August 18, 2010
— Ace I love the smell of desperation in the morning.
Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) was probably embarrassed when a student protester shoved a pie into his face, but two California candidates might have wanted just deserts.That's because the two congressional hopefuls have gone on hunger strike to demand a debate with Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.).
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The strike started with Democrat Ray Lutz, who said he got the idea from former California Rep. Jim Bates. Benoit immediately joined in. The pair are on their fifth day of a hunger strike they started at sundown on Aug. 12.
They want Hunter to join them in a series of debates beginning on Aug. 25. Hunter has agreed to debate Lutz and Benoit — but not until October.
"My hope is that he holds out and doesn't expire before October because that's when we're going to debate him, and we've told him that several times," said Dave Gilliard, a spokesman for Hunter.
Heh.
So far, Lutz has had a rough ride: He's missed 17 meals, lost 14 pounds, taken an enema to avoid toxic shock, talked to a doctor who recommended a salt-water purge, given up exercise and is so tired he has resorted to napping during the day.
These guys.
He's already announced he will not allow himself to die of hunger which sort of takes the whole point out of the hunger strike.
I should note that while Drudge has this headlined "Two DEM candidates" one of them is identified in the article as a Libertarian. I figure he's really a Democrat, so I'll go with Drudge.
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Posted by: sven10077 at August 18, 2010 10:32 AM (kq1lG)
Posted by: EC at August 18, 2010 10:34 AM (mAhn3)
So far, Lutz has had a rough ride: He's missed 17 meals, lost 14 pounds, taken an enema to avoid toxic shock, talked to a doctor who recommended a salt-water purge, given up exercise and is so tired he has resorted to napping during the day.
So in other words, he's doing exactly what the Progressive Trolls do everyday.
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at August 18, 2010 10:34 AM (YVZlY)
Fast away boys.
Posted by: EZB at August 18, 2010 10:34 AM (Ty06w)
I hope hunter has the debate, and a subject of the debate is having salt water shot up the democrats ass
Posted by: Ben at August 18, 2010 10:35 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 18, 2010 10:35 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: The Mantastic Tor at August 18, 2010 10:35 AM (Z58FF)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at August 18, 2010 10:36 AM (i6UsH)
Posted by: Andy Sullyvan at August 18, 2010 10:36 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: 1sttofight at August 18, 2010 10:37 AM (tA512)
Posted by: Dr. Spank at August 18, 2010 10:37 AM (xO+6C)
Quick! Someone dress up as a hot dog, or a fried chicken drumstick, and start following them around!
Posted by: theBman at August 18, 2010 10:37 AM (/vN7m)
Posted by: ECM at August 18, 2010 10:37 AM (nYKDd)
That's because the two congressional hopefuls have gone on hunger strike to demand a debate with Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.).
He should wait until they're really weak, and then, "it's on, babay!"
Posted by: rdbrewer at August 18, 2010 10:37 AM (t0jpM)
Excuse me, how insane are these guys?
Posted by: shillelagh at August 18, 2010 02:37 PM (Oz4Bj)
Remember...they're the grownups.
Posted by: CUS at August 18, 2010 10:38 AM (wOGfT)
Really, of all the things over time that people have used hunger strikes for, this is just the stupidest and makes a mockery of all the more "noble" hunger strikers. Not that a hunger strike ever strikes me as the way to get something done, but still.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 18, 2010 10:38 AM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 18, 2010 10:38 AM (NvFZs)
D-Insane'sville
http://tinyurl.com/2anuvas
of course it was know in our area he was cheating....
He was caught at a marion's pizza eating if memory serves/....
Posted by: sven10077 at August 18, 2010 10:39 AM (kq1lG)
May I ask why you did this fast?
Posted by: IreneFingIrene at August 18, 2010 10:40 AM (JNqU9)
Posted by: Slurpee King Barry at August 18, 2010 10:40 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 18, 2010 10:41 AM (kq1lG)
Posted by: Thar of the Broken Lands at August 18, 2010 10:41 AM (i6UsH)
he got the idea from former California Rep. Jim Bates.
And is it possible this Jim Bates character is just punking them? Or did he carry out a successful hunger strike?
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at August 18, 2010 10:41 AM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 18, 2010 10:41 AM (kq1lG)
Posted by: TheJoker at August 18, 2010 10:41 AM (+sBB4)
19 taken an enema to avoid toxic shock,
Couldn't he just have removed his tampon?
Oh, that is a fucking WINNER!!!!
Posted by: hobgoblin at August 18, 2010 10:42 AM (jcrhz)
Posted by: Mama AJ at August 18, 2010 10:42 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Roadking at August 18, 2010 02:34 PM (awdAI)
Just waiting for the endorsement from Cousin Oliver...I guess
Posted by: Radioactive Satellite Of LOVE at August 18, 2010 10:43 AM (zqzYV)
Posted by: Penfold at August 18, 2010 10:43 AM (1PeEC)
Obama has an entire collection of closets. First the Indonesian citizen one, then the Muslim one, then the homo one, then the socialist one, then the socialist Muslim homo one (Chandoo, I'm looking at you).
In that order I think
Posted by: hobgoblin at August 18, 2010 10:44 AM (jcrhz)
Anyone remember Jesse Jackson's "hunger strike" from a few years ago?
Posted by: Damn Skippy at August 18, 2010 10:44 AM (VDgKF)
Posted by: Timbo at August 18, 2010 10:44 AM (ph9vn)
Posted by: Keith Arnold at August 18, 2010 10:44 AM (Jdtsu)
Posted by: Chris R at August 18, 2010 10:45 AM (AO4qz)
Seriously, has a hunger strike ever worked?
Well, it worked for Ghandi. And.. um.. well... well it worked for Ghandi.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at August 18, 2010 10:45 AM (e8T35)
He's a piker, if he was a real protester he would douse himself in powerful gasoline and set himself on fire in the town square.
Kids these days.
Posted by: robtr at August 18, 2010 10:46 AM (fwSHf)
Posted by: Angry Beaver at August 18, 2010 10:46 AM (LY3Yj)
Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at August 18, 2010 10:46 AM (+lsX1)
Posted by: Thar of the Broken Lands at August 18, 2010 10:46 AM (i6UsH)
A 'hunger strike'? Seriously? Are they in 7th grade or something? I mean, I know this will resonate with califucktard idiots, but adults in most of the rest of the country just shake their heads.
Posted by: Dang Straights at August 18, 2010 10:47 AM (fx8sm)
Win win for the GOP. Either they cave or starve to death.
Rotfl.. no, all it means is they have one of their campaign workers picking up big macs for them instead of doing it themselves. Please.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at August 18, 2010 10:47 AM (e8T35)
finally, we have dems that live by their ideology
taking naps-instead of flying hither and fro
eating less methane creating cow
naps, more sleep less respirations . less talk win win
i wish all the dems would be so committed .
Posted by: willow channeling Pelosi at August 18, 2010 10:47 AM (SbsTp)
Nice. I fasted for only three days last month, water and vitamins and I was fine. The weird thing was that I was hungry but not starving, and could have gone for much longer but I had already reached my weight loss goal.
These Dems are fucking pansies.
Posted by: Ghee Buttersnaps at August 18, 2010 10:48 AM (gLNLT)
Posted by: sicoit at August 18, 2010 10:48 AM (OJZae)
Does. Not. Bode. Well.
Posted by: Keith Arnold at August 18, 2010 10:49 AM (Jdtsu)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at August 18, 2010 10:49 AM (i6UsH)
Posted by: Richard Simmons at August 18, 2010 10:49 AM (vCWr8)
and is so tired he has resorted to napping during the day
Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
Posted by: Truman North at August 18, 2010 10:50 AM (e8YaH)
Salt water purges and enemas as a political strategy? Sounds like they are going hard after the coveted Andi Sullivan demographic.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2010 10:51 AM (VW9/y)
and is so tired he has resorted to napping during the day
Oh the humanity.
If one of these guys has already dropped 14lbs they were a huge lardass to begin with.
Posted by: Dang Straights at August 18, 2010 10:52 AM (fx8sm)
"I have a moral right to debate my political opponent. And if he refuses, the weight of public opinion brought to focus by my hunger strike will force his hand."
Oh sure, I can see that working out. [pulls out copy of Constitution] Ah, here it is: "And Congress shall ensure the moral right of all men to debates at the time and place of the choosing of the challenger."
And now that I think about it, wasn't that how the Declaration of Independence began, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal and have the right to debate their political opponents at any time ...?"
Yes, yes of course. Why, as I recall the Lincoln-Douglass debates were initiated when Douglass invoked his Constitutional right to the debate.
Posted by: jimmuy at August 18, 2010 10:56 AM (jXG2x)
Yeah, but dumber than a "die-in"?
Posted by: Rob Crawford at August 18, 2010 10:57 AM (ZJ/un)
Posted by: Laura Castellano at August 18, 2010 10:59 AM (fuw6p)
Posted by: Moi at August 18, 2010 11:00 AM (Ez4Ql)
Posted by: Evil Red Scandi at August 18, 2010 11:01 AM (khet/)
Posted by: .Unclefacts, AoSHQ Pro Debate Squad, And Summoner Of Meteors. at August 18, 2010 11:01 AM (eCAn3)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at August 18, 2010 11:01 AM (HaYO4)
Posted by: Laura Castellano at August 18, 2010 11:07 AM (fuw6p)
Couldn't he just have removed his tampon?
No Need. He installed a set of, Sears "Steady Rider Toxic Shock Absorbers" Monday.
Posted by: GrumpyUnk at August 18, 2010 11:07 AM (3oN3T)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 18, 2010 11:08 AM (xmEXV)
Posted by: Ted Kennedy's Gristle Encased Head at August 18, 2010 02:46 PM (+lsX1)
that fat fuck has said openly that the Cordoba Ground Zero Victory Mosque and Fuck You America Center site is NOT part of the hallowed ground of Manhattan.
That bastard needs to be beaten.
Posted by: .Unclefacts, AoSHQ Pro Debate Squad, And Summoner Of Meteors. at August 18, 2010 11:08 AM (eCAn3)
At that point it's just a diet, really, so who gives a crap?
Posted by: Kensington at August 18, 2010 11:13 AM (mEyVv)
Posted by: Weew at August 18, 2010 11:13 AM (p05LM)
Posted by: awkward davies at August 18, 2010 11:15 AM (RNW0d)
Did this 'doctor', by chance, happen to have a bone in his nose?
Check the diploma.
Posted by: ThomasD at August 18, 2010 11:16 AM (21H5U)
Remove the shit from a Democrat and he'll only be 2 feet tall by the time they debate. Maybe he's going for the "little people" vote. Retards and dwarfs, the Dem's new strategy for demographic dominance.
Posted by: Alamo at August 18, 2010 11:24 AM (Mqupr)
Anyone remember Jesse Jackson's "hunger strike" from a few years ago?
Posted by: Damn Skippy at August 18, 2010 02:44 PM (VDgKF)
I remember. Jackson did a pussy "rotating" hunger strike where him and some acolytes took turns fasting. When one got hungry, another well-fed dumbass took his place. It was a perfect leftist metaphor, symbolism over substance.
Posted by: Max Entropy at August 18, 2010 11:24 AM (la188)
Posted by: richard mcenroe at August 18, 2010 11:27 AM (o5f7j)
Posted by: ECM at August 18, 2010 11:27 AM (nYKDd)
Um.
Isn't toxic shock what happens when you leave your super-ultra-sized tampon in too long?
Posted by: Filly at August 18, 2010 11:30 AM (QnQEY)
Posted by: ECM at August 18, 2010 11:32 AM (nYKDd)
Posted by: Moi at August 18, 2010 11:33 AM (Ez4Ql)
Posted by: Dewey at August 18, 2010 11:39 AM (7DS5N)
Posted by: Ghandi at August 18, 2010 11:45 AM (R4rMI)
Anyone remember Jesse Jackson's "hunger strike" from a few years ago?
That dirtbag had his motorcade go through the drive through at McDonalds on his way out to "fast" with the Haitian detainees. And yes, there is a McD's on the base at GTMO, or at least there was when Jesse and I were there.
Posted by: Todd Bridges, out last, outwit and out play at August 18, 2010 12:07 PM (qL20/)
Posted by: Blue Hen at August 18, 2010 12:13 PM (1O93r)
Hey, my two-year-old is Democrat Congress-worthy!
Posted by: Kirsten Powers at August 18, 2010 12:29 PM (A7toZ)
Posted by: Modo at August 18, 2010 01:08 PM (PhaSU)
Modo - FYI, Ramadan fasting is only sunrise to sunset.
Posted by: reason at August 18, 2010 01:41 PM (L51+P)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at August 18, 2010 01:57 PM (xqhoO)
It is great to see so many folks being entertained. I am wondering do all agree with gerrymandered districts and the incumbent using tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to fund his re-election campaign yet refuse to debate his opponents? What sort of republic is that? Soviet my friends.
Mike
www.michaelbenoit.org
Posted by: Mike Benoit at August 18, 2010 02:46 PM (yhCCT)
Oh, the PAIN! (from the irony)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 18, 2010 03:44 PM (9eDbm)
Posted by: mojo at August 18, 2010 04:09 PM (D6Uk6)
Mojo et al you must like the country the way it is? visit my youtube channel at michaelbenoit7 and watch a couple of clips before you judge me.
Mike
Posted by: Mike Benoit at August 18, 2010 04:15 PM (yhCCT)
Posted by: Dick at August 18, 2010 04:37 PM (E5Ntq)
Boy, you have to admire the erudition of a writer who can make that clever play between "deserts" and "desserts."
What's that? "Ignorance, ma'am. Pure ignorance"?
Johnson's jokes are all funnier if you've got a Johnson.
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So, if he doesn't debate them, they die? Win/win.
Grim
Posted by: Grim at August 18, 2010 10:32 AM (gyNYk)