August 15, 2011
— Ace Here's how it works:
1. The media pushes a meme. In Bachmann's case, it's that she's crazy and might be sexually strange.
2. They run sexist and sexualizing photos of her. If asked why they have not run similar photos about liberal women they like, they will say "Well this photo reinforces impressions the public has about Bachmman."
3. They hope you do not notice that they were the ones pushing these "impressions" in the first place, later using them to justify their viciousness, and also hope you don't notice that when they say the public has these impressions about Bachmman, they chiefly mean the media itself.
There have been hundreds of embarrassing photos taken of liberals -- it's hard to look presidential with barbecue sauce smeared all over your lips -- but they're never published.
Why?
Because they don't "reinforce an impression" the media wishes to reinforce.
It's always the narrative.
Why doesn't the media note Obama's fifty seven states? Oh, because no one thinks he's dumb.
Um, no one in your newsroom thinks he's dumb. I assure you a lot of people think that President Prompter is a mediocre intelligence, at best. (Where's his transcripts? Why have three colleges collectively put them into a leak-proof lead-lined vault beneath the sea? Because his grades were that good?)
This photo won't hurt Bachmann much. I doubt it will hurt her at all. It's so grossly unfair it says a lot more about the photographer and the media pushing it than it says about Bachmann -- people get that. They know a hatchet-job when they see one.
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Posted by: Curmudgeon at August 15, 2011 11:24 AM (ujg0T)
At least they didn't photoshop her head over a naked body. That's the only way they could have made it more blantantly sexist.
Posted by: Ben at August 15, 2011 11:25 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: steevy at August 15, 2011 11:26 AM (fqRmD)
Everyone knows that polkadots are so last year. I have a zebra print on mine!
Posted by: Andi Sullivan at August 15, 2011 11:26 AM (pLTLS)
Posted by: steevy at August 15, 2011 03:23 PM (fqRmD)
My rendition......
Posted by: © Sponge at August 15, 2011 11:26 AM (UK9cE)
Posted by: Andy Warhol at August 15, 2011 11:27 AM (GGEUV)
Posted by: SisSemperTyrannus at August 15, 2011 11:27 AM (Mv/2X)
Posted by: Blue Hen at August 15, 2011 11:27 AM (326rv)
Posted by: Lauren at August 15, 2011 11:27 AM (cVIY5)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at August 15, 2011 11:27 AM (pLTLS)
When you are a conservative it doesn't matter what you do, they will either step all over some minor little quibble or they will make up lies.
Posted by: Vic at August 15, 2011 11:28 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Chip S. at August 15, 2011 11:28 AM (Z9rkE)
Then again, deep-throating phallic objects IS Daniels' only qualification for higher office.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at August 15, 2011 11:28 AM (VZ10+)
Posted by: Wm T Sherman at August 15, 2011 11:29 AM (w41GQ)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 15, 2011 11:29 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: steevy at August 15, 2011 11:29 AM (fqRmD)
Posted by: davidt at August 15, 2011 11:29 AM (8Pgd/)
Posted by: The Schwalbe : © at August 15, 2011 11:30 AM (UU0OF)
Which means exactly 10 Democrats will vote for her?
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at August 15, 2011 11:30 AM (VZ10+)
Posted by: Lawrence of the Labia at August 15, 2011 11:31 AM (vQOEN)
Posted by: steevy at August 15, 2011 11:31 AM (fqRmD)
Posted by: Blue Hen at August 15, 2011 11:32 AM (326rv)
While I hope there's some sort of karmic retribution for all of the academics, liberal media and leftists that have done immeasurable damage to all of Western civilisation, somedays I find myself wishing for something more immediately gratifying.
If only there was some sort of economic and social upheaval coming around as a result of their lies and failed agendas....
Oh wait....
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at August 15, 2011 11:32 AM (GKQDR)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 15, 2011 11:32 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Joffen at August 15, 2011 11:33 AM (EPcuy)
Posted by: steevy at August 15, 2011 11:33 AM (fqRmD)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at August 15, 2011 03:27 PM (pLTLS)
That reminded me of a goof last week.....My wife asked me where I wanted to eat, to which I replied "at the Y" which was overheard by my 6 year old daughter.
She responded with "Daddy, they don't serve food at the Y." referring to the YMCA that she occasionally attends.
Good times......
Posted by: © Sponge at August 15, 2011 11:33 AM (UK9cE)
Posted by: Ronin at August 15, 2011 11:33 AM (mhOHX)
Posted by: Tami at August 15, 2011 11:34 AM (X6akg)
But, Congresswoman Bachmann? Please, for goodness' sake, stay the hell away from eating stuff that will look stupid even if 1) the MSM loved you and all conservatives and 2) you were eating it in the privacy of your own home with not a camera in sight. No, I'm not blaming her for the people who took this and published it being jackasses, but good grief. Think about it - even small, stupid things that shouldn't matter, but do - before you do something in front of a bank of cameras being held by people who mostly hate you and every other conservative.
I hope Ace is right about "people get[ting] that" but I have my doubts about that. Look at what is living in the White House these days. Not a great data point for people "getting it."
Posted by: davidinvirginia at August 15, 2011 11:34 AM (01dv7)
They publish bad pictures of a liberal when it is needed to promote another liberal, i.e., the picture of the tired-looking Hillary was published to contrast with teh youthful, energetic Obama.
But yes, if there is a picture of a Republican or conservative to be published, it simply must be the worst posible picture to find.* The fact that Republicans and conservatives do as well as they do says a lot, I think, about the actual popularity of Democrat policies.
*Except Sarah Palin - I think it is impossible to get a truly awful photograph of her that hasn't been so obviously photoshopped that it sends the publication immediately to Newsweek category.
Posted by: Mikey NTH at August 15, 2011 11:34 AM (hLRSq)
Also, that corndog is huge!
Posted by: Ben at August 15, 2011 03:30 PM (wuv1c)
She obviously bought it at the "John Holmes's Corny Dog" stand at the fair.
Posted by: © Sponge at August 15, 2011 11:34 AM (UK9cE)
See, there is no money in disseminating information. News makes its money by selling ads. The more eyeballs you attract to your outlet, the more you can charge for ads. I will imagine that the ad space on the page of the website with that picture goes for a pretty penny.
What *should* have happened is that it should have been ignored but instead, all the right-wing outlets started howling about it which probably created a stampede of traffic to look at it. That is exactly what the outlet was counting on. Sites like this one and Hot Air probably drove a lot of traffic to that picture, if not directly, then indirectly.
Just ignore stuff like this.
Posted by: crosspatch at August 15, 2011 11:35 AM (ZbLJZ)
That's pigging out? Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.
I would be embarrassed to put that out even as a hatchet job.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at August 15, 2011 11:36 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 15, 2011 11:36 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: MFM at August 15, 2011 11:36 AM (fqRmD)
Posted by: joncelli at August 15, 2011 11:36 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 15, 2011 11:37 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Will Folks at August 15, 2011 11:37 AM (usXZy)
Posted by: Mr Pink at August 15, 2011 11:37 AM (FOt1w)
I believe he eats his chocolate bars with knife and fork, like all sophisticated humans.
Posted by: George Costanza at August 15, 2011 11:37 AM (r0xbL)
Posted by: steevy at August 15, 2011 11:38 AM (fqRmD)
pigging out. It's nothing. Don't even know why they put it up there.
Posted by: Joffen at August 15, 2011 03:33 PM (EPcuy)
You gotta love the text......Perry DEVOURS a pork chop on a stick.....and the pic is actually something with a rather small bite taken from the end.
Is there no shame?
Posted by: © Sponge at August 15, 2011 11:38 AM (UK9cE)
Posted by: Ben at August 15, 2011 11:39 AM (wuv1c)
Conservatives need to deal with the media problem. Our ideas don't get a fair shake because the media promotes big government liberalism covertly and overtly. The public laps it up and yet still, the nation does self identifies overwhelmingly as conservative (or not liberal).
If this misinformation were put to an end, and the truth told, the liberal progressive movement would be put to death by voters.
Instead, the media dupes the public, demonizes conservative policies and people, and promotes the failed policies of big government.
We need a long term plan to infiltrate and populate the media with unbiased journalists.
Posted by: California Red at August 15, 2011 11:39 AM (7uWb8)
Posted by: Joffen at August 15, 2011 11:39 AM (EPcuy)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 15, 2011 11:39 AM (AZGON)
But yes, if there is a picture of a Republican or conservative to be published, it simply must be the worst posible picture to find
See: Bryant, Anita; pictures of.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 15, 2011 11:40 AM (4q5tP)
Live by Iowa, die by Iowa.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at August 15, 2011 11:40 AM (IG16O)
We'll be fine. Posted by: Joffen at August 15, 2011 11:40 AM (EPcuy)
Posted by: EC at August 15, 2011 11:40 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: joeindc44 at August 15, 2011 11:40 AM (QxSug)
No. Nothing she could have done in that situation would have been "right" and refusing to eat Carnival food (or Fair food- whichever) would have been worse, because it actually would have smacked of elitism. Carnival/Fair food is food that you're going to look dumb eating- whether it's an Elephant Ear (which I'd never seen until my wife took me to a carnival in MI) or Funnel Cake, or a corn-dog, or whatever: you'll either look dumb as you eat it (most people do) or you'll have powdered sugar, or some kind of sauce, or something all over your face when you're done. Possibly both. So the only way to avoid those things would have been to eat food specially brought in. Not exactly the populist message a presidential candidate wants to spread.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at August 15, 2011 11:41 AM (8y9MW)
Why wouldn't he? Perry and Romney are the only two legitimate candidates left who have a hope in hell. We have two choices with which to beat Obama, period. Wishing otherwise doesn't change that.
Bachmann's campaign was a vanity run from the beginning. That a substantial minority of GOP voters are too naive, shortsighted or foolish to recognize that doesn't change the fact that she's not a serious or electable candidate.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 15, 2011 11:42 AM (SY2Kh)
Seconded.
Every time I see a picture of DWS, I see the Innsmouth Look upon her and wonder when she'll finish her transformation into a Deep One.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at August 15, 2011 11:42 AM (VZ10+)
Posted by: Clubber Lang at August 15, 2011 11:42 AM (QcFbt)
True confession here: I have never eaten a corn dog. They look gross.
Posted by: Y-not at August 15, 2011 11:42 AM (5H6zj)
That and they owe about $100 billion in fines for illegal campaign contributions to Democrats - what do you think these "moments" are, anyway?
I am disgusted *daily* by the revolting dishonesty of our vaunted "fourth estate."
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 15, 2011 11:43 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 15, 2011 11:43 AM (4q5tP)
We're insulted; don't blame us for this one! Even we are aren't that blunt. Try the sledgehammers.
Posted by: Hatchets of the world at August 15, 2011 11:43 AM (0q2P7)
War seems to think that Michelle Bachman is an embarrassment to the conservative cause. Pay no attention.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at August 15, 2011 11:43 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 15, 2011 11:43 AM (AZGON)
They took the corndog away after he started to drop his pants.
Posted by: dagny at August 15, 2011 11:43 AM (85EpR)
Posted by: steevy at August 15, 2011 11:44 AM (fqRmD)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 15, 2011 11:44 AM (FkKjr)
Posted by: yesterdays h8trs at August 15, 2011 11:44 AM (IpiZb)
These dumbfucks are so stupid that they don't realize Bachman doesn't even matter at this point.
Let 'em have their fun. They'll be wailing and rending their garments before it's all said and done.
Posted by: Warden at August 15, 2011 11:44 AM (HzhBE)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at August 15, 2011 03:43 PM (8y9MW)
It's not Bachman I'm worried about. Deciding an entire state is beneath contempt is the issue.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 15, 2011 11:44 AM (sbV1u)
True confession here: I have never eaten a corn dog. They look gross.
They aren't, they are awesome.
Posted by: dagny at August 15, 2011 11:45 AM (85EpR)
I guess I should try it sometime. Is the corn part like a hush puppy? Those I love. And I love hot dogs. So maybe I would like corn dogs.
Posted by: Y-not at August 15, 2011 11:45 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Spiker at August 15, 2011 11:45 AM (E8oYF)
These dumbfucks are so stupid that they don't realize Bachman doesn't even matter at this point.
Exactly.
The media is focusing so much on Bachmann right now that they're talking about how accessible Palin was to the press in comparison to her.
It'll be funny to see them pretend they didn't say that if/when Palin makes a big splash later on in the process.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at August 15, 2011 11:46 AM (VZ10+)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 15, 2011 11:46 AM (AZGON)
It's a reaction (others here seem to have it to a greater or lesser degree) to the self importance Iowans seem to take at their "FIRST!!!" position in the Primary season. To an extent I agree. I don't recall the last time that the same person who won Iowa (let alone the Iowa straw poll) won the Presidency.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at August 15, 2011 11:46 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: I'm in a New York state of mind at August 15, 2011 11:46 AM (4sQwu)
1. The media pushes a meme. In Bachmann's case, it's that she's crazy and might be sexually strange.
Wait. Does "submissive" mean "back door"? B/c I may have to re-evaluate my primary vote.
Posted by: Monkeytoe at August 15, 2011 11:46 AM (sOx93)
Posted by: Henry Harold Humphries, you can call me 'H' at August 15, 2011 11:46 AM (qMfi2)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 15, 2011 11:47 AM (4q5tP)
Think that photo of her eating a weenie is strange?
You should see me putting one between some buns.
Posted by: Braney Frank at August 15, 2011 11:47 AM (F2lG1)
Ah, good for him then. The cut-and-paste talking points from the delusional C4P crowd are getting old.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 15, 2011 11:47 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: steevy at August 15, 2011 11:47 AM (fqRmD)
Posted by: President Mom-Jeans, on his pink bike holding an umbrella at August 15, 2011 11:47 AM (FkKjr)
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 15, 2011 11:47 AM (UQYNA)
Posted by: Mr Pink at August 15, 2011 11:47 AM (FOt1w)
Maybe you just haven't met the right corn dog yet.
Posted by: Anthony Weiner, Relearning Behaviors for a Brighter Futurehabilistan at August 15, 2011 11:47 AM (QKKT0)
Best to tell them off and call them on their lies, lay out the facts and otherwise refuse to deal with them if they're going to be dishonest.
It's a hard road but it isn't covered with damned land mines.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 15, 2011 11:47 AM (bxiXv)
W did it in 2000 but, IIRC, he was seen as a sure-fire GOP candidate for the White House at least as far back as 1996.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at August 15, 2011 11:47 AM (VZ10+)
Posted by: Fresh Air at August 15, 2011 11:47 AM (DfTKE)
I'll never forget John Kerry trying to be all man-of-the-people and going to a blue collar bar for a brew with some working folks.
There he was with his draft beer ... and the look on his face as he choked it down looked like your average 12 yr old trying beer for the very first time.
Posted by: Warden at August 15, 2011 11:48 AM (HzhBE)
Probably just locked up the gay male vote too.
I wonder if Barney Frank might have nice things to say to her even.
Posted by: Gmac at August 15, 2011 11:48 AM (xO4k+)
I dunno. How long was she there? An hour or two? Sure, your method works. 4 hours? 6? 8? At some point, you're going to get hungry.
No, the best thing to do is respond with "Consider the source" and then ignore it.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at August 15, 2011 11:48 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Spiker at August 15, 2011 11:48 AM (E8oYF)
Posted by: Penfold at August 15, 2011 11:49 AM (1PeEC)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at August 15, 2011 03:46 PM (8y9MW)
I guess. Probably a better way to put it though. I'm from New England and we're tired of hearing from denizens of New Hampshire about how all fired important they are too.
Seriously, how insignificant does you life have to be when you hold your election at one minute after midnight just you can say you're the first in the nation to vote?
Yes, I'm talking to you Dixville Notch.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 15, 2011 11:49 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: steevy at August 15, 2011 11:49 AM (fqRmD)
The media is focusing so much on Bachmann right now that they're talking about how accessible Palin was to the press in comparison to her.
It'll be funny to see them pretend they didn't say that if/when Palin makes a big splash later on in the process.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at August 15, 2011 03:46 PM (VZ10+)
The bad thing is, they'll take credit for her demise in the race. THAT'S what they do. It doesn't matter that she's not really relevant as a candidate anymore. They will look at it as a victory because they put out stupid photos of her and they brought her down.
They already gave us McCain last time, they want to dictate our candidate again.
Posted by: © Sponge at August 15, 2011 11:49 AM (UK9cE)
"This is just how the MBM just choose how to portray me. It just shows how biased they truly are and LOVE carrying the water for obama."
And she's not my first choice. I just wish ALL of the republicans, conservative or not, would fight back like hell when the mfm/mbm (BIRM) post this kind of stuff.
Posted by: jwm at August 15, 2011 11:49 AM (spEu4)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 15, 2011 11:50 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: nevergiveup at August 15, 2011 11:50 AM (i6RpT)
Gee, I wonder what would make me think that....
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at August 15, 2011 11:50 AM (IG16O)
Hell, his Kindergarten transcripts are still hidden!
Posted by: dfbaskwill at August 15, 2011 11:50 AM (71LDo)
Or I guess I'd wrap the bulk of the corn dog in that paper they use to wrap burgers/food and nibble the slightly exposed end.
Or maybe just get a burger.
Posted by: Y-not at August 15, 2011 11:51 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 15, 2011 11:51 AM (UQYNA)
Bachman is the stalking horse for Sarah. She will not go much further. But she handles a corndog splendidly.
Posted by: Sub-Tard at August 15, 2011 11:51 AM (0M3AQ)
Posted by: Joffen at August 15, 2011 11:52 AM (EPcuy)
Never going to happen. The media will never play fair, at least not so long as we need them.
Posted by: WalrusRex at August 15, 2011 11:52 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: mpurinTexas, Evil Conservanatrix, supports Rick Perry, bitch at August 15, 2011 11:52 AM (ignDe)
Pulled pork sandwich. Or brisket.
Or smoked turkey leg -- everybody looks like Conan eating a smoked turkey leg.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at August 15, 2011 11:52 AM (bjRNS)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at August 15, 2011 11:52 AM (AZGON)
And Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure.
Posted by: real joe at August 15, 2011 11:53 AM (j+oeN)
Posted by: Y-not at August 15, 2011 11:53 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Army Corpse of Engineers at August 15, 2011 11:53 AM (UQYNA)
Posted by: Marine Corpse at August 15, 2011 11:54 AM (UQYNA)
Posted by: Jean at August 15, 2011 11:54 AM (4jJCE)
Caption this pic: "What a pair of assholes"
above is Biden & Obama at the ice cream store's window
brb...
Posted by: söthí at August 15, 2011 11:54 AM (sqkOB)
Posted by: Ted Baxter at August 15, 2011 11:55 AM (0N5pL)
Posted by: Peace Corpse at August 15, 2011 11:55 AM (UQYNA)
Posted by: Major Kong at August 15, 2011 11:55 AM (j+M4X)
Posted by: Apolitical, yet very concerned, citizen at August 15, 2011 11:56 AM (gTGz3)
See, I can kind of see that, but part of me says "What's more Carny Food than a corn dog?" I don't think there's any harm in this picture, actually. I don't think it'll change even one mind about Michelle Bachman.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at August 15, 2011 11:56 AM (8y9MW)
Am I the only one who thinks that this is an [subversively, subliminally] excellent photo of Michelle in that it leaves the unmistakable impression that the beeyotch gives outstanding head?
Frankly it makes me almost as jealous of Mr Michelle as I am jealous of The Todd.
"Shit damn, negro, shit damn" - that's what I thought when I saw the photo.
Shit da-yum.
Posted by: Unreconstructed Palecon at August 15, 2011 11:56 AM (nfn9A)
Pretty much. This is the big leagues.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at August 15, 2011 11:56 AM (IG16O)
here's a pic after Boob and Vice-Boob got their ice cream cones
look at Biden with two cones, he can't decide which to lick first.
Posted by: söthí at August 15, 2011 11:56 AM (sqkOB)
Obama looks like a chick with really big ears, no tits and a really bad attitude. Go figure.
Posted by: Sub-Tard at August 15, 2011 11:57 AM (0M3AQ)
Posted by: Girlie High School Flag Corpse at August 15, 2011 11:57 AM (UQYNA)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at August 15, 2011 11:57 AM (8y9MW)
I'll never forget John Kerry trying to be all man-of-the-people and going to a blue collar bar for a brew with some working folks.
There he was with his draft beer ... and the look on his face as he choked it down looked like your average 12 yr old trying beer for the very first time.
Posted by: Warden
I recall a story where he was in Philadelphia and somebody thought it would be a good idea to have him ordering and eating a cheesesteak from one of the famous places there. Most of these places use some canned velveeta-like crap. Supposedly he saw this and asked for provolone cheese.
If his is true, then that was the first (and last) time I ever agreed with Kerry.
Posted by: Blue Hen at August 15, 2011 11:57 AM (326rv)
2000 and 1996 were both uncompetitive races for the GOP nomination. Iowa gets it wrong more often than not, and the straw poll is a shameless and what should be a meaningless money grab by the IA state GOP.
The RNC needs to grow a pair and set the earliest date for a primary vote to that of SC. Fuck IA and NH.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 15, 2011 11:57 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: SisSemperTyrannus at August 15, 2011 03:27 PM (Mv/2X)
Actually, I disagree. If you they just had a dick in the mouths they could still to the sides. They have their faces pressed in his asscrack so far they can't even blink. If the muscles of their eyelids are strong enough they might be able to force them open, but they still won't see anything at all except his ass.
Posted by: jc at August 15, 2011 11:57 AM (i8c5b)
...we still don't know how and why Ogabe was granted admission to an Ivy League university and law school.
The media is, and always will be the enemy. I'm of the mind to start an oppo research group targeting individual members of the media.
Now I know some have no shame..like all of CNN and AMessNBC, but there are still some out there who want to maintain at least a facade of dignity. Fuck 'em...fuck 'em all..take'em all down.
Posted by: beedubya at August 15, 2011 11:58 AM (AnTyA)
@130
its the Iowa State Fair you better make damn sure you eat at least one corndog and look happy doing it
Posted by: kj at August 15, 2011 11:58 AM (Pzadr)
Posted by: joeindc44 at August 15, 2011 11:58 AM (QxSug)
That's pigging out? Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.
I told them the title should be "Perry takes a bite out of pork"
Posted by: AmishDude at August 15, 2011 11:58 AM (T0NGe)
Posted by: kansas at August 15, 2011 11:59 AM (mka2b)
and finally here's Biden, the vice-boob, with his big stupid mouth open and ready to receive a big ice cream cone
Posted by: söthí at August 15, 2011 12:00 PM (sqkOB)
Posted by: befuddled at August 15, 2011 12:00 PM (xJU23)
Posted by: Sub-Tard at August 15, 2011 12:00 PM (0M3AQ)
I recall a story where he was in Philadelphia and somebody thought it would be a good idea to have him ordering and eating a cheesesteak from one of the famous places there. Most of these places use some canned velveeta-like crap. Supposedly he saw this and asked for provolone cheese.
If his is true, then that was the first (and last) time I ever agreed with Kerry.
Posted by: Blue Hen at August 15, 2011 03:57 PM (326rv)
It was a Wendys....and Teresa ask what the picture of chili was. He also interrupted some marines who happened to be in there eating....they looked non too pleased.
Posted by: Tami at August 15, 2011 12:01 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: kansas at August 15, 2011 12:01 PM (mka2b)
Posted by: nevergiveup at August 15, 2011 12:01 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: AmishDude at August 15, 2011 12:01 PM (T0NGe)
This startled me:
"Rove, who recruited him to switch parties and run against me, directed the effort."
So much for the bad blood rumors?
Posted by: jwb7605 at August 15, 2011 12:01 PM (Qxe/p)
Posted by: IreneFingIrene at August 15, 2011 12:03 PM (JKe0g)
This photo won't hurt Bachmann much. I doubt it will hurt her at all. It's so grossly unfair it says a lot more about the photographer and the media pushing it than it says about Bachmann -- people get that.
I'm just a dull, dim witted oaf suitable for cube farm work if given recurring training, a product of Prince Georges County, MD public schools, and even I got that before Ace told me.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 15, 2011 12:04 PM (4q5tP)
Somebody proficient in Photoshop would be able to do wonders with that.
Anyone?? Anyone??
Posted by: beedubya at August 15, 2011 12:04 PM (AnTyA)
Posted by: not neo just conservative at August 15, 2011 12:04 PM (01RS2)
Posted by: Mr Pink at August 15, 2011 12:04 PM (FOt1w)
Posted by: Blue Hen at August 15, 2011 03:57 PM (326rv)
It was a Wendys....and Teresa ask what the picture of chili was. He also interrupted some marines who happened to be in there eating....they looked non too pleased.
Posted by: Tami at August 15, 2011 04:01 PM (X6akg)
Both stories are true. To this day I remember Mark Steyn's take on what Kerry must have asked for at the cheese steak place.
"Yes, I'll have the cheese steak with an aubergine and lemograss coulis, please."
Still cracks me up.
Posted by: Toby Harnden at August 15, 2011 12:04 PM (sbV1u)
You're leaving a lot of us out with that one!
Posted by: Methusalah at August 15, 2011 12:04 PM (71LDo)
Posted by: AmishDude at August 15, 2011 04:01 PM (T0NGe)
Corndogs though? I can suck them right off the stick.
Posted by: Barack Obama at August 15, 2011 12:04 PM (7BU4a)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at August 15, 2011 12:04 PM (MXC7a)
Posted by: Chris R at August 15, 2011 12:05 PM (QiNmA)
I'll never forget John Kerry trying to be all man-of-the-people and
going to a blue collar bar for a brew with some working folks.
There he was with his draft beer ... and the look on his face as he choked it down looked like your average 12 yr old trying beer for the very first time.
More classic Kerry - ordering a cheese steak in Philly with Swiss cheese (it comes with cheese whiz or velveeta or some other such fake shit)
and
saying his favorite Red Sox player was Manny Ortiz (pick either Manny Ramirez or David Ortiz - not a combo).
Posted by: real joe at August 15, 2011 12:06 PM (j+oeN)
Posted by: t-bird at August 15, 2011 12:06 PM (FcR7P)
Tami, I recall how the Marines didn't want to be impolite, even to him.
They gave one word answers and turned away ASAP.
Posted by: Who Knows at August 15, 2011 12:07 PM (1cx/R)
If his is true, then that was the first (and last) time I ever agreed with Kerry.
Posted by: Blue Hen at August 15, 2011 03:57 PM (326rv)I think he actually asked for Baby Swiss and if they could cut it up to be more like finger sandwiches...and a carbonated water to chase it....imported please
Posted by: beedubya at August 15, 2011 12:07 PM (AnTyA)
Posted by: MFM at August 15, 2011 12:07 PM (l5dj7)
There's really no taboo when it comes to the Left destroying or belittling women. Even liberal women get this "aw, isn't that cute" treatment.
But I have noticed that if a woman doesn't like a female candidate, she HATES, HATES, HATES them.
They say there will never be a woman president. It will be a very long time. The reason: Women will pull her down like lobsters in a bucket.
Posted by: AmishDude at August 15, 2011 12:07 PM (T0NGe)
saying his favorite Red Sox player was Manny Ortiz (pick either Manny Ramirez or David Ortiz - not a combo).
That's because to John Kerry, they're all the same.
Interchangable.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 15, 2011 12:07 PM (sbV1u)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 15, 2011 12:08 PM (IpiZb)
Tami, I recall how the Marines didn't want to be impolite, even to him.
They gave one word answers and turned away ASAP.
Posted by: Who Knows at August 15, 2011 04:07 PM (1cx/R)
Yeah, they clearly didn't like him.
Posted by: Tami at August 15, 2011 12:08 PM (X6akg)
I wead that as wif jizz.....sowwy
Posted by: Barney You-Know-Who at August 15, 2011 12:09 PM (AnTyA)
Lurch sperm suit
Don't forget the pic that Axelrod would love to take back
Bicycle Barry
Posted by: kbdabear at August 15, 2011 12:09 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: rechill at August 15, 2011 12:09 PM (bycxi)
Is there any chance that the poster is referring to himself? That's how I interpreted it. I thought the 'negro' reference was an exclamation along the lines of 'why can't I be this lucky?'
No idea, just wondering.
Posted by: Y-not at August 15, 2011 12:09 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: t-bird at August 15, 2011 12:10 PM (FcR7P)
Now, it's "reinforcing public opinion".
Makes... me... so... mad...
Posted by: KinleyArdal at August 15, 2011 12:10 PM (S6InS)
Posted by: KG at August 15, 2011 12:11 PM (LD21B)
A friend of mine graduated from law school and moved to town with her husband. Her husband had owned and run a fairly high class restaurant but he sold it to follow his wife. He needed a job and times were rough so he took a manager position with Arby's. Things did not go well when he found an ingredient labeled "artificial cheese wiz." His mind simply could not accommodate the concept of artificial cheese wiz.
Posted by: WalrusRex at August 15, 2011 12:11 PM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: Lauren at August 15, 2011 12:11 PM (cVIY5)
To which a bunch of rednecks responded "WTF?"
Posted by: mpurinTexas, Evil Conservanatrix, supports Rick Perry, bitch at August 15, 2011 12:12 PM (ignDe)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 15, 2011 12:13 PM (2tTzd)
I don't have attached photos, but they are all over.
Michelle Fatass Obama, lecturing on diet choices, juxatpose with any wide ass pose of her her, chowing down on burgers and fries, or even more germane, her chubby ass younger daughter.
Doing well, Michelle, doing great.
Keep telling everyone else how to live.
We can see your double wide.
Posted by: Who Knows at August 15, 2011 12:13 PM (1cx/R)
Posted by: Fritz at August 15, 2011 12:13 PM (/ZZCn)
Posted by: Jim the Lib Troll at August 15, 2011 12:14 PM (uezXS)
WTF? Why do they always assume they heard it from you?
Well, Jeff. It is you.
It's a logical assumption.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 15, 2011 12:14 PM (sbV1u)
Posted by: BJ Clinton at August 15, 2011 04:11 PM (8Pgd/)
A warning from history: "Bill Clinton said newly announced presidential candidate, Republican Governor Rick of Texas was a “good-looking rascal” whose railings against the federal government were nonsense."Yeah, if we let a good looking rascal behind closed doors at the White House, who knows what might happen?
Posted by: WalrusRex at August 15, 2011 12:14 PM (Hx5uv)
Question becomes.... when has the Press gone far enough, to loose the 'extra' protections granted them by law?
When have they jumped the shark?
I think we are close.... they are either going to have to give US, the normal folks, the same protections as credentialed Press... or disolve those protections... because there is more hard news coming out of the Internet, than there is from the Newsrooms.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 15, 2011 12:15 PM (NtXW4)
Are you saying that's not where he heard it?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at August 15, 2011 12:15 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Barky McOdog at August 15, 2011 12:15 PM (4nfy2)
Posted by: real joe at August 15, 2011 12:16 PM (j+oeN)
"Bill Clinton said newly announced presidential candidate, Republican Governor Rick of Texas was a “good-looking rascal” whose railings against the federal government were nonsense."
Bill Clinton: "The era of big government is over."
Rick Perry: The era of big government should be over.
Bill Clinton is the original miserable clusterfuck of a human being.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 15, 2011 12:16 PM (sbV1u)
Posted by: dagny at August 15, 2011 12:16 PM (Ew3p2)
Of course, it contains all the usual liberal ideas as to what a "Christian" is.
Somehow, it came up at the very top of my Google News page.
Posted by: RightWing Prof, managing partner, Bacon & Cleavage LLC at August 15, 2011 12:16 PM (UOcNk)
Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at August 15, 2011 12:16 PM (tqaWC)
WTF? Why do they always assume they heard it from you?
I don't know about your household EoJ, but in mine, it's because I am usually the source of the inappropriate comment. Like the time my son jumped up and down on his cot at daycare screaming "Fuck!" or the time my daughter said "I am sick of this shit" at her daycare. Yeah, the couch in the tv room is comfy to sleep on.
Posted by: Penfold at August 15, 2011 12:17 PM (1PeEC)
I saw him yesterday or the day before, too. Thinks he's being sneaky. Posted by: t-bird at August 15, 2011 04:10 PM
I wonder if it's Chucky's Towel Boy Killgore up to his tricks again
Posted by: kbdabear at August 15, 2011 12:17 PM (Y+DPZ)
It was a Wendys....and Teresa ask what the picture of chili was. He also interrupted some marines who happened to be in there eating....they looked non too pleased.
Posted by: Tami
I heard about that. Somebody busted them afterward because they had fancy box lunches on their bus; the wedny's stop was merely for show.
Posted by: Blue Hen at August 15, 2011 12:17 PM (326rv)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at August 15, 2011 12:17 PM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: dulce at August 15, 2011 12:17 PM (ANcW5)
Hell, it might be worth deep throating the damn thing, pulling it out, nipping off the end and givin' the cameramen a big wink.
Hell, if they're going to leave that impression no matter what you do...might as well do it.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 15, 2011 12:18 PM (sbV1u)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at August 15, 2011 04:08 PM (IpiZb)
Asshole's been posting occasional drive-by racist comments about people being genetically illiterate or whatever for a long time. You'd think that shit would get the jerkoff banned.
Note they posted at least twice this weekend.
I don't have a link to any cob loggers so someone should drop them a line and let them know we have either a Moby looking to plant some crap to farm or a genuine dipshit looking for "racist buddies."
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 15, 2011 12:18 PM (bxiXv)
225 On a related (MSM writing about republican candidates), see this piece where Kathleen Kennedy Townshend (one of my "favorite" people) asks, "Is Rick Perry as Christian as He Thinks He Is?"
KKT takes the cake in stupid baking. Just sayin.
Posted by: Sub-Tard at August 15, 2011 12:18 PM (0M3AQ)
Posted by: Jean at August 15, 2011 12:18 PM (4jJCE)
Posted by: Pecos Bill at August 15, 2011 12:19 PM (j84s0)
Hey, what do you mean MIGHT???
Posted by: a. sullivan at August 15, 2011 12:19 PM (uezXS)
Posted by: nevergiveup at August 15, 2011 12:19 PM (i6RpT)
...pandering to a bunch of mutants at some corn-fed state fair
Where is that coming from?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 15, 2011 03:41 PM (sbV1u)
You know how important it is on the Internet to be edgy.
Posted by: nickless at August 15, 2011 12:20 PM (MMC8r)
But as I said before, she could have cut it up into pieces like those small nuggets and ate them with a fork. They still would have gigged her for being an "elitist" acting superior at a "fair atmosphere".
A conservative can not win, no matter what you do.
Posted by: Vic at August 15, 2011 12:20 PM (M9Ie6)
During the Super Bowl in 2001 -- Maryland Lt. Governor and member of the Kennedy family - Kathleen Kennedy Townsend -- was being interviewed about the game which included her state's team the Baltimore Ravens. She was asked what her favorite play of the game was. She responded, "my favorite part was when the other team scored a football and then we came right back on the next play and scored a football too."
Posted by: 18-1 who once scored many footballs in one game! at August 15, 2011 12:20 PM (7BU4a)
Posted by: Dave at August 15, 2011 12:20 PM (Xm1aB)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at August 15, 2011 12:20 PM (ZDUD4)
If he dies and sees her Uncle Ted there, the answer is no
Every time I see a Kennedy taking refuge in the Catholic Church, I think of Michael Corleone in the baptismal scene
Posted by: kbdabear at August 15, 2011 12:20 PM (Y+DPZ)
There was an old man from Dorem
He bought a pair of pants, and wore 'em.
He stooped and he laughed,
And he felt a big draft,
And knew right away he had tore 'em.
My dad taught me that in 1953.
Got me kicked out of Kindergarten (suspended for 3 days).
ALL my grandkids can recite that poem today.
Posted by: jwb7605 at August 15, 2011 12:21 PM (Qxe/p)
On a related (MSM writing about republican candidates), see this piece where Kathleen Kennedy Townshend (one of my "favorite" people) asks, "Is Rick Perry as Christian as he Thinks He Is?"
I await the MFM media article on "Are the Kennedys as Catholic as They Think They Are?"
Because the answer is blindingly obvious.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 15, 2011 12:21 PM (sbV1u)
Thurston Forbes Kerry also said his favorite Red Sox player was Eddie Yost. Unfortunately for LiveShot, his gambit to name an obscure player failed - Yost coached but never played for the Red Sox.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at August 15, 2011 12:21 PM (FkKjr)
Posted by: ParisParamus at August 15, 2011 12:21 PM (wc/Br)
Now, excuse me but weren't we exposed, ad nauseum to anchors berating Republicans to state that Barack Obama was really and truly a Christian, oh yes indeed he was and how can you say otherwise?
Remember that? 'Cause I do.
But it's just pathetic. Any excuse to break the taboos to attack a Republican.
Posted by: AmishDude at August 15, 2011 12:22 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Joffen at August 15, 2011 12:22 PM (EPcuy)
Posted by: ParisParamus at August 15, 2011 12:22 PM (wc/Br)
They somehow conflate "The poor you will always have with you," with "And Government shall take a portion not less than one fifth of your increase and redistribute it to those who do nothing."
I'm not exactly sure where that second one would be in the Bible, but liberals seem to believe its in there.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at August 15, 2011 12:22 PM (8y9MW)
Question becomes.... when has the Press gone far enough, to loose the 'extra' protections granted them by law?
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 15, 2011 04:15 PM (NtXW4)
Not while they'e in bed with the lawyers and half the politicians...
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 15, 2011 12:23 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: sonnyspats at August 15, 2011 12:23 PM (I/MzF)
Holy crap! It turns out that Obama and team didnÂ’t need to get a bunch of innocent people murdered (including almost certainly, old people and children) through Fast and Furious in order to implement gun control. All they had to do was wait for data back from VA.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 15, 2011 12:25 PM (jx2j9)
Posted by: All 765 Hobbits at August 15, 2011 12:25 PM (jeLTI)
Posted by: davidt at August 15, 2011 12:25 PM (8Pgd/)
Posted by: Uhha at August 15, 2011 12:25 PM (CFhHo)
Fuckin' Lurch asked for a Cheesesteak with SWISS.
You want one wit' provolone? That's a choice and common.
SWISS!
Posted by: Pecos Bill
Yeah that is dumb. Still better than that pus-in-a-can that the Phildelphians use. Then again, these are the people who call submarine sandwiches 'hoagies'. Ask one what the hell is a hoagie, and they say, "it's the sandwich".
You mean the one shaped like a sub?
"Yeah".
So why do you call it a hoagie?
"I dunno."
Genius on parade.
Posted by: Blue Hen at August 15, 2011 12:25 PM (6rX0K)
Posted by: Dave at August 15, 2011 12:25 PM (Xm1aB)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 15, 2011 12:26 PM (lbo6/)
It is not a bad picture.
Posted by: Gerbil Malodor at August 15, 2011 12:26 PM (7BT5Y)
WTF? Why do they always assume they heard it from you?
In my house, it's usually me. Last night, I commented about the stomper who lives upstairs finally moving out. I said "Great! Stompy McFuckstick moved!"
The boy heard it, but fortunately, he heard "McButtstick" which he thought was hilarious.
Hubby has nominated me for Mom of the Year.
Posted by: mpurinTexas, Evil Conservanatrix, supports Rick Perry, bitch at August 15, 2011 12:27 PM (ignDe)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 15, 2011 12:27 PM (4nfy2)
LOL, hey, my sin is living in NYC and/or keeping kosher and not eating bacon or pork--don't blame Romney for that one! ;-)
Posted by: ParisParamus at August 15, 2011 12:27 PM (wc/Br)
The twelve-year old in me is finding that funny, too.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 15, 2011 12:27 PM (h1p5V)
Posted by: Joffen at August 15, 2011 04:22 PM (EPcuy)
A lot of this started with WND (shocked?) saying that there were nefarious plans to turn I-35 into a North American superhighway with the implications of some sort of North American Union and...something. Like the real problem was Mexican trucks getting access to Manitoba.
They never really said what the problem with improving I-35 was. In fact, a well-maintained highway coming out of Mexico would focus traffic in one area and make it easier to monitor, I would think.
Then Perry proposed the TransTexas Corridor and it got muddled with it, but I think the rational opposition was that it would be a toll road.
The two "issues" eventually got muddled among those on the right who hate Perry and so that's where you're at now.
Posted by: AmishDude at August 15, 2011 12:28 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Dave at August 15, 2011 12:28 PM (Xm1aB)
Posted by: kbdabear
Funny, I think more along the lines of the terrorists vandalizing the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
Posted by: Papist Bograt at August 15, 2011 12:28 PM (6rX0K)
Posted by: mpurinTexas, Evil Conservanatrix, supports Rick Perry, bitch at August 15, 2011 04:27 PM (ignDe)
Well, you'd be Mom of the Year in the circles I travel in.
Is there something wrong with that?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at August 15, 2011 12:28 PM (sbV1u)
A Kennedy?
Kbdabear, a Kennedy dared to open that Pandora's Box?
Hubris, choked and strangled within an inch of it's allegorical life, dares to raise it's water covered noggin again?
Jaysus, Mary and Joe.
Posted by: Who Knows at August 15, 2011 12:28 PM (1cx/R)
Posted by: All 766 Hobbits at August 15, 2011 12:28 PM (jeLTI)
I've said it before. The idea isn't really unconservative. It's politically bad.
Given the proposition: We need better throughput from the south to the north (TTC would have predominately run from Houston north, not right from the border, IIRC), there are only limited ways we can do that. TTC was as good as any other. Politically, it was bad because he wanted to use Toll Roads (something Texas kind of has to do for a variety of reasons) and he wanted them to be private toll roads operated by private companies (and most of the companies that do such things are, indeed, foreign).
Now, you can disagree with the idea that we need better throughput north and south through Texas, but if you agree with it, your options are fairly limited.
I'm not sure how "eminent domain" became an issue with that: again, with the given of "We need a better transportation trunk" you've got to get that land some way, and (if people won't sell) that's a major part of why eminent domain exists.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at August 15, 2011 12:29 PM (8y9MW)
Beef hot dogs. Isn't that the solution?
Now this damned thread has made me hungry. grrrr
Posted by: Y-not at August 15, 2011 12:29 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Roy at August 15, 2011 12:30 PM (VndSC)
Boo. Hoo.
If Bachman can't handle an embarrassing photo of her eating a corndog all by herself, she can't run the country. I seem to remember Kerry having an embarrassing photo of him in a blue jumpsuit. Why does everyone know about that photo if the MSM controls the world?
This crap is part of modern partisan politics, get over it.
Posted by: The Voice of Reason at August 15, 2011 12:30 PM (UpqKo)
LOL, I'll bet there is a different name for that kind of sandwich in every State in the union and more than one in some States.
and I do luvs me a real Philly cheese steak.
Posted by: Vic at August 15, 2011 12:30 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: booger at August 15, 2011 12:31 PM (9RFH1)
Posted by: Joffen at August 15, 2011 12:31 PM (EPcuy)
Posted by: Joffen at August 15, 2011 04:22 PM (EPcuy)
As someone who regularly drive IH35 through downtown Austin, I can tell you that building a by-pass would be great.
Unfortunately, the TTC was broken down into pieces of toll roads, and the bypass of downtown Austin is too expensive for the truckers to use.
In short, the TTC was an excellent idea on paper, but was executed poorly.
Posted by: mpurinTexas, Evil Conservanatrix, supports Rick Perry, bitch at August 15, 2011 12:31 PM (ignDe)
Perry went on to defend his failed bid to build a trans-Texas highway and his support for toll roads, saying the alternatives would be to raise taxes, ask Washington for money or wait for “the asphalt fairy” to get needed roads built.
--------------
Thoughts?
Posted by: Joffen at August 15, 2011 04:22 PM (EPcuy
Does anyone know what Perry's net worth is?
I got an undeserved ticket for running a manned toll booth heading from NJ to PA. When I contested it the people in charge were private company based in Texas.
Posted by: sonnyspats at August 15, 2011 12:31 PM (I/MzF)
I still don't have an opportunity to be exposed to corn dog/fried butter culture here (to know what one looks like). I just assumed it wasn't a corndog because (1) too dark in color and (2) too long to be a corn dog.
Posted by: ParisParamus at August 15, 2011 12:32 PM (wc/Br)
This is where I love liberal inconsistency. Private toll roads = bad. Private red light cameras = the most awesome thing evar.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 15, 2011 12:32 PM (tqwMN)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 15, 2011 12:33 PM (0N5pL)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp tea party terrorist and Perry supporter
Agreed. That's a good one. Nice snark tat sounds like it came from a guy that's actually managed/ run something. Unlike JEF.
Posted by: Papist Bograt at August 15, 2011 12:33 PM (6rX0K)
How about John Milton dipping his finger in the holy water in Devil's Aocate?
Posted by: fluffy at August 15, 2011 12:34 PM (4Kl5M)
Posted by: booger at August 15, 2011 04:31 PM (9RFH1
That will go great on my protest poster
Posted by: Code Pink hippy skank at August 15, 2011 12:34 PM (I/MzF)
My reasons for opposing TTC were much more Conservative (read: selfish) it would have used I-45 predominately (instead of I-35) and would have skirted around DFW. I like all of those truckers being forced to go through DFW and buy stuff here.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at August 15, 2011 12:34 PM (8y9MW)
The boy heard it, but fortunately, he heard "McButtstick" which he thought was hilarious.
Hubby has nominated me for Mom of the Year.
I try to keep my mouth under control around the GF's kids, but it doesn't always work.
Thankfully, the GF's oldest usually picks up stuff from the DVD player and not me.
You don't realize some of the crap that is in children's programming until you hear it enough times, like Yogi Bear suggesting the ranger take a leak on the attractive naturalist to "mark his territory" in the live-action Yogi movie or someone on the first episode of Punky Brewster talking about a possible "sex maniac" hiding out in an abandoned apartment.
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at August 15, 2011 12:35 PM (VZ10+)
I recall a story where he was in Philadelphia and somebody thought it would be a good idea to have him ordering and eating a cheesesteak from one of the famous places there. Most of these places use some canned velveeta-like crap. Supposedly he saw this and asked for provolone cheese.
He asked for Swiss, not Provolone. He ended up with a cheesteak hoagie (lettuce and tomatoes) and cheeze whiz...not a good starter for an elitist like Lurch.
We natives don't use the nasty Cheeze Whiz, that's for the tourists. I don't even know when that trend started.....gimme an American or Provolone wit anytime.
http://tinyurl.com/44skacv
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 15, 2011 12:35 PM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: ParisParamus at August 15, 2011 04:32 PM (wc/Br)
Definitely a corn-pony.
Posted by: Old Macdonald at August 15, 2011 12:35 PM (rnFzn)
Basically it was Perry trying to come up with an innovative solution that ended up pissing everyone off. We need another NS highway system in Texas, but no one is willing to sacrifice anything to get it. Instead, we just all muddle along up 35 and bitch about how horrible the traffic is.
Of course, they did build a small section of the toll rode between just south of Austin and just North of Georgetown. It's heavenly.
Posted by: Lauren at August 15, 2011 12:35 PM (cVIY5)
s what drove most of the opposition if i remember right.
Posted by: booger at August 15, 2011 12:35 PM (9RFH1)
I have come to the point where I despise imminent domain since Kelo. It has become the most abused law on the books. I saw a thing on Fox a few weeks ago where NY was taking some guys beach front property and only paying him something like a couple of thousand dollars for it.
This was beach front property on Long Island! Hell, you couldn't get beach front property in SC for less than million dollars per 50 ft.
Posted by: Vic at August 15, 2011 12:36 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 15, 2011 12:36 PM (YmPwQ)
Problem with the Trans Texas Corridor.... for moi?
Using Emminent Domain to seize property, to then give it to a company to build a TOLL ROAD?
Public Highways? I have no problem using Em Dom for... but using it to seize land which is then used for a profit by someone else? I do have a problem with...
Note... the Kelo house... is empty... still....
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 15, 2011 12:36 PM (NtXW4)
That's nothin'.
PumpkinFace Kerry, now that's lengendary.
Posted by: nickless at August 15, 2011 12:37 PM (MMC8r)
You've obviously never been almost run over on the lower deck of IH35 in Austin (think Thunderdome without the midgets) by a Mexican trucker with no brakes.
Posted by: mpurinTexas, Evil Conservanatrix, supports Rick Perry, bitch at August 15, 2011 12:37 PM (ignDe)
Its the right wing that controls the media. Seriously. I wrote a book on it.
Posted by: Eric Alterman, genius at August 15, 2011 12:38 PM (eXQfZ)
Posted by: cackfinger at August 15, 2011 12:39 PM (a9mQu)
I don't know what the plan was, but a toll road is usually owned by the state and operations are contracted out to private companies.
Posted by: AmishDude at August 15, 2011 12:39 PM (T0NGe)
The State is prohibited from making a profit from acquired ROW. So, if you're gonna build a toll road, a private entity has to run it.
Also remember, said private entity was also going to pay for all maintenance and upkeep and then return the road to the state in 50 years, at which point it would no longer be a toll road.
Further, a basic understanding of how condemnation and ED works would be useful.
Posted by: mpurinTexas, Evil Conservanatrix, supports Rick Perry, bitch at August 15, 2011 12:41 PM (ignDe)
Posted by: Arcade Hero at August 15, 2011 12:43 PM (mmHDH)
Sounds no different than it was when I lived there 15+ years ago.
It would appear that Texas needs a new road.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at August 15, 2011 12:44 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: Jarrod at August 15, 2011 12:44 PM (obgI7)
Posted by: jwm at August 15, 2011 12:45 PM (spEu4)
Posted by: djm1992 at August 15, 2011 12:48 PM (1o4B5)
Posted by: booger at August 15, 2011 04:31 PM (9RFH1)
Looks fine to me.
Posted by: Leni Reifenstahl at August 15, 2011 12:48 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at August 15, 2011 12:49 PM (YmPwQ)
This might not hurt her much or maybe not at all. It's grossly unfair to her. But, that's the damn world she's running for President in, and she needs to get that into her head right now. This was a completely unforced error her part...no photoshop-ing required.
Posted by: davidinvirginia at August 15, 2011 12:52 PM (01dv7)
Posted by: Lauren at August 15, 2011 04:40 PM (cVIY5)
I usually take the toll road around Austin, but recently it has gotten bad all the way to Waco. I'm thinking I'll try 281 next time.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 15, 2011 12:54 PM (0N5pL)
Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at August 15, 2011 12:55 PM (tqaWC)
Posted by: nickless at August 15, 2011 04:46 PM (MMC8r)
Yep. They have one play. The 'unstable' if male, and 'sexually repressed and crazy' if female
The media and the Obama campaign used this thing since Mccain. Remember during the '08 run when all the lefty's kept saying things like 'there's something wrong with Mccain.. he's got a strange temper or something. He gets mad and stuff. Creepy"
I heard moby calling talk shows bringing this up constantly while saying they studied Obamas economic plan and think he's got the right plan for America.. speaking as an ultra-conservative christian of course.
Then from Politico last week, the new Obama strategy is to make Romney look "weird.. like somethings not right with him. strange"
What the hell is wrong with these idiots? I HATE them
Posted by: Billy Barty at August 15, 2011 12:55 PM (eXQfZ)
Posted by: Ducatisti at August 15, 2011 12:59 PM (KYE7u)
This might not hurt her much or maybe not at all. It's grossly unfair to her. But, that's the damn world she's running for President in, and she needs to get that into her head right now. This was a completely unforced error her part...no photoshop-ing required.
Posted by: davidinvirginia at August 15, 2011 04:52 PM (01dv7)
This
How she couldn't see this coming a mile away makes me think twice about her mental abilities. Hate to say it, but its really pathetic. I guess she thought she'd get bonus points from the mean lefty photogs if she ate "social justice food" hehe
Posted by: Billy Barty at August 15, 2011 12:59 PM (eXQfZ)
Posted by: Joffen at August 15, 2011 04:22 PM (EPcuy)
yes, we build roads in Texas... and a lot are toll-roads... and we are building miles upon miles of them so that people can immigrate from the other 49 states to fill the jobs we are creating here. And yes, we have in dramatically increased the debt of the State of Texas. However this debt are 'revenue bond' secured directly by highways and universities which are being built, and not general obligations of the State of Texas. (prior administrations could not issue highway bonds)
The TTC, was a bit overly ambitious, and Rick Perry 'got ahead of the parade' on that one too, but like Rick Perry said, the money would not have come out of the pockets of everyday Americans or Texans....
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Posted by: All the Hobbits at August 15, 2011 01:03 PM (jeLTI)
I have no respect for apologists who can't bear to see their candidate roughed up the same way everyone else is. Just grow up, crybaby.
Posted by: Tina at August 15, 2011 01:05 PM (QzfxH)
Posted by: Mrs. Marion Wormer at August 15, 2011 01:14 PM (4q5tP)
Michelle Bachmann deepthroating a corndog? Hey, its politics boy.. man up!
Posted by: Billy Barty at August 15, 2011 01:17 PM (eXQfZ)
I actually have a priest friend who says he never performs a baptism without thinking about that scene for a fleeting nanosecond.
Posted by: dagny at August 15, 2011 01:19 PM (FgEBL)
But Texas is the corridor from Mexico, and it's made our roads overcrowded, and it's pretty unfair for Texan taxpayers to pay for trade between illinois and Mexico. Let the trucks pay a toll.
One thing Texas needs badly is more highway.
Posted by: Dustin at August 15, 2011 01:26 PM (519+h)
Posted by: museisluse at August 15, 2011 01:26 PM (4Lj43)
Look at the dude in the lower left corner. He looks like he's about to jack himself into the local Burn Unit.
That was the first thing I saw in the shot.
Posted by: garrett at August 15, 2011 01:38 PM (t1XsB)
The stupid is strong. Could she deep throat that sucker?
Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at August 15, 2011 02:07 PM (GsANU)
Posted by: CAIR, because we do at August 15, 2011 02:15 PM (ZJjIF)
Posted by: Brown Line at August 15, 2011 03:36 PM (kAlXq)
Posted by: TPaw at August 15, 2011 04:54 PM (/q/kQ)
Posted by: The Secrets of the FBI AudioBook at August 15, 2011 05:23 PM (2q8Vp)
A dispicable photo of a really great looking corn dog! I'm not sure that I can vote for anyone who doesn't use mustard though. Ah-ha! That proves the photo is a fake! She would have used plenty of mustard if it was a real picture! I knew it was a conspiracy!
Posted by: Errol at August 15, 2011 06:24 PM (d2AYO)
Posted by: gonzotx at August 15, 2011 06:47 PM (R9Ezj)
The TTC, was a bit overly ambitious, and Rick Perry 'got ahead of the parade' on that one too, but like Rick Perry said, the money would not have come out of the pockets of everyday Americans or Texans....
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Yes it does, every day you use them. I hate toll roads. Where the hell is all the gas tax money going to?
They won't even let TxDot build a regular road near a toll road because it's competition, so you are forced into using them in many areas. In Austin, they were able to co-op public roads built on the tax payer dime for toll roads. I hate toll roads and I dislike Perry especially because of it.
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