August 25, 2010
— Ace Politico wanted to call it over, too, because Politico was determined to write the storyline that insurgents (read: Tea Party) went down in flames. First they claimed all insurgents lost, then Scott won in Florida, so Politico changed that to say he was the exception that proved the rule that all insurgents fail.
Mickey Kaus was giving them smack about it all night.
Two days ago, Slate went full-retard.
Mama Grizzly Man
Why the candidate of Sarah Palin and the Tea Party Express is losing in Alaska.
By Alexandra GutierrezPosted Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, at 5:54 PM ET
UNALASKA, Alaska—On Tuesday, in her home state, Sarah Palin's favorite will probably get trounced. Joe Miller is widely expected to lose by a large margin to incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Republican primary—an embarrassing defeat for the former governor, who has endorsed Miller, but also to Miller's other major backer, the Tea Party Express....
Not surprisingly, Steve Wackowski, a campaign spokesman for Murkowski, agrees that backing from Palin and the Tea Party Express is more of a liability for Miller than anything else. "It turns Alaskans off when outside groups from the Lower 48 like this California Tea Party Express come out and try to tell Alaskans how to vote and what they should be doing," says Wackowski. "I'm from here; I grew up here. And whether it's extreme environmentalists telling us that we can't drill in ANWR or that we can't do predator control to manage our game stocks, I think that really rubs Alaskans the wrong way. On Tuesday, you're going to see evidence of that."
Despite the long odds, Miller's team is still feeling optimistic. On Friday Sarah Palin wrote yet another Facebook post extolling his commonsense conservative values, and campaign spokesman Randy DeSoto says internal polls show that the campaign is within one point of Murkowski. The race is "pretty much neck and neck," he says. On Tuesday, we'll find out exactly how close those necks are.
In fairness, there was some polling showing Miller behind. But... This was an article written to describe what the author wished to happen, and what the intended audience joined him in wishing with all their hearts would happen.
Earlier tonight, someone called The Politico's claim of insurgents (again: by that they meant Tea Party favorites) failing so disastrously a case of spin.
I don't even think it's spin. Spin is when you know you're lying. These guys aren't lying.
They're wish-casting. They are not telling you any sort of objective reasonable assessment of likelihood; they are just telling you what their shriveled black hearts wish would happen.
This is 60% of media "horse-race" coverage; it's 40% genuine likelihood-assessment by checking with statisticians and pollsters, and it's 60% just wish-casting. I want Joe Miller to lose because she was endorsed by Sarah Palin and I hate her, so of course that's what I think will happen.
They're not broadcasters, they're wishcasters. They're so partisan they can't even separate this function out from their driving rah-rah impulse.
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Well, so much for that whole "wise latina" thing....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 25, 2010 12:33 AM (3WdEX)
Joe Miller is widely expected to lose by a large margin to incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Republican primary—an embarrassing defeat for the former governor, who has endorsed Miller, but also to Miller's other major backer, the Tea Party Express.
Yeesh.
Is there anything above full-retard? You know, like "above top secret"?
Posted by: rdbrewer at August 25, 2010 12:33 AM (X+sda)
Posted by: some wench at August 25, 2010 12:33 AM (uJBct)
Posted by: rdbrewer at August 25, 2010 12:34 AM (X+sda)
Miller, Joe REP 44586 51.74%
Murkowski, Lisa REP 41590 48.26%
A little tighter, but getting 7 more % are in now. Looking good.
Posted by: Smapty at August 25, 2010 12:41 AM (bAySe)
I can't believe how far Slate went out on the limb there. But I don't suppose there's enough shame in the whole organization for anyone to take note of how bad the call was.
The power of wishing. Wasn't Angela Lansbury in a fantasy movie that dealt with the power of dreams? Or was that Jiminy Cricket?
Posted by: rdbrewer at August 25, 2010 12:45 AM (X+sda)
Posted by: some wench at August 25, 2010 12:53 AM (uJBct)
Posted by: rdbrewer at August 25, 2010 12:55 AM (X+sda)
So, she's the news director of a NPR station in a town of 4300 in the freaking Aleutians?
Great catch Slate. You were lucky to get her.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 25, 2010 12:57 AM (3WdEX)
Hope that holds true. I've just experienced the disappointment of too many King County elections where as more ballots come in - the conservative loses. Hopefully AK doesn't have the same track record.
Posted by: some wench at August 25, 2010 01:00 AM (uJBct)
Posted by: JFH at August 25, 2010 01:00 AM (cPQlR)
"Not sure where confusion came from, but Division of Elections now saying they'll continue counting through the night."
Earlier they reported:
"Division of Elections says counting will stop at 12:30 a.m., resume in the morning."
Posted by: Jon at August 25, 2010 01:02 AM (4NDwx)
We're talking about Republicans not Dems, they don't have the Dem organization skill or experience at throwing close elections (no matter how corrupt you think the Murkowski's are)
Posted by: JFH at August 25, 2010 01:03 AM (cPQlR)
7,600 absentee ballots had been returned. The first count of absentees will be next Tuesday.
The Alaska Division of Elections said over 16,000 absentee ballots were requested.
Absentee ballots will continue to be counted as they trickle in on Sept. 3 and on Sept. 8.
Posted by: Jon at August 25, 2010 01:03 AM (4NDwx)
Posted by: Cheesecakecrush at August 25, 2010 01:10 AM (CpRSg)
Posted by: JFH at August 25, 2010 01:15 AM (cPQlR)
Oh, no.
Not at all.
I just got done writing a condolence e-mail to "my guy" who lost his primary bid for a House Rep. seat to some guy who was very much a Tea Party candidate.
I had been hearing about Jessy Kelly, for months before "my guy" even entered the race, at Tea Parties.
(One major difference, here in AZ, which may end up being very salutary, at least in this environment, is that the credible major state and local Tea Party organizers refused to endorse particular candidates.)
I made a decision some months ago, in favor of a more established Republican State Senator to go up a against the incumbent Dem for a U.S. House Seat for a variety of reasons but one amongst them was my feeling that he was more ready to play in the "big leagues" than the "grassroots" guy.
Still. The enthusiasm (and frankly, word of mouth name recognition) was solidly behind the Tea Party guy simply because he showed up, pretty early and pretty often. I'm betting that "my guy" had him beat on access to funding too.
Honestly though, this primary was a goddamn embarrassment of riches. So many decent damn candidates, all at once!
Where the hell have you southern AZ (R's) been all of my political life?
People think of AZ as being some sort of deep-red conservative state, that should be an automatic gimme for the GOP but I don't think that it is.
Not counting the blatantly ethnically gerrymandered districts, I've not seen my local GOP even make an effort to field even one candidate in far too many local elections, never mind organizing some support for those who do run, if at least to counteract the teacher's unions.
It's like conservative leaning voters in AZ exist simply to vote (R) for national candidates and we can just rot in some 3rd world shanty right next to Mexico as far as the people in D.C. are concerned.
I'm not a lunatic, nor a racist, nor a bigot.
Certainly, I could never be classified as some sort of "purity conservative".
Neither am I some sort of unlettered, naif, unsophisticated in the workings of a too confusing, cosmopolitan, modern, global world.
Posted by: Deety at August 25, 2010 01:17 AM (aVzyR)
You'd think they'd start to get a clue at some point. Not to mention Scott Brown in 'Kennedy's seat'. The grubby masses are cranky.
Posted by: some wench at August 25, 2010 01:19 AM (uJBct)
Yeah, sure, until the very second the primary is over, at which point all those born again righties will start clarifying what they said earlier. Happens every primary season, and this one will be no different.
Posted by: Ace's liver at August 25, 2010 01:22 AM (LtIsn)
Posted by: Smapty at August 25, 2010 01:30 AM (bAySe)
Nah, if it doesn't fit the MSM narrative, they'll quckly gloss over any distasteful news and focus on the color of Palin's lipstick and how 'last year' and gauche it is.
Posted by: some wench at August 25, 2010 01:34 AM (uJBct)
Posted by: Cheesecakecrush at August 25, 2010 05:10 AM (CpRSg)
You nailed it, Cheesecake!
Sarah Palin Tweeted about "exporting AK's miracle on ice!"
Posted by: Jenfidel at August 25, 2010 01:48 AM (9PR01)
http://www.thestreet.com/story/
10837898/2/cramer-bad-data-has-silver-lining.html
Cramer: Bad Data Has Silver Lining
“Or they fear the wrath of Obama, which, on Wall Street, by the way, feels like the wrath of Nixon.”
“…nobody wants to criticize this president other than the people who are paid to criticize — the Republicans in Congress and various news entities that cater to the right. You take your public life in your hands the moment you do.”
“It’s dangerous. The national media’s warmth toward the president and Congress extends to the business press so no one wants to draw the line to say “OK, the data is bad so we are going to get the GOP in and so we have to hope the data stays bad.” No one wants to say, “Goodie, we may be doing worse than we thought, let’s go buy stocks.” You will be nailed nine ways to Sunday by the adoring press.”
“It is amazing to me that no one will break ranks and say out loud what they say to me 10 times a day: “This president hates business, hates successful business people, and hates the basic way business is done in this country!””
Read the whole thing.
Posted by: Looking Glass at August 25, 2010 01:51 AM (8VsjU)
Posted by: CAC at August 25, 2010 01:53 AM (lV4Fs)
Posted by: CAC at August 25, 2010 02:09 AM (lV4Fs)
If the lead continues to shrink this could go down to the wire.
Posted by: Vic at August 25, 2010 02:35 AM (/jbAw)
I suspect these are all from the boonies, meaning there might be a very small # of votes to be found. The last updated was 7% of the precincts reporting, yet only a couple thousand votes came in for the GOP race.
Posted by: Smapty at August 25, 2010 02:40 AM (bAySe)
Posted by: Vic at August 25, 2010 02:42 AM (/jbAw)
Posted by: madamex at August 25, 2010 06:43 AM (jChrK)
That is far too many for an AK primary.
Since it is now quarter to 3 am in AK now I suspect that updates will be slow in coming as well now.
Posted by: Vic at August 25, 2010 02:45 AM (/jbAw)
http://www.elect.alaska.net/data/results.pdf
If I'm reading this right...
No votes for GOP Senate = 691
No votes for DEM Senate = 10,468
Posted by: Smapty at August 25, 2010 02:48 AM (bAySe)
Posted by: Jean at August 25, 2010 02:54 AM (YPH5r)
And is he related to Steve Miller?
And why do I have to like their songs?
Posted by: Garbonzo the Garrulous at August 25, 2010 03:01 AM (oL8lS)
I am having a hard time getting the Fox page to update. It keeps hanging up.
Posted by: Vic at August 25, 2010 03:04 AM (/jbAw)
Posted by: Jean at August 25, 2010 03:08 AM (YPH5r)
The only people stupid enough to believe a lie like that are the Obama base voters. Will not do them any good in an R primary.
Posted by: Vic at August 25, 2010 03:11 AM (/jbAw)
Posted by: Vic at August 25, 2010 03:13 AM (/jbAw)
Posted by: Jean at August 25, 2010 03:13 AM (YPH5r)
"It turns Alaskans off when outside groups from the Lower 48 like this California Tea Party Express come out and try to tell Alaskans how to vote and what they should be doing," says Wackowski. "I'm from here; I grew up here. And whether it's extreme environmentalists telling us that we can't drill in ANWR or that we can't do predator control to manage our game stocks, I think that really rubs Alaskans the wrong way. On Tuesday, you're going to see evidence of that."
This should make a good addition to the Polack joke inventory.
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 25, 2010 03:14 AM (EPgc2)
Posted by: Jean at August 25, 2010 03:19 AM (YPH5r)
Miller's lead over Murkowski shrank from 2,996 votes to 2,555 votes.
The majority of the precincts that are still out are on the western coast and the North Slope. One precinct in Anchorage is out. Five precincts are still out in Denali Borough. There are 10 precincts still out in the Bush country.
Posted by: Jon at August 25, 2010 03:20 AM (4NDwx)
Posted by: Jean at August 25, 2010 03:21 AM (YPH5r)
Posted by: spypeach at August 25, 2010 03:34 AM (PedQN)
Posted by: Jean at August 25, 2010 03:37 AM (YPH5r)
Posted by: section9 at August 25, 2010 03:46 AM (H6lGz)
No shit. I watched one of the primary counts one LD over and I was astounded!
The gal I liked got the GOP win but Jesus, is she so fucked!
Raul Grijalva got more Dems to come out and vote for him, in his district than he got Dem voters in Pima County to vote for any other office, up ticket or down, in the state or county by insane margins.
This creep doesn't even need campaign funds nor contributions over $3,000 dollars and he still gets almost 17,380 jackholes to show up and vote for his ass in an uncontested primary?
No!
Look at his district! Look at the precincts!
They neither voted up nor down ticket!
68% of these tools voted for him, exclusively.
The same guy who said that he was all cool with, even encouraged an international economic boycott on AZ, because that's what we so deserve for being so racist and stupid as to be Arizonans and not wealthy enough to live in D.C....
Sorry, as much as I adore Ruth McClung, she's soo fucked so long as she keeps fighting for this territory.
Never gonna happen, not in this district, ever.
I don't see how anyone can overcome stats like 17,380 voters for an uncontested Dem incumbent in a super-safe gerrymandered district compared to 10,754 voters total on the (R) ticket.
How the hell did Grijalva get even 10,000 people to show up and vote for his ass?
That's a fucking fascinating question.
It's gotta be organized fucking labor somehow.
We are a right to work state but...
Posted by: Deety at August 25, 2010 03:48 AM (aVzyR)
Posted by: dogfish at August 25, 2010 03:52 AM (MevMz)
The federal dollars going into AK are a myth from the liberals and the MFM, just like they are for all the other States. They like to add up ALL of the federal dollars and call it pork which is an outright lie.
This skewed counting hides the fact that States like NY are getting the lion's share of pork from a variety of sources. AK gets a lot of federal dollars because they have a lot of federal jobs since the feds own almost ALL the land in AK and there is a lot of military in AK. Those are not "pork" jobs. Sure Stevens and this scrunt brought in some pork but compared to some of the more blue States it is a drop in the bucket.
Posted by: Vic at August 25, 2010 03:59 AM (/jbAw)
I'd say they should be calling it for Miller except for maybe absentee ballots.
Posted by: Vic at August 25, 2010 04:02 AM (/jbAw)
Vic never fails to charm the hell out of me.
I don't wan't to marry Vic, perzactly but I hope that I get to marry someone, much younger, who would be likely to turn out very much like Vic in 30 years or so.
I am such a god damned weirdo!
I'm 28 years old, and a virgin!
A spinster!
There is no hope for me...
Posted by: Deety at August 25, 2010 04:03 AM (aVzyR)
I'm flattered but apparently I have been married about as long as you have been alive.
I wish you much luck in finding a younger Vic but I must admit that I an a real Moron who drinks far too much.
Posted by: Vic at August 25, 2010 04:06 AM (/jbAw)
Posted by: Vic at August 25, 2010 08:06 AM (/jbAw)
*sigh*
Aren't they all?
Posted by: RushBabe at August 25, 2010 04:09 AM (a3Z62)
Posted by: Smapty at August 25, 2010 04:12 AM (bAySe)
Last night on Special Report with Bret Baier the 30% Highly Educated White GOP Dr Krauthammer called it for Murkowski while the polls were still open in Alaska.
Time for the 30% Highly Educated White GOP to leave the room and go home to do homework since these Ruling Class Republicans are as out of touch with the American people as is President Barack Obama.
Posted by: Harvard Inbred=Liberal's Useful Idiots at August 25, 2010 04:19 AM (+xhL8)
Posted by: RushBabe at August 25, 2010 04:20 AM (a3Z62)
06-607 Marshall REP NP 129 129 0 191
16-170 Snowshoe REP NP 146 146 0 2522
30-855 Laurel/Dowling REP NP 169 169 0 2065
37-718 Ekwok REP NP 98 98 0 78
37-740 St. Paul Island REP NP 98 98 0 332
38-810 Bethel #3 REP NP 182 182 0 1214
40-006 Atqasuk REP NP 186 186 0 136
40-008 Barrow REP NP 186 186 0 1018
40-032 Point Hope REP NP 186 186 0 373
40-010 Browerville REP NP 186 186 0 1541
Posted by: Smapty at August 25, 2010 04:21 AM (bAySe)
Posted by: dogfish at August 25, 2010 04:23 AM (MevMz)
Murkowski would need over 100% of the remaining vote.
That's what is know in the business as "Frankening".
Posted by: Countrysquire at August 25, 2010 04:25 AM (e910j)
Grijalva's turnout - that's called the Mexican Mafia, my friend. Believe it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 25, 2010 08:11 AM (wk1nH)
Even though AZ 25th is ONLY DEM +6, it is 50% Hispanic Mexican and Grijalva is a full-on amnesty loon and post-Mexican voters would vote for a rotting corpse over an Anglo if that corpse had a Hispanic surname.
It also has seven Indian tribes, and they typically swing about 85%+ Dem.
Yeah, it's an almost hopeless district that was created in 2002 and has gone Dem on every election since then. The best the Republicans ever did there was in 2002 (post 9/11 effect?) and even then it was 59% Dem.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at August 25, 2010 04:25 AM (oIp16)
16-170 Snowshoe REP NP 146 146 0 2522
30-855 Laurel/Dowling REP NP 169 169 0 2065
37-718 Ekwok REP NP 98 98 0 78
37-740 St. Paul Island REP NP 98 98 0 332
38-810 Bethel #3 REP NP 182 182 0 1214
40-006 Atqasuk REP NP 186 186 0 136
40-008 Barrow REP NP 186 186 0 1018
40-032 Point Hope REP NP 186 186 0 373
40-010 Browerville REP NP 186 186 0 1541
Last number is the total voter role, with a total of....
9470 registered voters.
So far, the GOP has gotten 18.59% of the voter roles... extraploating, that gives us....
1,760 votes to get
Even with 100% of that she can't win without opening up the mail-ins alone.
Sorry for dbl post.
Posted by: Smapty at August 25, 2010 04:27 AM (bAySe)
Also...why do states not count absentee ballots until the end? If those are in early, why can't the be counted early? (Yes, I know...then the dems wouldn't know how many they needed to 'win')...but other than that.
Posted by: Tami at August 25, 2010 04:33 AM (VuLos)
I was feeling a tinge of guilt that I never sent in my absentee ballot for Alaska to cast my vote for Joe, especially after receiving a long-distance phone call from Sarah Palin. I did receive a lot of campaign correspondence for all of the leading Repub candidates at my residence somewhere east of the Rockies, so I can say that the outreach was effective.
But I don't know if the mailman counts all of the absentee ballots I get from the states I used to be stationed in, so I didn't want to attract attention.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 25, 2010 04:33 AM (8lCJT)
Posted by: runningrn at August 25, 2010 04:35 AM (CfmlF)
I just heard radio guy use the words "terrifying", sickening", disgusting", repulsive" and "insulting" all in one sentence.
Posted by: Lincolntf at August 25, 2010 04:40 AM (b09DL)
Re: Quayle....I was working at my college newspaper in 1992 as a cub reporter. I worked the election night issue--I wasn't strongly Repub or conservative but I did vote for Bush.
After witnessing the blatant bias, the insults, the consummate self-righteousness, what finally set me off was when they posted on the computer screens that "Bush had won Idahoe."
I've been a right-winger to this day.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 25, 2010 04:41 AM (8lCJT)
Total Number of Precincts
438
Precincts Reporting
429 97.9 % Times Counted
90618/487456 18.6 % Total Votes
89858
Miller, Joe REP 45909 51.09% Murkowski, Lisa REP 43949 48.91%
Posted by: curious at August 25, 2010 04:42 AM (p302b)
Posted by: Methos at August 25, 2010 04:43 AM (1sroz)
Can't help being charmed though.
Not my fault.
I am just an innocent 28 year old shop-girl, wearing a subtly tight skirt, not terribly flattering glasses, and a high-piled hair-do connected to the third button on my blouse.
I dunno, I guess it could happen.
A gentle caress of my cheek by a sensitive, intense bookstore soul, could lead to the gentle brushing aside of my limiting glasses, to reveal my amazing eyes and the simultaneous cascade of my flowing hair and popping of the 3rd button on my blouse.
(No. In practice, that pretty much ends up a call to security, or a fight plan to try to crush some dude's larynx, if you have to go to your car alone.)
Posted by: Deety at August 25, 2010 04:43 AM (aVzyR)
As for why they wait until last to count absentee ballots it is because if the race is a blow away some States do not even count them. For example in the FL R primary it would be a waste of time and money to count the absentee ballots.
And me and Herr running on the Moron ticket??? If I am still around the next time Lindsey is up maybe I will.
Herr will have to speak for OH himself and maybe we can get Monty in there as well in WI(?).
Posted by: Vic at August 25, 2010 04:45 AM (/jbAw)
Posted by: Smapty at August 25, 2010 04:47 AM (bAySe)
Posted by: MR pink at August 25, 2010 04:49 AM (DG1xe)
Posted by: curious at August 25, 2010 04:50 AM (p302b)
The Commerce Department said durable goods orders rose 0.3 percent after a revised 0.1 percent fall in June. Excluding transportation, orders dropped 3.8 percent—the biggest fall since January 2009—after rising 0.2 percent in June.
Analysts
polled by Reuters had forecast orders increasing 2.8 percent last month
from June's previously reported 1.2 percent fall. Orders excluding
transportation had been forecast to increase 0.5 percent from a
previously reported 0.9 percent fall.
It's CNBC...I'm too lazy to do a tinyurl.
Posted by: Tami at August 25, 2010 04:51 AM (VuLos)
Depends on how tight they are. However, if they are like my precinct 90% of the time the down ballot offices are unopposed. (Republicans here rarely field local candidates).
Posted by: Vic at August 25, 2010 04:52 AM (/jbAw)
Posted by: curious at August 25, 2010 08:50 AM (p302b)
It could happen.
Posted by: Vic at August 25, 2010 04:52 AM (/jbAw)
Posted by: Tami at August 25, 2010 04:54 AM (VuLos)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at August 25, 2010 04:55 AM (pyi1D)
The final results of the race won't be known for over a week. The Alaska Division of Elections said over 16,000 absentee ballots were requested and as of Monday night 7,600 had been returned. The first count of absentees will be next Tuesday and there will be two subsequent counts as the absentee votes trickle in on Sept. 3 and on Sept. 8.
Posted by: Tami at August 25, 2010 04:58 AM (VuLos)
Posted by: RickS at August 25, 2010 04:58 AM (9A7mh)
Posted by: Slate at August 25, 2010 05:01 AM (zyaZ1)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 25, 2010 05:01 AM (eOXTH)
Last night when Sin D was standing next to him.....geez was she deliberately trying to be Babs Bush?
Posted by: curious at August 25, 2010 05:04 AM (p302b)
So she got some more yesterday and asked me to make my "patented" crock pot spaghetti sauce today so we can have it again with more sauce. Fixing it up now.
Posted by: Vic at August 25, 2010 05:04 AM (/jbAw)
Posted by: Vic at August 25, 2010 05:06 AM (/jbAw)
Posted by: MFM Whores at August 25, 2010 05:07 AM (CfmlF)
More mass graves found in Mexico.
72 here, 19 there, and more headless corpses with their genitals mutilated found hanging upside-down from Mexican overpasses... again.
After a while, it adds up.
Posted by: Jim in San Diego at August 25, 2010 05:07 AM (oIp16)
OT: Ladies wifey found some frozen beef and sausage ravioli a few weeks ago and we fixed it. It was good but a little short on sauce.
So she got some more yesterday and asked me to make my "patented" crock pot spaghetti sauce today so we can have it again with more sauce. Fixing it up now.
Vic you are a catch!
Posted by: MFM Whores at August 25, 2010 05:08 AM (CfmlF)
258 10 "Miller, Joe" "REP" 0 45909
259 20 "Murkowski, Lisa" "REP" 0 43949
LINK
Posted by: curious at August 25, 2010 05:08 AM (p302b)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 25, 2010 05:12 AM (eOXTH)
Posted by: NM Hick at August 25, 2010 05:18 AM (IzuWw)
Posted by: owwmer1 at August 25, 2010 05:18 AM (W/BbK)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at August 25, 2010 05:19 AM (PLvLS)
117 Not to judge a book by its cover or anything, but one look at this kinda tells me all I need to know about one Alexandra Gutierrez.
Ann Richards wallpaper? You got to be shittin' me.
I notice that she's not tweeting about the election this morning...hmmm.
Posted by: Countrysquire at August 25, 2010 05:23 AM (e910j)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 25, 2010 05:23 AM (eOXTH)
Posted by: Gaff at August 25, 2010 05:25 AM (jDWYv)
Posted by: Portnoy at August 25, 2010 05:27 AM (mT7uC)
i didn't watch....i saw a picture of it this morning.....she has aged 30 yrs since the presidential election though.....i guess the maintenance money went toward the senate primary.......
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 25, 2010 09:23 AM (eOXTH)
Note to self: Do not tangle with kittehs what come from AZ.
Posted by: NM Hick at August 25, 2010 05:27 AM (IzuWw)
Posted by: Techie at August 25, 2010 05:51 AM (jScGG)
Posted by: Moi at August 25, 2010 05:56 AM (Ez4Ql)
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 25, 2010 05:57 AM (EPgc2)
Is Alexandra Gutierrez even old enough to drive?
Posted by: Zimriel at August 25, 2010 05:58 AM (9Sbz+)
Just for giggles I looked up the surname "Gutierrez" online. It's apparently one of those Spanish patronics: Martinez, Rodriguez, etc etc. That is, "Rodriguez" is a descendent of some "Rodrigo", who was named after the last Visigothic king of Spain. The original Gutierre was (I'm gathering) also Visigothic.
Somewhere in Hell, her ancestor Alaric is facepalming.
Posted by: Zimriel at August 25, 2010 06:03 AM (9Sbz+)
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 25, 2010 06:09 AM (M6enm)
Here's the "excuse" from Alex' Twitter:
"A last-minute advertising push and a parental notification ballot measure played more than a little bit of a role in how this turned out."
Imagine that; a candidate advertising can help them win an election. You'd think such a sharp electoral analyst would know that going in.
Know what else played more than a little bit of a role?
Miller.
Murkowski.
Palin.
The Tea Party Support.
Posted by: Evan3457 at August 25, 2010 06:22 AM (Qy6qY)
A last-minute advertising push and a busted condom played more than a little bit of a role in how this turned out."
FIFY
And now she's a little bit pregnant. On such things do worlds turn.
Posted by: Blue Hen at August 25, 2010 06:27 AM (R2fpr)
I am such a god damned weirdo!
I'm 28 years old, and a virgin!
A spinster!
There is no hope for me...
I find you fascinating, and would very much like to subscribe to your newsletter to find out more. Unlike Vic, I'm single, but much older more mature older, and probably drinks too much.
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at August 25, 2010 06:32 AM (1hM1d)
Followup: I see Deety hails from somewhere in Arizona. If it helps my cause, I was born and raised in Bisbee. Pap was an underground copper miner with PD. We left in 1976, and I haven't been back since.
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at August 25, 2010 06:35 AM (1hM1d)
Is there anything above full-retard? You know, like "above top secret"?
Posted by: rdbrewer at August 25, 2010 04:33 AM (X+sda)
Microencephalitic? Pinhead? Or, with full redundancy mode on: pointy-headed pinhead?
Posted by: ya2daup at August 25, 2010 06:35 AM (yRrAd)
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/
Posted by: ClassicCon at August 25, 2010 06:43 AM (4YrEA)
Posted by: Techie at August 25, 2010 09:51 AM (jScGG)
The respective sockpuppets of Dave and Alexandra have the whole boyfriend / girlfriend thing going; those two are just playing along for the vicarious thrills.
Posted by: ya2daup at August 25, 2010 06:45 AM (yRrAd)
1 pound ground beef, 95% lean
1 cup onion -- chopped
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon PEPPER
1 teaspoon oregano
6 ounces tomato paste -- 1 can
3/4 teaspoon basil leaves
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon fennel seed
1 leaf bay leaf
16 ounces tomato sauce
15 1/2 ounces canned diced tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon marjoram
1/4 teaspoon rosemary
Stir in all ingredients except ground beef cook on low at least 4 hours
brown ground beef then stir into crockpot cook another hour or as long as you want.
(its really a modified Betty Crocker)
Posted by: Vic at August 25, 2010 06:51 AM (/jbAw)
All I want for xmas is to see Miller crushed like a roach under the heel of my big ass saddle oxfords.
There's a bene for you if you make it an early xmas present: whole-grain cookies under my holiday tree, directly below my favorite Mao ornament.
Just a heads up: I won't shop at Whole Foods when I'm pissed.
Thanks in advance, Satan Santa.
Love and peace, The Wishcaster
Posted by: shriveled black heart at August 25, 2010 07:38 AM (gbCNS)
Posted by: janet ney at August 25, 2010 07:51 AM (rSvmM)
Posted by: blackhawk12151 at August 25, 2010 07:53 AM (5+4Xn)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 25, 2010 08:04 AM (9eDbm)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 25, 2010 08:11 AM (664Zx)
Jim Treacher a ka The Daily Caller is pointing out that what-her-name is Dave Wiegel's girlfriend.
Not a big deal by any means but since Weigel is opening up that stinking pie hole he calls a career to defend her that should be kept in mind.
Frankly I'm going to watch Charles Krauthammer tonight on Bret Baier's show because it is definitely going to be interesting. Krauthammer had an interesting analysis pre-primary that Palin had the power to give candidates exposure but not the credibility to close the deal. He specifically predicted that Miller would not win.
So a serving of crow might be in the offing.
Posted by: memomachine at August 25, 2010 08:26 AM (MwCol)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 25, 2010 08:40 AM (mHQ7T)
Those two must really make the rounds gathering insight into the conservative movement in American politics.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 25, 2010 08:42 AM (mHQ7T)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 25, 2010 08:45 AM (mHQ7T)
Dear Liberal idiot (redundant),
God doesn't answer the prayers of godless atheist cheesedicks who refuse to call His Son by His name Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, and Santa thinks kids who don't understand the meaning of Christmas get a big lump of coal in their stockings. But maybe you can stick that coal up your tight, judgmental prudish ass and shit out a diamond next year.
Best wishes,
Bitter, Clinging, Racist Right Wing America Who Will Destroy You This Fall
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 25, 2010 08:55 AM (mHQ7T)
Posted by: rdbrewer at August 25, 2010 09:06 AM (X+sda)
I really didn't care about this primary, but I sure want to see Miller pull it out now so this witch Gutierrez has to EAT IT. Oh, and it's just delicious to find out that this "grizzly woman" is actually Dave Weigel's girlfriend!!
Who needs JournoList when you are actually fucking each other?
Posted by: rockmom at August 25, 2010 09:08 AM (w/gVZ)
Posted by: curious at August 25, 2010 08:50 AM (p302b)
In the same Arizona where the Democratic former governor appointed to run DHS called veterans terrorists and the President is suing the state and a sitting Republican governor who want to see our border laws enforced? No chance. In a year where Republicans can pick up between 6-12 Senate seats including Harry Reid's, the Democrats should spend their money elsewhere. Hayworth losing the primary was their last shot at that seat.
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at August 25, 2010 09:14 AM (mHQ7T)
Posted by: hrh at August 25, 2010 09:54 AM (62LhM)
Wonderful.
These RINO's don't take "drop dead" for an answer.
Posted by: Evan3457 at August 25, 2010 09:56 AM (Qy6qY)
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Posted by: Vic at August 25, 2010 12:26 AM (/jbAw)