May 10, 2010
— Ace We will probably not get the thrill of retiring this nasty (perennially voted among the Senate's meanest) bastard ourselves; the Democrats will beat us to the punch.
One partisan, media-bashing point: The media will take the ouster of Bob Bennet as an indictment of conservatives. We're too ideological and/or partisan, they'll claim. (See the predictable Kathleen Parker, for example.) This take-down of one of the "good guys" (that is, someone willing to bend the Democrats way) proves that, as if it needed further proving.
First of all, one of the media's go-to Neutral Story Lines is that incumbents have too much of advantage in elections and there's not enough turn-over and fresh blood (read: drama which makes the news more fun to write) each election. Mickey Kaus often notes the media likes Neutral Story Lines, as they're easy to write, but are supposedly nonpartisan, as they usually criticize some procedural defect in both parties.
What makes the "Neutral Story Line" not neutral at all is that the media seems most interested, each cycle, in the "Neutral Story Li9ne" that hurts the Republicans more. For instance, the amount of money flowing into elections became a more and more intense problem as more and more money flowed to Republicans, putting Democrats at a disadvantage. The supposedly Neutral Story Line doesn't really seem all that Neutral when you consider that there's-too-much-money-in-politics reached its crisis stage during Bush's 2004 election, when he spent more money than anyone in history, but suddenly wasn't a problem at all when Obama topped him in 2008. This despite the fact that Bush actually had a higher percentage of small-money donors than Obama (as a percentage of total money donated), and Obama had a bigger percentage of high-dollar donors.
The media loves these story lines, because facially they appear neutral -- "money in politics is a danger" has no on-its-face, explicit partisan import -- but the timing of when to deploy a particular story line is highly partisan, and always made with the Democratic Party's best interests in mind.
Thus, when Bush refused the campaign spending limits, and spent only private money, it was nearly a constitutional crisis; when Obama did the same, it was a triumph of people-powered politics.
Are conspiracy theories bad? Well, right now, when the Republican base is vulnerable to buying into conspiracy theories about Obama's birthplace or sabotaged deep-drilling oil rigs, conspiracy theories are bad, and examples of the Paranoid Style of American Politics.
On the other hand, when former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright confessed to Mort Kondracke she feared Bush had actually captured bin Ladin and was secretly holding him only to publicize his capture on the eve of the 2004 elections, a party's trafficking in conspiracy theories wasn't even worth noting.
Certainly such conspiracy theories weren't worth noting when Bush and Cheney (and their deadly cabal) were accused of sabotaging a plane in order to murder a sitting and popular liberal US Senator.
Now, of course, in the case of Bob Bennet, the media is instructing us that we on the right are too partisan and too ideological and too inflexible and so on and so on -- the "neutral story line" they're pushing; a call for moderation is neutral, by its own terms -- and ignoring the other possible neutral story line -- that it's wonderful that an incumbent got beat, which proves that our politics can change when an electorate gets involved.
But consider the case of Sestack and Specter: The media will once again have its choice of two "neutral story lines" when that primary is resolved. It's heads the Democrats win, tails the Republicans lose, as far as the media is concerned.
If Sestack wins, the media will in fact push the "neutral story line" they could have pushed, but chose not to, in Bennet's case: That we're retiring an old warhorse in favor of a fresh face and that proves that our system works.
On the other hand, if Specter wins, they'll push the "neutral story line" that the Democrats, unlike Republicans, are welcoming of moderates. (And Specter, a moderate Republican turncoat now voting as a somewhat-less-moderate Democrat, is still pretty moderate.) So that story line does have something to it.
But we'll have no stories about "overly-partisan and inflexibly ideological Democrats driving out a true moderate and fence-crosser" if Specter should lose -- trust that. Instead we'll have the other supposedly-neutral story line, the one that once again just happens to wind up praising Democrats.
And this is how media bias works 75% of the time. Most of the time, the media is selecting between several possible "rules," many of which are arguably correct, but which are contradicted by nearly opposite rules, which are also arguably correct. The media never decides which rule is correct in the most cases; instead, they choose whichever "rule" benefits the Democrats this cycle.
Are we too interested in personal scandals which don't really have much to do with a party's governing philosophy? The answer is "No" if you mean Mark Foley or Mark Sanford; the answer is "Yes" if you mean Eric Massa or John Edwards.
Is it out of line for a former vice president to toughly criticize a new president of a different party? Well, if you're Al Gore criticizing Bush, you're just being patriotic and expressing the frustrations of millions of Americans. If you're Dick Cheney criticizing Obama, you're deliberately weakening a new president and endangering national security.
Is it patriotic, or treasonous, for a high-level national security staffer to leak to the press? Well, if you're exposing Bush's SWIFT snooping, you're a patriot, keeping a vigilant eye on the shadowy, murky world of espionage. If you're embarrassing Obama by noting that he has no Iran plan at all, you're a dirty leaking traitor giving away critical state secrets for a cheap partisan advantage.
And dissent? Is it the highest form of patriotism or the lowest form of partisanship? I think you know the answer there, and the answer is, of course, It depends on who's dissenting.
In each of these situations, a halfway decent case can be made either way -- often, both of these "rules" is kinda-sorta true and kinda-sorta false.
The way the media shapes opinion is by stating, categorically, without caveat, that one rule is true in all cases when it benefits Democrats, and then, the following election cycle (or even the following month) that its opposite rule is categorically, and without caveat, true, in all cases, when it hurts the Republicans.
Neutral story lines are only really neutral when the criteria for choosing them is neutral. When partisan and ideological considerations drive the choice of which conflicting "neutral" story line to push, it's just a partisan press covering its tracks with the thinnest pretense of objectivity. As usual.
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Now the Democrats will win this seat, and retain control of both houses in November.
Posted by: dragon with the clap at May 10, 2010 12:16 PM (Mmw0q)
R weez evil right-wingers for wanting the crotchety old buzzard out?
Sign me up for the newsletter.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at May 10, 2010 12:17 PM (0fzsA)
I am always neutral when explaining the danger to our country of the racist tea baggers who tried to blow up Times Square.
Posted by: Contessa Brewer at May 10, 2010 12:17 PM (Oxen1)
Posted by: Vic at May 10, 2010 12:19 PM (6taRI)
Posted by: Dr Spank at May 10, 2010 12:20 PM (I1/U/)
Posted by: Hank Johnson at May 10, 2010 12:20 PM (Mmw0q)
I was COMPLETELY NEUTRAL when exposing the puppetmasters of those Anti-CNN, highly-partisan whackos during the April 2009 Tax Protests.
Posted by: Susan Roesgen at May 10, 2010 12:21 PM (kZVsz)
That would be justice in and of itself, since Specter jumped the GOP in order to avoid being ousted in a primary.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at May 10, 2010 12:22 PM (UBykT)
Posted by: rdbrewer at May 10, 2010 12:23 PM (DAVsx)
Posted by: Shtetl G at May 10, 2010 12:23 PM (s2Bbk)
Posted by: progressoverpeace at May 10, 2010 12:23 PM (Qp4DT)
The media will take the ouster of Bob Bennet as an indictment of conservatives. We're too ideological and/or partisan, they'll claim.
This was the meme all weekend from CK to Bill Bennet. Beltway Repubes are miffed at the ousting of this old school rino. Kudos to Crystal though who stuck it to Juanda Williams pretty good yesterday morning.
Posted by: dananjcon at May 10, 2010 12:23 PM (pr+up)
Excellent post. It's a bit disappointing that an R won't get the chance to defeat Spectre in the fall, but it does make me chuckle that the democrats of PA don't want him. LOL.
You're quite correct about the media, too. Editors pick and choose which stories to report as well. Remember the Hooverville stories that appeared regularly throughout the Bush years. Although unemployment is very high in our county and area, animals are starving, foreclosures are up, real estate is suffering as are small businesses such as restaurants, absolutely no stories like that come out of the Charlotte Observer. It's all 'recovery' all the time. It's become a standing joke.
Posted by: Carmelita at May 10, 2010 12:23 PM (gq1Fx)
A SUBSCRIBER! We actually found one! Quick, someone catch him before he escapes!
Posted by: Newsweek Circulation Department at May 10, 2010 12:25 PM (UBykT)
Posted by: Dr Spank at May 10, 2010 12:25 PM (I1/U/)
Posted by: Fish at May 10, 2010 12:25 PM (mTAG8)
Posted by: Dang Straights at May 10, 2010 12:26 PM (fx8sm)
Let's hope the Repubs don't screw this up.
Republican candidates now hold a six-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot, matching the narrowest gap between the two parties this year.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 10, 2010 12:27 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Dr Spank at May 10, 2010 12:27 PM (I1/U/)
Like this one: Recently, he has said part of his problem with delegates has been that he doesn't go on conservative cable talk shows and offer angry sound bites.
Posted by: snapdragon at May 10, 2010 12:28 PM (5Etcj)
Posted by: Dr Spank at May 10, 2010 04:27 PM (I1/U/)
STFU. No talking about that allowed.
Posted by: CBS Illinois Affiliates at May 10, 2010 12:29 PM (Mmw0q)
Posted by: Arlen at May 10, 2010 12:30 PM (9dIfg)
Posted by: Captain Hate at May 10, 2010 12:31 PM (V5s1P)
Toomey will face a greater challenge from Sestak than he would from Specter.
(that's if Sestak beats Specter, and please remember: the old coot has more than one trick up his sleeve.) Sestak has been running ads that are red meat for Dems, clips of George W. Bush endorsing Specter's last Senate run. Arlen Specter will not go down easily. I would not discount an Independent run.
If Sestak wins the primary, Toomey will need to highlight Sestak's rubber stamp of Pelosi's agenda - all of it. Because Sestak will immediately attempt to shift rightward during the general election.
Posted by: kallisto at May 10, 2010 12:31 PM (+FkcS)
Praise Gaia! It's about time that old buzzard gets out of the Senate. I wish him nothing but a long and happy retirement somewhere far away, like the Poconos.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 10, 2010 12:32 PM (c0A3e)
Somewhere Pat Toomey is having a good laugh to himself.
Ace seems to have discovered the media is biased, too. Who'd a-thunk it?
Posted by: Adjoran at May 10, 2010 12:32 PM (3hg5M)
Posted by: snapdragon at May 10, 2010 04:28 PM (5Etcj)
No, you don't. You feel. If you thought, you wouldn't keep saying the stupid stuff that comes spilling out of your mouth (keyboard).
Posted by: progressoverpeace at May 10, 2010 12:33 PM (Qp4DT)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 10, 2010 12:34 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: runningrn at May 10, 2010 12:34 PM (CfmlF)
Did anyone read the article linked to "meanest"?
Share | Print Best and Worst of CongressCapitol Hill staffers rate their bosses: who's naughty, who's nice, who's smart, who's not, and lots more.
Published Friday, September 01, 2006
Our survey shows that while there may be lots of partisan backbiting among the senators and House members, their staffers seem far more capable of putting politics aside and making honest judgments. It wasn’t unusual for aides in both parties to name one of their own as “spineless” or give the “workhorse” nod to someone across the aisle. Some politicians were runaway winners: Senator Barack Obama, for instance, received more votes for “rising star” than all the other contenders combined.
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How did they get Obama correct?
Posted by: anon at May 10, 2010 12:35 PM (j/wD+)
Posted by: Dang Straights at May 10, 2010 12:36 PM (fx8sm)
Posted by: Dr Spank at May 10, 2010 04:27 PM (I1/U/)
STFU. No talking about that allowed.
See! That's the problem with all that disinformation that's out there on Ipods, Ipads, X-boxes, and Playstations! We must silence all of them!
Posted by: TOTUS, College Commencement Speaker at May 10, 2010 12:36 PM (CfmlF)
Susan Roesgen at May 10, 2010 04:21 PM (kZVsz)
Susan! How the hell are ya?
Haven't seen ya on the tube in a spell.
How's that porn fluffer gig workin' out for you?
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 10, 2010 12:37 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 10, 2010 04:34 PM (P33XN)
What about American water? Pilot the boat to the deepest part of Lake Michigan and heave it overboard?
Posted by: Ludicrous Speed at May 10, 2010 12:37 PM (PWj+8)
What about American water?
Garbage scow, dumped at sea. That's good enough for him and his Scottish Law.
Posted by: Dang Straights at May 10, 2010 12:38 PM (fx8sm)
Posted by: Problem Eliminator, Universal Exports at May 10, 2010 12:38 PM (4OL2Z)
Some politicians were runaway WHINERS winners: Senator Barack Obama, for instance, received more votes for “rising star” than all the other contenders combined.
FIFY!
Posted by: TOTUS, College Commencement Speaker at May 10, 2010 12:38 PM (CfmlF)
I know that Bennet's crappy voting record did him in. How do I know this? The people who ejected his numb ass said so.
But our wilted flower has decided that quotes from the people doing the voting are naturally inferior to his prejudices.
Posted by: Blue Hen at May 10, 2010 12:39 PM (R2fpr)
You can't win elections, or build majorities, without "big tent" moderates like Arlen Specter. The mushy middle, that controls every election, will always take the big tent centrist over the ideological candidate. Centrists also like nasty old SOBs.
That is why I gave you Specter instead of Toomey back in 04. Did you follow me, wingnuts?
Posted by: The Genius Rove at May 10, 2010 12:39 PM (jat5l)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 10, 2010 04:34 PM (P33XN)
What about American water? Pilot the boat to the deepest part of Lake Michigan and heave it overboard?
Speaking about Michigan, how about Detroitistan? I don't think that's America any more.
Posted by: runningrn at May 10, 2010 12:40 PM (CfmlF)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at May 10, 2010 12:40 PM (RkRxq)
HEY! Pennsylvania elected the bastard over and over, dump him there.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 10, 2010 12:41 PM (mR7mk)
What about American water?
Garbage scow, dumped at sea. That's good enough for him and his Scottish Law.
Posted by: Dang
Straights at May 10, 2010 04:38 PM (fx8sm)
OK, so it's agreed. When this dried-up, nasty, stanky piece of garbage assumes room temperature, we will:
1. Steal the body from the funeral home
2. Sneak it unto the nearest garbage scow
3. Bury under the most stinky pile of discarded diapers
4. Find the nearest bar and pound down beers to Ronaldus Magnus
Posted by: Ludicrous Speed at May 10, 2010 12:41 PM (PWj+8)
Posted by: bill-tb at May 10, 2010 12:42 PM (y+QfZ)
Posted by: Oh SNAP, Dragon! at May 10, 2010 12:43 PM (UBykT)
Garbage scow, dumped at sea. That's good enough for him and his Scottish Law.
Posted by: Dang Straights at May 10, 2010 04:38 PM (fx8sm)
OK, so it's agreed. When this dried-up, nasty, stanky piece of garbage assumes room temperature, we will:
1. Steal the body from the funeral home
2. Sneak it unto the nearest garbage scow
3. Bury under the most stinky pile of discarded diapers
4. Find the nearest bar and pound down beers to Ronaldus Magnus
Posted by: Ludicrous Speed
Shall we put snapdragons on his grave?
Posted by: Blue Hen at May 10, 2010 12:43 PM (R2fpr)
Somewhere, a village is missing its idiot a girl's school is missing its P.E. Coach.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 10, 2010 12:44 PM (FyZ5a)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 10, 2010 12:44 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: In before the troll at May 10, 2010 12:44 PM (oHWLY)
Posted by: Matt at May 10, 2010 12:48 PM (J3jFV)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 10, 2010 12:50 PM (mR7mk)
Posted by: Matt at May 10, 2010 04:48 PM (J3jFV)
I've always said that Obama is a cleaner and more articulate Dinkins. I lived in NYC during the Dinkins administration. Back then, the MSM was touting the "post-race" line.
Posted by: Ludicrous Speed at May 10, 2010 12:50 PM (PWj+8)
As much as I'd love for that to be true in the case of Sphincter, it isn't.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 10, 2010 12:51 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 10, 2010 12:51 PM (eNxMU)
Posted by: Socratease at May 10, 2010 12:51 PM (nJmDs)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 10, 2010 04:34 PM (P33XN)
Just bury the interloper in the 57th state and be done with it. No 21-gun salute, no flowers, no service, just a very simple backhoe exercise the same as would be appropriate for a farm animal. Apologies to the cows, horses, and Barbara Mikulski.
Posted by: Fish at May 10, 2010 12:51 PM (mTAG8)
Somewhere, a village is missing its idiot a girl's school is missing its P.E. Coach.
Heh! That is funny. I went to a college that had a big phys-ed program, where the women put the "men" in "Wo!" and the men were scared. Heh!
Posted by: runningrn at May 10, 2010 12:52 PM (CfmlF)
/The linked election map is the 2004 results by county who voted for Sphincter (red) vs Joe Hoeffel (blue), his Dem opponent.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 10, 2010 12:53 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: HeatherRadish
at May 10, 2010 04:50 PM (mR7mk)
The last remaining Great Lakes Sturgeons committed suicide after reading that post.
Posted by: Ludicrous Speed at May 10, 2010 12:54 PM (PWj+8)
Posted by: Luca Brasi at May 10, 2010 12:56 PM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: don at May 10, 2010 12:56 PM (tTj19)
....he's an old-time Philly pol, he knows who to grease
Yup, he was Ira Einhorn's (co-founder of Earth Day and girlfriend murderer) defense attorney (and not a public defender, either). He is absolutely slimy.
Hey, has anyone seen Nam Grunt or Teej around here lately? Does anyone know what's going on with them?
Posted by: runningrn at May 10, 2010 12:58 PM (CfmlF)
"I like the essay and your writing style, Ace, but it kind of elicited a "I hope Ace writes about how the Pope might be Catholic" response."
The Pope is Catholic, too? Fire up the Gulfstreams, he and I need to talk!
Posted by: Nancy "Commingling of Church & State" Pelosi at May 10, 2010 12:59 PM (5npD/)
Hey, has anyone seen Nam Grunt or Teej around here lately? Does anyone know what's going on with them?
What happened to Peaches?
Posted by: Fred Jones, Scooby Gangmember at May 10, 2010 01:00 PM (uFokq)
Posted by: maddogg at May 10, 2010 01:01 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: sifty at May 10, 2010 01:01 PM (ntih1)
"has anyone seen Nam Grunt"
You know, now that you mention it, just last week I heard a muffled boom coming from the east, followed by the distinct smell of grilled chicken...
Posted by: Nancy at May 10, 2010 01:01 PM (5npD/)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 10, 2010 01:01 PM (SB0V2)
The main reason for Sestak's lead in the polls:
Sestak is running a devastating commercial with footage of Specter saying he switched parties "in order to get re-elected". It's killing Specter.
Posted by: Ed Anger at May 10, 2010 01:03 PM (7+pP9)
Benidect Spector and the magic bullet theory,may they both never be heard from again.
Posted by: ziptie at May 10, 2010 01:03 PM (UdYT0)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at May 10, 2010 01:04 PM (RkRxq)
Alinsky's Rules for Radicals.
Rule 4: Make opponents live up to their own book of rules. “You can kill them with this, for they can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church can live up to Christianity.”
The media pretends their story lines are neutral, but as Ace points out, they are only interested in highlighting the instances when politicians and figures on the Right transgress the Right's rules.
Posted by: stuiec at May 10, 2010 01:04 PM (7AOgy)
Posted by: The MFM at May 10, 2010 01:04 PM (TPtoC)
Asking questions about people who you think might be lying is not a conspiracy theory...it's an investigation.
If, say, I think the Obama admin is withholding information about Nadil Hassan, it doesn't make me a conspiracay theorist to demand to know What They Know & When Did They Know It.
Posted by: Fred Jones, Scooby Gangmember at May 10, 2010 01:04 PM (uFokq)
Nothing fatal, of course, just enough so that he needs to "spend more time with his family".
/having a seriously grouchy somebitch day.
Posted by: sifty at May 10, 2010 01:05 PM (ntih1)
I think it's too late. PA primaries are closed, and it's too late to change party affiliation.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 10, 2010 01:07 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 10, 2010 01:08 PM (SB0V2)
Posted by: Bevis at May 10, 2010 01:10 PM (68tQb)
Posted by: Georgie at May 10, 2010 01:10 PM (I+7Zv)
Ah, good for you! I didn't participate in Operation Chaos, btw.
Haven't been really paying attention to the gov race, although I'm hearing tons of ads from the Dem candidates.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 10, 2010 01:10 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: laceyunderalls hatin' on the long legged mack daddy at May 10, 2010 05:08 PM (pLTLS)
The dude reminds me of Stanley on The Office!
Posted by: runningrn at May 10, 2010 01:11 PM (CfmlF)
Posted by: runningrn at May 10, 2010 01:12 PM (CfmlF)
Don't track that Oprah relativism in the house. Leave it out on the lawn with the rest of the dog shit.
Posted by: long-legged mack sifty at May 10, 2010 01:13 PM (ntih1)
o/t
Federal Reserve opens credit line to Europe. What could go wrong?The move comes after the European Union and International Monetary Fund pledged a nearly $1 trillion defense package for the embattled euro, hoping to calm jittery markets and halt attacks on the eurozone’s weakest members. The ECB also jumped into the bond market Sunday night, saying it is ready to buy eurozone bonds to shore up liquidity in “dysfunctional” markets
@zero hedge
Posted by: willow at May 10, 2010 01:14 PM (7FgWm)
Note this. Joos are 2% of US population, yet 1/3 of the Supreme Court Justices are Jewish. From Wiki:
She would also become the eighth Jewish justice in the Supreme Court's history, and the third on the current bench.
Of course, having all the Justices go to Yale or Harvard is another story.
Posted by: Kemp at May 10, 2010 01:15 PM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: The MFM at May 10, 2010 01:16 PM (TPtoC)
Is this crackdragon, or another troll? Can't tell - they all basically use the same template.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 10, 2010 01:16 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: long-legged mack sifty at May 10, 2010 01:18 PM (ntih1)
The dude reminds me of Stanley on The Office!
Translation: he will only be happy on Pretzel Day®
Posted by: laceyunderalls hatin' on the long legged mack daddy at May 10, 2010 01:19 PM (pLTLS)
Is this crackdragon, or another troll? Can't tell - they all basically use the same template.
He left off his first name; Boy.
Posted by: maddogg at May 10, 2010 01:19 PM (OlN4e)
Another troll, trying to bring teh funny sockpuppet and failing miserably.
Also, apparently, posting from 2006.
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 10, 2010 01:19 PM (4OL2Z)
Posted by: The MFM at May 10, 2010 01:20 PM (TPtoC)
Posted by: Crypt Keeper at May 10, 2010 01:22 PM (4XzsU)
Posted by: Moonbat T. Sumbitch at May 10, 2010 01:22 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: MFM at May 10, 2010 01:22 PM (ntih1)
o/t
The move comes after the European Union and International Monetary Fund pledged a nearly $1 trillion defense package for the embattled euro, hoping to calm jittery markets and halt attacks on the eurozone’s weakest members. The ECB also jumped into the bond market Sunday night, saying it is ready to buy eurozone bonds to shore up liquidity in “dysfunctional” markets
@zero hedge errr, and Hot air
Posted by: willow at May 10, 2010 01:22 PM (7FgWm)
Posted by: The MFM at May 10, 2010 01:23 PM (TPtoC)
The dude reminds me of Stanley on The Office!
Translation: he will only be happy on Pretzel Day®
Posted by: laceyunderalls hatin' on the long legged mack daddy at May
10, 2010 05:19 PM (pLTLS)
They taste so sweet, sticking it in my mouth.
Posted by: Michael Scott at May 10, 2010 01:23 PM (Mmw0q)
Tennessee I no see you!
Funny how the whole Kagen thing has completely obliterated any news of Tennessee from the headlines, isn't it? The MFM knows there's black people living there, don't they?
Posted by: Dang Straights at May 10, 2010 01:24 PM (fx8sm)
Posted by: long-legged mack sifty at May 10, 2010 01:24 PM (ntih1)
They taste so sweet, sticking it in
my mouth.
Posted by: Michael Scott at May 10, 2010 05:23 PM (Mmw0q)
That's what she said.
Posted by: Stanley Hudson at May 10, 2010 01:25 PM (Mmw0q)
Where's Bob Corker?
Where's Lamar?
If these two shitbag senators would get off their asses and 'raise awareness, maybe we could ding Obama a little bit. But they don't give a shit about neither their constituents nor the Republican party.
Posted by: Fred Jones, Scooby Gangmember at May 10, 2010 01:26 PM (uFokq)
Posted by: The MFM at May 10, 2010 01:27 PM (TPtoC)
Funny how the whole Kagen thing has completely obliterated any news of Tennessee from the headlines, isn't it? The MFM knows there's black people living there, don't they?
Dang, I don't think the MFM is smart enough to know there are black people in Nashville. They view that city as an haven for red necked, white, country music loving hicks. Racist red necks deserve to drown in floods; it's cosmic karma for all those cross burnings.
Posted by: runningrn at May 10, 2010 01:29 PM (CfmlF)
Not bad satire; try a little harder...
Posted by: backhoe at May 10, 2010 01:30 PM (AWAAB)
Posted by: MFM at May 10, 2010 01:30 PM (ntih1)
Posted by: The MFM at May 10, 2010 01:32 PM (TPtoC)
Note this. Joos are 2% of US population, yet 1/3 of the Supreme Court Justices are Jewish. From Wiki:
She would also become the eighth Jewish justice in the Supreme Court's history, and the third on the current bench.
Of course, having all the Justices go to Yale or Harvard is another story.
Posted by: Kemp at May 10, 2010 05:15 PM (2+9Yx
Heh heh you need to get up with the times man! Cause you know the times they are a changin! http://tinyurl.com/27zgq47
Posted by: NYC Joo what used to be liberal till bernie madoff with my entire lifes savings at May 10, 2010 01:32 PM (68tQb)
Posted by: Moonbat T. Sumbitch at May 10, 2010 01:34 PM (P33XN)
Remember how funny it was when the president said something stupid?
Those were the days!
Posted by: Teh MFM at May 10, 2010 01:34 PM (Mmw0q)
Posted by: societyis2blame at May 10, 2010 01:34 PM (7ZyYf)
Posted by: Insider at May 10, 2010 01:35 PM (gbCNS)
Sestak Tops Specter, 47-42
Dammit! Why didn't somebody tell me that football season had started!
Posted by: conscious, but blinded by ugly at May 10, 2010 01:36 PM (YVZlY)
Posted by: The MFM at May 10, 2010 01:36 PM (TPtoC)
Posted by: The MFM at May 10, 2010 01:39 PM (TPtoC)
Posted by: Moonbat T. Sumbitch at May 10, 2010 01:40 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: Tim winters at May 10, 2010 01:41 PM (Gl1VP)
Some things cannot be compromised on. Democrats are playing "just gonna put the tip in, I swear" politics.
Compromise got us Reagan's Amnesty and McCain-Feingold and a host of other bullshit. It almost got us Amnesty II and Crap and Tax.
Posted by: long-legged mack sifty at May 10, 2010 01:43 PM (ntih1)
This should put Specter over the top:
Kerry endorses Specter in Dem primary - http://is.gd/c3fXM
Posted by: conscious, but blinded by ugly at May 10, 2010 01:47 PM (YVZlY)
Posted by: Ending a sentence is something up with which I will not put at May 10, 2010 01:47 PM (gbCNS)
Like when instant replay shows the Yankees runner was clearly out but the umpire called him safe: "The Yankees win by bad calls! That's why baseball needs an instant-replay official."
And when instant replay shows the Red Sox runner was clearly out but the umpire called him safe: "Hey, that's part of the game. Officials are human and they'll make mistakes sometimes, but not having an instant-replay official keeps the game pure."
Posted by: FireHorse at May 10, 2010 01:47 PM (cQyWA)
Posted by: sonnyspats at May 10, 2010 01:48 PM (68tQb)
Posted by: Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put at May 10, 2010 01:50 PM (gbCNS)
This should put Specter over the top:
Kerry endorses Specter in Dem primary
Specter lurching to a win?
Posted by: runningrn at May 10, 2010 01:54 PM (CfmlF)
I'm having this wild dream of Rush buying Newsweek - going to free distribution and filling it with writers like yourself.
Posted by: Jean at May 10, 2010 02:19 PM (CPefM)
This should put Specter over the top:
Kerry endorses Specter in Dem primary
Specter lurching to a win?
Posted by: runningrn at May 10, 2010 05:54 PM (CfmlF)
Did you know that Kerry served in Vietnam?
Posted by: Ludicrous Speed at May 10, 2010 02:32 PM (PWj+8)
Posted by: 88cid at May 10, 2010 03:18 PM (yM/qQ)
Ace,
I know this is WAY down on your priority list but PLEASE get rid of the italics. It is VERY hard to read.
Posted by: Anabolic State at May 11, 2010 08:21 AM (4me+L)
Posted by: dfcvbcb at May 18, 2010 08:55 PM (eU/Oa)
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