November 07, 2011

Late-Night Comics Still Not Finding Anything Funny About Princess Precious
— Ace

Few Obama jokes at all. Lots of jokes about GOP candidates, naturally.

There are two good ones here.

NBC “Late Night” host Jimmy Fallon joked about an interview in which Mr. Perry “criticized Mitt Romney for flip-flopping on the issues.” In response, “Romney said that Perry has no idea what he’s talking about. Then he added, ‘But he does know what he’s talking about.’ “

And from the Funny Because It's True department:

“How about I start tonight with good news,” offered TBS host Conan O'Brien in a recent monologue. “KFC has just introduced the new Cheesy Bacon Bowl, which is filled with mashed potatoes, cheese, gravy, chicken and bacon.” The Cheesy Bacon Bowl, he went on, is “now the Republican front-runner for President.”

The Cheesy Bacon Bowl For President

No paper trail. No experience. No vegetables.

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1

But a news conference at 1:30

Just saying...

Posted by: TypicalWhitey at November 07, 2011 08:10 AM (xeVap)

2 I was bad touched by the cheesy bacon bowl. A legal dream team of Gloria Allred and zombie Johnny Cochran will be with me when I give my statement.

Posted by: taylork at November 07, 2011 08:12 AM (5wsU9)

3 And most of the time, when Obama is mentioned in a joke, it's setting up a Republican as the subject of the punchline.

Posted by: Reno_Dave at November 07, 2011 08:13 AM (OL4L4)

4 Not even cheap, easy throw away lines

Posted by: President Earflaps at November 07, 2011 08:13 AM (4Kl5M)

5

I don't see how this doesn't sink him.

People have to see that this is just begging for an October surprise.

Posted by: TypicalWhitey at November 07, 2011 08:13 AM (xeVap)

6 Sorry to go O/T, but ESPN is finally covering the Penn State scandal.

And, you know what?  After mulling it over this weekend, I think Joe Pa really should resign.  As should the University president. 

Posted by: Y-not at November 07, 2011 08:13 AM (5H6zj)

7 The Cheesy Bacon Bowl rufied me and I woke up in a Tijuana sex farm.

Posted by: ace at November 07, 2011 08:13 AM (nj1bB)

8 They can even make jokes about the guy who didn't actually claim to invent the internet, but nothing about the guy who deadpanned he could command the oceans to recede.

Posted by: fluffy Bluetooth at November 07, 2011 08:14 AM (4Kl5M)

9 Gloria Alred, the white female Jessa Jackson, will be bringin forth the latest high-milage hoochie mama.

Posted by: Havedash at November 07, 2011 08:15 AM (sFD5n)

10

Did you read the story of how RINOmney would not talk to a woman on healthcare? He wont be nominee. He sucks. I do want the best alternative possible though and think it's gingrich or perry.

Posted by: Flapjackmaka at November 07, 2011 08:15 AM (K0wwn)

11

No paper trail. No experience. No vegetables...just a whole lot of indigestion.

Posted by: David of PA at November 07, 2011 08:16 AM (tPdIW)

12 Good ones?

Meh...if that's all they got, then I applaud their ratings downfall.

Posted by: EC at November 07, 2011 08:16 AM (GQ8sn)

13 I should get a few things done before the Cainapalooza starts later.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 07, 2011 08:17 AM (JYheX)

14

And, you know what?  After mulling it over this weekend, I think Joe Pa really should resign.  As should the University president. 

Yes, he should. I don't really care about Paterno's legal liability, but he had a clear moral obligation to report when he first learned of this issue.

What really concerns me is what did Paterno know and when did he know it. I read somewhere earlier that rumors about the assistant had been around since at least 1994.

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at November 07, 2011 08:17 AM (JxMoP)

15 Well, you did say a ham sandwich could beat Obama. Why not a cheesy bacon bowl? Seem pretty similar to me...

Posted by: Jed at November 07, 2011 08:17 AM (vozo7)

16

At this point, I don't blame them.  SCOAMF is just sad.  Nothing to even smile about, let alone laugh.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at November 07, 2011 08:18 AM (jx2j9)

17 Hoiman Gain done, Done, DONE...

Posted by: M. Murcek at November 07, 2011 08:18 AM (ToZXn)

18 You'd think victim number four would know that hiring Gloria Alred automatically damages her credibility.

Posted by: taylork at November 07, 2011 08:18 AM (5wsU9)

19 The Cheesy bacon bowl made me sit through the directors commentary of all three transformers movies.

Posted by: taylork at November 07, 2011 08:19 AM (5wsU9)

20 On topic: I had heard that when KFC went into that (disastrous) grilled chicken experiment, it was in response to pressure from our First Couple Naggers.  So every time I see the cheesy bowl I laugh 'cause I think they're thumbing their noses at Obama. 

But this is even funnier (ad that appears in Hong Kong, apparently). 

Posted by: Y-not at November 07, 2011 08:19 AM (5H6zj)

21 Good Lord, those jokes suck. No wonder I don't watch late night talk shows anymore.

Posted by: Waterhouse at November 07, 2011 08:19 AM (c7UMz)

22 After mulling it over this weekend, I think Joe Pa really should resign.

I wasn't leaning that way. Until I had read that he knew and didn't report him to the cops. What the hell?!

Posted by: laceyunderalls at November 07, 2011 08:20 AM (pLTLS)

23 “KFC has just introduced the new Cheesy Bacon Bowl, which is filled with mashed potatoes, cheese, gravy, chicken and bacon.”

No paper trail. No experience. No vegetables.
______________

Ah, I recall those heady days when herds of potatoes would cover the plains as far as the eye could see.

Posted by: Grizzled Potato Hunter of the Serengeti at November 07, 2011 08:21 AM (FzhYM)

24 The cheesy bacon bowl sent Paul Anka to my house. I was sliced like a fucking hammer.

Posted by: taylork at November 07, 2011 08:21 AM (5wsU9)

25 Why resign? This isn't lacrosse.

Posted by: Z Ryan at November 07, 2011 08:21 AM (tsC/8)

26

No paper trail. No experience. No vegetables.

Posted by: Ace at 12:09 PM

He dident calculate missile ballistics like Cain which is necessary for a run for President, no dice /s

Posted by: Flapjackmaka at November 07, 2011 08:21 AM (K0wwn)

27 A nuclear weapon is a tiny thing. We have nothing to fear from it.

Posted by: Commander-in-Chief Hussein Soetoro at November 07, 2011 08:22 AM (w41GQ)

28 ...And Cheesy Bacon Bowl has three names, an absolute must for Presidents and serial killers.

Posted by: Obama The Un at November 07, 2011 08:22 AM (FUozQ)

29 Cheesy Bacon Bowl is in the pocket of Big Artery!1!@

Posted by: fb at November 07, 2011 08:23 AM (JVEmw)

30

Yeah, I caught about 40 minutes of SNL this week. Pretty much nothing buy Republican candidates, nothing on the President. 

 

Posted by: Ben at November 07, 2011 08:23 AM (wuv1c)

31 I hope the MFM is blowing their load on Cain.  I think the public at large will give the media a hearing on this, but if they destroy Cain, then move on with similar hyperbole to the next candidate in line, their slurs against any and all GOP may wear thin with the squishy middle.

Posted by: Havedash at November 07, 2011 08:24 AM (sFD5n)

32 I awoke to the cheesy bacon bowl putting its cheesy bacon balls in my mouth.

Posted by: taylork at November 07, 2011 08:24 AM (5wsU9)

33 But but but...Obama has saved or created 2 bazillion jobs! Recovery summer! Shovel ready jobs! Green energy jobs! I was against the war in Iraq but ill bomb the shit outa Libya!

Posted by: Mr Pink at November 07, 2011 08:24 AM (MHbyN)

34 would actually get out to vote for the cheesy bacon bowl unlike with the crop of retards we currently have running for the GOP nom

Posted by: The Dude at November 07, 2011 08:25 AM (M8yfa)

35

but*

 

uhh one of those days

Posted by: Ben at November 07, 2011 08:25 AM (wuv1c)

36 17 After mulling it over this weekend, I think Joe Pa really should resign.

Mull it over some more. He did all that he was required to do. The person was no longer employed by the University.

---

So if he was employed at the university, he should have reported it? Because Sandusky had keys to the facilities and an office on campus.  He was essentially treated the way emeritus professors are treated - they, too, retain campus privileges and offices. 

The grad assistant, whom I assume was still relatively young (early 20s) saw something shocking by someone who retained an air of authority on campus in the athletics program (Sandusky) and reported it to his boss, Paterno.  Unless the grad assistant left out the anal sex and sugar-coated it to "horse play," I don't see why Paterno did not call the police at that point, particularly given that this was the second incident at the PSU showers (the first two years earlier witnessed by a janitor). 

The kid/grad assistant was in shock, so I can understand how he might not know better (although his father should have), but Paterno should have followed up.  He was Sandusky former boss and obviously gave the blessings for Sandusky to have access to the facilities. 

When PSU's response was to no longer allow Sandusky to bring boys to campus, Joe Pa should have realized there was fire under that smoke and followed up. 

Posted by: Y-not at November 07, 2011 08:25 AM (5H6zj)

37
You know what else is funny?

Obama said he and the other world leaders made progress in Cannes.

Obama and Sarkozy made as much 'progress' in solving Greece's problem as they did in solving Libya's anti-democracy problem.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 07, 2011 08:25 AM (sqkOB)

38 Cheesy Bacon Bowl/Ham Sammich 2012!

Annnnd I know what I'm having for dinner tonight.

Posted by: alexthechick at November 07, 2011 08:26 AM (Gk3SS)

39 why did the earthquake happen now?/

Posted by: phoenixgirl ready to drink the perry flavor-aid..can i get a different flavor? at November 07, 2011 08:26 AM (SH3gZ)

40 Ah, I recall those heady days when herds of potatoes would cover the plains as far as the eye could see.

Potatoes are tubers!

Posted by: Nerd at November 07, 2011 08:26 AM (usXZy)

41 Cheesy Bacon Bowl's campaign slogan is demonstrably false. There are vegetables, i.e. corn. Google it.

Posted by: R. Sherman at November 07, 2011 08:26 AM (rwcvo)

42 The kid/grad assistant was in shock, so I can understand how he might not know better (although his father should have), but Paterno should have followed up. He was Sandusky former boss and obviously gave the blessings for Sandusky to have access to the facilities. When PSU's response was to no longer allow Sandusky to bring boys to campus, Joe Pa should have realized there was fire under that smoke and followed up. Posted by: Y-not at November 07, 2011 12:25 PM (5H6zj) Yeah there is no excuse for Paterno not doing more. Go home Joe, it's time

Posted by: nevergiveup at November 07, 2011 08:27 AM (i6RpT)

43 So the ad I linked to shows an Obama look-a-like being crushed by a ginormous KFC chicken sandwich, for those of you who can't do video right now. 

Posted by: Y-not at November 07, 2011 08:27 AM (5H6zj)

44 is there a connection between cain and the earthquake?

Posted by: phoenixgirl ready to drink the perry flavor-aid..can i get a different flavor? at November 07, 2011 08:27 AM (SH3gZ)

45 A white guy, a black guy, a democrat, a socialist, a marxist, a muslim, and a Christian walk into a bar.

The bartender says "What can I get for you, Mr President?"

Posted by: mpurinTexas, Evil Conservanatrix, supports Rick getyourpawsofoffmeyoudamndirtyape Perry at November 07, 2011 08:28 AM (K7Gb2)

46

Cain/Cheesy Bowl 2012 - Cheese pizza for only 9.99!

 

Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at November 07, 2011 08:29 AM (+inic)

47

I would consider voting for the Cheesy Bacon Bowl but I would never vote for the McRib.

The McRib is the fast food sandwich equivalent of Obama.

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at November 07, 2011 08:29 AM (JxMoP)

48 why did the earthquake happen now?/

I know people in OK who are blaming the earthquakes on frakking and who mean it.

I know some really stupid people. 

Posted by: alexthechick at November 07, 2011 08:29 AM (Gk3SS)

49 I'm just going to go ahead and assume, based on empirical evidence and personal experience, that PSU is completely corrupt, in particular their athletics.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 07, 2011 08:30 AM (SB0V2)

50

Watch out, Cheesy Bacon Bowl settled out of court back in 2000 on some accusations that he inappropriately touched a refrigerator shelf.

"I was just showing her how tall the shelf was."

Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at November 07, 2011 08:30 AM (+inic)

51 I'm still waiting to see Cheesy Bacon bowl's birth certificate. Cheese sounds awfully French

Posted by: Donald Trump at November 07, 2011 08:30 AM (M3mVf)

52 I was reading some old Achewood cartoons last week. Ray Smuckles was running for president on a platform of kicking Florida out of the Union, and making chicken taste more chickeny. "Divine Chicken Dinners" and "Independence From Florida" were his slogans. Funny as that was, Cheesy Bacon Bowl is cracking me up even more.

Posted by: lauraw at November 07, 2011 08:31 AM (XiX0W)

53

The McRib is the fast food sandwich equivalent of Obama.



That is slander, sir. I demand satisfaction.

Posted by: taylork at November 07, 2011 08:31 AM (5wsU9)

54 I hope the MFM is blowing their load on Cain.

Got ya covered.

Posted by: Rule 34 at November 07, 2011 08:31 AM (4Kl5M)

55 Let's see if there is any substance to these claims. So far Cain is accused of an unknown harassment by unknown people. If this is another "he called me Sugar" type of complaint I think a lot of bloggers need to think about apologizing for hammering Cain on this issue.

OTOH, if he grabbed her breast or something like that and she seems credible, then I'll be with the chorus.  I just want to see the facts, first.

Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at November 07, 2011 08:32 AM (iwjn7)

56 Where's the Taiwanese animation for Cain?

Posted by: taylork at November 07, 2011 08:32 AM (5wsU9)

57 Yeah, well, what's the Cheesy Bacon Bowl's position on abortion, huh?  Listen up, punks, if the Bowl is just another one of these establishment RINOs then nobody, repeat nobody, in my family will lend it our support.  Harumph!

Posted by: Totally Irrational Political Malcontent at November 07, 2011 08:32 AM (f8XyF)

58 When you google KFC Cheesy Bacon bowl first three hits are Huffington Post, then Gawker. They *hate* the very idea of the cheesy bacon bowl. I am tempted to go get one right now just to spite them, though I have to admit, I was similarly drawn to the base model, the "Famous Bowl" which had no bacon and it was actually kinda nasty. But everything is better with bacon, and if it makes some prissy liberal's head explode when I eat it, even more better.

Posted by: blaster at November 07, 2011 08:32 AM (7vSU0)

59 Bacon is so 2009

Posted by: Cheesy Vodka Bowl at November 07, 2011 08:33 AM (I2LwF)

60 CUT THE ROPE ON THE BRIDGE HANGER

Posted by: phoenixgirl ready to drink the perry flavor-aid..can i get a different flavor? at November 07, 2011 08:33 AM (SH3gZ)

61 I don't know. A cheesy bacon bowl with the required presidential hair is just kinda eeewwww.

Posted by: Heorot at November 07, 2011 08:33 AM (Nq/UF)

62 There really must be something I'm not seeing here.  It's gotta be something more than just that have a heart comment.  Perry's easily the best candidate, with easily the best record and resume, and he's cut perfectly for the moment, as the GOP rails against Obamacare and wants to show that conservatism in practice works the way it has for Perry.

I don't get why the guy is faring so badly.  If I were a kook, I'd just insist the polls were BS, but I know that's not it. 

I'm also not sure why Romney is faring better than Huntsman.  Both are RINOs, but Romney's a RINO + a shameless punchline flip flopper.   I guess the difference is money.

Posted by: Dustin at November 07, 2011 08:33 AM (rQ/Ue)

63 somewhere, Zombie George Orwell is smiling

( and he wants you to read 'Down and Out in Paris and London' on the internetz )

Posted by: Major Major Major Major at November 07, 2011 08:34 AM (UqKQV)

64

Cheesy bacon bowls are BAD-ASS!

Had a McRib this weekend. For some reason they're not as good as they used to be.

**sigh**

  

Posted by: dananjcon at November 07, 2011 08:34 AM (8ieXv)

65 Cheesy Bacon bowl wouldn't propose spending trillions of dollars we don't have on nothing of value. BTW this fuckstick is now gutting the military...thanks bitch Mcconnell.

Posted by: Mr Pink at November 07, 2011 08:34 AM (MHbyN)

66 I saw Herman Cain on TV sexually harassing me. I was shocked.

Posted by: Z Ryan at November 07, 2011 08:34 AM (tsC/8)

67 OTOH, if he grabbed her breast or something like that and she seems credible....

Then she should have partnered up with a real lawyer, not someone known for accepting dubious cases that only serve to raise said lawyer's profile.

Posted by: taylork at November 07, 2011 08:34 AM (5wsU9)

68 Barrack Hussein Obama is a stuttering clusterfu*k of a miserable failure.

Posted by: Alte Schule at November 07, 2011 08:34 AM (MLJu8)

69 I like CBB! Now with more bacon. (Sorry, Ike)

Posted by: Roy at November 07, 2011 08:35 AM (VndSC)

70 Now I want a KFC Cheesy Bacon Bowl.  Damn.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and Padawan at November 07, 2011 08:36 AM (4df7R)

71 Posted by: Dustin at November 07, 2011 12:33 PM (rQ/Ue)

These are Bad Times, hombre.  In Bad Times, people are scared;

when people are scared, the want the Safer Option; blandness; flexibility; elasticity



Posted by: Major Major Major Major at November 07, 2011 08:36 AM (UqKQV)

72 Bacon is so 2009

Clearly you've never had bacon vodka.

Posted by: taylork at November 07, 2011 08:36 AM (5wsU9)

73 Be patient, Dustin. 

Posted by: Y-not at November 07, 2011 08:36 AM (5H6zj)

74 I would like to try that new KFC dish but my cardiologist would have a heart attack.

Posted by: Vic at November 07, 2011 08:37 AM (YdQQY)

75 Then she should have partnered up with a real lawyer, not someone known for accepting dubious cases that only serve to raise said lawyer's profile.

Posted by: taylork at November 07, 2011 12:34 PM (5wsU9)

Which is pretty much why I think Cain is having his character assassinated.

Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at November 07, 2011 08:37 AM (iwjn7)

76 Bacon has had me, and Bacon approves.

Posted by: Cheesy Vodka Bowl at November 07, 2011 08:37 AM (I2LwF)

77 I worry that cheesy bacon bowl will not earn the support of jewish voters.

Posted by: Donald Trump at November 07, 2011 08:37 AM (M3mVf)

78 51 why did the earthquake happen now?/

I know people in OK who are blaming the earthquakes on frakking and who mean it.

I know some really stupid people. 

Posted by: alexthechick at November 07, 2011 12:29 PM (Gk3SS)

Its true...frakking and over cosumption of cheesy bacon bowls..alot of fat-asses walking around OK.

Posted by: dananjcon at November 07, 2011 08:37 AM (8ieXv)

79 Man, I gotta remember to changes my socks.

Posted by: jwpaine at November 07, 2011 08:38 AM (FUozQ)

80 Cheesy Bacon Bowl just won the chocolate milkshake straw poll.

Posted by: Roy at November 07, 2011 08:38 AM (VndSC)

81 A cheesy bacon in every bowl!

Posted by: Hoobert Heever at November 07, 2011 08:38 AM (Nq/UF)

82

When my oldest was in High School, I was a counselor for the parish Youth Group. The only thing I HAD to report to the authorities was any mention of abuse from any of the kids. Failure to do so would have put me at risk for prosecution, depending on the severity of the abuse.

Joe's gotta go.

Just sayin'

Posted by: BIG ROB at November 07, 2011 08:38 AM (hr33h)

83

He told me that there was a pubic hair on his Cheesy Bacon Bowl.

Posted by: Anita Hill at November 07, 2011 08:39 AM (JxMoP)

84 I'm voting for Cain. 

Posted by: Truman North at November 07, 2011 08:39 AM (I2LwF)

85 Perry's easily the best candidate, with easily the best record and resume, and he's cut perfectly for the moment, as the GOP rails against Obamacare and wants to show that conservatism in practice works the way it has for Perry.

I don't get why the guy is faring so badly.  If I were a kook, I'd just insist the polls were BS, but I know that's not it.

Well, when you can't hold your own in a debate against Romney and RON PAUL!!!ELEVENTY!!!, it tends to breed doubt as to whether or not you do, in fact, know what you're talking about.

See Expectations for Candidate No. 3:  Be moderately prepared to answer obvious questions. 

Posted by: alexthechick at November 07, 2011 08:39 AM (Gk3SS)

86

@60 Yeah, well, what's the Cheesy Bacon Bowl's position on abortion, huh?  Listen up, punks, if the Bowl is just another one of these establishment RINOs then nobody, repeat nobody, in my family will lend it our support.  Harumph!

Sounds reasonable.

Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at November 07, 2011 08:40 AM (+inic)

87 I am the next big thing.

Posted by: Cheesy Bacon Fugu with Vodka Mayonnaise at November 07, 2011 08:40 AM (4df7R)

88

If you like your cheesy bacon bowl....

Posted by: moochelle o at November 07, 2011 08:42 AM (8ieXv)

89 42 Ah, I recall those heady days when herds of potatoes would cover the plains as far as the eye could see.

Potatoes are tubers!
_____________

The noun vegetable usually means an edible plant or part of a plant other than a sweet fruit or seed. This typically means the leaf, stem, or root of a plant.

Posted by: Those who can do. Those who can't turn to WikiPedia. at November 07, 2011 08:42 AM (NmR1a)

90

why did the earthquake happen now?/

I know people in OK who are blaming the earthquakes on frakking and who mean it.

 

It is the decadent boobage which causes the earth to quake, silly Infidel!

Posted by: Iranian MullahTard at November 07, 2011 08:43 AM (D6k5x)

91 Breaking news. Jerry Nadler has just mistakenly eaten the latest entry into the GOP presidential sweepstakes!1!!!11!

Posted by: THe Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at November 07, 2011 08:43 AM (qwK3S)

92

"...No vegetables."

KFC throws a little corn in those cheesy bacon bowls. ....Which completes the pile-of-shit look.

Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at November 07, 2011 08:43 AM (FaACh)

93 Letterman really is short of funny jokes, now that he can't kick around single teen-age mothers. Can't he mock starving dogs or something?

Posted by: late-night audience idiot at November 07, 2011 08:43 AM (iB6nf)

94 heh, new website up - I gather they're running ads in Iowa
http://notmittromney.com/

Posted by: Y-not at November 07, 2011 08:45 AM (5H6zj)

95

This is great and all, but what does CBB have to say about the potential of Iran deploying nuclear weapons in the near future?  If CBB doesn't have a strong stance on that, my vote's going to Sour Cream and Chives baked potato from Wendy's.

And btw - what the hell gender is the Cheesy Bacon Bowl?   

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at November 07, 2011 08:45 AM (4df7R)

96

Potatoes are tubers!

 

It's a series of Tubers!

Posted by: Zombie Sen. Ted Stevens at November 07, 2011 08:45 AM (D6k5x)

97 letterman hasn't been funny since the 80's....

Posted by: phoenixgirl ready to drink the perry flavor-aid..can i get a different flavor? at November 07, 2011 08:45 AM (SH3gZ)

98 Would you report someone to the police based on something someone told you?

Yes. With these allegations. Yes. Absolutely so.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at November 07, 2011 08:46 AM (pLTLS)

99 100 And btw - what the hell gender is the Cheesy Bacon Bowl?
___________

sexist!

Posted by: Anachronda at November 07, 2011 08:46 AM (NmR1a)

100

Dustin,

 

You need to break loose of the Perrista cult.  If it werenÂ’t for PerryÂ’s family, he wouldnÂ’t even register in the polls.  Time to find someone who is electable.

Posted by: jwest at November 07, 2011 08:47 AM (qeYI9)

101 i'm sure the ones who didn't report it to the POLICE can sleep well knowing a 10 yr old boy was taking it up the ass by their buddy........good job men.....and parents.....watch your kids....

Posted by: phoenixgirl ready to drink the perry flavor-aid..can i get a different flavor? at November 07, 2011 08:50 AM (SH3gZ)

102 Does anyone watch these lame ass losers any more? And if so, why? They're as pathetically unfunny as SNL

Posted by: TheQuietMan at November 07, 2011 08:51 AM (1Jaio)

103

You bet I'm running and you bet I'll win. You'll donate to my campaign and you'll work to get out the vote for me.

But first, you will blow Cheesy Bacon Bowl.

Posted by: Cheesy Bacon Bowl-worthy at November 07, 2011 08:52 AM (puy4B)

104 But who were the authorities in our case? A social agency, a government agency, the head of your department?

People are saying Joe Pa should have gone to the police. That's were I disagree.

---

This wasn't an HR matter.  It was an alleged felony.  I realize it is serious, but what happened in this case is that a student witnessed a PSU authority figure commit a crime and the folks he spoke with at PSU told him "we'll take care of it" rather than encouraging him to call the police. 

Now maybe that student should have called the police right away, and certainly his dad should have had the presence of mind to do so, but that does not excuse the other folks in authority at PSU from doing so.  When Paterno saw that PSU was taking action against Sandusky (barring him from bringing kids) he should have followed up or encouraged the student to do so.  Don't forget, this was not the first incident involving Sandusky in the football facilities. 

Universities are still under the jurisdiction of their states and this was at a state university, so that goes double. 

Posted by: Y-not at November 07, 2011 08:52 AM (5H6zj)

105
See Expectations for Candidate No. 3:  Be moderately prepared to answer obvious questions.

Posted by: alexthechick at November 07, 2011 12:39 PM (Gk3SS)

But I do think Perry was 'moderately' prepared.

Not that you don't raise a good point.  Perry's first impression with many folks was not a very good one.  I really resent the way we handle debates, but Perry could have introduced himself on Sunday talk shows and other interviews, formats he's a lot better at than the 30 second pander game.  I don't know if that would have helped.

"
I hope he recovers, but the time to deal with SS is once you're in office. The less said pre-election, the better. Especially if you need to win the state of Florida.

Posted by: General Jack D. Ripper at November 07, 2011 12:40 PM (IhHdM) "

I guess that's smart.  Makes a lot of sense, but it's sad.  We all know any responsible leader would look at what our entitlement liabilities are and demand they be fundamentally overhauled.  It's not even an option.  Either we fix them or they go away due to collapse.

The same issue would have plagued my man Mitch Daniels, whom I suspect would also be faring very, very badly in the polls had he run because he had many of the same ideals and was also not really a show stopper in the debates (many would be complaining he's too bland).

I will be patient about it, but would we really let Romney be our nominee just because of these artificial debates?  I know most commenters here wouldn't, but as a political party?

I think it's like one guy said above: people are so scared of Obama they are flinching and picking a centrist with no values because of the perception that compromise will lead to more general election success.

Posted by: Dustin at November 07, 2011 08:53 AM (rQ/Ue)

106 since we are talking about "funny".  Part I
Part II

Posted by: surprised at November 07, 2011 08:54 AM (k1rwm)

107

 Cheesy bacon bowls!!!

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Posted by: Mega Megs at November 07, 2011 08:55 AM (8ieXv)

108 I hope he recovers, but the time to deal with SS is once you're in office. The less said pre-election, the better. Especially if you need to win the state of Florida.
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My recollection was that Perry continued to poll well in Florida after the Ponzi scheme stuff, despite Mitt's demonization of that term.  At least initially.

Posted by: Y-not at November 07, 2011 08:56 AM (5H6zj)

109 the protesters are definitely still "hanging around" literally....someone is dangling from the tappan zee bridge.

Posted by: surprised at November 07, 2011 08:58 AM (k1rwm)

110 97

"...No vegetables."

KFC throws a little corn in those cheesy bacon bowls. ....Which completes the pile-of-shit look.

ConservativeMenAreJustHotter


No wonder it's winning Iowa.

Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at November 07, 2011 09:00 AM (8kq7+)

111

RE: the Joe Paterno debate.  I honestly haven't read any of the details, but I have to ask -- how does JP's age factor into this?  The man isn't exactly a spring chicken, and he hasn't been one for a long time.  Is it possible that he just forgot to follow-up when he saw nothing was being done?  Again, I haven't read the details so I don't know the specifics of the case in question.

But I've been for JP's retirement for a long time.  He's mostly a figurehead now.  It's time for him to move on with his life.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at November 07, 2011 09:01 AM (4df7R)

112 "You need to break loose of the Perrista cult.  If it werenÂ’t for PerryÂ’s family, he wouldnÂ’t even register in the polls.  Time to find someone who is electable.

Posted by: jwest at November 07, 2011 12:47 PM (qeYI9)"

Naw, I'm fairly happy if anyone but Romney is nominated, and I happily agree to the real flaws Perry has.  There's nothing cult-like about my support for him.

I don't see Perry's fans as particularly cult like.  I've seem several Romney fans act very cultish, and maybe a very small minority of Cain fans, but Perry and Newt fans are largely realists who just want the country to be better.

The reason I can't 'break loose' is because there is no candidate with nearly the record of actual leadership experience Perry has, nor is there a candidate with nearly the record of actually being a conservative the vast majority of the time.  All it would take for me to 'break loose' is a better competitor.

If Newt is that guy, I can deal with that.  He's presidential and intelligent, though his record is mixed.  He could do the job.

Romney is obviously unacceptable to a conservative, given his dishonest nature and his extreme liberal record on health care mandates, free health care for illegals, "strong" gun control, and taxing/spending (often forgiven with bizarre excuses by the aforementioned cult).

I do not think Cain is sufficiently prepared for the job, in many ways.  No diss to him and his, but it's a very challenging job and we live in serious times.

Perry's record is sufficiently superior to the other candidates that I will stick with him and try to ride out the turbulence.  You gotta get back in that saddle a few times and keep trying.

Posted by: Dustin at November 07, 2011 09:01 AM (rQ/Ue)

113 Perry will recover. I have no doubt. Mitt has peaked, and I am glad. Gingrich and Perry may be our choices, because of the slow drip with Cain. He is taking fire from the media and the RNC. That will leave Perry and Gingrich. We could do worse, as they are both good candidates.

Posted by: Chilling the most for perry at November 07, 2011 09:01 AM (6IV8T)

114 Again, I haven't read the details so I don't know the specifics of the case in question.

I love Joe Paterno and respect him as one of the few NCAAF coaches who actually still disciplines his players.  But, he's gone to seed. 

And if you haven't read the specifics, don't unless you have a strong stomach.  I read the PA Atty General's statement on the charges against Sandusky (and the two PSU staffers - the Athletics Director and the SVP for Finance) and it turned my stomach.  But suffice it to say that there were at least two graphic sex acts performed on pre-pubescent boys in the PSU locker room reported to PSU officials.  The 23-page grand jury report is available on the web, but I don't have the guts to read it. 

Posted by: Y-not at November 07, 2011 09:06 AM (5H6zj)

115 "despite Mitt's demonization of that term.  At least initially.

Posted by: Y-not at November 07, 2011 12:56 PM (5H6zj)"


I think he's got a likely point there.  Romney's commentary about abolishing social security unless Romney is nominated was pervasive and strong, and Romney hasn't exactly backed off.  He just has added on  a very vague 'reform' while playing things Obama's way (trying to phrase things so that both sides think he's talking to them).

Some people will be stupid enough to think Perry is going to abolish their goodies, and vote Romney.  Perhaps Perry should have been smart enough to stay silent on the entitlement disaster we're facing, but some of these comments go way back, and they are pretty reasonable.

For all the carping about whether it's literally, perfectly, a dictionary definition Ponzi scheme, the underlying fact is that Social Security is taking future wealth, and not a small amount, to pay boomers today, and the math makes it impossible to sustain.

The real problem here is that Romney did not suffer very much, if at all, for demagoguery against honesty about this problem.  He also didn't suffer much for promising .5 trillion in more entitlement spending than Obama wants, if Romney is elected (link in my name below).

It really does seem as though these two men belong in different political parties, but ultimately, I guess what really interests me about this is that we are currently being asked to define what the GOP is all about.

Is the GOP more like Perry, or more like Romney?  That's what this election is about.  Slick and dishonest and ineffective?  Or simpler, more effective, reforms, with no apologies to the shameless.

Posted by: Dustin at November 07, 2011 09:07 AM (rQ/Ue)

116 >>Posted by: General Jack D. Ripper at November 07, 2011 01:05 PM

My husband has been in mid- to high-level higher ed administration for two decades, including in areas of compliance and at the cabinet level.  When I read to him how PSU handled these cases of reported sexual assaults of minors on their campus, he was stunned.  The institutions where he's served, which includes another Big 10 and a state university here, would never be so cavalier about incidents like the ones described. 

There is no motivation for a grad assistant in the athletics program to make up a charge against Sandusky or for a janitor to do so two years earlier. 

Posted by: Y-not at November 07, 2011 09:09 AM (5H6zj)

117 Ham Sandwich'12

Posted by: toby928© at November 07, 2011 09:12 AM (GTbGH)

118 You could hold me down and tickle me for hours and I would still not laugh when Jimmy Fallon says anything

Posted by: kbdabear at November 07, 2011 09:13 AM (Y+DPZ)

119 Conan was hilarious in the 90s with Andy Richter. He lost it about 10 years ago and has never really gotten it back

Posted by: kbdabear at November 07, 2011 09:14 AM (Y+DPZ)

120 MWR,
This is a link to the PA Atty General's press release about the indictments.

Posted by: Y-not at November 07, 2011 09:22 AM (5H6zj)

121 "102 letterman hasn't been funny since the 80's.... Posted by: phoenixgirl" Wait, you mean that 2 or 3 decades of doing the same couple of cutesy smirks stops being funny?

Posted by: Jon Stewart at November 07, 2011 09:24 AM (iB6nf)

122 "Wait, you mean that 2 or 3 decades of doing the same couple of cutesy smirks stops being funny?" Only if you have functioning brain cells.

Posted by: Late Night Audience at November 07, 2011 09:25 AM (iB6nf)

Posted by: Fair Tax Forever at November 07, 2011 09:28 AM (gZVu4)

124 Yes, I admit I was initially against Cheezy Bacon Bowl, but it now has my full support.

Posted by: Mitt 'Flilpper' Romney at November 07, 2011 09:29 AM (z63Tr)

125

Let's see if there is any substance to these claims. So far Cain is accused of an unknown harassment by unknown people. If this is another "he called me Sugar" type of complaint I think a lot of bloggers need to think about apologizing for hammering Cain on this issue.

 

My thoughts exactly.  Politico had 90 stories in 5 days but not one of them gave any details of exactly what Cain did.  Like Rush said, when conservatives report sexual harassment committed by Democrats, they give names:  Juanita Broderick, Kathleen Willey, Monica Lewinski and they provide details.  There's no nameless victims and vague accusations.


Posted by: runningrn at November 07, 2011 09:31 AM (u/RSM)

126 Did we do the right thing? I don't know.

Posted by: General Jack D. Ripper at November 07, 2011 01:18 PM (IhHdM)


I think so, and would have participated if you had asked me.  I'm a high school football coach and substitute teacher now and our school has some students with similar issues.  We always try to help out, quietly of course.

Posted by: NC Ref at November 07, 2011 09:38 AM (GrCp5)

127 132 Explain peas, corn, or beans then.
___________

The noun vegetable usually means an edible plant or part of a plant other than a sweet fruit or seed. This typically means the leaf, stem, or root of a plant.

Posted by: Plauible Deniability at November 07, 2011 09:46 AM (NmR1a)

128 I wish a certain foul-mouthed time-traveling sandwich would throw his hat in the ring.

Posted by: toby928© at November 07, 2011 10:47 AM (GTbGH)

129 "No paper trail. No experience. No vegetables."

I believe the potato is a vegetable.

Posted by: Sgt. York at November 07, 2011 10:54 AM (EIAxq)

130 Corn is a grain. ItÂ’s also a staple of political rhetoric. Mashed potatoes, on the other hand, are going to haunt this candidate. Why were they mashed? Are they all white? Or all red?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at November 07, 2011 12:15 PM (QF8uk)

131 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at November 07, 2011 01:04 PM (7WJOC)

132 Just checked. Yep, Romney still sux.

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