1 Sorry Lisa.

Thanks for the weed, but that shit was still pretty weak.

2 Is someone in the Rep establishment warning her that if she pulls this she is dead to the party? No further runs, no lobbying?

Because that is what we should be doing...

3 She's probably looking for a handout to go away instead of becoming a "spoiler".

4 Just shows how she never deserved to be there in the first place, imo.

5

"I'm no quitter damn it!"

"Yeah, but we fired you - "

".........Oh"

 

6 WOW, dead RINO refuses to die.

7


What is she, the T1000?

8 Is someone in the Rep establishment warning her that if she pulls this she is dead to the party? No further runs, no lobbying?

Because that is what we should be doing...
Posted by: 18-1 at September 08, 2010 04:19 PM

Tell it to Michael "What Up?" Steele. You can reach him somewhere in the Northern Marianas today, I hear....

9 She lost. She should be cast into the outer darkness for her treachery. Never allow her back. She is now a fringe nut job forever.

10 Seriously, we should all mail Ms. Murkowski some dildos, vibrators and other adult toys. And maybe douches.

11 Joe Miller is hawt.

...

Just wanted to gay up this blog post a little bit.

12 Some people would argue with an angry man holding a shotgun to their head. Admirable if they understand the consequences, just fucking stupid otherwise.

13 Just how fucking popular does Murk think she is? Does she think that the libs in Ak like her that much over their own candidate? She's no Lieberman.

14

Murkowski told the Fairbanks Daily-News Miner on Tuesday that all options remained on the table.

“I’m no quitter,” she said. “I’m weighing all my options and seeing what’s available.”

--

I don't think being a "quitter" and losing a primary election mean the same thing. Someone may want to share that with the Senator ASAP.

15 Hopefully, the voters in Alaska will send her traitorous ass packing. 

16 She's going to go full Black Knight?

17 OT but with all the fuss over the Castle/O'Donnell race I wonder: What's the status of the at-large seat Castle holds now?  Is that in play this election?

18 She can share the write in platform with Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse, the two other perennial write in candidates.

19 I would like to announce that the rumors of my political death, though true, are not going to prevent me from running shambling for office. I will continue in my quest for brains...braaaaaaains. I will not allow monied interests, daylight, or shotguns deter me. This is a time of trial, and my newly acquired religious beliefs (voodoo) are the force that keeps me going. In search of braaaaaains.

20 Tell it to Michael "What Up?" Steele. You can reach him somewhere in the Northern Marianas today, I hear....

Posted by: MrScribbler at September 08, 2010 04:22 PM (Ulu3i)

--Yeah, Guam is a treasure trove for fundraising.

21

OT

 

The freaking MFM is shitting all over itself.

 

The Great and Powerful Palin!  

 

In terms of power, Barry has never and will never even be able to set foot on the same field of play that is Sarah's domain.  Whether she deserves it or not, she wields a power over the left that has their bowels in knots.

 

Beck evidently gives them a rash as well.

22 Perhaps she can see obscurity from her house

23

What's this?

Harry Reid says he's got nothing to do with the problems of the country?

Anyone hear this? Any vid of this?

24 She'll do anything to save her phony baloney job.

25 Of course she's not a quitter ... like 'that woman.'  As much as I like to bust on RINOs for their disloyalty extremely specifically defined common cause, this may be nothing more than a matter of personal pique.

26
"Not a quitter".  Ummm... one of the premises of a Democracy is that when you get voted out, you are forced to quit.  Otherwise, it isn't a Democracy.  Your job, or lack thereof, is completely at the whim of the people you represent.

Do you understand this, you dumb bitch?  Let me make it more clear for you:

Fuck off.  Alaska doesn't want you anymore.

27

She keeps saying she's not a quitter but that's not the issue. You lost idiot. It's not quitting if you go home once the game is over.

 

I am not a quitter either!  Fists Bump, Lisa!

28 Remember the Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie? Leatherface looked fresher than LM. Younger and better tanned too.

29 OT but with all the fuss over the Castle/O'Donnell race I wonder: What's the status of the at-large seat Castle holds now?  Is that in play this election?

Posted by: logprof

 

There are three Republicans vying for the nomination. The so-called conventional wisdom here is that the Dems have a lock on gaining it. They are running a jerk named John Carney, who was Lt. Governor when Ruthann 'no-neck Minner was Governor. The state party seems to be favoring Michele Rollins. I suspect that this is because she can self-finance (she's the siwod of a local real estate developer). Thus, there will be someone on the ballot, and the party doesn't have to break a sweat. There's been an insidious practice here of not seriously contesting the other party's main candidates.

30

Lisa Murkowski, Arlen Specter, Charlie Crist, Robert Bennett, Chris Cannon, Steve Mascaro (a member of the state house here in Utah): all of whom were dubbed RINOs by their opponents; all of whom were vigorously defended by the Left, the mainstream media, and the GOP establishment as the sort of loyal, thoughtful Republicans the GOP needs; all of whom displayed poor sportsmanship when losing or threatened with losing a party primary - by switching sides, going independent, threatening to run as write-ins, wavering in their endorsement of the party’s nominee, or – in Mascaro’s case – actually endorsing the Democratic Party’s nominee.

 

Every single one of them was happy to play on party loyalties for years, when it benefitted themselves. Every single one of them would have expected to receive their primary opponent’s endorsement had they won – which they would have received in every case, without hesitation.

 

Just once IÂ’d like to see the ousted Republican play good sportsman. It might cause me to think I was wrong about them. Instead their behavior just proves  the RINO label was accurate.

31

--Yeah, Guam is a treasure trove for fundraising.

Posted by: logprof at September 08, 2010 04:27 PM

And don't forget all the candidates there who can help defeat the Dems!

The only thing you can say on Mr What-Up's behalf is that he's not out there working on his tan....

32 I'm no spitter quitter.

33 I wonder if this is all a rumor, like the libertarian thing. It could be true, or it might just be nonsense. I guess we will find out.

34 Repubs are determined to throw away their opportunity this Nov. In NY both Paladino and Lazio said they will stay in the race if the other wins the Repub nomination for Governor, Lazio on the Conservative line and Paladino on the Taxpayer party line. It may not matter because Cuomo whips either in the polls, but still - they are determined to make sure of it.

35

 Of course she's not a quitter ... like 'that woman.

 

Kudos to her, I'm not a quitter either. 

Now Rabbit meet stew pot...

36 She's already suffered the embarrassment of losing in the primary election and now she wants to possibly suffer an even greater embarrassment by losing as a write-in candidate?  Go for it, beyotch!

37 Dateline Alaska:  The lost Maine Triplet found wandering around all dressed up and no where to go.

38 She will not run as a write in. She needs to talk to her lawyer and figure out the best way to legally convert that 2M dollar campaign chest to private use.

39 Good Lord, this is like trying to break up with the psycho-bitch of a girlfriend and she keeps calling all of your friends and relatives to beg them to help her make you take her back. 

Lisa, go away.  I only dated you as a favor to your father and, honestly, I never really liked you all that much to begin with.

40
Reid: Not My Fault

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, facing a tough re-election bid in one of the states hardest hit by the recession, said today that the economic downturn was not his fault.

"I had nothing to do with the massive foreclosures here," Reid said.

Reid contended in today's interview that "it would take a real stretch" in order to think that he caused the country's economic problems. Instead, Reid argued, he worked against many of the policies enacted during the administration of George W. Bush that were to blame for the economic crisis."

41

 

Murkowski 2010:  The Losening.

42

Charlie Crist sure lost his tan fast.  And when did he move north?

43

I'm no spitter quitter.

 

I prefer splitter.

I can't quit you!

44 I wonder if this is all a rumor, like the libertarian thing. It could be true, or it might just be nonsense. I guess we will find out.

Posted by: Terrye

 

When you consider what's happenning in Colorado now, (winner of the primary is being cajoled to step aside so as to let another take his place and hopefully convince a third person to drop an independent bid) I'm starting to wonder if she isn't still thinking that the NRSC is going to come and rescue her. According to the quotes, they won't. But then, we just heard that Barbour is cutting Meas off.

45 Maybe she'll do the show-up in Washington in January for the swearing in.

46

 

Boiled rabbit.

It's what's for dinner.

47 Damn, I so despise political dynasties.

48 When I think of this, ah, twit, iIhave this image of my kids - when they were two or three & not getting what they wanted...

49 Reid contended in today's interview that "it would take a real stretch" in order to think that he caused the country's economic problems. Instead, Reid argued, he worked against many of the policies enacted during the administration of George W. Bush that were to blame for the economic crisis."

Posted by: al-fiscal ferret, al-social fruit bat at September 08, 2010 04:36 PM (uFokq)

--Levin was playing that sound bite last night.

Please, Nevada, retire this pathetic POS.

50 Jane Lisa, you ignorant slut.

51

Please, Nevada, retire this pathetic POS.

 

Amen!  Preach it brother!

52

Sorry Lisa, Alaska's just not that into you...........

Coming up from the grass-roots and redecorating the Republican party will be much easier than trying to form a new third party and muscle in on the ballots in all the thousands of jurisdictions in the country.  It's already happening, and the insiders like Lisa, and that guy in Utah, can't quite believe they have been fired.

Just picture Donald Trump saying it, "You're Fired!"

53 She knows she cant win with write ins. She is doing this to spite the tea party/ joe miller, and SARAH PALIN. She just wants to hurt Miller. SIMPLE. I am STILL waiting on senate GOP to publicly denounce her. COWARDS ALL.

54 16 She's going to go full Black Knight?

Posted by: stuiec at September 08, 2010 04:25 PM (7AOgy)

Raaaaacist!

55 Hey Lisa, sugar-cakes. Let ole Strom show you how it's done. You just put on this pretty little dress and I'll do all the work. That's it, relax...

56 Just like Lisa, these guys don't know when to quit either.....

57  Damn, I so despise political dynasties.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 08, 2010 04:38 PM (P9+0W)

 

Well, duh!  Your name says it all!  You are obviously a stupid peasant with little understanding.  Patronage and nepotism are what it's all about!  Now stop standing so close to me and genuflect!

58 Posted by: wiserbud at September 08, 2010 04:36 PM (EW49d)

Play "Misty" "Murky" for me.

Posted by: ya2daup

Great movie reference!

59
Murkowski announces write-in candidacy

60 Doesn't matter if she does. People don't like to write in. She won't pull more than 3% of the vote.

61

Please, Nevada, retire this pathetic POS.

 Amen!  Preach it brother!

Posted by: runningrn at September 08, 2010 04:40 PM (8GYOu)

Really!  Ever since Reid gained prominence, I haven't been able to watch a Looney Toon cartoon with Elmer Fudd in it without projectile hurling.  I want him gone so I can enjoy cartoons again.

62 Next she will handcuff herself to her office door.

She reminds me of a crazy shopper at a Wal-Mart Christmas sale fighting over a sweater.

63 Murky has a lot in common with diamonds and herpes, they are all forever.

64 Yeah, Guam is a treasure trove for fundraising.

Posted by: logprof at September 08, 2010 04:27 PM (BP6Z1)

You have to be very careful out there. It might tip over

65 New idea:  No blood relative of an office holder should be allowed to run for, or be appointed to, office within the lifespan of the relative, plus (five years?  Ten?  Open to suggestions here).

Add to the 'sudden death' rule I mentioned in the earlier thread and you start to weed out folks like this a little better.  Still have a ways to go, but...

66
Next she will handcuff herself to her office door.

She reminds me of a crazy shopper at a Wal-Mart Christmas sale fighting over a sweater.





Reminds me of a guy pathetically nursing a last drink at closing time, looking forlornly at the last couple of toothless crack-hos in the bar, wondering if he should consider lowering his standards.

67 Reminds me of a guy pathetically nursing a last drink at closing time, looking forlornly at the last couple of toothless crack-hos in the bar, wondering if he should consider lowering his standards.

Hell, she looks like the last toothless crack-ho at the bar.

68 She is starting to look nutty, no point in her continuing now.

69 New idea:  No blood relative of an office holder should be allowed to run for, or be appointed to, office within the lifespan of the relative, plus (five years?  Ten?  Open to suggestions here).

Add to the 'sudden death' rule I mentioned in the earlier thread and you start to weed out folks like this a little better.  Still have a ways to go, but...

Posted by: The one New Black Panther in all of Alaska

 

I like it. It should be backed up by DNA testing, with the results being run against the national crime data base. That detail oughta weed out some of the more unsavory types.

70

 

Don't you ever lower yourself, forgetting all your standards.

71

Anybody else think that the "not a quitter" routine is inspired by Sarah Palin's resignation?

Apples and oranges, of course. "Not a quitter" and "sore loser" are not the same thing.

72

Speaking of someone who won't go away:

HAVANA - Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba's communist economic model doesn't work, a rare comment on domestic affairs from a man who has conspicuously steered clear of local issues since stepping down four years ago.

Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for The Atlantic magazine, asked if Cuba's economic system was still worth exporting to other countries, and Castro replied: "The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore" Goldberg wrote Wednesday in a post on his Atlantic blog.

 

This will be devastating news for Barry, his administration, most universities, a lot of Hollywood douchebags and a lot of the western press. Oliver Stone is probably wondering who got to the Fidel and the big conspiracy behind this.

73

Anybody else think that the "not a quitter" routine is inspired by Sarah Palin's resignation?

Apples and oranges, of course. "Not a quitter" and "sore loser" are not the same thing.

Posted by: Wm T Sherman

 

I doubt it. I think that it's the only thing her PR flack will let her say on camera. Howling for the warmth of her comfy D.C. office chair doesn't play as well.

74

Doesn't matter if she does. People don't like to write in. She won't pull more than 3% of the vote.

She could always call ACORN.

75 Mismatched socks, indeed.

76

>> 44 Good Lord, this is like trying to break up with the psycho-bitch of a girlfriend and she keeps calling all of your friends and relatives to beg them to help her make you take her back. 

I'm shocked, that this happened to you.

 

Did I say shocked?  Shocked that she didn't kill you I meant.

77 That Senate seat is OURS!!!!  Tricksy little hobbits wants to take The Precious from us, but we won't let them, will we?  WE MUST HAVE THE PRECIOUS!!!!!

78 This is exactly the type of Statist Big Government Professional Politician Republican (SBGPPR) we need to send packing.  They're better than Statist Big Government Professional Politician Democrats, but that's like saying stepping in dog shit is better than stepping in cow shit.  SBGPPR's loathe us conservatives and consider us "useful idiots."

They'll see.

79 Blue Hen thinks the Repubs appear to have written off this race; I hope not.

I've heard that there are only 3 possible pick-ups for the Dems and they are all likely pick-ups: Djou, Cao and Castle's seat.

It's been a while since I was in Newark, DE but if I remember, Delaware (at least where the population is concentrated in the Philly suburb of New Castle County) has no TV stations, one news radio station and a newspaper nobody reads.

Essentially, Delaware politics is buried in the evening newscasts among the human interest stories.

So, it's really hard to break into Delaware politics because ads are prohibitively expensive in the Philly market for such a small state.  Hence, it's all name recognition.

I also think it's a perfect example of media bias.  It's one of the fiscally smartest states in the union and has worked very hard on taxes and regulations to get business in the state.  Yet Democrats continue to get elected.  Essentially, they get the free media and Republicans can't buy rebuttals.  At least, that's my opinion.

80 -- 90:  Needs a catchier title.  'Tyrants' sounds good.

81 Blue Hen thinks the Repubs appear to have written off this race; I hope not.

I've heard that there are only 3 possible pick-ups for the Dems and they are all likely pick-ups: Djou, Cao and Castle's seat.

It's been a while since I was in Newark, DE but if I remember, Delaware (at least where the population is concentrated in the Philly suburb of New Castle County) has no TV stations, one news radio station and a newspaper nobody reads.

Essentially, Delaware politics is buried in the evening newscasts among the human interest stories.

So, it's really hard to break into Delaware politics because ads are prohibitively expensive in the Philly market for such a small state.  Hence, it's all name recognition.

I also think it's a perfect example of media bias.  It's one of the fiscally smartest states in the union and has worked very hard on taxes and regulations to get business in the state.  Yet Democrats continue to get elected.  Essentially, they get the free media and Republicans can't buy rebuttals.  At least, that's my opinion.

Posted by: AmishDude

Bingo. And man, the Delaware connections are increasing daily. Did you go to the Univ of Del?

82

I seem to recall this ignorant scrunt, when she was conceding, said that it didn't look like with the count going the way it was that she could pull it out & it wasn't right for Republicans to be fighting Republicans.    What the hell is it she's doing, now?  

She actually came out and said that one of the reasons she was considering this stupid fight she's causing, now, was because she didn't think either of the primary winners had the right vision for Alaska, and she was worried about her state & her children's future in the state.   The only thing this witch is worried about is herself, and she's pissed off that Sarah had something to do with her loss.   I wouldn't be surprised if she is huddled up with the ignorant bloggers in AK that have been so vicious to Sarah.    Those are probably the ones pushing her to do this stupid shit.

 

83 Reid contended in today's interview that "it would take a real stretch" in order to think that he caused the country's economic problems. Instead, Reid argued, he worked against many of the policies enacted during the administration of George W. Bush that were to blame for the economic crisis."

Posted by: al-fiscal ferret, al-social fruit bat at September 08, 2010 04:36 PM (uFokq)

That ad almost writes itself:

"August 2006: Nevada unemployment 4.2%.  Las Vegas median home price $300,000.

"November 2006: Harry Reid becomes Majority Leader of the US Senate.

"August 2010: Nevada unemployment 14.3%.  Las Vegas median home price $150,000.

"Are YOU better off now than before Harry Reid took over the US economy?"

84

I seem to recall this ignorant scrunt, when she was conceding, said that it didn't look like with the count going the way it was that she could pull it out & it wasn't right for Republicans to be fighting Republicans.    What the hell is it she's doing, now?  

Posted by: Steph at September 08, 2010 05:05 PM (nbzzk)

Your question answers itself.  If she's not a Republican, then it's not "Republicans fighting Republicans."

85 59 She knows she cant win with write ins. She is doing this to spite the tea party/ joe miller, and SARAH PALIN. She just wants to hurt Miller. SIMPLE.

I am STILL waiting on senate GOP to publicly denounce her. COWARDS ALL.

She still holds the seat through the lame-duck session.  I'd recommend not calling her names on TV just to vent one's spleen.

Look, Joe Miller won and (despite evidence from our president) when you do this, you should be extraordinarily gracious. 

She certainly cannot win with a write-in, but I don't even think she can spoil Miller.  I agree with a poster before.  She's looking for a payoff.

That, and she really doesn't know what to do at this point.  She had no plan if she lost.

86

I seem to recall this ignorant scrunt, when she was conceding, said that it didn't look like with the count going the way it was that she could pull it out & it wasn't right for Republicans to be fighting Republicans.    What the hell is it she's doing, now?  

 

When we think about how people have been hanging on to these Senate seats, (dying in office, invalided but in office, changing parties at age 79, mooching the ALP) there has to be something in the water in the Senate lunchroom.

 

What I want to know is what goes through the minds of those that retire without the application of pitchforks or the 'ole sickle of Mr. Grim?

87

I will continue in my quest for brains...

Obviously you've been unsuccessful so far.

88 Murky: [to Sarah Palin] And don't you think I understand what you're doing? You're trying to move him into the Senate... and you're keeping him away from me. And you're playing happy family. Aren't you?
[begins to slice her own leg with a butcher knife]
Murky: You wouldn't understand that because you're so... so selfish. He told me about you. He told me about you. He was very honest. If you weren't so stupid, you'd know that. But you're so stupid. You're so stupid... you're a stupid, selfish bitch!

Posted by: ya2daup at September 08, 2010 04:59 PM (FcKXR)

Aaaaaaaand this is where your analogy breaks down: Sarah Palin would have Murky hanging in the smokehouse and her skin stretched on a frame to dry before the psycho bitch could raise that butcher knife above her own elbow.

89

What a bunch of haters.  She just wants to give Alaskans a chance to correct their mistake.  They didn't really want to vote for the other guy.  It had to be a mistake.

Her name is Murkowski.  Miller starts with an M, so it is understandable that Alaska got it wrong in a moment of confusion.

They didn't really want that Miller guy.  It's a mistake.

90 Posted by: AmishDude at September 08, 2010 05:02 PM (3wPsb)

--Hell, I wonder if Rich Gannon's a Republican.  Maybe he could be drafted, but he probably has a lucrative sportscasting gig.

91

Bingo. And man, the Delaware connections are increasing daily. Did you go to the Univ of Del?

Posted by: Blue Hen at September 08, 2010 05:05 PM (R2fpr)

Class of '95.  Math major, computer science minor.  It was a good school then, it's a great school now.

92 What's really funny is that just last year Murkowski was being held up as the wave of the GOP future--the "anti-Palin" who would guide the GOP to sensible moderate victories.

93

Her name is Murkowski.  Miller starts with an M, so it is understandable that Alaska got it wrong in a moment of confusion.

They didn't really want that Miller guy.  It's a mistake.

Posted by: MarkD at September 08, 2010 05:12 PM (YhZfg)

They thought it was an order form for the post-primary Murkowski victory party, not a ballot.  And since the stuff the Murkowskis brew at home ain't that great, it's only natural that a lot of primary voters would order a Miller.

94 Reid contended in today's interview that "it would take a real stretch" in order to think that he caused the country's economic problems. Instead, Reid argued, he worked against many of the policies enacted during the administration of George W. Bush that were to blame for the economic crisis."

Posted by: al-fiscal ferret, al-social fruit bat at September 08, 2010 04:36 PM (uFokq)

That ad almost writes itself:

"August 2006: Nevada unemployment 4.2%.  Las Vegas median home price $300,000.

"November 2006: Harry Reid becomes Majority Leader of the US Senate.

"August 2010: Nevada unemployment 14.3%.  Las Vegas median home price $150,000.

"Are YOU better off now than before Harry Reid took over the US economy?"

Posted by: stuiec

Follow up commercial:

picture emerges of a family renting a U-Haul truck for a one way trip out of Nevada. (quote he father as he cites his inability to find a job despite his work experience and skills)

Cut to: street with multiple empty/abandoned houses.

Cut to: Harry Reid quote: "This war is lost" and alternate with the "real stretch" quote.

95 ugh.......can the voters write in "not you murkowski"?

96 Rich Gannon is running for something?  Where?

Posted by: CDR M at September 08, 2010 05:14 PM (5I8G0)

Chief of Medicine at Medical Center.

I may be uncertain about that.

97

there has to be something in the water in the Senate lunchroom.

Judging from Specter and Murkowski, I'm thinking heroin, or something equally addictive.

Come to think about it, she does kind of look like a junkie...

98 109 Rich Gannon is running for something?  Where?

Posted by: CDR M at September 08, 2010 05:14 PM (5I8G0)

--No, I was daydreaming.  He is probably the most famous Blue Hen.

99

Bingo. And man, the Delaware connections are increasing daily. Did you go to the Univ of Del?

Posted by: Blue Hen at September 08, 2010 05:05 PM (R2fpr)

Class of '95.  Math major, computer science minor.  It was a good school then, it's a great school now.

Posted by: AmishDude

 

Cool. I was Poli Sci/History, class of '87. The notion that the mascot has a pathetic name now (YouDee) or something like that is lamentable.

100 Rich Gannon is running for something?  Where?

Posted by: CDR M at September 08, 2010 05:14 PM (5I8G0)

--No, I was daydreaming.  He is probably the most famous Blue Hen.

Posted by: logprof

 

You're talking about the former Uof D QB who played for the Vikings? Wahoo. I saw him when he played here.

101

picture emerges of a family renting a U-Haul truck for a one way trip out of Nevada. (quote he father as he cites his inability to find a job despite his work experience and skills)

Cut to: street with multiple empty/abandoned houses.

Cut to: Harry Reid quote: "This war is lost" and alternate with the "real stretch" quote.

Posted by: Blue Hen at September 08, 2010 05:14 PM (R2fpr)

Oh, yes.

I'd use a Hal Riney soundalike (remember him? Country Time lemonade, Henry Weinhard's Private Reserve beer, Reagan's "Morning in America"?) to narrate rather than use the father's direct quote.  Or I'd have one of the kids talking about how it doesn't make sense to him that Dad can't find a job for the first time ever.

102 --Hell, I wonder if Rich Gannon's a Republican.  Maybe he could be drafted, but he probably has a lucrative sportscasting gig.

Posted by: logprof at September 08, 2010 05:12 PM (BP6Z1)

I've never heard one way or the other.  I mean, I have a pretty good feeling that, say, Kurt Warner could be recruited as a Republican if he were interested in politics, but I have no sense of Gannon.  Also, I think he's kind of young to be thinking about a third career at this point.  Stranger things have happened, but I wouldn't anticipate a 2012 run.  You do have to remember that UD football isn't something people pay a ton of attention to and he wouldn't be a hero the way Tom Osborne is in Nebraska.  He'd be a celebrity from Delaware and that would be a way to get free media.

The advantage to Delaware is that you don't have to be telegenic.  Any celebrity with name recognition and a good staff is enough to make you competitive there.

103

You're talking about the former Uof D QB who played for the Vikings? Wahoo. I saw him when he played here.

Posted by: Blue Hen at September 08, 2010 05:18 PM (R2fpr)

--*SIGH*

He also had a couple good years with the Chiefs before they stupidly let him go to the Raiders, where he really kicked ass.

104 IIRC in 1954 Strom ran his write in campaign against the party bosses, not exactly what Lisa has in mind.

105

there has to be something in the water in the Senate lunchroom.

Judging from Specter and Murkowski, I'm thinking heroin, or something equally addictive.

Come to think about it, she does kind of look like a junkie...

Posted by: Ken at September 08, 2010 05:16 PM (ftfkn)

It's in the navy bean soup.  Everyone knows that.  The Viet Cong couldn't turn John McCain against his principles with physical torture, but that Senate navy bean soup had him going "Maverick" right quick.

106

I've never heard one way or the other.  I mean, I have a pretty good feeling that, say, Kurt Warner could be recruited as a Republican if he were interested in politics, but I have no sense of Gannon.  Also, I think he's kind of young to be thinking about a third career at this point.  Stranger things have happened, but I wouldn't anticipate a 2012 run.  You do have to remember that UD football isn't something people pay a ton of attention to and he wouldn't be a hero the way Tom Osborne is in Nebraska.  He'd be a celebrity from Delaware and that would be a way to get free media.

The advantage to Delaware is that you don't have to be telegenic.  Any celebrity with name recognition and a good staff is enough to make you competitive there.

Posted by: AmishDude at September 08, 2010 05:19 PM (3wPsb)

--Steve Largent didn't wait long after his retirement to run.  (Granted, he's a Hall of Famer; Gannon would be a long shot for HOF even if he had won that disastrous Super Bowl.)

BTW, whatever happened to him?

107 #120 Rich Gannon has a gig on NFL radio on sirius sattellite.I think he may even broadcast some games.Joe Flacco,another Univ of Del graduate no?

108
Expect to see more and more of this as RINO season begins in earnest.

109 Expect to see more and more of this as RINO season begins in earnest.

Posted by: Dang Straights at September 08, 2010 05:23 PM (fx8sm)

Release the HIPPOs (High-Intensity Punishers of Political Opportunists)!

110 Cool. I was Poli Sci/History, class of '87. The notion that the mascot has a pathetic name now (YouDee) or something like that is lamentable.

Yes, it was all part of the rebranding.  Iowa State (where I am now) did something similar.  Cute and cuddly mascot, suitable for t-shirts, etc.

You can actually get the mascot for events and parties, if you want.

Main street is so much better now.  Even though the Trabant campus center was designed by a blind architect, the rest of the north campus development was really well-thought out and looks much more like Princeton than Rutgers-Camden.

111 I think from now on she should be referred to as "WhoreKowski"

112 Joe Flacco,another Univ of Del graduate no?

Posted by: ziptie at September 08, 2010 05:23 PM (lLS3Y)

--Yup, but he's still playing.

113
(High-Intensity Punishers of Political Opportunists)

Nice.

114

Imagine what a news story this would be had it happened to an aide to Carly Fiorina..

...whadda dumb fucker

115

I think from now on she should be referred to as "WhoreKowski"

The thought of her as a whore makes teh ghey life seem much more attractive.

116 125 #120 Rich Gannon has a gig on NFL radio on sirius sattellite.I think he may even broadcast some games.Joe Flacco,another Univ of Del graduate no?

Yep.  UD has a good football program.  They are in the division formerly known as DI-AA and usually end up in the tournament.

117 Don't restrict your inquiry to the Senate. Hell, Michigan has sent John "Dingleberry" Dingle to the House since I was one year old.

Don't forget the fact that he inherited the seat from his father who held it for 30 years.

118 Yep.  UD has a good football program.  They are in the division formerly known as DI-AA and usually end up in the tournament.

Posted by: AmishDude at September 08, 2010 05:31 PM (3wPsb)

--I'm familiar with them because they're a semi-rival of William and Mary's, always in the playoffs.

119 "I'm not a quitter..."

WTF? Quitter? You lost.

Dicks are to men as ego is to Murkowski.

120

The thought of her as a whore makes teh ghey life seem much more attractive.

Posted by: Ken at September 08, 2010 05:29 PM (ftfkn)

Wow....NOTHING makes the ghey life seem attractive.  NOTHING.

121

I've never heard one way or the other.  I mean, I have a pretty good feeling that, say, Kurt Warner could be recruited as a Republican if he were interested in politics, but I have no sense of Gannon. 

John Runyan, former Eagles offensive tackle, is running for congress in New Jersey. Republican.

122
I'm thinking she put all her eggs in this one basket.

123 I get Castle flyers daily in the mail. They wanted a donation from me about six months ago.I wrote them back telling them all the things Castle voted for especially Cap and tax.Told them not to solicit me any more for donations.Haven't seen one since.To me he's a northern Lindsay graham.

124 Send... more... paramedics...

125 In the meantime, an asteroid passed Earf at approx. 5:12 p.m. EST.  Half the distance from here to the moon.  And NASA discovered it.....Sunday.

Nice to know NASA has its muzzie outreach priorities in order.  Sheesh.

126 133

Imagine what a news story this would be had it happened to an aide to Carly Fiorina..

...whadda dumb fucker

Posted by: beedubya at September 08, 2010 05:29 PM (oMRZ2)

Ahh!  My eyes!  Dude!  Next time a little warning about the photo, for cripes sake.  I lost my lunch all over my keyboard.

Ya can't unsee that shit.

127 #145 How big was that sucker?

128 OT: Damn bitches theres blod in the water and we sit here flappin out jaws! Babs Ma'am Boxers senior staffer has been busted for posession of weed entering the Hart Building in DC. The kicker is that another Boxer staffer was arested for 'receipt and posession of child pornography' in 2008 ! Hey Carly!!!http://tinyurl.com/2wfsu6t

129 Running as a write-in candidate appears to be MurkowskiÂ’s last remaining option.

That public tit is some strong fu.

130

blood too

131

Wow....NOTHING makes the ghey life seem attractive.  NOTHING.

Posted by: Sponge


Fashion?!  Style?!  Pizzaz?!  Whisper-Quiet™ flatulence?!  What else could you want?

132 So a "senior economic advisor" for Boxer makes 6 figures a year and smokes pot on the job. I'm sure this is somehow Bush's fault.!

133 Nice to know NASA has its muzzie outreach priorities in order.  Sheesh.

Yes, they're now using polished stones to track asteroids.

134
153 So a "senior economic advisor" for Boxer makes 6 figures a year and smokes pot on the job.

This explains a lot.

135 I get Castle flyers daily in the mail. They wanted a donation from me about six months ago.I wrote them back telling them all the things Castle voted for especially Cap and tax.Told them not to solicit me any more for donations.Haven't seen one since.To me he's a northern Lindsay graham.

Yes, but as is often pointed out, if you use Lindsay in SC, you get somebody more like Demint.  If you lose Castle in DE, you get somebody more like Biden. 

In fact, probably something with the name of Biden.

So I don't cry too much over Castle.

136

Wow....NOTHING makes the ghey life seem attractive.  NOTHING.

Posted by: Sponge


Fashion?!  Style?!  Pizzaz?!  Whisper-Quiet™ flatulence?!  What else could you want?

Posted by: Dang at September 08, 2010 05:37 PM (Chg7a)

Jazz hands?

137 As I said yesterday:  Palin needs to call McConnel and tell him that unless he reigns in Senator Veruca Salt and convinces her to behave like a civilized human being, she will be in Delaware tomorrow to endorse and campaign for O'Donnell.

I would much rather we lost a worthless RINO like Castle in Delaware than somebody like Miller in AK.

Ace and Allahpundit had me convinced she was a disaster and had no chance to win.  They're probably right.

But, you know what?  Fuck Mike Castle with a red hot poker.  If establishment RINO scum like Charlie OompaLoompa and Senator Veruca Salt are going to pull this spoiler shit, Castle will probably switch parties about two seconds after he takes his hand off the Bible.  Why the hell should we have any faith in any of these fuckers? 

We couldn't primary Arlen Specter in '04, because OH MY FUCKIN GOD HE MIGHT SWITCH PARTIES/ WE CAN'T RISK LOSING THIS SEAT!!11!!!111!!!  Well we didn't primary that worthless sack of shit, and he switched parties and we lost the seat anyway.

Remember all the handwringing about how the Tea Party was going to go third party and spoil an election whenever things didn't go their way?  None of them have.  They either endorse the winner of the primary or fade away quietly.  But the establishment RINO scum who were worried about it at the time now seem to have no reservations whatsoever about doing it themselves when things don't go their way.

So fuck it.  I don't give a fuck if we lose the Delaware seat.  I'm sending money to O'Donnell.  And if she beats Castle, these establishment RINO cocksuckers only have themselves to thank.

138 147 How big was that sucker?

I was in the car and I believe the news guy said 28x40' or something.  One of the scientist types will have to put me some knowledge as to what an asteroid that size could do.  I know it wouldn't be good.

I'm still gob smacked they found the sucker on Sunday.  Oh, and another one missed us this morning.

Are the muzzies in charge of NASA now?

139 153 So a "senior economic advisor" for Boxer makes 6 figures a year and smokes pot on the job.

This explains a lot.

Posted by: Dang at September 08, 2010 05:39 PM (Chg7a)

That's all we need.  15 second ad:

Deep professional radio voice: A senior economic adviser for Senator Barbara Boxer, who makes 6 figures per year was recently busted for bringing marijuana into the Capitol building. (Unflattering B/W pictures of Boxer flash on the screen.)

Ordinary man on the street: (pause, line graphs with steep downward slopes flash onto the screen)  Huh.  (pause, more line graphs) That explains a lot.

CF: I'm Carly Fiorina and I approved this message.

140 Scene:  dark bedroom, 3am

*Phone rings

Alaska:  umm..*cough...hello?

Lisa:  If you don't take me back, I'll kill myself.

Alaska:...............  Okay.

*click

141

#156 I still don't like him.He showed his true colors when it came time for voting on the Democrats bills.Im sure he was looking for some of that stimulus money to come his way.Since they refuse to address the states budget on their own such as tackling the state worker unions.And cutting social programs.He just proved to me that he will sell the people of Delaware down the river to save his political career.

142

Wow....NOTHING makes the ghey life seem attractive.  NOTHING.

Chill out.  I was saying, in a humorous way, that she isn't attractive enough to be a real whore.

143 You want to know why Murkowski is seriously thinking about running on a write in ticket? Go look at her facebook page, and the FUCKING RETARDS who are there supporting her.

These assholes should have their voting rights removed permanently.

144 She keeps saying she's not a quitter but that's not the issue. You lost

She's addicted to taxpayer money.

145 She is proving what is wrong with politicians.

You lost... go away.. preferably gracefully.. but regardless.. go away,  collect your non stop salary and gold plated health insurance and get the fuck out of the way.
Yes, you should thank the tax payers for providing you the best retirement package in the world.. but, we dont even expect it from your dumb ass.  Just go.. dont let the door hit you in the ass as you leave.

146 167:  You hit the nail on the head.  The Murkowski types are surrounded by sycophants who constantly talk hatefully about the "teabaggers" and always tell them what they want to hear.  The only things more despicable than most Senators are their hangers-on.

147 The only things more despicable than most Senators are their hangers-on.

That's because most ass-kissing leaches like that are incapable of doing anything else.

148 That Boxer aide worked on the Joint Economic Committee.  Oh, the irony....

149 That's all we need.  15 second ad:

Deep professional radio voice: A senior economic adviser for Senator Barbara Boxer, who makes 6 figures per year was recently busted for bringing marijuana into the Capitol building. (Unflattering B/W pictures of Boxer flash on the screen.)

Ordinary man on the street: (pause, line graphs with steep downward slopes flash onto the screen)  Huh.  (pause, more line graphs) That explains a lot.

CF: I'm Carly Fiorina and I approved this message.
Posted by: AmishDude

Alternate ending: I'm Yukon Dave of the ALP, and I inhaled this message.

150 167:  You hit the nail on the head.  The Murkowski types are surrounded by sycophants who constantly talk hatefully about the "teabaggers" and always tell them what they want to hear.  The only things more despicable than most Senators are their hangers-on.

Posted by: Ken at September 08, 2010 06:21 PM (ftfkn)

Remember who Veruca Salt has for a campaign manager.  Palin fired him for gross incompetence.  He showed up to work with his shirt buttoned one button off, with one end of his shirt hanging out of his open fly, and he was more interested in playing games on his Blackberry than working.

151 Cool. I was Poli Sci/History, class of '87. The notion that the mascot has a pathetic name now (YouDee) or something like that is lamentable.

Yes, it was all part of the rebranding.  Iowa State (where I am now) did something similar.  Cute and cuddly mascot, suitable for t-shirts, etc.

You can actually get the mascot for events and parties, if you want.

Main street is so much better now.  Even though the Trabant campus center was designed by a blind architect, the rest of the north campus development was really well-thought out and looks much more like Princeton than Rutgers-Camden.
Posted by: AmishDude

I dunno. When I went there, there were more small shops, and a cool old theater (the State) which Newark muscled out to placate a developer who would be the answer to their prayers (Bob Teeven). He wound up going to jail on Federal charges of defrauding the government. Some of the newer shops are nice.
The Trabant center was built on the 'blue' parking lot I used to use and the old Daugherty center, which was a converted church. They bulldozed the church and left the facade; ugly.

152 The Libertarians with Murko, Fatal Attraction

153 "Which reminded me of this." Heh. That episode is actually on tonight, too (FOX, 7:30pm ET). Go figure.

154 OK, I'm a little late to this thread but...

Really? WTF?

Here I was all "good for her for conceding and being a team player" and all but..really?

Fuck her.

155 sideways

156 That is all.

157 "I can't quit you babe, so I'm gonna put you down for a while."

158 She keeps saying she's not a quitter but that's not the issue. You lost idiot. It's not quitting if you go home once the game is over.

Hahahahahaha.  Well said, Drew!

Of course when the write-in campaign for Senate doesn't work out, there's always Murkowski & Quixote - 2012.

159 Murkowski has to keep campaigning in order to properly 'distribute' campaign funds.

And she's pissed at Palin, hence the, “I’m no quitter,” remark.

160

This is almost funny but I think pathetic is a better word.  And her supporters call Miller "whacko"? 

We tried to let her down easy with a nice close race last month.  She didn't get the hint.  Come November, she's going down big-time.

161 Eh, I don't see it as a big deal. Lieberman worked around his own primary loss -- and won re-election. If she's popular enough, Murkowski can do the same. I don't think she's popular enough, so she'll get to lose twice.

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