August 22, 2012
— Ace "No jobs created," the Washington Times reports. The contract noted that -- zero jobs created.
So what were stimulus funds doing plumping Maddow's and Olbermann's show's ad buys?
The ads touted the "Green Jobs" that aren't available.
The firm ultimately negotiated ad buys for “two approved spots” airing 14 times per week for two months on “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” and “The Rachel Maddow Show,” according to a project report, which listed the number zero under a section of the report asking how many jobs had been created through the stimulus contract.David Williams, president of the nonprofit watchdog Taxpayers Protection Alliance, called the contract “questionable” because it created no jobs and because of the placement of the ads on shows viewed as friendly to the administration’s policies.
“Hiring a PR firm does not create jobs, and this was obviously meant for selling a particular political agenda,” Mr. Williams said. “The placement really reeks of a political ad rather than a job ad, and taxpayers see through this.
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A must read!
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2012 10:10 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Keith Olbermann at August 22, 2012 10:10 AM (msPO3)
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2012 10:11 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: t-bird at August 22, 2012 10:11 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2012 10:11 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at August 22, 2012 10:11 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Cicero at August 22, 2012 10:12 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at August 22, 2012 02:11 PM (RD7QR)
Now that's just insulting to bull dykes...
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2012 10:12 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Joe "Sippy Cup" Biden at August 22, 2012 10:13 AM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: Keith Olbermann at August 22, 2012 02:10 PM
Mooooo....ve on, Keith.
Posted by: Elsie from Cornell Cow College at August 22, 2012 10:13 AM (bAGA/)
Posted by: wheatie at August 22, 2012 10:13 AM (mtRB0)
Posted by: Cicero at August 22, 2012 10:13 AM (QKKT0)
I think their strategy was to do as much outrageous shit as possible so that you couldn't marshal enough resources to fight the daily onslaught.
Posted by: General Woundwort at August 22, 2012 10:13 AM (06lNq)
Oberdouche and Madcow, you just don't rate very high on the graft and grift scale.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 22, 2012 10:13 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Karusky at August 22, 2012 10:14 AM (dO4L7)
Posted by: Whoever this is, it's definitely not Michael at August 22, 2012 10:15 AM (qA5G4)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 22, 2012 10:15 AM (VkVfl)
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at August 22, 2012 10:16 AM (SDkq3)
Posted by: steevy at August 22, 2012 10:16 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: naturalfake at August 22, 2012 10:17 AM (54vf8)
Not one ounce of energy is spent from TV's viewing those shows because zero are tuned in.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 22, 2012 10:17 AM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: Nukie at August 22, 2012 10:17 AM (2aO3a)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 22, 2012 10:17 AM (fU0YZ)
Posted by: Choo Choo Choom at August 22, 2012 10:17 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: steevy at August 22, 2012 10:18 AM (6o4Fb)
1) Authorizing illegal gun sale to Mexican drug cartels in order to give pretext to subvert the 2nd Amendment.
2) DOJ refusing to indict or prosecute an Obama bundler who stole 1 Billion dollar
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Posted by: General Woundwort at August 22, 2012 10:18 AM (06lNq)
Posted by: Dang at August 22, 2012 10:18 AM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 22, 2012 10:19 AM (BAS5M)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Whiteboard 2012 at August 22, 2012 10:19 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2012 10:19 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 22, 2012 10:20 AM (f9c2L)
Posted by: SH at August 22, 2012 10:20 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: steevy at August 22, 2012 10:20 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: izoneguy at August 22, 2012 10:21 AM (oKH8p)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 22, 2012 10:21 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: The MFM at August 22, 2012 10:21 AM (A2NqZ)
Posted by: Keith Olbermann at August 22, 2012 02:10 PM
No, relevant people wouldn't send me 5 tweets of babbling hate simply because I retweeted something someone else said about you.
Posted by: Adam at August 22, 2012 10:21 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: dantesed at August 22, 2012 10:21 AM (E3APx)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Whiteboard 2012 at August 22, 2012 10:22 AM (VtjlW)
Here's hoping that Romney will keep his downsizing pimp hand strong after he takes the oath and downsizes EVERYTHING!!!
All I want to hear is, your fired, now hit the bricks motherfucker.
Posted by: General Woundwort at August 22, 2012 10:22 AM (06lNq)
Posted by: Ian S. at August 22, 2012 10:22 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at August 22, 2012 10:22 AM (buaco)
Yeah, that's the only part that amazes me...the amount was so small.
Those pukes gave him millions and millions in campaign contributions in-kind, and they got pennies on the dollar....the Solyndra dude bundled other people's money for SCOAMF and got a 1000% return.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at August 22, 2012 10:22 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at August 22, 2012 10:23 AM (QxSug)
I'm sure both Keefums and Madcow used their share of the proceeds to invest in their favorite rubber products: duckies and strapons, respectively.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 22, 2012 10:24 AM (0AClR)
Posted by: The MFM at August 22, 2012 10:24 AM (A2NqZ)
I was told their asses taste like bacon.
Posted by: That Canadian guy's dog at August 22, 2012 10:25 AM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: MJ at August 22, 2012 10:25 AM (TR60b)
The whole thing is a slush fund for democrats. I believe this has already been discovered. We will probably be finding out that most of the money has mysteriously vanished and democrat coffers are always full.
Posted by: Deathknyte at August 22, 2012 10:25 AM (Q4YdU)
Since this adminstration is always touting the "created or saved" meme, I would argue that it saved at least two jobs -- Maddow's and Olberman's. But then I would only be half right.
R&R '12
Posted by: CheshireLion at August 22, 2012 10:25 AM (zNDIM)
Posted by: steevy at August 22, 2012 10:25 AM (6o4Fb)
Also known as a Zerg rush, some people might call it a blitzkrieg. But they would be wrong, some say...
Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2012 10:25 AM (4QSOR)
Posted by: Clemenza at August 22, 2012 10:26 AM (D1Nzt)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 22, 2012 10:26 AM (TMB3S)
My question from yesterday still stand as is still redundant. Why is this SOB not in jail?
Posted by: Vic at August 22, 2012 10:26 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Cricket at August 22, 2012 10:26 AM (DrC22)
Posted by: steevy at August 22, 2012 10:27 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 22, 2012 10:27 AM (0q2P7)
Wait, there's cupcakes?!
Posted by: HeatherRadish
We haz cupcakes?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD)
*brp*
Posted by: Dang at August 22, 2012 10:27 AM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: Lord Keynes at August 22, 2012 10:27 AM (XvHmy)
Didn't a Canadian government collapse over a similar scheme?
Sorta kinda. It was called the Sponsorship scandal (or Adscam). I think the wiki article gives a pretty good outline if you're interested....and yeah, it certainly helped take out the minority Liberals.
Posted by: Lurking Canuck at August 22, 2012 10:27 AM (BrQrN)
Posted by: soothsayer at August 22, 2012 10:27 AM (G/zuv)
Didn't the libs blow an artery when they found out that Bush was paying talk radio hosts/columnists to carry the White House message about Education Department policies and DSS policies to reduce out-of-wedlock child birth rates?
Armstrong Williams? Maggie Gallagher? Michael McManus?
THE LIBS BLEW A FIT!
Fast forward to 2012 and THEY ARE DOING THE SAME EXACT THING!
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 22, 2012 10:28 AM (1beh4)
Or how about the Administration re-writing bankruptcy law in order to honor GM union contracts and pensions making them whole and solvent while virtually wiping out non-union Delphi contracts and pensions.
Posted by: General Woundwort at August 22, 2012 10:28 AM (06lNq)
Posted by: steevy at August 22, 2012 10:28 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Miss Valerie at August 22, 2012 10:29 AM (DrC22)
Posted by: SH at August 22, 2012 10:29 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 22, 2012 10:29 AM (0q2P7)
Any one of us could design a multi-billion dollar 'stimuless' program if we were forced that would actually produce some jobs some growth.
Had he only picked up FDR's playbook and went with the CCC and WPA, he'd be coasting to a win now.
The stimulus and every other rule, reg, and law he has put into place comes with a tanker full of graft attached.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at August 22, 2012 10:29 AM (Q/1Jp)
Posted by: JustMe at August 22, 2012 10:29 AM (QbjWk)
Because his ears won't fit in the cell?
Posted by: The Mega Independent at August 22, 2012 10:29 AM (buaco)
OT, but I just want to get this out into cyberspace, just because.
I returned yesterday to PA from North Carolina where we buried my father-in-law. He was born dirt poor in the NC mountains, moderate education, served in Vietnam, came home and learned a trade.
His heating/AC business eventually employed and supported the families 100+ men like him, humble beginnings that led to better lives through hard work and my father-in-law's risk-taking and faith in the land of opportunity.
That's a corny notion that would cause serious eye-rolling among liberals. More than 200 turned out in tiny Harrisburg, NC for his funeral. Many of them were competitors or suppliers who spoke of my father-in-law's honesty. As a city boy myself, I hadn't seen such values up close, and never saw them celebrated out in the open. I fear I cried more than I will at my own dad's funeral.
My father-in-law is the kind of American who doesn't exist according to the Left. They consider his story - about as American a story as you can find - to be right-wing fiction. And right now there is a boy growing up poor in the mountains of North Carolina, being told by his president that he can't make it on his own, so the odds are less likely that the boy will. Tragic. Just had to get that out there.
Posted by: CJ at August 22, 2012 10:29 AM (9KqcB)
Posted by: soothsayer at August 22, 2012 10:30 AM (G/zuv)
Posted by: steevy at August 22, 2012 10:30 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: tasker at August 22, 2012 10:30 AM (r2PLg)
Political spoils.
Posted by: navybrat at August 22, 2012 10:30 AM (xn8dF)
Posted by: teh Wind at August 22, 2012 10:30 AM (HBU8E)
Posted by: nickless at August 22, 2012 10:30 AM (MMC8r)
So what were stimulus funds doing plumping Maddow's and Olbermann's show's ad buys?
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The benefits of a classical education include learning Latin phrases like Quid Pro Quo
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 22, 2012 10:31 AM (KwMW2)
Posted by: soothsayer at August 22, 2012 02:27 PM (G/zuv)
To be fair, the Tigger costume did soften his image. Who could charge Tigger with a crime?
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at August 22, 2012 10:31 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: soothsayer at August 22, 2012 10:31 AM (G/zuv)
Posted by: Fritz at August 22, 2012 10:31 AM (RuVpG)
Huh? Just get him an olde-tymie cell with vertical bars, ears stick out the side, problem solved.
I'm an idea man Mitt, put me in coach!
Posted by: bonhomme at August 22, 2012 10:31 AM (4QSOR)
$495K for 4 years of wet, sloppy, eye contact BJs?
Not bad.
Posted by: MJ at August 22, 2012 02:25 PM (TR60b)
But WE get in trouble?
Posted by: Secret Service Agent... at August 22, 2012 10:31 AM (lZBBB)
He's also the same one who said there were Klingon's in the White House. Must be from his time as Starfleet's Klingon inquisitor.
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2012 10:32 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 22, 2012 10:32 AM (DrC22)
Posted by: soothsayer at August 22, 2012 10:32 AM (G/zuv)
Posted by: Dang at August 22, 2012 10:32 AM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 22, 2012 10:32 AM (W2Z3C)
the commies and socialist beleive that capitalism is flawed because of man's greed and self serving nature. Yet they never recognize that mans greed and self serving nature corrputs their preferred economic systems as well. Except instead of greedy self serving individuals, you have greedy self serving politicians and bureaucrats.
Posted by: california red at August 22, 2012 10:33 AM (KaUAN)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at August 22, 2012 10:33 AM (Suq+u)
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at August 22, 2012 10:33 AM (RD7QR)
Sorry for your loss. It's nice that he was honored.
Posted by: The Mega Independent at August 22, 2012 10:33 AM (buaco)
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at August 22, 2012 10:34 AM (SDkq3)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 22, 2012 10:34 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: thunderb at August 22, 2012 10:34 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Todd Troy Clay Aken, Jr. at August 22, 2012 10:35 AM (PcoXF)
Those weren't "ad buys". They were negative taxes that the federal government assessed on itself. Perfectly legal and wholly Constitutional. As American as Dog Pie.
Posted by: Benedickhead Roberts, Tax Afficionado, Mangler of English, Hiding in Malta at August 22, 2012 10:35 AM (X3lox)
Seriously? When did this happen?
Posted by: HH at August 22, 2012 02:32 PM (v+ExF)
Couple months ago maybe. I don't even remember what it was I tweeted, but his five tweets basically boiled down to "you're a fascist, go kill yourself", only he said it in a very rambling, almost incoherent fashion.
Posted by: Adam at August 22, 2012 10:35 AM (/YJYi)
http://tinyurl.com/bpmpgv7
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2012 02:15 PM (da5Wo)
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Heh. The last sentence in that post is the reason they're getting sued.
Posted by: Soona at August 22, 2012 10:36 AM (dPkOm)
He's also the same one who said there were Klingon's in the White House. Must be from his time as Starfleet's Klingon inquisitor.
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2012 02:32 PM (GQ8sn)
Well.... there IS one.... /yep... went there!
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2012 10:36 AM (lZBBB)
• What ties are there, if any, between McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations LLC and the Obama Administration?
• Were the costs for the spots consistent with other commercials for those particular hosts?
• What bills were passing through Congress at that time?
• What pushback (organized or otherwise) to the stimulus program was going on at that time?
Then again, maybe the job that the Administration was trying to create or save was Keith Olbermann's.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at August 22, 2012 10:36 AM (kqqGm)
Posted by: CJ at August 22, 2012 02:29 PM (9KqcB)
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I try to live such that when I am gone, my competitors could say we competed, but never felt like enemies.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 22, 2012 10:37 AM (KwMW2)
Dude, I made an 'H' yesterday!
Posted by: President Choom at August 22, 2012 10:37 AM (xr29d)
Posted by: Piglet at August 22, 2012 10:37 AM (XvHmy)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 22, 2012 10:37 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Cricket at August 22, 2012 10:37 AM (DrC22)
Saw a TV ad at lunch today where the Dim running for Indiana's Senate seat characterizes Mourdock fighting against that as Indiana Sec of State in order to preserve the state pension plan's Chrysler dividends (which I believe they were expecting to use to pay state worker pensions instead of just taxing private sector workers for it) as "fighting to destroy Chrysler jobs in Indiana."
I guffaw'd. But I'm not sure stupid people would.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at August 22, 2012 10:37 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: steevy at August 22, 2012 10:37 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: tasker at August 22, 2012 10:37 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: HH at August 22, 2012 10:37 AM (v+ExF)
Posted by: SH at August 22, 2012 10:38 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 22, 2012 10:39 AM (X3lox)
Well.... there IS one.... /yep... went there!
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 22, 2012 02:36 PM (lZBBB)
Haha...there is now. But he said this while W was there. He was off his meds then.
Posted by: EC at August 22, 2012 10:39 AM (GQ8sn)
My father-in-law is the kind of American who doesn't exist according to the Left.
Posted by: CJ at August 22, 2012 02:29 PM (9KqcB)
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Yes. They are doing their damnedest to make people like him an endangered species.
Nice story, CJ.
Thanks.
Posted by: wheatie at August 22, 2012 10:39 AM (mtRB0)
This.
Posted by: GalosGann at August 22, 2012 10:39 AM (T3KlW)
Posted by: thunderb at August 22, 2012 10:39 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: california red at August 22, 2012 02:33 PM (KaUAN)
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What the commies and socialists conveniently forget is that greed is a common human frailty that extends to all human constructs. The salient point is that capitalism depends on voluntary transactions between humans, while political systems rely on coerced transactions between the same flawed humans.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 22, 2012 10:40 AM (KwMW2)
Posted by: Chicago Creator and Saviour at August 22, 2012 10:40 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2012 10:40 AM (lg4F2)
Posted by: steevy at August 22, 2012 10:41 AM (6o4Fb)
Is it wrong to hope she dishes on her mother-in-law?
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at August 22, 2012 10:41 AM (/kI1Q)
Oh, I was just getting comfortable. Can you help me slide this paper down a bit more...
Posted by: The Cupcakes at August 22, 2012 10:41 AM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: tasker at August 22, 2012 10:41 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Vic at August 22, 2012 02:26 PM
Because Ed Morrissey, Jonah Goldberg, John Boner and Bitch McConnell, that's why.
No one cares to make enough of a fuss to push the lazy eunuchs in Congress into action, and said lazy eunuchs are too busy "reaching across the aisle" and having drinks with their Democrat buddyroos to give a shit about law, or what the Bark Obama regime is doing to the country.
Oh, look! Polls!!11!!
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 22, 2012 10:43 AM (wZI4b)
Posted by: steevy at August 22, 2012 10:43 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 22, 2012 10:43 AM (wtvvX)
Let the record show that Wu was a Democrat.
Posted by: Mr_Write at August 22, 2012 10:44 AM (VJUQK)
139 Wasn't Sheriff Joe going to account for every dime of the stimulus?
Yup.
He was supposed to be "the new sheriff in town" for that.
I think that there should be some folks in the audience in Tampa, when he's speaking there.....asking:
"Hey Joe, Where Did All The Money Go?"
Posted by: wheatie at August 22, 2012 10:44 AM (mtRB0)
Point being, this doesn't smell like PMSNBC carrying water for Obama; this smells like the Administration funnelling money to prop up these shows. Too smug to fail?
Posted by: Keith Arnold at August 22, 2012 10:44 AM (Jdtsu)
Posted by: George Obama at August 22, 2012 10:44 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: tasker at August 22, 2012 10:44 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 22, 2012 10:44 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: steevy at August 22, 2012 10:44 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Pat Buchanan at August 22, 2012 02:40 PM
Let's get Alan Keyes in there too!
I always loved his impersonations of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 22, 2012 10:45 AM (wZI4b)
All, thanks for letting me share his story.
I never thought it would be necessary to point out men like Tom. Our collective culture used to do that. But when they asked if I would speak at his funeral, I made a point to celebrate his American tale (without getting political, of course.)
And to think of his type of small business succcess taking place in communities across the country, and to think of a president not having a clue what it's all about.....damn. Just damn.
He taught this Philly boy four-wheeling and how to make hooch. When someone offers me "apple pie" I now know it doesn't always mean pie.
Posted by: CJ at August 22, 2012 10:45 AM (9KqcB)
Posted by: toby928© makes the 15 second spots the RNC won't at August 22, 2012 10:45 AM (QupBk)
The first lady is growing a vegetable garden out back, ya know. She might have some bawdy, adult oriented tips on cucumbers and zucchinis. *brp - vomit*
Posted by: Dang at August 22, 2012 10:46 AM (Ky1+e)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 22, 2012 10:46 AM (ZrUUM)
Posted by: tasker at August 22, 2012 10:46 AM (r2PLg)
"So what this administration is proving is that if you break enough laws,
you can get away with anything. It becomes too much trouble to figure
out where to start with the indictments."
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What the SCOAMT and his regime have been doing is right out of the pages of Cloward and Piven. And I don't think we know even a fraction of what's been going on in secret.
Posted by: Soona at August 22, 2012 10:47 AM (dPkOm)
@154 - they took the caps away, after he kept mistaking them for candy-buttons.
They dress him in polo-shirts, too. Because he kept mistaking the buttons for candy-buttons.
Posted by: reason at August 22, 2012 10:47 AM (5npD/)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at August 22, 2012 10:47 AM (wcDoh)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 22, 2012 10:47 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 22, 2012 10:48 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: tasker at August 22, 2012 10:48 AM (r2PLg)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 22, 2012 10:49 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at August 22, 2012 10:49 AM (wcDoh)
What the RNC should say in Tampa:
"Hey Joe, glad you're here.
Where did all the Stimulus Money Go?"
Posted by: wheatie at August 22, 2012 10:49 AM (mtRB0)
"You know what would be a good green job? Tossing hippies into a woodchipper to make mulch."
I assume dat's yer hippie in da chipper, dere, eh?
Posted by: Officer Marge Gundersen at August 22, 2012 10:49 AM (5npD/)
.....asking:
"Hey Joe, Where Did All The Money Go?"
Good soundbites are out there for the RNC to make this into a commercial.
I recall Joe and Barky both touting Biden as 'Sheriff Stimulus".
Lots of clips of that out there...along with lots of Stimulus failure stories.
Posted by: garrett at August 22, 2012 10:50 AM (dZMkH)
"This thread begs for a photoshop of Barry, Keefums and Madcow in a bathtub together."
How about misspelling something with their arms?
Posted by: reason at August 22, 2012 10:51 AM (5npD/)
Oh, btw: The SCOAMF is using the Presidential Seal at designated campaign events.
http://tinyurl.com/cvtj9x5
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 22, 2012 10:51 AM (da5Wo)
Obama’s remarks were interrupted briefly by heckling. When the shouting subsided, he told the crowd, “That young man probably needed a good teacher.”
Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 22, 2012 10:51 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Mags Bennett at August 22, 2012 10:51 AM (QupBk)
31Didn't a Canadian government collapse over a similar scheme?
ADSCAM. Sort of. It broke at election time and The Majority Gov't Liberals became Minority Governing Liberals, then Official Opposition against Minority Gov't Conservatives, Two elections later we have Majority Conservatives with NDP Official Opposition and Liberals currently sucking hind teat. How the mighty have fallen. Jail time for some as well I think.
Good times. Good times.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 22, 2012 10:53 AM (VLifP)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at August 22, 2012 02:41 PM (/kI1Q)
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More likely she'll rag on Barry. Especially if other women start oohing-and-ahhing about him. "He ain't all that, girl. Get this...."
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 22, 2012 10:53 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 22, 2012 10:54 AM (j1gX1)
Newton stood on the shoulders of giants.
Barky lies under a pile of slime.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 22, 2012 10:54 AM (X3lox)
In a truly honest political world -- okay, morons, stop laffing! -- there would already be a United States v. Bark Obama and Does 1-227 indictment handed down.
Because of the aforementioned Eunuch Brigade, the Choomer-in-Chief has been able to pull illegal shit more blatantly.
As for Reid's power in the Senate: an in-depth investigation into some of that animated cadaver's doings would almost certainly get him named in several indictments of his own. That might slow the fucker down a bit.
Posted by: MrScribbler at August 22, 2012 10:54 AM (wZI4b)
Good soundbites are out there for the RNC to make this into a commercial.
I recall Joe and Barky both touting Biden as 'Sheriff Stimulus".
Lots of clips of that out there...along with lots of Stimulus failure stories.
Yep, absolutely.
Hey Hey, Sheriff Joe! ...Where Did All The Money Go?
Posted by: wheatie at August 22, 2012 10:54 AM (mtRB0)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at August 22, 2012 02:37 PM (KwMW2)
Hopefully, there will be enough room in your biz for all of you. At the funeral, one of his suppliers told me that Tom had fallen way behind in a payment when his business wasn't going well. The supplier said "you can pay us later," and he did. He told me "Nine out of ten folks never pay me when then say that, but he did."
These kinds of stories play out every day across America. As one poster said, this is what the election is about: People like Tom vs. People Tom's taxes support.
Posted by: CJ at August 22, 2012 10:54 AM (9KqcB)
"ObamaÂ’s remarks were interrupted briefly by heckling. When the shouting
subsided, he told the crowd, “That young man probably needed a good
teacher.”"
So did you and those other three fucknuts who can't even spell OHIO properly.
Posted by: the heckler at August 22, 2012 10:54 AM (5npD/)
Posted by: jakeman at August 22, 2012 10:55 AM (96M6e)
Right: engineers whose mistakes cause product recalls, re-designs, deaths, property destruction, who because of their profession usually become obsessive about detail to the irritation of everyone around them, they simply can't understand how something small could be so hugely important.
I have never in my life heard something so wrongheaded about the field of engineering.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 22, 2012 10:55 AM (0q2P7)
http://tinyurl.com/cvtj9x5
Posted by: Dang at August 22, 2012 10:55 AM (Ky1+e)
Boner pills
[...]
CashCall"
I'm pretty sure Bathtub Bazaar was his biggest.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 22, 2012 10:55 AM (eHIJJ)
"All this good local entertainment, and we had to rent a clown?"
Posted by: Keith Arnold at August 22, 2012 10:55 AM (Jdtsu)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 22, 2012 02:49 PM (LRFds)
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Don't want to burst any bubbles, but the only person that I see only remotely going to trial is Holder. We just need to vote these ass-clowns out. For them, it's the worst of punishments. They were soooo veeerrrry close to turning this nation into a communist/fascist state.
Posted by: Soona at August 22, 2012 10:56 AM (dPkOm)
Posted by: President Obama at August 22, 2012 02:33 PM (60GaT)
Yes you are.
Posted by: The Mega Independent at August 22, 2012 10:56 AM (buaco)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Whiteboard 2012 at August 22, 2012 10:57 AM (VtjlW)
@188
Oh, it gets worse....
Akin has been sitting on the House committee for......Science, Space and Technology!
And yet this idiot is just now learning that a woman can get pregnant from rape?
Posted by: wheatie at August 22, 2012 10:58 AM (mtRB0)
"Just sent Rush hatemail. He had a caller indicate that Akin's background in engineering made it so he couldn't understand how a single slip up could balloon into such a big deal. Rush indicated maybe he was on to something."
Pfft. What a liar. I've seen the oppo-research on Akin. He never drove trains...
Posted by: Joey Biden at a future McCaskill event at August 22, 2012 10:59 AM (5npD/)
I always thought Obama was more articulate than that. Well, at least he's staying clean.
Posted by: Harry Reid, Pederast But Not Pederast-Pederast at August 22, 2012 10:59 AM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Soona at August 22, 2012 02:56 PM (dPkOm)
Sorry, but that doesn't work. When such a total mockery is made of the Rule of Law either you go against the offenders (especially when it has been this serious, blatant, outrageous and constant) and hold them accountable or you accept the fact that there is not, nor will be, any Rule of Law left. You can't just put it out of your mind and pretend it never happened.
Unless these criminals and traitors are jailed America will have no chance of being restored. No chance, at all. We might get a temporary reprieve, but one economic shock and it's right back to the insanity and even worse than now, because there is precedent and precedent that was allowed without a peep or any attempt to hold people accountable.
There is still a lot of very hard work to be done but if it's not done then nothing will be fixed - nothing will be changed in any way.
And Benedickhead Roberts certainly needs to be impeached, removed and put on the only bench he is fit to serve on, a park bench.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 22, 2012 11:01 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Regular With Full Stomping Power! at August 22, 2012 02:55 PM (0q2P7)
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I think you misheard what the caller was trying to say. The caller was saying that since Akin had an engineering background, he couldn't understand the "emotional" side of the issue that resulted from his statement. This was based on the caller's own experience with engineers and the fact that they (engineers) do not deal in emotion, but instead they deal in logic and facts.
Being an engineer myself, this is a fairly accurate portrayal of how engineers function.
Posted by: Not and Artist at August 22, 2012 11:01 AM (uRumV)
"I always thought Obama was more articulate than that. Well, at least he's staying clean."
He was spelling it with a proper Toure-approved dialect.
Posted by: Joey Biden at August 22, 2012 11:02 AM (5npD/)
Posted by: teej at August 22, 2012 11:04 AM (ma+gB)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 22, 2012 11:04 AM (1Jaio)
"The caller was saying that since Akin had an engineering background, he couldn't understand the "emotional" side of the issue that resulted from his statement. This was based on the caller's own experience with engineers and the fact that they (engineers) do not deal in emotion, but instead they deal in logic and facts.Being an engineer myself, this is a fairly accurate portrayal of how engineers function."
THAT'S WHY YOU NEED ME TO TAKE THE REPORTS FROM THE ENGINEERS AND BRING THEM TO THE CUSTOMER! I'M A PEOPLE PERSON!!!!
Posted by: Tom Smykowski at August 22, 2012 11:05 AM (5npD/)
Posted by: SH at August 22, 2012 02:29 PM (gmeXX)
That is a great letter in that it clearly tells Mann, the Climate Pedo, that if he goes forward with legal action he'll undergo a discovery process that will crawl so far up his alimentary canal that he'll see NR lawyers camped out behind his uvula whenever he brushes his teeth.
I love it!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 22, 2012 11:07 AM (7GfKM)
There is still a lot of very hard work to be done but if it's not done then nothing will be fixed - nothing will be changed in any way.
And Benedickhead Roberts certainly needs to be impeached, removed and put on the only bench he is fit to serve on, a park bench.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 22, 2012 03:01 PM (X3lox)
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I feel exactly as you. Although, like I said, the reality of American politics will most likely preclude any trial, except, perhaps for Holder.
I'm also thinking of the precedent it would set. Remember how the libtards wanted to put Bush on trial? Just think of the French-Revolution style trials that would ensue when, eventually, the dems regain power (and they will at some point in time).
Posted by: Soona at August 22, 2012 11:09 AM (dPkOm)
Posted by: Tom Smykowski at August 22, 2012 03:05 PM (5npD/)
The fax machine beatdown is ON, people! Meet at the open field behind Chick-fil-A at 5:30 or you'll miss all the fun!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 22, 2012 11:09 AM (7GfKM)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 22, 2012 11:10 AM (WnzOT)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 22, 2012 11:12 AM (j1gX1)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at August 22, 2012 11:33 AM (UU0OF)
I agree with that assessment. That is the most likely outcome, which is why I don't think this nation has much of a future, no matter what the outcome of this election. It's very sad and an infinite waste but, as you say, that's probably how it's going to be. The only part where I disagreed with you is that it just won't be enough to merely vote them out. That will solve nothing and the hard monetary and fiscal policy that has to be coming down the road (leading to some serious pain in order to get things working again in this nation) will be something that will just prompt another suicidal break in the following elections that will return us to this insane, lawless shithole - but in a much more permanent way as it will be building on all the incredible damage that was done and left or ignored.
This is why I think the Constitutional Union of American States is coming - one way or another. I just don't think this nation has the balls to do what is necessary to restore America and the Rule of Law.
I'm also thinking of the precedent it would set. Remember how the libtards wanted to put Bush on trial? Just think of the French-Revolution style trials that would ensue when, eventually, the dems regain power (and they will at some point in time).
Posted by: Soona at August 22, 2012 03:09 PM (dPkOm)
I hear you, but it doesn't matter. The leftards push for that shit, anyway. The fact is that Barky MUST be tried for his serious crimes, which attacked the very foundations of this nation. If he can't be held accountable for any of them then it's pretty much all over.
As I said, I agree with you that this likely won't happen but where we part is that I think the consequences of Barky never being held to account are irreparable and, in the end, fatal.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 22, 2012 11:36 AM (X3lox)
Cutter: Obama Has Created More Jobs Than the Reagan Recovery
http://tinyurl.com/8grljgu
Posted by: kbdabear at August 22, 2012 11:39 AM (wwsoB)
@127 First Lady Michelle Obama this week is serving as guest editor for iVillage.com, NBC’s “community of online women” that offers sexually explicit material, including graphic sex tips from prostitutes, “20 kinky things you SO can do,” and a list of “naughty” apps for mobile devices.
OK, that did it, lunch just went into reverse.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 22, 2012 11:45 AM (oX7vY)
What the commies and socialists conveniently forget is that greed is a common human frailty that extends to all human constructs.
The commies and socialists argue that greed is not intrinsic to human nature, but arises from living in a capitalist society. In a non-capitalist society, they maintain, everyone would be altruistic and sharing.
OK, stop laughing. It's not polite.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 22, 2012 11:51 AM (oX7vY)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at August 22, 2012 12:06 PM (UU0OF)
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