all moderate, they'll turn RINO on us. They'll show that they lied to us just get elected. They won't repeal Obamacare, lower taxes, or reduce government spending. Just you wait. They're going to break our hearts.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 25, 2010 08:27 PM (SVyNi)

83 Hell, they voted for the Iraq war, agreed that there were indeed WMD's, and then lied straight faced about it later.
Do you think there is any natural limit to hypocrisy?

Even though I first called for Saddam's ouster in 1998, I would just like to say that noted moron who has the speaking abilities of a snail, George Bush, tricked me into voting for the Iraq War. Based on the fact that I let a simpleton trick me with what I believe to be the most transparent lie in history of politics into voting for the worst debacle in American history, I am asking for your vote today. --most of the Democrats in congress.

While I am paraphrasing a bit, I still can't believe this worked for them...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 25, 2010 08:27 PM (bgcml)

84 The (revised) Three Great Lies:

1)  The check is in the mail.

2)  Yes, we can insure 40 million additional people and save money at the same time.

3)  This is the Summer of  Recovery.

Posted by: Robert at August 25, 2010 08:28 PM (cd6Ip)

85

... since he's apparently running against Satan.

Nope, he's not.

Posted by: Sharron Angle (R-NV) at August 25, 2010 08:28 PM (RgyHa)

86

Even though I first called for Saddam's ouster in 1998, I would just like to say that noted moron who has the speaking abilities of a snail, George Bush, tricked me into voting for the Iraq War. Based on the fact that I let a simpleton trick me with what I believe to be the most transparent lie in history of politics into voting for the worst debacle in American history, I am asking for your vote today. --most of the Democrats in congress.

That's what they said alright.

George Bush was like Rain Man to these people.

Posted by: AmishDude at August 25, 2010 08:30 PM (RgyHa)

87 MrScribbler: "An honest book about Osama Obama, if released before the election, could torpedo every friggin' Dem in House and Senate. That would be change I could believe in..."

I'm thinking David Limbaugh's just released Crimes Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack Obama might be timely.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 25, 2010 08:31 PM (swuwV)

88 #82, this WHY (see my most recent tweet):
http://twitter.com/ParisParamus

Posted by: ParisParamus at August 25, 2010 08:31 PM (06v7e)

89

Wow, I mean I'm not a guy nor overly familiar with girl-guy relationships ...still I thought one of top five would be:

No its not you're fucking baby you loser. But you're the asshole married to me who made my life so miserable this happend and THIS is what it'll cost AT A MINIMUM for you to get out of this without going to jail!

I know women...I'm just sayin'.

Posted by: redstatedeb at August 25, 2010 08:32 PM (ykmvs)

90 "The Republicans will blow it. Even if they win big, they'll blow it. They'll pussy out. They'll be all about bipartisanship and reaching across the aisle and all that crap. They won't stand firm. They'll go all moderate, they'll turn RINO on us. They'll show that they lied to us just get elected. They won't repeal Obamacare, lower taxes, or reduce government spending. Just you wait. They're going to break our hearts." LOL That's cute.

Posted by: Lolcano at August 25, 2010 08:32 PM (qE9Su)

91 85- Yeah, that's another thing, Bush was a moron but yet he outwitted them at every turn; the smart ones. If he & the Pubs hadn't pissed in the soup towards the end there, he would've had a perfect game.

Posted by: Sven Svenson, Really Pissed Off Hobo Zombie at August 25, 2010 08:34 PM (aFgvs)

92 84:  So we should just slit our wrists now?

Posted by: Purity Of Essence at August 25, 2010 08:36 PM (P1vpT)

93 Each Democrat keeps Nancy Pelosi in leadership

Every GOP candidate should be running that as an ad.  With a picture of her holding the obscenely-large gavel cackling, followed by some choice stats about Obamacare.  "Look, Jimbo there says he's different, but you vote for him, you're gonna get more of this."

Posted by: HeatherRadish at August 25, 2010 08:37 PM (E6e0b)

94  drew, I hope you don't mind, I added the Chris Young video as vaguely on-topic... since he's apparently running against Satan.

Posted by: ace at August 26, 2010 12:17 AM (QbA6l)

Something about Churchill saying nice things about Satan if he were to come out against Hitler the Democrats...

Posted by: below average dumbass at August 25, 2010 08:40 PM (q8CmE)

95 "Every GOP candidate should be running that as an ad. With a picture of her holding the obscenely-large gavel cackling, followed by some choice stats about Obamacare. "Look, Jimbo there says he's different, but you vote for him, you're gonna get more of this."" Because this worked so well in 2006, and 2008. NANCY PELOSI, SHE WILL EAT YOUR FACE, VOTE FOR THE UNFACE-EATERS Hey, remember when Sean Hannity used to give a countdown to Nancy Pelosi taking power on his radio show? Remember how awesome that went? LET'S DO THAT AGAIN

Posted by: Lolcano at August 25, 2010 08:40 PM (qE9Su)

96 I like Pelosi's line: "we have to pass it so we can see what's in it"

.... perhaps some "corn" visuals in the ads ......

Posted by: Arbalest at August 25, 2010 08:43 PM (VZC6E)

97

91

Wow, I mean I'm not a guy nor overly familiar with girl-guy relationships ...still I thought one of top five would be:

No its not you're fucking baby you loser. But you're the asshole married to me who made my life so miserable this happend and THIS is what it'll cost AT A MINIMUM for you to get out of this without going to jail!

I know women...I'm just sayin'.

 

JESUS CHRIST. I posted in th wrong fucking thread. You now, watchin' a couple, ready to dive in.

Now I look like a fucking idiot.

Like the rest of you morons.

Posted by: redstatedeb at August 25, 2010 08:44 PM (ykmvs)

98

Hey, remember when Sean Hannity used to give a countdown to Nancy Pelosi taking power on his radio show? Remember how awesome that went? LET'S DO THAT AGAIN

 

point... ya got one?

if not, go get jer juicebox and stfu

Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at August 25, 2010 08:44 PM (hK+EO)

99 Hey, remember when Sean Hannity used to give a countdown to Nancy Pelosi taking power on his radio show?

No, and the people we're trying to reach don't listen to him, either.  But they are losing their jobs and their employer-sponsored health insurance and their doctors.

Anyway, since you're such a fucking genius, tell us about your ad.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at August 25, 2010 08:44 PM (E6e0b)

100

JESUS CHRIST. I posted in th wrong fucking thread. You now, watchin' a couple, ready to dive in.

Now I look like a fucking idiot.

Like the rest of you morons.

Posted by: redstatedeb at August 26, 2010 12:44 AM (ykmvs)

'Bout damn time you got measured for your personalized drool cup.

Posted by: Bill H at August 25, 2010 08:46 PM (q8CmE)

101

Hello Heather.

 

Posted by: gus at August 25, 2010 08:46 PM (59+f8)

102 I'm waiting for the Democrat that offers to send body parts of their congressional leaders in exchange for contributions.

"I'm so opposed to the Pelosi agenda that for $10K I'll send you a 4-inch strip of skin off her back.  I'll send you Pete Stark's spleen for $50K but due to caustic bile DOT regulations require shipping by a registered hazmat carrier."

Posted by: JEM at August 25, 2010 08:54 PM (o+SC1)

103 Chris young is AWESOME. He sounds like Jack Black and looks like Chris Farley. Plus, you have to love a guy who brought his guitarist to a candidate interview and try to get a gig for his band on the show later in the week.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at August 25, 2010 08:55 PM (xO+6C)

104

SO VERY VERY SWEATY and LIBTARD STUPID.

 

 

wow.

Posted by: gus at August 25, 2010 08:55 PM (59+f8)

105 94 84:  So we should just slit our wrists now?

The thought has occurred to me.

Seriously. Do you think the Repubs will come through for us? If past behavior is any guide, they'll do just what the Dems did, only slower.

Posted by: Eeyore at August 25, 2010 08:57 PM (SVyNi)

106 I didn't even have to post to know that was Bobby Bright.  Talk about timing, he ran for Congress on the wave in, and will have that career ended as the tide goes back out.

Oh well.  We know a thing or three about tides colored shades of red in this state...and not to get in their way... >

Posted by: DarkLordOfTheIntarWebs at August 25, 2010 08:57 PM (aoLEL)

107 "No, and the people we're trying to reach don't listen to him, either. But they are losing their jobs and their employer-sponsored health insurance and their doctors. Anyway, since you're such a fucking genius, tell us about your ad." I'm REALLY GLAD you're not trying to reach the SEAN HANNITY audience. Because he is TOTALLY NOT POPULAR. I'm sorry that your TWO MINUTE NANCY PELOSI HATE is dated; don't let that STOP YOU FROM BEING AWESOME.

Posted by: Lolcano at August 25, 2010 08:57 PM (qE9Su)

108 Meanwhile some people don't have to worry about elections and can show their true selves.
From her own website:

Rosa Delauro celebrates the 75th birthday of Social Security at the People's Center in New Haven just 2 weeks ago.

What is The People's Center? Why the local Communist Party Headquarters of course.

Posted by: Rocks at August 25, 2010 08:59 PM (ivAmM)

109 No, I'm serious, and stop calling me Shirley.

Posted by: Lt. Striker at August 25, 2010 09:00 PM (9cflz)

110 I liked the AP thing about how GOP infighting is the cure for the Dem's troubles.  It brings whistling past the graveyard to an artform.

Posted by: Purity Of Essence at August 25, 2010 09:03 PM (P1vpT)

111 SEE COMMUNISTS UNDER THE BED, DONATE TO SARAH PALIN SHE ALSO HATES COMMUNISTS; AND ALSO REFUDISTS.

Posted by: Lolcano at August 25, 2010 09:03 PM (qE9Su)

112   109 "No, and the people we're trying to reach don't listen to him, either. But they are losing their jobs and their employer-sponsored health insurance and their doctors.

Anyway, since you're such a fucking genius, tell us about your ad."

I'm REALLY GLAD you're not trying to reach the SEAN HANNITY audience. Because he is TOTALLY NOT POPULAR.

I'm sorry that your TWO MINUTE NANCY PELOSI HATE is dated; don't let that STOP YOU FROM BEING AWESOME.

Posted by: Lolcano at August 26, 2010 12:57 AM (qE9Su)

 

Fuck. We have too much ammo to allow this on our site!

Posted by: redstatedeb at August 25, 2010 09:03 PM (ykmvs)

113 I know redstatedeb, but just think, Soros is paying people just as stupid as this guy to say things just as stupid as this.

Posted by: Robert at August 25, 2010 09:07 PM (cd6Ip)

114

107:  You've got to keep the faith.  Sooner or later they'll see the point of sticking to their promises.

114:  Let them punch at shadows until November.  Then they'll mysteriously vanish.

Posted by: Purity Of Essence at August 25, 2010 09:08 PM (P1vpT)

115 "Fuck. We have too much ammo to allow this on our site!" I DO NOT WEIGH THE SAME AS A DUCK, THEREFORE I AM NOT MADE OF WOOD Rule-of-law conservatives who loose their shit are the best.

Posted by: Lolcano at August 25, 2010 09:09 PM (qE9Su)

116 This Lolcano cat.  Got some issues, does he.  Did Sean Hannity seduce and bang his special she?

Posted by: Rory at August 25, 2010 09:10 PM (P9zpD)

117 Lolcano@113,109, etc.

Cut. Jib. Mescaline.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 25, 2010 09:12 PM (swuwV)

118 If you really want to get Lolcano going mention Dave Weigel, traitor.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at August 25, 2010 09:13 PM (xO+6C)

119 Is Lolcano running against Chris Young for mental patient? Heck, Lols got my vote. Senseless, all caps posting > creepy singing and staged marriage proposals.

Posted by: Damiano at August 25, 2010 09:14 PM (PA722)

120 Did Sean Hannity seduce and bang his special she?

Probably made him impotent too.  Now he hangs out here to practice his best duck phrases while waiting for the wigs.

Posted by: Robert at August 25, 2010 09:16 PM (cd6Ip)

121 "This Lolcano cat. Got some issues, does he. Did Sean Hannity seduce and bang his special she?" Yes, more of the sexy talk, that turns the me on. YOUR MOMMY I HAD THE GRUNT WITH HER TOO, HOMEY So, anyway, I'm glad everything's going so well for TEAM RED. Everybody who's convinced that it will change anything, send me an email to lol@chance.no. I'll buy you a burrito.

Posted by: Lolcano at August 25, 2010 09:17 PM (qE9Su)

122

Lolcano-still fighting, in ALL CAPS, as the ship goes down.

Ya' know, it's sort of cute.  Sad, but cute.  One A.M. on a weeknight, at a blog populated by no one whose mind he will able to change, and brave Sir Lolcano plugs away.

Oh sure, he'll tell you he just laughes and laughes at the poor benighted conservative.  Sort of like ringing the doorbell and running away giggling at the homeowner's consternation.  Except, in this case, no one is bothering to answer the door.  Maybe nobody cares or they are out of town or the house is empty.

Yet, still he rings that doorbell.  And runs away giggling.

Why?

I'll tell you why:

Because he is a fucking jerkoff.  That's why.

 

Posted by: Rory at August 25, 2010 09:18 PM (P9zpD)

123 Lets focus on the narrative people.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at August 25, 2010 09:19 PM (xO+6C)

124 AAACCCKKK

Posted by: Bill the Cat at August 25, 2010 09:21 PM (P9zpD)

125 I HAVE RECURRING DREAMS ABOUT SARAH PALIN LIVING UNDER MY BED WHILE I MASTUBATE WITH A WOODEN DUCK UP MY ASS TO PICTURES OF SEAN HANNITY!

Posted by: Lolcato at August 25, 2010 09:22 PM (PA722)

126 There's no fighting in the war room!

Posted by: Dr. Strangelove at August 25, 2010 09:23 PM (QbJPM)

127

@127  Uh, dude, I know you are like, clowning on the troll, but...

 

Dude?

Posted by: Dude that says "Dude" at August 25, 2010 09:24 PM (P9zpD)

128 Sweet Jeebus.

Is lollycano drunk AND stupid?

Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at August 25, 2010 09:25 PM (QbJPM)

129

Posted by: Lolcato at August 26, 2010 01:22 AM (PA722)

Don't listen to Tom Cruise. Psychiatric drugs are your friend...your BEST friend.

Posted by: Rocks at August 25, 2010 09:27 PM (ivAmM)

130 Posted by: nike vapor soccer shoes at August 25, 2010 11:18 PM (yOzUR)

Different view again, huh?  That's just your small intestine.  You've got your head up your @ss, fool!

Posted by: Gyneco Proctologist, M.D. at August 25, 2010 09:27 PM (K9XK2)

131 Well, at least we got the wooden duck in the right place.

Posted by: Robert at August 25, 2010 09:28 PM (cd6Ip)

132 You know what you can do with your burrito, buddy.

Posted by: Sven Svenson, Really Pissed Off Hobo Zombie at August 25, 2010 09:29 PM (aFgvs)

133 "I HAVE RECURRING DREAMS ABOUT SARAH PALIN LIVING UNDER MY BED WHILE I MASTUBATE WITH A WOODEN DUCK UP MY ASS TO PICTURES OF SEAN HANNITY!" It's like I'm looking in a mirror.

Posted by: ace at August 25, 2010 09:32 PM (QbA6l)

134 I've found a picture of Lolcano online. Just as I suspected.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at August 25, 2010 09:34 PM (xO+6C)

135 Reads LOLcano.  Walks away, shaking his head.

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Posted by: Rocks at August 25, 2010 09:45 PM (ivAmM)

138 136 & 139- Makes me glad I can remove my eyes. I can take my ears off too, but it won't help.

Posted by: Sven Svenson, Really Pissed Off Hobo Zombie at August 25, 2010 09:52 PM (aFgvs)

139 136 I've found a picture of Lolcano online. Just as I suspected.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at August 26, 2010 01:34 AM (xO+6C)



A young Helen Thomas?

Posted by: huerfano at August 25, 2010 09:53 PM (No0N3)

140 I like your blog, can we get together again, later this week?  I can bring my band.

Posted by: Chris Young at August 25, 2010 10:05 PM (L8kaT)

141 I heart the Providence psychopath. who is this LOLcano cat anyway?

Posted by: CAC at August 25, 2010 10:05 PM (lV4Fs)

142 If I win my election and become Mayor of Providence, I will marry Lolcano.

Posted by: Chris Young at August 25, 2010 10:12 PM (PA722)

143

 If I win my election and become Mayor of Providence, I will marry Lolcano.

Cool. We'll get to hear more of whatever the fuck that guitarist of yours thought he was doing.

Posted by: Bill H at August 25, 2010 10:19 PM (q8CmE)

144 Try removing your head from your ass.

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 25, 2010 10:27 PM (X+sda)

145

Sweet Jeebus.

Is lollycano drunk AND stupid?

Naaah. I think prolly just a really poor quality concern troll. The last one found his own notoriety, accusing us of not punching up, or some fatuous bullshit. Lolcano is simply lazy, and lacks energy. He doesn't even have the qualities of a gnat. In short, easily ignored.

 

Posted by: Bill H at August 25, 2010 10:33 PM (q8CmE)

146 Geez, dead before 3 am.  This sucks.

Posted by: buzzion at August 25, 2010 10:34 PM (oVQFe)

147 Hell I just got my PC back up and running.  I hate reinstalling OS's, and bringing back all the data.

Not bad though, 3.5 hours to fully restored.

Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at August 25, 2010 10:37 PM (QbJPM)

148

Bobby Bright is one of the VERY FEW DINO's in Congress. He may well be the most conservative 'rat in Congress -- he voted against the "stimulus," crap n tax, and 0care -- but he is in a district that voted for Republicans in the last three presidential elections by 28 on average. The same logic, otherwise known as sanity, that said Murkowski needs to go applies here.

Posted by: StrngernFiction at August 25, 2010 10:48 PM (pOgEW)

149

Chris Young:  "high upon his hill...."

Kip Dynamite:

"And still I love

technology

but not

as much as you

you see

but yet

I love technology,

Always And Forever

Always And Forever."

Posted by: notropis at August 25, 2010 10:49 PM (cjcCc)

150 aww, Dr. Spank beat me on the Chris Farley joke. Well played, sir, well played.

Posted by: LikeATimeBomb at August 25, 2010 10:56 PM (lmKAI)

151

"Bobby Bright is one of the VERY FEW DINO's in Congress. He may well be the most conservative 'rat in Congress"

Did he vote for Pelosi for Speaker?  Did he vote to approve the Democrats' Rules of Order for the House?  (You know, the ones that made Barney Frank and Charlie Rangel and David Obey and Henry Waxman and .... chairs of the most powerful committees in the lower chamber?)

Yeah? Well so did Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin, and Heath Shuler, and all of the other supposedly conservative Democrats.

I'm sensing a pattern here.

Posted by: notropis at August 25, 2010 10:58 PM (cjcCc)

Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 25, 2010 11:35 PM (rurh0)

Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 25, 2010 11:36 PM (rurh0)

154 Does Red Eye just read AoS and choose which clips to put on their show each night or what?

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at August 26, 2010 12:57 AM (5Plp1)

155 Shame DrewM, a link to Politico w/o warning. Some of us are following the Politico boycott.

From the Jake Tapper article:

After Democrats won a special election in Pennsylvania earlier this year in which the GOP nominee tried to tie the Democrat, Mark Critz, to Pelosi and Obama, the Speaker said, “What we learn from this election and I think hopefully Republicans saw clearly, is nationalizing the election, talking about Speaker Pelosi and President Obama was not as appealing to the public there than Mark Critz talking to them about their jobs.”

Yes the Dem leadership and spinners like to reference that special election as refuting the slide. It is one of two victories they have had. They think this is a +1 Republican district which I find laughable since it has been Democrat since redistricting in 1973. IOW it is gerrymandered Dem district. When a hardcore Dem crook caught any a bribery scandal is reelected there you know it is not a Republican district.  Any Republican will have a very hard time winning that district. So why did McCain win it? he is a liberal RINO and maybe they are racists.

However, all of that being said, Republicans can still screw this up. We will have to remain vigilant and stay behind them. Get the word out when they screw up or the press tries to push lies and spin the way they did with Palin and Fred last election.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 01:01 AM (/jbAw)

156 Stupid fatarses U voted 4 Obama and look what happen! LOL! cheezwizzup ur arse!

Posted by: Bilal at August 26, 2010 01:24 AM (WxERO)

157 Obama was all about "change you can beleive in". He must have meant the change you can beleive in is worse than you can ever imagine.  After all, every event that happens with him in charge is grossly mismanaged.  If I lived in New Orleans, I would be scared shitless.  It is huricanne season and the gods have a problem with New Orleans.

Posted by: Hous Bin Pharteen at August 26, 2010 01:59 AM (nRF6+)

158 Then again, I bet he ends up dealing with the next 9/11.  Since Al Q must think he wants to make peace with them.  Peace = surrender.

Posted by: Hous Bin Pharteen at August 26, 2010 02:02 AM (nRF6+)

159 Did Benedict Scarborough hold up the paper with the Fort Hood murderer? Just wonderin'

Posted by: traitornbc at August 26, 2010 02:13 AM (vQoSF)

160
I made it 1:18 into the Chris Young video.

That thing is f-ing painful. I'd rather be waterboarded.

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 26, 2010 02:25 AM (7+pP9)

161

Time for the morning news roundup:

 

Yesterday I talked about the bogus highway fund shortfall and the politicians who waste the money on other projects treating the “highway fund” as a general slush fund. Well here is some more examples of that in other areas (USA Today via link from Drudge:

 

Cutbacks force police to curtail calls for some crimes

 

Budget cuts are forcing police around the country to stop responding to fraud, burglary and theft calls as officers focus limited resources on violent crime.

Cutbacks in such places as Oakland, Tulsa and Norton, Mass. have forced police to tell residents to file their own reports — online or in writing — for break-ins and other lesser crimes.

So where are the social programs that were cut?  We have seen too many of these cities where they cut police and fire protection and in the same newspaper article discussed some huge priced art object or some new crap social program to help the “poor”. People, police and fire protection is the major reason city governments were formed to begin with! 

 

I still say there must be something in the makeup of the population that causes an urban area to go absolutely to shit as soon as the population exceeds 35,000. It must be the same as that experiment the sociologists did many years ago where they started adding rats to a fixed environment. Once they exceeded a set rat/square foot limit the rats started killing each other. 

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 02:28 AM (/jbAw)

162

More on the Alvin Greene saga from Jim Clyburn

 

Clyburn wonÂ’t vote for Alvin Greene

U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, the No. 3-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House, said Wednesday he will not support his partyÂ’s nominee for the U.S. Senate, Alvin Greene, when he goes into the voting booth Nov. 2.

“No, I’m not going to vote for Mr. Greene,” Clyburn said in answer to reporters’ questions in Columbia. “Look, I have three daughters and a granddaughter. I think it would be an insult to them, if I did that.”

One wonders if “his daughters” is the real reason. After all, he did every damn thing he could do to get Greene shit canned after the primary and the establishment candidate in place. But, in the end, I guess I have to give him the benefit of the doubt, even if he is a Democrat pol who’s normal thing is to lie every time they open their mouth.

 

BTW, He will probably vote for the “green” but it will be the Green Party candidate.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 02:29 AM (/jbAw)

163

Speaking of the waste of highway funds from the gas tax we have this from Charleston:

 

CARTA plans fare hikes, service cuts, to leave raises intact

Bus fares are rising because of declining revenues, but so are the salaries of the administrators who run the local transit system.

An increase of 3 percent in pay and benefits for Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority staffers was left intact Wednesday as the CARTA Finance Committee slashed nearly $40,000 from the agency administration budget.

It seems the 20% subsidy from the gas tax is not enough to fund the bus system in Charleston. They are also being subsidized by a sales tax in Charleston and the law of unintended consequences strikes again. I have spoken on this sales tax thing before. The State legislature has made it possible for local communities to raise sales taxes at will and they are doing it with abandon. Local towns in SC now have some of the highest sales taxes in the country. But with sales tax when the economy goes into the shitter so does the revenue.

 

Now in a real economy when revenue goes into the shitter the company has to cut back. Do they do that by cutting back on the sales of their product and raising the prices? Hahahahaha, that would be insane. But that is what they are doing here. Like large cities run by communists all over the country, when faced with a budget shortfall they raised rates, cut back on services, and gave the apparatchiks a raise.

 

And they wonder why the average voter is pissed off.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 02:31 AM (/jbAw)

164

I thought some of the Morons/Moronettes would be interested in this from Mt. Pleasant (Charleston) since we had a big discussion on the evils of tree trimming by utilities. It involves SCE&G trimming trees around power lines in the city. The city does have an arborist who will work the tree trimming contractor.

 

Tree-trimming plan gets scrutiny

 

MOUNT PLEASANT -- First it was the town's plan to cut down up to 21 trees on scenic Mathis Ferry Road. Now, residents are worried about the South Carolina Electric & Gas effort to prune an undetermined number of trees on the road starting Sunday.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 02:33 AM (/jbAw)

165 And that concludes the morning wrap-up folks.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 02:34 AM (/jbAw)

166 Obama wants a 2nd stimulus.

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 26, 2010 02:43 AM (7+pP9)

167 One last update; this on the AK Senate race with 100% of the votes counted now.

Miller, JoeREP4702750.90%Murkowski, LisaREP4535949.10%
Ahead by 1668 or 1.8%. As Dan Rather would say "put on a cup of coffee, this race isn't going to be over for a while."

It will go to the absentee ballots.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 02:44 AM (/jbAw)

168 Sorry, copying from that AK gov site didn't work to well. Looked good in the comments then went to shit.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 02:46 AM (/jbAw)

169 Philadelphia, at least, has its priorities straight:

Is there cupcake chaos in Philadelphia?

The popular vending truck run by Kate Carrara, known as the "cupcake lady," needed to be confiscated because she had been warned where not to park and continued to break the rules, a top city official said Wednesday.

The cupcake lady's husband, Andy, said she did not intend to violate any regulations and would try to comply with city requirements.

In the meantime, the operator of another cupcake truck emerged Wednesday to complain that his truck was confiscated by the city two weeks ago. 

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 26, 2010 02:48 AM (7+pP9)

170 Thanks Mr. Vic. We all miss Monty and you do a fine job in his stead.

Posted by: headlines at August 26, 2010 02:50 AM (vQoSF)

171 The rats began attacking, killing, raping and eating each other.  First they ordered themselves into a hierarchy above the masses in the Behavioral Sink.  Like Democrats.

Posted by: SurferDoc at August 26, 2010 02:53 AM (X6a9o)

172
It's a good thing Philadelphia is run by Democrats -- could you imagine how screwed up the place would be otherwise?

PhillyInc: 'Energy innovation hub' for Philly has familiar ring

So the federal government will sink $129 million into an "energy innovation hub" at the Philadelphia Navy Yard?

Tell me why I feel as if I've walked down this road before.
 . . .

In December 1994, Philadelphia and Camden received $100 million from the Clinton administration to establish empowerment zones in economically depressed neighborhoods. Money was committed to job training, social services, and tax incentives for business in Philadelphia's West Parkside, American Street, and North Central Philadelphia sections, and in North Camden.

At the launch of the program in mid-1995, President Bill Clinton told leaders of Philadelphia and other cities that got funding that they may be "creating the way we do business as Americans in the 21st century."

Fast-forward to 2010 and we barely remember the program. Only 12 of the 32 cities that received empowerment-zone funding saw an increase in jobs between 1995 and 2003. (Philadelphia wasn't one of them.)

Research by the Brookings Institution in 2005 showed that the effect of the empowerment zones nationwide was "marginal at best."

Another big-dollar dazzler, the Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, exists today mainly because of $429 million in federal and state incentives that attracted a shipbuilder here in the 1990s. However, if Aker doesn't get new orders soon, the sun may set again on shipbuilding in Philadelphia. Layoffs have begun to trim the workforce of more than 1,000.

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 26, 2010 02:56 AM (7+pP9)

173 For all you drinkers of Kool-Aid.

Posted by: sTevo at August 26, 2010 02:56 AM (VMcEw)

174

"As the scientist observed, a social hierarchy developed: One despot male and 9 females claimed the two defensible pens with only one ramp provided; 60 others crowded into the other 2 pens with two ramps. Calhoun found that “rodent utopia” rapidly became “hell.”

He described the onset of several pathologies: violence and aggression, with rats in the crowded pen “going berserk, attacking females, juveniles and less-active males.” There was also “sexual deviance.” Rats became hypersexual, pursuing females relentlessly even when not in heat.

The mortality rate among females was extremely high. A large proportion of the population became bisexual, then increasingly homosexual, and finally asexual. There was a breakdown in maternal behavior. Mothers stopped caring for their young, stopped building a nest for them and even began to attack them, resulting in a 96 percent mortality rate in the two crowded pens. Calhoun coined a term—“behavioral sink”—to describe the decay."~NIH

Google Rat Utopia

Posted by: SurferDoc at August 26, 2010 02:57 AM (X6a9o)

175 Thanks; and

Ed, the cupcake lady has some biguns doesn't she?

What I wonder is how the city can confiscate an expensive vending truck for violation of a "parking ordinance". Isn't that like issuing a fine equivalent to a felony penalty without a trial?

Of course you can do any damn thing you want if the defendant doesn't have the money to fight you in court.

That is what pisses me off.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 02:59 AM (/jbAw)

176 176 Obama wants a 2nd stimulus.
Posted by: Ed Anger

You have it all wrong. He wants another oil spill type disaster so he can shake down another $20B. Then he wants to go on three more vacations,  just because he is that good, and because he can.

Posted by: sTevo at August 26, 2010 02:59 AM (VMcEw)

177 Research by the Brookings Institution in 2005 showed that the effect of the empowerment zones nationwide was "marginal at best."

LOL, that is because every one of these commie programs are nothing but a "jobs" program for their own apparatchiks and provide a slush fund to be skimmed.

Democrat socialist programs are always doomed to fail. I don't know of a single one that didn't ultimately make the overall situation worse.

Detroit is the best example of this ever. I wish any time the liars in congress propsed yet another program all the Republicans just held up a sign for the CSPAN cameras that said "what about Detroit?"

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 03:04 AM (/jbAw)

178 A survivor of a massacre in northern Mexico told investigators that the 72 people found dead on a ranch were undocumented migrants who were kidnapped by a drug gang on their way to the U.S. border.

I would watch a reality show based on US special forces going down to a border state near you to kick ass, take names, kill people and break things.

Posted by: sTevo at August 26, 2010 03:07 AM (VMcEw)

179 Vic lives in the Charleston area?!  For some reason I thought you lived in Columbia

Posted by: JFH at August 26, 2010 03:10 AM (cPQlR)

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 03:11 AM (/jbAw)

181 No I jut read all the major SC papers every morning. I live in North Central SC. (in the sticks)

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 03:12 AM (/jbAw)

182 So we got a chance of defeating Spratt?


Posted by: JFH at August 26, 2010 03:16 AM (cPQlR)

183 So we got a chance of defeating Spratt? The last poll was in May and it showed a dead heat. Yeah, I'd say a good chance this time.

But now time for the morning walk b4 it gets hot. Back in a few.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 03:21 AM (/jbAw)

184 Anybody care to guess what the new unemployment claims number will be?

I'm guessing 485,000.

The MFM will crow all day about the drop of 15,000.

Next week the number will be revised upward to 497,000.

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 26, 2010 03:23 AM (7+pP9)

185 Chris Young. His favorite place to be is in the Catholic Church, yet instead of attending seminary, he's running for public office to cure poverty and social injustice.

Even Jesus didn't cure (or try to cure) poverty and social injustice, though he taught the value of a mite and generosity of spirit.

Posted by: maverick muse at August 26, 2010 03:27 AM (H+LJc)

186 Fresh new deployment of combat soldiers from Ft. Hood heading for southern Iraq today. Just in time to balance out the withdrawal.

Posted by: maverick muse at August 26, 2010 03:30 AM (H+LJc)

187 I have to admit, I wouldn't have gone to the "cupcake" link if Vic hadn't said "big 'uns".

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 26, 2010 03:33 AM (Id8Tt)

188
Joe Klein is pissed:

Dems Depressed and Disheartened

The lead item on Politico--titled "Dems Urge Obama to Take a Stand"--is almost surrealistic. Take a stand? The guy passed health care, a stimulus bill that helped avoid a Depression, a groundbreaking financial reform bill that is too complicated to be popularly described, a bailout that enabled General Motors and Chrysler to survive. He nominated two estimable women to the Supreme Court. He restored America's image in the world. I can go on...

But Dems are distressed? He's not populist or ideological enough? Oh please. There are several ways to go about the presidency. Ronald Reagan chose one way: he said one thing and did another. He was for cutting back the size of government, but didn't. He was for lowering taxes and he did, but then he raised taxes--two of the laegest percentage increases in American history--when his supply-side "philosophy" proved a phony. He confronted the Soviet Union, but he also would have agreed to massive reductions in nuclear arsenals if the Soviets had allowed him to pursue his Star Wars fantasy.

Barack Obama has chosen another way.

He has pretty much done what he said he'd do. His achievements are historic. But he hasn't wrapped them up in an ideological bumper sticker--or provided some neat way for the public to understand it, or pretended to be a yeoman simpleton, noshing on pork rinds, clearing brush and excoriating the business community. That is a real political problem. He delivered a stealth tax cut to 95% of the American people; I've never seen a politician cut taxes and not take sufficient credit for it before. He made it impossible for Americans to be denied health care coverage because of pre-existing conditions or chronic problems; somehow this has gotten lost in the "socialist" shuffle as well.  He ended major combat operations in Iraq, on time and without much fuss--without using the word "victory" or denying the continuing problems involved in cobbling together a coherent government there. Another President might have hyped this "achievement" relentlessly.

I find this diffidence sort of admirable and extremely incompetent. But even if Obama, and his communications shop, had been more focused on touting his achievements, and even if he delivered his major speeches on financial reform brandishing a pitchfork and a torch, I suspect the Democrats would be in pretty much the same dismal electoral shape as they are now. The country's economic problems--the depth and devastation of this recession; the possibility that we're in a different sort of trough than we've ever been in before; the confusion and anxiety wrought in certain sections of the country by changing social mores and an influx of non-white immigrants--trump and undermine abstract reports of successful government activism. So long as the Great Recession continues, it's easy--indeed, it's natural--to question any bailout, any stimulus project, that might protect and create jobs for some, but leaves the vast majority of Americans unaffected. So long as white middle-class Christian Americans live in the fear that their children won't live as well as they have, it's easy to blame Latinos, Muslims, gays, mixed-race couples (who produce ethnically confusing amalgams like Barack Hussein Obama) and elitists for attempting to steal the "real" America. It's easy to credit the paranoid prejudices of Glenn Beck.
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So the story is Obama hasn't bragged on himself enough!

The comments there are funny if you like laughing at left wing cranks.

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 26, 2010 03:36 AM (7+pP9)

189 dick durbin is m.i.a. since christmas - is dick dead or abducted by aliens?

Posted by: ludog at August 26, 2010 03:38 AM (NZQxR)

190 Here's some of that shadyfreud stuff from Time:

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I think Democrats saw Barrack Obama as the answer to the Reagan era. They saw the Great Recession as a chance to redefine America and bring it back to Liberal views - a chance to clearly demonstrate that Reaganism small government (not to be confused with reasonably small government) is bad, that a social blanket is a good thing and with it we had a hope that the Liberal fantasies of a truly better society would come about. And to boot, we had someone with both the intelligence and charisma to sell it to people, control of both houses and a super majority to boot
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What'd we get? A unified Republican opposition, the tea party, Fox News more than doubling it's competitors combined, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck - all of these things that stand as the antithesis to what we hoped for and to our combined horror, they were ALLOWED to get away with their garbage by both the media and the Democrats. The end result, the only things able to get through without an insane amount of fight were TARP and the auto bailouts (read: bailouts for corporations). Stimulus was a struggle. Health care was a blood bath that resulted in nothing short of an attrocity compared to what Liberals hoped for. Economic bill a year later. Climate bill axed. Immigration axed. DADT delayed (though I expected that one). The list goes on and on
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No wonder Dems are feeling miserable right now.

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 26, 2010 03:40 AM (7+pP9)

191 RE: David Letterman etc. etc.

Realiiiiizeee.... they wish it leftER. This is not goodER.

Posted by: C.C.W. at August 26, 2010 03:46 AM (vQoSF)

192 Could the strategy of the Dems be that they will use the "throw out the incumbents" for the 2010 election? There will no doubt be a bigger turn out for a presidential election, and how easy/possible is it to get rid of ObamaCare?
I am not being a concern troll. Hell, I am plugging my nose to vote out Perriello in Virginia.

Posted by: Louie at August 26, 2010 04:03 AM (DTfXb)

193 Jason Altmire and Bobby Bright followed Ojesus. Bobby was well known to the High Priestess, so he went with Ojesus into the courtyard of the High Priestess's house, while Jason stayed outside by the gate.  Then Bobby went back out, spoke to the girl at the gate, and brought Jason inside. "Aren't you also one of the disciples of that man?"

"No, I am not," answered Jason.

It was cold, so the servants and guards had a charcoal fire and were standing around it, warming themselves. So Jason went over and stood with them, warming himself.

Jason was still standing there keeping himself warm. So the others said to him, "Aren't you also one of the disciples of that man?"

But Jason denied it. "No I am not," he said.

One of the High Priestess's slaves, a representative from New York, spoke up. "Didn't I see you with Him in the garden?" he asked.

Again Jason said "No" - and at once a rooster crowed.

Posted by: Beto at August 26, 2010 04:05 AM (j5CHE)

194 Fresh new deployment of combat soldiers from Ft. Hood heading for southern Iraq today. Just in time to balance out the withdrawal.

I read something somewhere a few days ago that said that whole to-do about the last combat brigade leaving was horseshit. IOW just another Obama lie.

They said that there were two other striker brigades plus one other "combat brigade" in Iraq. What they did was rename them to something else so it would appear they are "admin support" troops when they are not.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 04:06 AM (/jbAw)

195 And why are we still linking to Politico? We are supposed to be boycotting them.  They are just another MFM news PR group anyway.

At least give a warning if you are linking to them.  

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 04:08 AM (/jbAw)

196 Bobby Bright might be gay. Just sayin.'

Posted by: Ken Mehlman at August 26, 2010 04:14 AM (VXBR1)

197 Story they just put up at Fox:

http://tinyurl.com/352lfyn

We knew the lying weasel Dems would try to spin Tuesday's elections but this is an utter fail:

Tuesday a Bad Night for the GOP?

After watching Republican primary candidates slug it out Tuesday night, the DNC released a memo early Wednesday evening saying that the previous night's election results have left the GOP "deeply divided and with deeply flawed candidates."

I guess when you are losing on every front you have to do something even if it looks utterly stupid.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 04:17 AM (/jbAw)

198 vic if i'm not mistaken.....the last day of the war i thought i heard on the radio news that all that was left were civilians.....it's as if our soldiers are no longer soldiers they're....civilians....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 26, 2010 04:20 AM (eOXTH)

199 if i'm not mistaken.....the last day of the war....

What last day of the war????

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 04:22 AM (/jbAw)

200 Posted by: laceyunderalls at August 25, 2010 10:40 PM (NGqy5)

There are people who swear that BO is ubiquitous.  Always plugged in, always in the loop, always with a "pulse on the peeps"  so much so that they believe he posts on liberal websites along with them.   With all the rain, the contaminated ocean waters, the trip to the bookstore, the alleged breakdown in family values by watching dvd's, a lot of folks were feeling bad for the kids.  Stuck for ten days in so so weather, not being able to swim, or do the "rainy day vacation" stuff you do with kids normally, people felt bad for the kids.  They don't care if mom and dad are the president and first lady, all they know is that their family vacation is really horrible and "boring".  Most parents would have gone home when faced with the bad water quality and the rain and the best place on the planet for a stay-cation is DC.  It can rain for two weeks in DC and if you have kids their age you can spend days and days in museums and at historical places and just having coffee and desert and eating ice cream.  I'm sure the press release was to let everyone know that inspite of all the problems he was having fun, literally.  Not so sure about the kids and I'm thinking this annual ten day foray is for the kids and parents to bond.   Anyway, if he was reading the blogs, even libs/dems felt bad for "the kids" so maybe he felt compelled to issue his press release to let everyone know they had fun....now waiting for the kids' press release.

Posted by: curious at August 26, 2010 04:37 AM (p302b)

201 ALERT

It is already starting in AK. This from Redstate:

http://tinyurl.com/fugqb

The absentee ballots will not be counted for a week or so. Already there are rumors of “found” ballots. Murkowski is refusing to go away quietly, even allowing her campaign to float the idea of a third party bid or write-in candidacy.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 04:38 AM (/jbAw)

202 Jason Altmire (D-umbass PA) is running an ad saying he's not afraid to stand up to Pelosi and Obama.  That's nice.  Now bend over and spread 'em for Nancy's strap-on, Jason.

Posted by: Reiver at August 26, 2010 04:44 AM (64S5N)

203 More from Time:

The hatred of Obama by the ranting right is so vicious and unhinged, that surely something else is at work. Implicit in all the lies and lunacy is rage by NASCAR America at being presided over by a "n-----". They don't come out and say it -- in fact, anyone articulating it publicly is drummed out of the movement -- but listen closely to the rants, and you can hear the code.
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Obama and the Congress are doing what Americans have always complained that politicians won't do -- vote their conscience instead of whatever will get them re-elected. This happened to the Democratic 107th Congress under Clinton. The budget reform that ushered in a decade of prosperity also got that Congress replaced with the GOP, which proceeded to plunder the nation on behalf of their predatory patrons, culminating in six year of complete GOP rule, which brought on the worst worldwide financial meltdown in generations.
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It took a decade and a World War for a Democratic president and filibuster-proof Democratic congresses to dig America out of the last great GOP pig-out. And now the dumbed-down, infantile, narcissistic American public, their greed harnessed by the GOP, expect Obama and Congress to undo the damage in only a couple of years?
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NASCAR America's rage is so depraved and obtuse, so seemingly willful, as to be accountable by only one thing. I have only seen this quality of hatred once before -- in the Southern reaction to the civil rights movement of the 50s and early 60s. This is not a coincidence. Nor is it a coincidence that today's GOP is dominated by Southerners. They may not talk the talk, but believe me, they haven't changed. They've wised up. "Racist? Moi?"
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In theory, the right's Obama-hatred is no more racist than the left's Israel-hatred is anti-Semitic. But guess what? In fact, both usually are.
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Democrats may be "depressed and disheartened," but they are under no delusion: they realize that their moment is brief. They have done right by America and are wiling to take the consequences. Though perhaps prematurely, this president and congress evoke William Allen White's words about Woodrow Wilson:
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With calumny rampant around him, he tasted the ingratitude of his Republic -- the statesman's ancient cup of hemlock. No wonder that on the high and empty altar where the flame of his fame was quenched and the cold charred ashed were strewn, he lay helpless while the high priests of the temple cut out his heart.

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 26, 2010 04:47 AM (7+pP9)

204
Suddenly - every Democrat who voted for Health Care "Reform" and all the other big spendy deficit busting socialist crack-whore -  is a deficit hawk!




Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 26, 2010 04:50 AM (0fzsA)

205 Posted by: Ed Anger at August 26, 2010 08:47 AM (7+pP9)

Wow. These people are getting impossible to parody.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at August 26, 2010 04:51 AM (grREm)

206 "...the dumbed-down, infantile, narcissistic American public..."

How do you really feel about America, Dems?

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 26, 2010 05:03 AM (FkKjr)

207 Something weird is going on. A Teabagger stabbed some Muslin cab driver and ABC News radio was all over it. They said it was going to be prosecuted as a hate crime.

There's nothing the news about it today. What gives?

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 26, 2010 05:07 AM (7+pP9)

208
The media are admitting the dems are in trouble, to save face... but they are also ratcheting up the deceptive reporting that paints R's in one light (bad) and D's in a good light.

90-100% of all union money goes to the democrat party.  FACT. Yet I read a pro-Dem "news" article that stated twisted that fact and deceived the reader..  
The pro-Dem media asume everyone is stupid.  And they are right a certain percentage of the time, that's why they deceive.

Deception:  It's what the democrats and their handlers do best.

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 26, 2010 05:09 AM (0fzsA)

209 GREAT NEWS!!!:

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 31,000 to a seasonally adjusted 473,000 in the week ended August 21, the Labor Department said.

The four-week average of new claims, considered a better measure of underlying labor market trends as it irons out week-to-week volatility, rose 3,250 to 486,750, the highest since late November.

Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast initial weekly jobless claims slipping to 490,000 from the previously reported 500,000 the prior week, which was revised up to 504,000 in Thursday's report.
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With great numbers like these it's hard to imagine Republicans winning big in November.

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 26, 2010 05:11 AM (7+pP9)

210 There's nothing the news about it today. What gives?

You are mistaken.  Yesterday we had a story about a Comrade Oglivy winning the Order of Conspicuous Merit.

In other news, the Republican devils are being slaughtered in their foxholes in their internecine civil war.  Democratic victory in November is all but assured.

Posted by: ABC News at August 26, 2010 05:12 AM (FkKjr)

211
Added: Like the good lapdogs they are, the AP chimes in with this report, "As GOP civil war rages, Democrats look to benefit".

That's not a report - it's an opinion piece masquerading as "news".  What the unprofessional media is all about.  Yahoo News is full of it.



Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 26, 2010 05:13 AM (0fzsA)

212

WASHINGTON – A Republican civil war is raging, with righter-than-thou conservatives dominating ever more primaries in a fight for the party's soul. And the Democrats hope to benefit.

 

The always objective AP. If you want even more pure propagnda bullshit read the rantings of the idiots Yahoo employs as their political reporters. It makes the Huffington Post look middle of the road

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 26, 2010 05:15 AM (1Jaio)

213 The long term natural power base of conservatism is the Senate; most states are Red States - the Senate is apportioned 2 Senators to each STATE . That gives us a natural conservative majority in the Senate. Under NO circumstances are Red State Donkeys and RINOS acceptable in the Senate. All we have to do is hold that natural base and the Liberal agenda is dead in the water forever. If we fail to do that WE are dead in the water. This strategy is the only way to save the country and drive a stake through the Progressive/Marxist's heart.

Every Election Strategy not based on holding the Red State Senate is a guaranteed LOSER , and will result in the long term destruction of the country!

I am going to keep repeating this until it echoes in the Conservative Blogosphere and Conservatives actually follow this strategy.

Posted by: An Observation at August 26, 2010 05:16 AM (ylhEn)

214 Yahoo is so liberal it's a misery to long on to somedays. 

Posted by: EZB at August 26, 2010 05:17 AM (fa9yq)

215 The always objective AP. If you want even more pure propagnda bullshit read the rantings of the idiots Yahoo employs as their political reporters.

If you compare that statement with the statement I posted above from the DNC you will see that they are almost identical in message. IOW, AP is just acting as a PR agent for the DNC, business as usual.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2010 05:18 AM (/jbAw)

216 A Teabagger stabbed some Muslin cab driver and ABC News radio was all over it. They said it was going to be prosecuted as a hate crime.
There's nothing the news about it today. What gives?
Posted by: Ed Anger at August 26, 2010 09:07 AM (7+pP9)

Turns out the teabagger is actually a lefty who works for a group supporting the mosque. Fake hate crime to gin up sympathy for the mosque - he made the mistake of getting caught.
Down the memory hole!

Posted by: real joe at August 26, 2010 05:22 AM (w7Lv+)

217
OT:  Once again the left-wing nut blogosphere is off the rails!

*right cheeze?

From Ben Smith at Politico: “But as often at the intersection of politics and violent crime, the story doesnÂ’t appear to fit any easy stereotype: The alleged assailant, Michael Enright, is Â— according to his Facebook profile and the website of the left-leaning media organization Intersections International Â— a student at the School of Visual Arts and a volunteer for Intersections, which recently produced a statement of support for the Park51 project and is funded by the mainstream, liberal Collegiate Church of New York.”

did the Sycophant Junction crowd hire this left-wing goon to help their Jew-hating bigoted Dhimmi cause?

Just wondering?

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 26, 2010 05:23 AM (0fzsA)

218 "Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn't violate your Fourth Amendment rights, because you do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy in your own driveway - and no reasonable expectation that the government isn't tracking your movements. P.S. This is from TIME. The sun shines on a dog's ass every once in a while, after all. Posted by: logprof at August 25, 2010 11:11 PM (BP6Z1)" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eh. They are just hoping that you will lead them to where you store your dead hobos.

Posted by: Moi at August 26, 2010 05:24 AM (Ez4Ql)

219 Chris Young. His favorite place to be is in the Catholic Church, yet instead of attending seminary, he's running for public office to cure poverty and social injustice.
Posted by: maverick muse at August 26, 2010 07:27 AM (H+LJc)

I would be willing to bet big money Chris Young has already been rejected a number of times from a seminary.

Posted by: Rocks at August 26, 2010 05:24 AM (ivAmM)

220 10 1987 according to the NYT. Democrats held the House through both terms. The 97th Congress (1981-1983) saw a relatively thin Republican majority in the Senate (53-46, so not enough for the 60% override) which ended in 1987.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 26, 2010 05:24 AM (mHQ7T)

221

Bobby Bright.  Vote for me.  Cuz I have a nascar sounding name or sumthin'

Posted by: Learflyer at August 26, 2010 05:25 AM (5aVOy)

222 wow..........she said that was a "heavy and heady" answer.......she's a bigot to heavy people and people with gigantic heads..........he's been singing since he was a child..........and that's as good as he gets...........poor chris young

Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 26, 2010 05:25 AM (rr5XB)

223 Ed, I only caught part of it this morning on F & F, but they were saying there are 1) no links at all to this guy being a teabagger, 2) he was extremely drunk and 3) signs point to mental instability...he apparently has some journals wherein he didn't have nice things to say about muzzies.  The MSM probably didn't find the smoking gun they were hoping for.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 26, 2010 05:27 AM (M6enm)

224 “We want to elevate John Boehner,” said a senior Democratic aide involved in party strategy. “We want him and his ideas to be in the forefront.”

I would like to elevate a boner, too. Now yank my crank, baby!

Posted by: Al "Second Chakra" Gore at August 26, 2010 05:28 AM (mHQ7T)

225 @227  Wow, I heard it differently this morning on Fox.  Either way, it blew up in the leftists' faces and for that....I am glad.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 26, 2010 05:29 AM (M6enm)

226 Eh. They are just hoping that you will lead them to where you store your dead hobos.

Best place to dump them is the Mexican border. The feds won't go near it.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 26, 2010 05:31 AM (mHQ7T)

227 Newsreader: Why did you get into politics? Democrat Chris Young: I wanted to make a difference, help the poor and to help promote my singing but mostly to promote my singing.

Posted by: Dave C at August 26, 2010 05:32 AM (W8f0O)

228

The always objective AP. If you want even more pure propaganda bullshit read the rantings of the idiots Yahoo employs as their political reporters. It makes the Huffington Post look middle of the road

Posted by: TheQuietMan


Yahoo News hacks are part of the Chicago machine.


Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 26, 2010 05:33 AM (0fzsA)

229

217 Something weird is going on. A Teabagger stabbed some Muslin cab driver and ABC News radio was all over it. They said it was going to be prosecuted as a hate crime.
There's nothing the news about it today. What gives?

Actually, blogs are reporting that the stabber is a pro-GZ Mosque lefty.  If true, then that explains why the media is silent.  Either Gateway Pundit or Weasel Zippers has the breakdown... 

Posted by: joejm65 at August 26, 2010 05:34 AM (MbiAv)

230
Obamacare.

What could possibly go wrong?

An independent analysis says 3 million seniors may have to switch Medicare drug plans next year whether they like it or not.

The reason: a new effort by Medicare to try to make it simpler for consumers to pick prescription coverage.

It could be an unwelcome surprise for seniors who hadn't intended to make a change during Medicare's open enrollment season this fall.

And it risks undercutting President Barack Obama's promise that people can keep their health plans if they like them.

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 26, 2010 05:37 AM (7+pP9)

231 There's nothing the news about it today. What gives?

Yesterday was a bad day for the rabid left. Mike Bloomberg got called out by Daniel Pearl's family for exploiting their son's death. A mosque supporter cursed out an 83 year old Holocaust survivor. The cab driver was stabbed by a Park51 employee. (Is this name better than Ground Zero mosque or Cordoba House? It sounds like "Area51" -- creepy.) Russ Carnahan's office was, turns out, firebombed by his own staffer. CBS reports mosque opposition is up to 71% now, though they're still pushing that it's "legally permissible." If these mosque developers could build without permission, they would, so we know once again the media is lying and the Dems are going to hell in a handbasket.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 26, 2010 05:38 AM (mHQ7T)

232 Implicit in all the lies and lunacy is rage by NASCAR America at being presided over by a "n-----".

TIME ACTUALLY WROTE THAT? Get a screen shot, because that is going down the memory hole.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 26, 2010 05:41 AM (mHQ7T)

233 They have done right by America and are wiling to take the consequences.

Good. Take your lumps and go the fuck away, Democrats. The proof is in the pudding, and anyone can read your bills, look at your budgets and replay your quotes -- all a matter of public record -- and make up their minds whether you cared about helping Americans or pigging out at the trough. Your race card is tiresome and played out. Your blaming a party that's been out of power since 2006 is likewise. If you can't lead, get out of the way.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 26, 2010 05:46 AM (mHQ7T)

234 "There's nothing the news about it today. What gives? Posted by: Ed Anger" A passerby said the guy was incoherent. I suspect the guy is your average paranoid schizophrenic and is either at Bellevue or Metropolitan in a locked unit and heavily sedated. The mentally ill often get charged with hate crimes because, you know, they shout stuff.

Posted by: Moi at August 26, 2010 05:54 AM (Ez4Ql)

235

TIME ACTUALLY WROTE THAT? Get a screen shot, because that is going down the memory hole.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 26, 2010 09:41 AM (mHQ7T)

That was in the comments section of Joe Klein's article.

I'm having a great time watching the left wing go full 'tard.

Posted by: Ed Anger at August 26, 2010 05:56 AM (7+pP9)

236 The only time race enters the equation as far as I'm concerned is when I hear idiots proudly announced that they voted for Obama because they wanted to vote for the first black president. But they're not the racists and we are????

Posted by: Moi at August 26, 2010 05:59 AM (Ez4Ql)

237 Well, much as this all looks like fun, I have to watch from the sidelines.  My Dem was Stupak and he took himself out-probably to avoid the rush-and there is no chance of Senators Levin and Stabanaugh getting voted out.  They are firmly cemented in the Senate.

Posted by: Detroiters always looking for new blood at August 26, 2010 06:00 AM (6IV8T)

238 127 I HAVE RECURRING DREAMS ABOUT SARAH PALIN LIVING UNDER MY BED WHILE I MASTUBATE WITH A WOODEN DUCK UP MY ASS TO PICTURES OF SEAN HANNITY! Posted by: Lolcato   Cato,   You are being way too obvious.    

Posted by: Charles Johnson at August 26, 2010 06:04 AM (lG7yz)

239 I was wrong. The guy was arraigned. He looks pretty harmless. Still may be crazy. http://goo.gl/4cGv

Posted by: Moi at August 26, 2010 07:31 AM (Ez4Ql)

240 Interesting sense of humor this Bright fella has.

Posted by: NM Hick at August 26, 2010 07:46 AM (IzuWw)

241 Chris Young? More like Chris FARLEY!!!

Posted by: Jester at August 26, 2010 08:49 AM (lR8/K)

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