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February 09, 2011

Skeletor Isn't Exactly Taking DC By Storm
— LauraW

New Junior Senator from Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, creates more facepalm moments than your drunken Mom sassing a traffic cop.

Shows up late for work.

Blumenthal got a stern talking to from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid after showing up five minutes late to preside over the session, according to the Washington Times.

Misstates his personal history yet again.

"I'm new to the Senate but I'm not new to this battle. Since the days of Roe v. Wade, when I clerked for Justice Blackmun, as a state legislator, as attorney general, I have fought this battle," Blumenthal said. CT Mirror points out that Blumenthal actually clerked for Blackmun in 1974, a year after the decision.

Makes a poor choice for his chief of staff.

"This is a very unfair route you are going down," she said. "We'll remember this."

That's right. Laurie Rubiner (former Planned Parenthood exec) threatened the CT Mirror about reporting Blumenthal's misstatement.

Reporters love that. They loved it so much, they wanted to share it with the world, and printed it.

There's something in the psyche of certain fabulously wealthy fops that demands they create fantasy-memories of gallantry and glory for themselves.

And something in us that demands we point at them and laugh.

Posted by: LauraW at 08:40 AM | Comments (47)
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1 Everybody hates skeletor.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at February 09, 2011 08:43 AM (b0BN0)

2 Don't blame me! I voted for the wrasslin lady.

Posted by: Have Blue at February 09, 2011 08:44 AM (mV+es)

3 Unfortunately, the joke's on us.....

Posted by: Tami-unban Nickless (99.174.64.43) at February 09, 2011 08:44 AM (VuLos)

4 How dare you dengrate a combat Veteran!

Posted by: garrett at February 09, 2011 08:44 AM (dfFbH)

5 His full title is Harvard Swim Team Captain Richard Blumenthal.

Posted by: AoSHQ stylebook at February 09, 2011 08:45 AM (GTbGH)

I should never have opened that ark, either... but mistakes were made.

... and I also, miss-spoke.

Posted by: Richard Blumenthal at February 09, 2011 08:47 AM (dfFbH)

7 Even your posts are sexy.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 09, 2011 08:47 AM (45DBC)

Don't forget my interning for the Wright Brothers. I did more than inflate bicycle tires in the shipping department...

Wings on both side of the airplane? Well, let's just say that was my idea.

Posted by: Richard Blumenthal at February 09, 2011 08:49 AM (dfFbH)

9 I invented a coffee cup that stays in one piece when coffee is poured into it. You might just want to look into getting one of those.

Posted by: MJ at February 09, 2011 08:49 AM (BKOsZ)

10 I thought this was going to be a thread about James Carville.

Posted by: Swamp Yankee at February 09, 2011 08:50 AM (3DIBw)

11 Reporters love that. They loved it so much, they wanted to share it with the world, and printed it.

When a man has faced a division of VC personally - and killed every one of them with his bare hands - he isn't afraid of some silly reporter.

Posted by: Sen Fightin Dick Blumenthal at February 09, 2011 08:50 AM (7BU4a)

Even if this guy wasn't a Donk he'd send the creep radar over to eleventy.

He's icky.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at February 09, 2011 08:50 AM (pLTLS)

Ever hear of the Battle of the Bulge?

They call it that, because I get aroused when I kill Nazi bastards.

Simper Fife!

Posted by: Richard Blumenthal at February 09, 2011 08:51 AM (dfFbH)

14 I thought this was going to be a thread about James Carville.

No, that would be "Smeagol isn't exactly taking DC by storm."

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at February 09, 2011 08:51 AM (b0BN0)

15 ...and they passed on Linda McMahon for this?

Sheesh. I really, really do have to question my fellow citizens' judgement sometimes frequently pretty much 24-7.

Posted by: AoSHQ's worst commenter, DarkLord© at February 09, 2011 08:52 AM (GBXon)

16 I thought this was going to be a thread about James Carville. ----------------------- I thought it was going to about McCain.

Posted by: MJ at February 09, 2011 08:53 AM (BKOsZ)

17 The local radio guy calls him Skeletor, and it cracks me up every time.

Posted by: lauraw at February 09, 2011 08:54 AM (TduXT)

18 Dick Cheney is named after ME.

Posted by: Richard Blumenthal at February 09, 2011 08:55 AM (BKOsZ)

19 and they passed on Linda McMahon for this?

Hey I still remember when I kicked Vince McMahon's ass personally. Along with Double H and the Underdog. Highest rated Royal Bumble I might add....

No one messes with Sheriff Joe or Fightin' Dick!

Posted by: Sen Fightin Dick Blumenthal at February 09, 2011 08:55 AM (7BU4a)

20 What does all this say for the voters in CT? One of my best friends from work used to be from CT. I wonder what he thinks of this crap. (he is in Atlanta now)

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2011 08:57 AM (M9Ie6)

^{Posted by: lauraw at February 09, 2011 12:54 PM (TduXT)}

Would you like to come to dinner at Castle Grayskull, sometime?

Posted by: Richard Blumenthal at February 09, 2011 08:57 AM (dfFbH)

22 20: Don't get me started about Atlanta.

Posted by: AoSHQ's worst commenter, DarkLord© at February 09, 2011 08:58 AM (GBXon)

23 I thought this was going to be a thread about Alan Colmes.

Posted by: Shane at February 09, 2011 09:01 AM (ZbL2n)

24 Don't compare me to that Fool! Panthor!

Posted by: Skeletor at February 09, 2011 09:01 AM (BKOsZ)

25 20 What does all this say for the voters in CT?

That they'd vote for a jar of spit if it had a (D) in front of it's name.

Posted by: lauraw at February 09, 2011 09:02 AM (TduXT)

26 Damn! I thought this thread was about me!

Posted by: Alan Colmes at February 09, 2011 09:06 AM (K/USr)

27 Honestly Laura I don't now how you can stomach even reading news reports about him.

Posted by: Rocks at February 09, 2011 09:13 AM (Q1lie)

28 What does all this say for the voters in CT? One of my best friends from work used to be from CT. I wonder what he thinks of this crap. (he is in Atlanta now)

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2011 12:57 PM (M9Ie6)

Is his name Jim?

Posted by: Rocks at February 09, 2011 09:14 AM (Q1lie)

29 Don't get me started about Atlanta.

LOL, me neither. My part of GA disowned Atlanta a long long time ago. My old buddy moved there to take a job, but the job he has involves a lot of travel all over the country so he is not there that much. I don't wish to get too specific because the work is a fairly small community.

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2011 09:14 AM (M9Ie6)

30 Is his name Jim?

no

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2011 09:15 AM (M9Ie6)

31 How well I remember the pranging Oliver Cromwell unloaded on me after showing up late in Parliament after taking a quick shower and shave after the Battle of Hastings.
Those Spiny Normans rued the day they first sullied our beaches at the White Cheeks of Bend Over, I can tell you!

Posted by: Dick Bloomin' Onion Stall, bon vivant at February 09, 2011 09:19 AM (7GfKM)

32 Maybe he'll resign to star in the Ratatouille sequel.

Posted by: Swamp Yankee at February 09, 2011 09:20 AM (3DIBw)

33 10
I thought this was going to be a thread about James Carville.
Posted by: Swamp Yankee at February 09, 2011 12:50 PM (3DIBw)

Carville is Snake Head.

We don't cross our streams ...

Posted by: Dick Bloomin' Onion Stall, bon vivant at February 09, 2011 09:20 AM (7GfKM)

34 Life is just a Fantasy!

Posted by: huerfano at February 09, 2011 09:26 AM (2pEj7)

Remember the Alamo.

I was there, I was in the guano, man,

Posted by: Richard "Big Dick" Blumenthal in Texas at February 09, 2011 09:30 AM (WvXvd)

36 Ah, for the carefree days when Genghis Khan and I led the Golden Whores on a worldwide rampage of death and destruction, and yet had a surprisingly petite carbon footprint.

Posted by: Dick Bloomin' Onion Stall, proud owner of a DeLorean "Way Back" machine at February 09, 2011 09:37 AM (7GfKM)

37 Dick Blumenthal delivered baby Jesus

After the birth he was quoted as saying "My dick is bigger."

Posted by: Pontius Pilates at February 09, 2011 09:39 AM (STTZD)

38 Nice little newspaper you got there.

It would be a shame if it happened to get sued out of business for some reason....

Posted by: Dickie B, Tanned, Rested and Ready at February 09, 2011 09:53 AM (EW49d)

39 29: I know how it goes. I have a brother in Duluth, I hear all the stories...scary ones. Also have a buddy in Augusta, but that's another matter entirely; I hear it's still pretty decent there...

Posted by: AoSHQ's worst commenter, DarkLord© at February 09, 2011 09:54 AM (GBXon)

40 I hear it's still pretty decent there...

Don't count on it, Augusta is now the second largest metro area in GA. It has exploded in the last 10 - 15 years.

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2011 10:16 AM (M9Ie6)

39 29: I know how it goes. I have a brother in Duluth, I hear all the stories...scary ones.

Hey, I can top that. We're from South Dekalb. My family grew up on Stewart Ave. My husband's grew up on Capitol. We got all y'all beat.

Seriously though, some relatives sold their house a few years ago for $5k less than what they paid for it back in 1964. The really sad thing is that they would be lucky to get that now.

Posted by: lace whig at February 09, 2011 10:35 AM (+OP3J)

42 Speaking of Skeletor, Google up "full metal skeletor" and watch both videos. You're welcome.

I reread Jim Webb's Born Fighting, a history of the Scots-Irish in America. I can't believe a man who could write that book could still be a Democrat, but old age and dementia is a motherfucker I guess.

Posted by: SGT Dan at February 09, 2011 12:09 PM (HBTr7)

43 Dammit, wrong thread. Anyway, the Skeletor video was for this thread. That's what I get for posting comments while trying to talk to my boss on the phone at the same time.

Posted by: SGT Dan at February 09, 2011 12:10 PM (HBTr7)

44 Maybe he'll pose for a group photo with Tom Harkin. They can form a band. Call it I Wasn't There, but I Was Sorta Close.

Kerry has copyrighted Christmas in Cambodia. We all have to live with ourselves. Some of us have higher standards than others.

Posted by: MarkD at February 09, 2011 01:25 PM (6CLxP)

45 Skeletor was a liberal for sure he wanted total power over all just like all liberals want

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