May 16, 2012
— Dave in Texas Not a football post.
I tossed this in the headlines today but I really wanted to come back to it because I really wanted to come back to it. This is how I make posting decisions, an arduous process involving what I'd like to do and how I hope it's interesting to the morons.
Jon Bruning and Don Stenberg joined Nebraska state senator Deb Fischer at a "unity rally" the day after she clobbered them in the primary to offer their support and demonstrate their commitment to defeating Bob Kerrey in November.
Bruning and Fischer both looked bleary-eyed and even teary-eyed at times during the press conference – with Bruning looking off to the side during most of the press conference, avoiding eye contact with the roomful of observers and reporters. He and Fischer embraced at one point. Asked what he thought of the election results, he declined to comment, saying everything was water under the bridge and “This is Deb’s day.”
“I’m 100 percent behind her,” Bruning said. “This is about how we can get together and beat Bob Kerrey.”
Fischer credited Bruning for being a tough campaigner whom she looks forward to campaigning with and credited Stenberg for being a public servant for many years.
“He serves his state with his heart and his soul,” she said.
I find this refreshing, and admirable. Some may attribute this to my naiveté. I say, "and don't you find my naiveté refreshing?"
Contrast this with the response of 6 term crybaby Dick Lugar, who got his ass kicked in Indiana a week ago by state Treasurer Richard Mourdock. Instead of appearing with him to provide support in his upcoming race, this "elder statesman of the senate" pitched a 1400 word bitchfit on why conservatives suck.
Unfortunately, we have an increasing number of legislators in both parties who have adopted an unrelenting partisan viewpoint. This shows up in countless vote studies that find diminishing intersections between Democrat and Republican positions. Partisans at both ends of the political spectrum are dominating the political debate in our country. And partisan groups, including outside groups that spent millions against me in this race, are determined to see that this continues. They have worked to make it as difficult as possible for a legislator of either party to hold independent views or engage in constructive compromise. If that attitude prevails in American politics, our government will remain mired in the dysfunction we have witnessed during the last several years. And I believe that if this attitude expands in the Republican Party, we will be relegated to minority status. Parties donÂ’t succeed for long if they stop appealing to voters who may disagree with them on some issues.
Reminded me a little of Nixon's nemesis, political consultant Dick Tuck, and his famous comment after losing his 1966 primary race for the California senate. "The people have spoken, the bastards."
I realize there's a difference between two Republican contenders vying for their first shot at the Senate and a senior Senator with 6 terms behind him getting taken down by a rookie, but genuine leaders know better than to cry like a bitch and unless it's not all about them they show a little class. So the hell with you Dick. And thank you Jon and Don. Well played gentlemen.
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Posted by: Jimbo at May 16, 2012 04:06 PM (O3R/2)
Maybe if you had, you'd still have a job.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 16, 2012 04:06 PM (z1N6a)
Parties donÂ’t succeed for long if they stop appealing to voters who may disagree with them on some issues.
And when politicians stop appealing to the voters they get their asses handed to them in a primary. Enjoy spending time in your home on the East Coast fucker.
Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2012 04:07 PM (GULKT)
As for Lugar, hit the road Jack. He's bitter, just like Arlen...having to go on a verbal rampage at losing their seats to people who are tired of them. It's well nigh time to dump the Rinosaurs. His attitude of entitlement to his seat, against the expressed wish of the people, is sign numero uno.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 16, 2012 04:08 PM (tc1fB)
Posted by: Arlen Specter at May 16, 2012 04:08 PM (MMC8r)
It's nice to not have to "listen" to all their bitching.
Posted by: Jimbo at May 16, 2012 04:09 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2012 04:11 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2012 04:12 PM (7W3wI)
15 OT Rihanna as a tough,badass chick in Battleship.Believable.
Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2012 08:12 PM (7W3wI)
Couldn't afford Michelle Rodriguez's salary or something? Sbe's always the one that fills the "tough military chick" for those movies. See Battle: Los Angeles.
Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2012 04:14 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: USS Diversity at May 16, 2012 08:08 PM (cjTjM)
Freaking HUGE.
The Republican Establishment was backing one of the candidates, and the Tea Party the other one.
Voters said "fuckitall" and went with the conservative.
If she wins the election, both groups will need to re-evaluate what they think voter grassroot connections are.
Posted by: jwb7605 at May 16, 2012 04:14 PM (Qxe/p)
Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2012 08:12 PM (7W3wI)
Yeah, too bad the CGI isn't. Not even going to bother with the movie based on that alone.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 16, 2012 04:14 PM (rX1N2)
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 16, 2012 04:15 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2012 04:16 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: jwb7605 at May 16, 2012 08:14 PM (Qxe/p)
Interesting thing about the TEA party.... its kinda like the Libertarian Party... there really is no leadership.
People come out trying to speak for the TEA party... and keep trying to organize that herd of cats... but they keep slipping the leash.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 16, 2012 04:17 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: mama winger at May 16, 2012 04:17 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 16, 2012 04:18 PM (HJYyV)
Posted by: Jimbo at May 16, 2012 08:06 PM (O3R/2)
Silence does not really mean support... it just means a lack of working against.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 16, 2012 04:18 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: mama winger at May 16, 2012 08:17 PM (P6QsQ)
Or Coke-bear.
Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2012 04:19 PM (GULKT)
Duly noted.
This particular TEA party (from what I think I'm reading between the lines) was Omaha based. Which would make it "establishment".
Posted by: jwb7605 at May 16, 2012 04:19 PM (Qxe/p)
Posted by: mpfs at May 16, 2012 04:19 PM (Fy6L7)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 16, 2012 04:19 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: SFGoth at May 16, 2012 04:20 PM (dZ756)
Posted by: mpfs at May 16, 2012 04:20 PM (Fy6L7)
Hell, we expect that of little kids at a soccer game. The fact that Lugar couldn't manage it tells me all I need to know about him.
Posted by: pep at May 16, 2012 04:20 PM (6TB1Z)
Hell, we expect that of little kids at a soccer game. The fact that Lugar couldn't manage it tells me all I need to know about him.
Yes - there's no way he really thinks of himself as a "Public Servant"
Posted by: Oldcat at May 16, 2012 04:22 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: Jimbo at May 16, 2012 08:08 PM (O3R/2)
Or, as I think of it, Vagina Central.
Posted by: Bill H at May 16, 2012 04:22 PM (3sZO1)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 16, 2012 04:23 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 16, 2012 04:24 PM (i0App)
This particular TEA party (from what I think I'm reading between the lines) was Omaha based. Which would make it "establishment".
Posted by: jwb7605 at May 16, 2012 08:19 PM (Qxe/p)
It would actualy be an interesting Poll/Study... I'll bet that some "TEA Party" organization endorsing a candidate, would have less impact on the TEA Party members voting habits, than most organizations endorsments...
Its like the (small L) libertarians... if we're all about personal choice, and responsibility, why listen to what the Leader of Some Group Tells me to do?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 16, 2012 04:25 PM (lZBBB)
I think he sees himself as one of those giant-brained guys on a pedestal in the execrable "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull" movie. His role is to guide mankind.
Fine by me, Dick. I'm sure you can guide yourself to the exit.
Posted by: pep at May 16, 2012 04:25 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 16, 2012 04:27 PM (HethX)
Posted by: Jimbo at May 16, 2012 04:27 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: mama winger at May 16, 2012 08:14 PM (P6QsQ) [/i]
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32 I'm sure it wasn't easy for Bruning to be gracious in defeat, but it's what grownups do, and I applaud him for sucking it up.
Hell, we expect that of little kids at a soccer game. The fact that Lugar couldn't manage it tells me all I need to know about him.
Posted by: pep at May 16, 2012 08:20 PM (6TB1Z)
If you stop to think about it, Ben Nelson was gracious in deciding not to run again, as well.
I'm a native son of Nebraska. I think it has more to do with low population density and being raised in a polite environment than anything else.
The people are also quite blunt. Not offensive -- just blunt.
Posted by: jwb7605 at May 16, 2012 04:28 PM (Qxe/p)
Posted by: nerdygirl"
I honestly wasn't sure about Romney, but now that we've got him, and I've seen how his campaign is operating, I'm actually looking forward to voting for him.
I think that makes him a pretty damn good candidate. (And this is from a Texan who was all up for Perry for a long time...)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at May 16, 2012 04:28 PM (d6TfZ)
I noticed that many of the "anybody-but-romney" moron hoard have joined the "unity train" in recent weeks. It's very good to see this.
That label fits me pretty well. About the time I was working through the fifth stage, Romney woke up, started kicking ass and giving haircuts.
Posted by: fluffy at May 16, 2012 04:28 PM (O6q63)
Posted by: Drew Worry Wart at May 16, 2012 04:29 PM (AzwZn)
Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2012 04:29 PM (7W3wI)
"Constructive compromise" = all the shit we've done in my six terms that has brought us to this wondrous place we now reside
80-year-olds need to go to house, regardless of party. Of course, he has no house in Indiana, so happy Beltway retirement, Dick.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 16, 2012 04:30 PM (7utQ2)
Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2012 04:32 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: HoboJerky at May 16, 2012 04:32 PM (Bx12D)
Posted by: HoboJerky at May 16, 2012 04:33 PM (Bx12D)
Damn, that rivals Dick Swett for laugh-out-loud nomenclature.
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2012 04:34 PM (ykSKg)
Humility is the hallmark of greatness!! It would be nice to see more of it. Kind of like the old days. This invokes Reagans 11th commandment of his 1966 campaign. Thou shall not speak ill of a fellow republican unless they just kicked your RINO ass to the curb. (I added a flourish to the ending )
Posted by: sonnyspats at May 16, 2012 04:34 PM (Qr9Rc)
Posted by: lowandslow at May 16, 2012 04:36 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: CoolCzech at May 16, 2012 04:36 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Jimbo at May 16, 2012 08:36 PM (O3R/2)
--Oh yeah, I remember him too; I'm just sticking to the realm of people who actually won elections with those names.
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2012 04:37 PM (ykSKg)
So the hell with you Dick.
I'd call that a proper 'Dick smack', Dave. And exactly what i said at the polls last Tuesday.
Posted by: Cicero Kid at May 16, 2012 04:38 PM (z/XPg)
Posted by: CoolCzech at May 16, 2012 04:38 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2012 08:37 PM (ykSKg)
There have to be a few Michael Hunts on city councils or in state legislatures.
Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2012 04:38 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: CoolCzech at May 16, 2012 04:39 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: lowandslow at May 16, 2012 04:40 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2012 04:40 PM (ykSKg)
Sobering thought: the boom was lowered on her, I believe, only because she was stupid and started pulling her crazy shit on judges and other public officials. If she had kept her harassment to private citizens, she'd still be at it.
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 16, 2012 04:40 PM (xm1A1)
Posted by: fluffy at May 16, 2012 04:42 PM (O6q63)
Posted by: Hummingbird at May 16, 2012 04:42 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: CoolCzech at May 16, 2012 04:42 PM (niZvt)
Mourdock seems to understand that.
Posted by: The Reticulator at May 16, 2012 04:42 PM (7EZcj)
Posted by: CoolCzech at May 16, 2012 08:42 PM (niZvt)
Allow me to beat the hell out of you.
Posted by: Dick Cheney at May 16, 2012 04:43 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: CoolCzech at May 16, 2012 08:42 PM (niZvt)
--Fortunately, I think it has sunk in: I don't know of anyone who goes by Dick who is under the age of 50.
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2012 04:45 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: Dave in Texas at May 16, 2012 04:45 PM (PjVdx)
Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2012 04:45 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 16, 2012 08:24 PM (i0App)
He can't. We have 'sore loser' law.
I mean, he's still a 'sore loser' but he can't run. He can stroll briskley with the aid of a walker. Right.Back.To.Washington.
Posted by: Cicero Kid at May 16, 2012 04:46 PM (z/XPg)
Posted by: Dave in Texas at May 16, 2012 08:45 PM (PjVdx)
Do you now understand our daily frustration?
Posted by: Tami at May 16, 2012 04:49 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: MJ at May 16, 2012 04:49 PM (/x4oj)
Posted by: Rich Lugi at May 16, 2012 04:49 PM (Qr9Rc)
59There's nothing wrong with working with Democrats to get stuff done.
Dems NEVER work with Repubs to get things done. There's the rub.
Posted by: Cicero Kid at May 16, 2012 04:50 PM (z/XPg)
The Engineering manager of the company I was working part time for was (is) named Dick.
One day the actual company owner asked me why I was doing something in the way I was doing it, because it didn't make any sense to him.
I said "It's a new Dick rule".
The guy could not keep a straight face, and walked off.
Posted by: jwb7605 at May 16, 2012 04:51 PM (Qxe/p)
Posted by: Dave in Texas at May 16, 2012 08:50 PM (PjVdx)
Think you can convince ace and pixy to give us back the HTML codes at least so long as some jackasses don't decide its "hilarious" to break the blog.
Oh and get rid of the porn links on the sidebars of the comments pages too.
Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2012 04:51 PM (GULKT)
I liked the people I met when I lived in Nebraska.
What was the line from Blazing Saddles?
You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.
--LIKE US
Posted by: rd at May 16, 2012 04:54 PM (9sUlj)
Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2012 04:54 PM (GULKT)
Unfortunately, we have an increasing number of legislators in both parties who have adopted an unrelenting partisan viewpoint.
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Thats how two paths work.
Posted by: Jimmah at May 16, 2012 04:55 PM (UpwlP)
If you really want to be interesting and generate blog traffic, talk to DrewM about Nebraska candidates.
Posted by: jwb7605 at May 16, 2012 04:55 PM (Qxe/p)
Posted by: Jimbo at May 16, 2012 04:57 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at May 16, 2012 04:57 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2012 04:57 PM (ykSKg)
In context: What the hell does that even mean?
Must I have the experience and wisdom of a 6 term toilet fixture to be able to understand this?
Posted by: Fritz at May 16, 2012 04:59 PM (/9E6Z)
I worked in a restaurant with a dishwasher named richard head.
Since DW are the lowest on the totem pole, yes we called dick head.
Posted by: rd at May 16, 2012 05:00 PM (9sUlj)
Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2012 05:00 PM (7W3wI)
WAKE THE FUCK UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
Okay, I'm bored now. Can we get to Taliban poetry or something?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 16, 2012 05:02 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: dogfish at May 16, 2012 05:03 PM (N2yhW)
Posted by: Kal Penn & Van Jones at May 16, 2012 05:03 PM (0paMD)
I also worked with an engineering manager named Mr. Rash.
He came up with some interesting guidance and recommendations. I referred to them as Rash Decisions. One of the reasons I left that company.
Posted by: rd at May 16, 2012 05:03 PM (9sUlj)
Posted by: dogfish at May 16, 2012 05:04 PM (N2yhW)
Sorry if I'm a tad bitchy. I'd love something fun to rag on until the ONT (at which time I'll be crawling off to bed).
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 16, 2012 05:05 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Max Power at May 16, 2012 05:05 PM (q177U)
Posted by: mghorning at May 16, 2012 05:06 PM (Q50h2)
In context: What the hell does that even mean?
Must I have the experience and wisdom of a 6 term toilet fixture to be able to understand this?" **
It's kind of what I said about poll watchers on the previous thread. To politicians, party politics and elections are the end game. Not good governance or devoting oneself to an ideology that benefits the country. Political success to Lugar is measured in what's beneficial to him. It's ass backwards and sadly the norm for career politicians.
Posted by: lowandslow at May 16, 2012 05:07 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2012 05:07 PM (7W3wI)
We know the Dems are going to try and yank the country left - but when the country reacts by electing Republicans they yank us left too...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 16, 2012 05:08 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Barney Frank at May 16, 2012 05:08 PM (xm1A1)
Posted by: Piers Morgan at May 16, 2012 05:08 PM (BuSM8)
Posted by: mghorning at May 16, 2012 09:06 PM (Q50h2)
Huh?
Posted by: Dick Van Dyke at May 16, 2012 05:09 PM (z/XPg)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 16, 2012 05:09 PM (DGIjM)
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That's RACIST! Oh wait, Newsweek? Never mind.
Posted by: The State Media at May 16, 2012 05:09 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at May 16, 2012 08:46 PM (z/XPg)
He is not only a sore loser, but a lunk head.
Posted by: Dick Van Dyke at May 16, 2012 05:11 PM (z/XPg)
Posted by: mghorning at May 16, 2012 05:11 PM (Q50h2)
Posted by: Richard Swett at May 16, 2012 05:12 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2012 05:13 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: dogfish at May 16, 2012 05:13 PM (N2yhW)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 16, 2012 05:14 PM (3aXbg)
Neither do parties which don't stand for any principles.
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at May 16, 2012 05:14 PM (KCvsd)
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I've got a secret...that I'll never tell...
Posted by: Barack Obama at May 16, 2012 05:15 PM (3aXbg)
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Balderdash! Those Republicans are doomed because of their far right , extremist, stands the issues of the day I tell you, doomed!
Posted by: The Whigs at May 16, 2012 05:16 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Ronster at May 16, 2012 05:17 PM (mHC3R)
Posted by: Jimbo at May 16, 2012 05:19 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: dogfish at May 16, 2012 09:13 PM (N2yhW
Every regular here knows my stories of my crazy in-laws and only sibling ("Im a proud socialist!!!!").
It's just sad and heartbreaking. Seriously.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 16, 2012 05:19 PM (UOM48)
When the establishment candidate wins, the message always goes out that it is time to unite behind the candidate. But, when the insurgent wins, the message always seems to be that hopefully the insurgent backers didn't screw everything up (left unspoken is the part where they are preparing the ground to say "I told you so" later).
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 16, 2012 05:23 PM (k34Gz)
Posted by: dogfish at May 16, 2012 05:24 PM (N2yhW)
That is an interesting position. If none of the Conservatives could ever collect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, you name it, we wouldn't have a spending problem.
Posted by: Jimbo at May 16, 2012 05:25 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 16, 2012 05:26 PM (HethX)
Indiana is a solid red state. Murdock will win in a landslide.
Last senate election in 2010.. democrat lost by 15 points.
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 16, 2012 05:27 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2012 05:28 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 16, 2012 05:28 PM (HethX)
Posted by: Jimbo at May 16, 2012 05:29 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at May 16, 2012 05:29 PM (z/XPg)
Marines ambushed in Afghanistan (from Blackfive):
http://tinyurl.com/7sdo87v
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 16, 2012 05:30 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 16, 2012 05:31 PM (DGIjM)
Conservatives are reclaiming the GOP and it's causing heartburn here at AosHQ?
Seriously -- WTF????!?!??!!??
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at May 16, 2012 05:31 PM (7+pP9)
Indiana is so funny. I mean really. They are adjacent to Illinois. They look over there and see exactly what NOT TO DOPosted by: Jimbo at May 16, 2012 09:29 PM (O3R/2)
We're surrounded on all sides by disfunction.
Posted by: Cicero Kid at May 16, 2012 05:31 PM (z/XPg)
But on the other hand. My FiL only asked to borrow money once and he paid it back on time. May God rest his soul. I miss him.
Posted by: Jimbo at May 16, 2012 05:32 PM (O3R/2)
I guess that isn't hypocritical on his part but lacks a bit in the equal treatment department.
Posted by: dogfish at May 16, 2012 05:34 PM (N2yhW)
My mom used to say that their votes tended to cancel each others out.
Posted by: Jimbo at May 16, 2012 05:37 PM (O3R/2)
Unfortunately, we have an increasing number of legislators in both parties who have adopted an unrelenting partisan viewpoint... If that attitude prevails in American politics, our government will remain mired in the dysfunction we have witnessed during the last several years. And I believe that if this attitude expands in the Republican Party, we will be relegated to minority status.
Actually, the Democrats have been taken over by Communists, and your proclivity to comprimise even with domestic enemies of the Constitution is what has gotten the country to this horrid point, and it's the reason you get to retire now. Dumb shit.
Posted by: Truman North at May 16, 2012 05:37 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: akak at May 16, 2012 05:37 PM (Hsjd3)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 16, 2012 05:37 PM (DGIjM)
Seriously -- WTF????!?!??!!??" **
Yeah, that's exactly what's going on here, you know, if it wasn't exactly the opposite.
Posted by: lowandslow at May 16, 2012 05:37 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: Straights of Jebraulter at May 16, 2012 05:39 PM (ufLRj)
Word that does not appear in this thread: "Palin".
That's like a thread on jihadi-eradication warefare that does not contain the word "Reaper".
Posted by: sherlock at May 16, 2012 05:39 PM (f29LO)
Posted by: Jimbo at May 16, 2012 05:39 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: TooCon at May 16, 2012 05:40 PM (YcTIW)
Contacted the Palin people today on behalf of my candidate. Sean Bielat won her endorsement last cycle, and publicly rejected it.
Probly not gonna get it again this time, Sean.
Posted by: Truman North at May 16, 2012 05:40 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: The Robot Devil at May 16, 2012 05:40 PM (GkwjL)
Posted by: Justamom at May 16, 2012 05:41 PM (Sptt8)
One of my friends takes this position, and he probably drives me more insane than any of the others. He is the Milquetoast waiting for the enemy to come and cut his head off in the name of coexisting.
Posted by: dogfish at May 16, 2012 05:41 PM (N2yhW)
The president flew into the White House lawn and an agent greeted him at the helicopter.
The president was carrying two pigs under his arms and the Secret Service agents said, "Nice pigs, sir."
And the president said, "These are not ordinary pigs, these are genuine Arkansas razorback hogs. I got one for former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and one for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton."
And the Secret Service agent said, "Excellent trade, sir."
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 16, 2012 05:43 PM (E3EVz)
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 16, 2012 05:43 PM (E3EVz)
Posted by: Straights of Jebraulter at May 16, 2012 09:39 PM (ufLRj)
That's what happens when you let Nebraska in.
Posted by: jwb7605 at May 16, 2012 05:43 PM (Qxe/p)
You'd think the voters would wise up and punish the "Go negative" mafia and clean up the discourse. But consultants and candidates would rather win at all costs.
Guess I can just start a personal boycott and stop listening to PAC ads. Now, let's see, where is Ladd Ehlinger?
Posted by: Arms Merchant at May 16, 2012 05:44 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2012 05:44 PM (ykSKg)
Posted by: Ronster at May 16, 2012 09:17 PM (mHC3R)
And the Dad was a Vet. The PoS that did it should fry.
Posted by: The Robot Devil at May 16, 2012 09:40 PM (GkwjL)
As one person put it:
The perpetrator should die in messy and embarrassing way.
Posted by: YIKES! at May 16, 2012 05:46 PM (fgJMi)
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Here's California looking right into Mexico. Same thing x 1000.
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 16, 2012 05:47 PM (E3EVz)
Posted by: Dick "dick" Lugar at May 16, 2012 05:47 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: fluffy, dick at May 16, 2012 09:46 PM (O6q63)
Last time I heard it, I fell off my dinosaur.
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 16, 2012 05:47 PM (HethX)
Posted by: fluffy, dick
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About a jillion years old, but it's nice that the Kos Kidz are spacing out over it.
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 16, 2012 05:47 PM (E3EVz)
Posted by: Jimbo at May 16, 2012 05:48 PM (O3R/2)
This is the most important thing to remember to be a successful right winger commenter, blogger, columnist, politician, etc. If you do not do this you are obviously stupid, naive, and might have gone to a second-rate college or drive a Ford.
Posted by: Dagny at May 16, 2012 05:48 PM (mFIbw)
Yeah, that's exactly what's going on here, you know, if it wasn't exactly the opposite.
Posted by: lowandslow at May 16, 2012 09:37 PM (GZitp)
You obviously didn't read today's Eeyore post by DrewM.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at May 16, 2012 05:50 PM (7+pP9)
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Haha, they want some Safeway employee to use it in a Hostile Work Environment lawsuit.
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 16, 2012 05:51 PM (E3EVz)
Posted by: The Robot Devil at May 16, 2012 09:40 PM (GkwjL)
Yep. Made it through D-Day to be killed by a chickenshit punk. Bastard.
Posted by: Ronster at May 16, 2012 05:51 PM (mHC3R)
Posted by: Hummingbird at May 16, 2012 05:53 PM (R5yLq)
Maybe Miss Lindsey will join Orrin and Arlen in a "Triumvirate"
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Modern names for them: Seizure, Crass and Pompous
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at May 16, 2012 05:53 PM (qPCyi)
Posted by: Fauxcahontas Warren at May 16, 2012 05:55 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Average Jen at May 16, 2012 05:58 PM (3RAyq)
Posted by: Dagny at May 16, 2012 09:48 PM (mFIbw)
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Hey! I went to a very nice second-rate college, thank you very much. And I do drive a Ford. A cute little ragtop with a V8 in 'er. So there!
Anyway,
FUCK the left
FUCK the Commierats
FUCK Obama dry, while wearing a barbed-wire rubber
Posted by: Boomer Redneque knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at May 16, 2012 05:59 PM (eQnzo)
I am reminded of "That's DOCTOR Amy Fischer!!!" Just before she killed a couple members of the committee denying her tenure.
Posted by: ChrisP at May 16, 2012 06:02 PM (9kJ81)
Posted by: The Robot Devil at May 16, 2012 09:40 PM (GkwjL)
Yep. Made it through D-Day to be killed by a chickenshit punk. Bastard.
Posted by: Ronster at May 16, 2012 09:51 PM (mHC3R)
--This is exactly why I have retreated from being anti-capital punishment. Some people are just animals who need to be put down, and a society who holds the ultimate penalty for taking life is actually affirming the value of life, not diminishing it like opponents argue.
Posted by: logprof at May 16, 2012 06:04 PM (ykSKg)
He thinks the SCOAMT will definitely win.
So does my financial advisor and accountant.
They depress me.
Posted by: Justamom at May 16, 2012 09:41 PM (Sptt
Ben Stein is not an idiot. He's just been excommunicated from the NY cocktail circuit and he's been trying desperately to get back in their good graces.
As for your financial advisor and accountant, I'd say it's time to go shopping. For anyone to adopt a position that Ostumblefuck has this in the bag right now indicates a severe credibility gap in the analytical department.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 16, 2012 06:08 PM (rX1N2)
See #71
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 16, 2012 06:14 PM (fPBIw)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 16, 2012 06:17 PM (X3lox)
Guess this time Karl wasn't supporting one of the others else he would have played scorthched earth with the nominee ala Christine ODonnell, must not have been a sufficiently leftard RINO in this race for Rove to back.
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at May 16, 2012 06:33 PM (nonzP)
My younger brother is a raging libtard. He's the polar opposite of me...thin, long-haired, union member. Oh, and he's been laid off for over a year while I work 3 jobs so my family can live somewhat comfortably. We get along great until the subject of politics comes up.
We both have Facebook pages. I tend to stay away from political arguments on there for personal reasons, my brother sends out a constant litany of leftie talking points. I've long since stopped trying to refute them..I never change his mind, and I figure that his "audience" either agrees with him or ignores it. Yet, today, I posted one blurb about the Obama budget getting zero votes, and he flipped his virtual wig. He, like most lefties, have no sense of irony...he accused me of "buying every piece of bullshit that the Pubs sell to me". This coming from a man that has parroting the Obama/Dem party line for years. He still hasn't responded to my "lol" response.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at May 16, 2012 06:40 PM (fiXQh)
That is an interesting position. If none of the Conservatives could ever collect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, you name it, we wouldn't have a spending problem.
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Havge we met a greater greater fucktard than your bro?
A man who misstates the conservative position ("against" Social security?), or someone who thinks (a) "conservatives" shouldn't get back from S/S and Medicare at least what they put into it, and/or (b) assumes the same conservatives are also getting benefits from " Medicaid, Welfare, you name it".
Sounds to me like your brother has been at the wrong end of a Tijuana donkey show for far too long.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at May 16, 2012 06:59 PM (qPCyi)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at May 16, 2012 07:29 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 16, 2012 10:57 PM (ReOEZ)
Yes, the elder statesman should PRESUMABLY HAVE THE MATURITY to behave like an adult, and not sabotage his "beloved" party in one of the house organs of its major enemy (WaPo). But, noooo...I had a low opinion of Lugar before this, it has now cratered.
BTW, Ogabe is going down HARD this year, book on it. Unless the Dhims can send a SAM missile into Romney's plane.
Oh, Ben Stein was for MANY (~30) years a great conservative guy, about 6 years ago he started to contract Lugaritis. Maybe mild Alzheimer's?
Posted by: JewishOdysseus at May 17, 2012 06:38 AM (1X/a4)
(OK, so they were in the Rose Bowl fifty years ago, but since then ... )
Posted by: Gerry at May 17, 2012 09:08 AM (dBM/B)
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