July 26, 2012
— Guest Blogger As much as I detest Michael Bloomberg, keeping shrieking banshee and 0/32 Cherokee Lizzie Warren out of the United States Senate is imperative. But this is difficult to stomach.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, one of the most outspoken defenders of Wall Street, has sided against one of the financial industryÂ’s biggest critics in a hotly contested Senate race in his native Massachusetts.Naturally, none of this is about Brown, who's apparently happy to sacrifice his pride and self-dignity for the money sure to roll in for what's expected to be the most expensive Senate race in the nation. It's all about the Tiny Tyrant and his anti-gun obsession.Mr. Bloomberg has agreed to host a fund-raiser at his Upper East Side town house for the re-election campaign of Senator Scott P. Brown, a Republican, who is being challenged in the November election by a fiery consumer advocate, Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat who is also a professor at Harvard Law School.
Mr. Bloomberg, through a spokesman, said his endorsement was not about Wall Street at all, but about his desire to reward Mr. Brown for voting against his party and the National Rifle Association on a gun control measure.The need for gun control? What need? New York City has some of the most prohibitive gun laws in existence. A lot of good that does in cities such as New York or Boston.“If you take a tough stand and buck party orthodoxy that helps the City of New York, the mayor would like to support you,” Mr. Bloomberg’s spokesman, Stu Loeser, said Thursday.
Mr. Bloomberg has long been a supporter of more restrictive gun laws, and founded, along with Mayor Thomas M. Menino of Boston, the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns. Mr. Bloomberg has been emphasizing the need for gun control in the wake of the mass shooting last week in Aurora, Colo.
I'd suggest criminal control, but that would be racist.
The Boston rag has a unique twist on Bloomberg.
Bloomberg, an independent, has made a career of shunning party orthodoxy.New York is a city of 8 million that includes about 12 registered Republicans. It's not just the GOP that sneers at the Nanny State King over his ridiculous calorie-counting measures. I'm not sure how they lump in congestion-pricing either. When the folks affected are overwhelmingly Democrat voters, it's safe to say gouging drivers is a bipartisan annoyance.He has infuriated Republicans by banning the sale of large sodas, pushing for stricter gun laws, and seeking to impose congestion pricing on motor vehicle traffic into the city. At the same time, the mayor has angered Democrats by defending Wall Street and refusing to endorse President Obama.
Unfortunately, Bloomberg wields influence and pols of both parties will alienate supporters by getting in bed with him. For what it's worth, despite his professed independence of party orthodoxy, Brown would probably gain more support nationally telling Bloomberg to take a hike. It's his misfortune he got to pander to a lot of Massholes.
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Posted by: steevy at July 26, 2012 03:41 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Cicero at July 26, 2012 03:43 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2012 03:43 PM (imVgX)
Can someone explain to me why he is not leading by 20?
Posted by: Scanner Dan at July 26, 2012 03:44 PM (RTk1F)
Posted by: Dang at July 26, 2012 03:45 PM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 26, 2012 03:45 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Cicero
None! They're packin' deadly 20oz sodas, ya bastard!
Posted by: Dang at July 26, 2012 03:46 PM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: steevy at July 26, 2012 03:47 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Scott Brown at July 26, 2012 03:47 PM (7Nq2G)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2012 03:48 PM (R8XuK)
Posted by: Elizabeth "Three Wolf Moon" Warren at July 26, 2012 03:48 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: dfbaskwill at July 26, 2012 03:48 PM (ndlFj)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 26, 2012 03:49 PM (uG50m)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2012 03:50 PM (R8XuK)
Posted by: Scott Brown - in my little fantasy world of what should be at July 26, 2012 03:50 PM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at July 26, 2012 03:51 PM (up/so)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 26, 2012 03:54 PM (j1gX1)
Posted by: wooga at July 26, 2012 03:55 PM (vjyZP)
Posted by: Dufuq Izthis at July 26, 2012 03:55 PM (g6f6y)
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2012 03:55 PM (imVgX)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at July 26, 2012 03:55 PM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at July 26, 2012 03:55 PM (+lsX1)
Two men enter...
Posted by: wooga
Two men vomit...
Posted by: Dang at July 26, 2012 03:57 PM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: steevy at July 26, 2012 03:57 PM (6o4Fb)
Here, I have a math question for the Horde:
If Chuck Schumer and Michael Bloomberg are equidistant from a camera and the camera is turned on, by how much do they break the sound barrier attempting to reach it first?
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 26, 2012 03:58 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: logprof at July 26, 2012 03:59 PM (imVgX)
It is obviously a Obama push poll. The main question, is "are President Obama policies helping the middle class". They say there were only four questions, BS. There are six demographic questions. He he, last week I was white, this week I was black. A Black republican definitely voting for Mitt. That's got to mess them up. I am NC so I suspect more of this. They were really interested in how committed I was to the candidate and if I was going to really vote.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 26, 2012 03:59 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: King Putt at July 26, 2012 03:59 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2012 03:59 PM (R8XuK)
They're almost as white and pasty as the JEF's.
But, they do have one black guy. Back and to the left.
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 26, 2012 04:00 PM (imtbm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2012 04:00 PM (R8XuK)
Posted by: Arms Merchant at July 26, 2012 04:01 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 26, 2012 04:01 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: Cicero at July 26, 2012 07:43 PM (QKKT0)
"I have my own army!" Bloomy NYPD would be the seventh largest army in the world.
http://tinyurl.com/d3z6x8y
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 26, 2012 04:02 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 26, 2012 04:02 PM (j1gX1)
Posted by: Chris W. at July 26, 2012 04:03 PM (/cTNH)
Posted by: gebrauchshund at July 26, 2012 04:03 PM (iYwUw)
Posted by: The L.A. Times Editorial Staff at July 26, 2012 04:04 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 26, 2012 04:05 PM (uG50m)
"Can someone explain to me why he is not leading by 20?"
Maybe this November we're going to find out they polls were incredibly full of crap, way off. Or maybe the country really is that screwed up.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 26, 2012 04:06 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2012 08:00 PM (R8XuK)
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Speakin' of which.......
Remember Antione Dodson, the 'hide yo wife, hide yo kids' guy who became famous after someone broke into his sister's(?) bedroom?
Well, he's gay and has something to say about the Chick-Fil-A nontroversy.
http://tinyurl.com/bpbtwqb
Posted by: Tami at July 26, 2012 04:07 PM (X6akg)
They didn't axe about my marriage status or whether I was employed. No sexual orientation question.
I think I did hear the faint sound of pickles be chewed and a cow mooing in the background.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 26, 2012 04:07 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: GMB the worlds most huggable anti-communist at July 26, 2012 04:08 PM (kPe9l)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 26, 2012 04:08 PM (j1gX1)
I think all Mary Cloggensteins are socks. Kay in Maine, on the other hand, is a real certifiable leftard psycho.
Posted by: Cicero at July 26, 2012 04:10 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2012 08:00 PM (R8XuK)
Speaking of Chick-Fil-A, I swung by there after work tonight and grabbed a chicken sandwich and a large order of waffle fries. The food was great as per normal and I had an excellent workout afterwards. I'm curious, though, as to how many gays were flung into wood-chippers with the revenue generated by my purchase. There's got to be a way to accurately quantify that.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at July 26, 2012 04:11 PM (0d0K7)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 26, 2012 04:11 PM (j1gX1)
Posted by: The bitch from Battleburg Vermont at July 26, 2012 04:12 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: soothsayer jumps in without reading at July 26, 2012 04:13 PM (YO+5B)
Chick-Fil-A sure seems perfectly happy to take my money and give me nummy nummy food in return. You'd think they wouldn't want to fatten me up before putting me in the wood chipper though.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 26, 2012 04:13 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 26, 2012 04:14 PM (j1gX1)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at July 26, 2012 08:11 PM (0d0K7)
Now you are calling sucking my dick a work out? Well, actually, I guess it is.
Posted by: The Zombie Johnny "the wad" Holmes at July 26, 2012 04:14 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: eureka! at July 26, 2012 04:15 PM (KH1Rh)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at July 26, 2012 04:16 PM (kqGWM)
Posted by: Dirty Old Man at July 26, 2012 04:17 PM (96HSt)
Mr. Brown’s spokeswoman, Alleigh Marré, welcomed Mr. Bloomberg’s support. “Mayor Bloomberg is a true independent who always puts progress over politics,” Ms. Marré said. “That’s Scott Brown’s philosophy as well.”
Massachusetts' Senate races. The Kobayashi Maru of American politics.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2012 04:17 PM (kdS6q)
That's libel and slander and defamation! I have a Master's Degree in under-water midget filching!
Posted by: Kay in Maine at July 26, 2012 04:17 PM (p18em)
I agree with Christopher Taylor we may indeed find out many of these polls are so skewed sample wise (also I question effectiveness of polling in summer) that they were meaningless.
Also Coakley insulted Boston by claiming to be heir to Teddy while Scott B. was out grass roots campaigning. Having a beer in S. Boston still goes a long way there.
Not sure Brown is doing that sort of grass roots campaigning this time.
Thirdly, don't discount out yr. election and tea party support for Brown last time, his was first election after major tea party rallies so he drew a enormous amount of attention he wouldn't normally have.
Posted by: Finn McCool at July 26, 2012 04:18 PM (R/8dI)
Raped by Minx yet again....
Mr. Brown’s spokeswoman, Alleigh Marré, welcomed Mr. Bloomberg’s support. “Mayor Bloomberg is a true independent who always puts progress over politics,” Ms. Marré said. “That’s Scott Brown’s philosophy as well.”
Massachusetts' Senate races. The Kobayashi Maru of American politics.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 26, 2012 04:18 PM (kdS6q)
rew M is on Twitter ripping Romney a new one over something he (Romney) said or did on London. Anyone know what happened? I'm searching the intertubes but if anyone has info I'd appreciate it.Posted by: Arboc Rednammoc at July 26, 2012 04:19 PM (Asr6U)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at July 26, 2012 04:20 PM (sKx+1)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 26, 2012 04:20 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Kay in Maine at July 26, 2012 08:17 PM (p18em)
Tell them about our crocheting circle!
Posted by: The bitch from Battleburg Vermont at July 26, 2012 04:20 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 26, 2012 04:21 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Olson Johnson at July 26, 2012 04:22 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: rickl at July 26, 2012 04:22 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Boston12GS at July 26, 2012 04:23 PM (0VqvZ)
@68 He was thrown a softball by Brian Williams that should have been a tongue bath to the Brits and he went into inside baseball shit about running an Olympics. Made a comment about maybe their outside security wasn't ready and the Brit press (which is what they do) jumped all over it.
No big deal really, definately unforced error, all he had to do was go say nice shit about the Brits and he would've come off better that the O. But he didn't do that, dumb mistake, I guess this is a big deal to some although I didn't see Drew's comments.
Posted by: Finn McCool at July 26, 2012 04:25 PM (R/8dI)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 26, 2012 08:13 PM
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So, that would be Ms. alexthechick in the wood chipper then?
Posted by: Sherrif Marge Gunderson at July 26, 2012 04:25 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at July 26, 2012 04:27 PM (up/so)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 26, 2012 04:28 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 26, 2012 04:28 PM (uG50m)
Hear you. I'm in Boston. My client base is in the area - at this point it would be stupid to leave while I'm still working. I do like some things about the area, but I certainly won't retire here.
Posted by: beancounter at July 26, 2012 04:30 PM (p18em)
Let's get one thing straight. Bloomberg was NEVER a real New Yorker. He's a transplant from Bahston.
That's like saying Roger Clemens was a real Yankee. (Not to real Yankee fans).
Oh yeah... A Roid can kiss my ass too. Angry tonight.
Posted by: madtechie at July 26, 2012 04:30 PM (Eky9b)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at July 26, 2012 04:31 PM (kqGWM)
Posted by: toby928© at July 26, 2012 04:31 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 26, 2012 04:31 PM (HethX)
Same here.
Posted by: Andy at July 26, 2012 04:32 PM (OZPoa)
Posted by: Scanner Dan at July 26, 2012 07:44 PM
'Mumbles' Menino, Devil Patrick, Bawney Fwank, John F'n Kerry, Michael "I can haz tank?" Dukakis and a whole shitload of Kennedys, past and present.
What else you wanna know?
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 26, 2012 04:33 PM (wZI4b)
Meh, I don't think there's anything problematic there. The Brits have to know they can't have a worse enemy in the white house than Obama and what he said wasn't bad. It was a valid concern but the Brits are just hyper defensive lately.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 26, 2012 04:34 PM (r4wIV)
R-MA
I think it'll break his way late, though.
Posted by: Andy at July 26, 2012 04:35 PM (OZPoa)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 26, 2012 04:36 PM (RFrCB)
Posted by: toby928© at July 26, 2012 04:39 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at July 26, 2012 04:39 PM (kqGWM)
OT - I was looking at Althouse's latest pic on her blog of her seated on her deck. The deck appears to be out of code given the plank spacing.
Can someone let Meade know?
Thanks,
Posted by: Journolist at July 26, 2012 04:39 PM (WzLTm)
Posted by: The Peasants at July 26, 2012 04:39 PM (fRlaj)
If getting Republicans elected in Blue states like Massachusetts means they have to be squishes on gun control, I can live with that. Because Democrats here aren't squishes on anything -- they're hard-line Trotskyites who want to turn us into peons.
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 26, 2012 04:40 PM (uewvH)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at July 26, 2012 04:40 PM (9HhTH)
Posted by: Journolist at July 26, 2012 04:42 PM (WzLTm)
Posted by: Chris R at July 26, 2012 04:43 PM (v362Z)
Posted by: Kay in Maine at July 26, 2012 08:23 PM (p18em)
Quilting? Shit I thought we were doing needle point, where are my glasses?
Posted by: The bitch from Battleburg Vermont at July 26, 2012 04:44 PM (3ZjAP)
@84 & @90 I agree it's not a big deal, he won't be hurt long term at all. My point is just this, and I heard Krauthammer say something similar, he just has to appear presidential and make the Brits, Pols, and Isrealis feel comfortable.
No big quotes are needed.
Here is the thing though, the tough thing for Romney is going to be recognizing a softball when he sees it. Just say something nice and move on.
He doesn't always have to put his resume out there. Maybe I'm doing too much Monday morning QBing here I don't know.
Any Repub candidate naturally and rightly sees the Media as an enemy, which is correct, there are times when you just have to give a banal answer and let it go.
Posted by: Finn McCool at July 26, 2012 04:44 PM (R/8dI)
All. The. Fucking. Time.
There are also a ton of Obama ones and I am going to end up throwing a boot through my tv.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 26, 2012 04:44 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica Sanitation Department at July 26, 2012 04:45 PM (x8wJs)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica Sanitation Department at July 26, 2012 04:45 PM (x8wJs)
Posted by: antisocialist at July 26, 2012 04:46 PM (j/nZn)
Posted by: toby928© at July 26, 2012 04:46 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Clemenza at July 26, 2012 04:47 PM (jlQ7t)
OT/ONT tickler:
Watched Paper Chase the movie on netflixs last night. Wife couldn't identify a plot so left.
Excuses...
I should be saving all my material for the ONT.
Bonus. Wife and I once ate lunch next to the bionic woman, Lindsay Wagner at an outdoor Mexican restaurant in Malibu. I had forgotten that she was in Paper Chase. See how I tied all this back to Paperchase.
Also, skull full of mush was in the dialogue in the movie. Rush that's all I could think about.
Posted by: Journolist at July 26, 2012 04:48 PM (WzLTm)
Posted by: alexthechick at July 26, 2012 04:49 PM (nteNG)
Chick-Fil-A sure seems perfectly happy to take my money and give me nummy nummy food in return. You'd think they wouldn't want to fatten me up before putting me in the wood chipper though.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 26, 2012 08:13 PM (Gk3SS)
Hmmm, I hadn't considered that. The shrieking harpies on Facebook have gone on about how Chick-Fil-A supports putting gays to death and I had just assumed that wood-chippers would be involved somehow.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at July 26, 2012 04:50 PM (0d0K7)
Posted by: Lincolntf at July 26, 2012 08:35 PM (HethX)
Yep....I'm waiting for it.
Posted by: Tami at July 26, 2012 04:52 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Mitt Romney at July 26, 2012 04:53 PM (zsgo8)
Well this one was right in his wheelhouse, he probably couldn't resist swinging for the fences. I mean its like asking Jim Henson about someone else's puppet show.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 26, 2012 04:53 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at July 26, 2012 04:54 PM (kqGWM)
Posted by: Clemenza at July 26, 2012 04:54 PM (jlQ7t)
Posted by: The bitch from Battleburg Vermont at July 26, 2012 08:44 PM (3ZjAP)
IIRC one of the nineteen cats you own hid them under that sweet, sweet, IKEA couch you just bought.
Posted by: beancounter at July 26, 2012 04:55 PM (p18em)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 26, 2012 04:55 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: beancounter at July 26, 2012 04:57 PM (p18em)
Posted by: Thorvald at July 26, 2012 04:57 PM (Wn62B)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 26, 2012 08:55 PM (r4wIV)
If they took him out of Miami, where would they get all the T and A bikini shots?
Posted by: Tami at July 26, 2012 04:58 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: beancounter at July 26, 2012 08:55 PM (p18em)
I bought another couch? Where did I put it? Did Mary take it?
The nice thing about be Alzheimer? You get to meet new people everyday.
Posted by: The other bitch from Battleburg Vermont at July 26, 2012 05:00 PM (3ZjAP)
He's Olympia Snowe in reverse drag.
I hope he wins, but have limited hope for any positives resulting from that outcome.
Bloomberg is the personification of the combination of the soured mother's milk of politics and elitist hubris.
FUCK HIM.
Posted by: ontherocks at July 26, 2012 05:02 PM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: steevy at July 26, 2012 05:03 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Boston12GS at July 26, 2012 05:06 PM (0VqvZ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 26, 2012 05:08 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: steevy at July 26, 2012 05:12 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 26, 2012 09:08 PM (r4wIV)
On a related note, Bloomberg is actually far superior to the idiot he ran against last time.
Posted by: OfA at July 26, 2012 05:12 PM (KI/Ch)
If we had him in the Senate for the full four years, Obamacare would have been filibustered.
As it is, having him in the Senate is what caused Democrats to have resort to reconciliation and is the reason why that tactic is open to us in trying to repeal it.
That's good enough for me.
Posted by: AD at July 26, 2012 05:14 PM (6+ysO)
Posted by: antisocialist at July 26, 2012 08:46 PM (j/nZn)
For some reason he seems to think it fits into his populist, "lookin' out for the folks" bit. But I think he may be doing some real damage to his brand with this idiocy.
Posted by: cm9000 at July 26, 2012 05:16 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at July 26, 2012 05:16 PM (up/so)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 26, 2012 05:17 PM (rAw38)
There one thing I really despise about O'Reilly - his WILLFUL ignorance on so many subjects. 30 minutes of actual research before a show would save him from being a jagoff. He knows this, yet chooses to remain fucking stupid.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 26, 2012 05:19 PM (rAw38)
Posted by: Zombie Ted Kennedy, Treasonous Colluder with the Soviet Union at July 26, 2012 05:21 PM (4G5pi)
Posted by: Boston12GS at July 26, 2012 05:22 PM (0VqvZ)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 26, 2012 09:19 PM (rAw3
I don't think he knows it. He truly believes he already has all the answers already....no need to research in his mind.
Posted by: Tami at July 26, 2012 05:22 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Clemenza at July 26, 2012 05:23 PM (jlQ7t)
liked Burn Notice a lot more a few seasons back. Lately its been pretty contrived to keep him in Miami and active in the area.
I do like addition of John C. McGinley.
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 26, 2012 05:25 PM (2d71t)
@120 Christopher, I know, thus my comment about Monday morning QB, but I just think he feeds the fire with this that's all.
As someone upthread said the Brits are a prickly bunch why even be negative in any way.
Look, I think this is nothing, this election is not, anyone running with an R next to their name is going to be pilloried by the foriegn press for the smallest thing. Why give them the ammo. Just look Presidential collect some expat cash and move on.
Mitt doesn't have to polish his resume at every stop we are past that. He has to not be the demon woman hater, gay hater, warmonger that is all. He can be boring overseas his support for these countries will be contrast enough. Americans don't care what he says in England unless he fucks up.
Posted by: Finn McCool at July 26, 2012 05:25 PM (R/8dI)
Posted by: Arboc Rednammoc at July 26, 2012 05:27 PM (Asr6U)
Posted by: Nukie at July 26, 2012 05:28 PM (AzwZn)
Posted by: Arboc Rednammoc at July 26, 2012 05:31 PM (Asr6U)
Posted by: The World According to Pecos at July 26, 2012 05:31 PM (2Gb0y)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 26, 2012 05:32 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 26, 2012 05:32 PM (ZZpwO)
Posted by: Y-not at July 26, 2012 05:33 PM (5H6zj)
@140 Drew obviously doesn't like Romney, whatever. I am not going to say he was or wasn't my first choice because, who cares.
He will be the nominee. I really hope people get their head out of their ass and start working towards defeating Obama instead of bitching about who or what they think Romney is.
It's over, he will be who we go against Obama with. No wishcasting can change it.
This country won't be won back with one election or President or even three elections. We are at the beginning of a long process here.
If you don't believe that you aren't paying attention.
Posted by: Finn McCool at July 26, 2012 05:33 PM (R/8dI)
Posted by: Clemenza at July 26, 2012 05:33 PM (jlQ7t)
Krauthhammer has one or two insights a year on politics other then that he basically just regurgitates the obvious. Where Krauthammer really shows his ass is in analyzing GOP inside politics, if you see Krauthammer giving a GOP politician advice, the correct course would be to do or say the opposite.
Posted by: lowandslow at July 26, 2012 05:34 PM (GZitp)
must be some BDSM action in the animal kingdom
Posted by: chemjeff at July 26, 2012 05:36 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Y-not at July 26, 2012 05:37 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 26, 2012 05:37 PM (d/5qf)
They are coming along nicely and I shall be sure to utilize your skills as needed. Mwahahahahahahaha
Posted by: alexthechick at July 26, 2012 05:38 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2012 05:38 PM (bbW7j)
Too logical. I'm going with Drew has become addicted to punching himself in the junk every half hour.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 26, 2012 05:38 PM (seqsm)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica Sanitation Department at July 26, 2012 05:39 PM (x8wJs)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at July 26, 2012 09:16 PM (up/so)
So I've been voting in the wrong town all these years? Mary, why didn't you tell me?
Posted by: The other bitch from Battleburg Vermont at July 26, 2012 05:39 PM (3ZjAP)
lowandslow, I don't disagree, he is just the only person I could come up with that agreed with my take is all. So maybe I'm wrong, could be, though I doubt it. I'm never wrong.
Posted by: Finn McCool at July 26, 2012 05:39 PM (R/8dI)
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2012 05:40 PM (bbW7j)
Besides, bad teeth are the only way we can identify ex pats when on a booze run to Spain.
Posted by: Brits at July 26, 2012 05:41 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: lowandslow at July 26, 2012 05:42 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: DAve at July 26, 2012 05:42 PM (w5aay)
Posted by: eman at July 26, 2012 05:42 PM (bbW7j)
Posted by: Y-not at July 26, 2012 05:42 PM (5H6zj)
@163 I like Drew's stuff too. Hey, he gets to put his opinions on the main page and I just get to comment, because, well, I guess Ace is gone or something.
Posted by: Finn McCool at July 26, 2012 05:42 PM (R/8dI)
he's probably thinking "man I wish there was more global warming so this water wasn't so fuckin' cold"
Posted by: chemjeff at July 26, 2012 05:44 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Y-not at July 26, 2012 05:45 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Arboc Rednammoc at July 26, 2012 05:47 PM (Asr6U)
Posted by: Nukie at July 26, 2012 05:49 PM (AzwZn)
that must mean the Alaska bear community supports Chick Fil A
Posted by: chemjeff at July 26, 2012 05:49 PM (d/5qf)
Thing is, I don't hear Krauthammer or DrewM screaming how tone deaf Romney is when he brings up the dysfunctional European model of government. Which he does all the time. Evedently you can critize the UK for having a fucked up quasi socialist system and not upset them or appear unready for foreign policy matters, but if you mention that their Olympic security is a little "disconcerting" you really stepped in it and your ability to represent the US on the world stage is questionable.
Posted by: lowandslow at July 26, 2012 05:50 PM (GZitp)
@192 I like Drew too, thought I was clear on that, he writes good stuff. I appreciate his point of veiw.
Posted by: Finn McCool at July 26, 2012 05:50 PM (R/8dI)
Totally agree, and I think Willard knew exactly what he was doing.
A little bitch slap is all the panty waist Brits know.
Remember Barry gave the PM a nap on Air Force One?
I think the PM is reading too much of the Guardian and thinks Barry is going to win.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 26, 2012 05:52 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: Arboc Rednammoc at July 26, 2012 05:52 PM (Asr6U)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 26, 2012 05:54 PM (seqsm)
Were you here during the primaries? Hell according to Drew back then Romney's and Obama's political ideology was indistinguishable from each other. While Gingrich on the other hand was by far the most conservative national politician this nation ever produced.
Posted by: lowandslow at July 26, 2012 05:54 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: Nukie at July 26, 2012 05:55 PM (AzwZn)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke with a big smile and nodding her head at July 26, 2012 05:55 PM (lyStv)
Posted by: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh at July 26, 2012 05:55 PM (p4U6S)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 26, 2012 05:56 PM (d/5qf)
lowanslow, Your'e right. Wow I am too agreable tonight! too many beers I guess. My point was simple. This is a milk run. Raise money. Be not Obama. That's it.
I don't even disagree Mitt has the standing to expound on Brits prep for Olympics. He obviously does, experience.
My point is it's unforced error that's all. If you disagree that's cool.
I was being sarcastic about never being wrong, I was actually once.
Posted by: Finn McCool at July 26, 2012 05:56 PM (R/8dI)
Posted by: The World According to Pecos at July 26, 2012 05:58 PM (2Gb0y)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 26, 2012 05:58 PM (seqsm)
I don't care what he says from time to time, that statement (which I heard live on Fox) tells me all I need to know. He's a Kennedy democrat.
That means he will gripe about money and taxes, but will go pretty much left on everything except gay marriage and abortion.
So, no surprise.
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 26, 2012 05:58 PM (GoIUi)
Anybody think that Mitt has been briefed on the possibilities of an attack and, god forbid it happens, he looks like a genius.
Obviously the Brits know it is a crap shot, shit half of London is towel head.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 26, 2012 05:59 PM (3ZjAP)
Drunken limey skanks laying in the gutter laugh at your boorish and outdated American know-how!
Posted by: derit at July 26, 2012 05:59 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: Y-not at July 26, 2012 06:00 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: ! Dwight Schrute at July 26, 2012 09:55 PM (4G5pi) "
Let me guess trick question?
Posted by: lowandslow at July 26, 2012 06:00 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 26, 2012 06:01 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: jewells45 at July 26, 2012 06:02 PM (UljOc)
Posted by: Y-not at July 26, 2012 06:03 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at July 26, 2012 06:04 PM (nonzP)
These stories have been in papers (and CNN and MSNBC) for a month. I have been reading them because I was just in the UK. (and I experienced the Immigration/Border incompetence first-hand, as it took my sister and me TWO HOURS of waiting in line to get through, and this was at 6:00 AM!
All Romney said was that it was "disconcerting." . Big deal. Cameron needs to get over his suck-up crush on Obama. Personally, I think Obama found something on him and is blackmailing him.
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 26, 2012 06:04 PM (GoIUi)
WTF could he find? I am thinking.
Posted by: R Murdoch at July 26, 2012 06:06 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at July 26, 2012 06:07 PM (nonzP)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at July 26, 2012 06:12 PM (up/so)
Not any more.
Waaaay too many really good shows to watch and follow intently.
"Burn Notice" is just one more in the middle of the pack."
Anyone remember when "former IRA gunrunner" Fiona had an Irish accent? That lasted for about three episodes.
But...her perky nipples are on parade each week. So there's that.
Posted by: Pinch Loafberger at July 26, 2012 06:14 PM (FNV+6)
Brown will be better than Snowe. How could he be worse?
************
Now THERE's a ringing endorsement!!!!
Posted by: Pinch Loafberger at July 26, 2012 06:15 PM (FNV+6)
Now why was that? Was she there to help, or was she there to deliver a threat and be a minder?
She's the one who loves Mao.
So as far as I am concerned Cameron is compromised.
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 26, 2012 06:18 PM (GoIUi)
Posted by: trickamsterdam at July 26, 2012 06:19 PM (uTBHY)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 26, 2012 06:34 PM (r4wIV)
Mitt has been there, done that, and pulled it off.
He is very qualified to make those observations. He is also correct! Now, the Brits have to have the Arny provide security. Big fucking deal!
Is this a sin, an error? I'm thinking no.
Posted by: ChrisP at July 26, 2012 07:42 PM (VshXf)
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