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June 20, 2012

Racist Republicans Once Again Disrespect America's First Black President
— DrewM

I may have gotten a few details wrong in that headline. It seems all the racists (and what else would one call people so outrageously disrespectful of Obama?) are....wait for it....Democrats.

Vulnerable Democrats looking to distance themselves from President Obama have found an easy way to bolster their independent bona fides: just skip Obama's big party.
At least half a dozen Democratic officials have said in recent days that they won't attend the Democratic National Convention this September in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the president will formally receive the party's nomination for a second term. The latest: New York Democratic Reps. Bill Owens and Kathy Hochul, both of whom won special elections in recent years Â– in 2009 and 2011, respectively Â– that were heralded by party leaders.
...
This comes on the heels of Pennsylvania Rep. Mark Critz saying he'd opt out, and a trio of West Virginia Democrats Â— Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, Sen. Joe Manchin and Rep. Nick Rahall Â— all doing the same. Even though most of the convention-skippers have claimed they'd simply rather spend time back home, the political undertones are clear. After all, these Democrats share one thing in common: They answer to a conservative-leaning electorate that, at best, views Obama with a great deal of skepticism.

Did any elected Democrats skip Clinton's second convention? How about Gore's in 2000 or Kerry's in 2004?

Smells like out and out racism to me. I'm sure the like of Tommy Christopher and Chris Matthews will be all over it. Any. Minute. Now.

Via @BuzzfeedBen

Posted by: DrewM at 04:09 PM | Comments (224)
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1 The Bummer !

Posted by: The Jackhole at June 20, 2012 04:11 PM (nTgAI)

2 One of them had to say "Boy" at some point.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 20, 2012 04:11 PM (d0Tfm)

3 Obama's turning us into a nation of racists!

Posted by: theCork at June 20, 2012 04:12 PM (hbAdE)

4 I'm sure the like of Tommy Christopher and Chris Matthews will be all over it. Any. Minute. Now. Don't. Count. On. It.

Posted by: Mr. Fancy Poofy Pants at June 20, 2012 04:13 PM (1JlG0)

5 Obama is uniting America...against him.

Posted by: nickless at June 20, 2012 04:14 PM (MMC8r)

6 To the highways and the hedgerows! My immaculation must be brimming my sycophants!

Posted by: Barack Insane Obama at June 20, 2012 04:15 PM (GkwjL)

7 Ugh. Lanny Davis on BO defending Mitchell "She didn't know"

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 04:15 PM (piMMO)

8 Rats jumping from the ship.

Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at June 20, 2012 04:15 PM (DGIjM)

9 Ugh. Lanny Davis on BO defending Mitchell "She didn't know"

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 08:15 PM (piMMO)

She din't care

Posted by: The Jackhole at June 20, 2012 04:16 PM (nTgAI)

10 Oh heck. I didn't even realize this was a new post.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 04:16 PM (piMMO)

11 NOt just any racism, super duper secret racism.

Posted by: taylork at June 20, 2012 04:17 PM (ppNDn)

Obama is uniting America...against him.

Their tears will be ambrosia, their cries as birdsong, and they shall rend their garments in grief. Lefties, that is.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 20, 2012 04:17 PM (d0Tfm)

13 they are going to miss out on the great BBQ in Charlotte

Posted by: fluffy, damn Yankee at June 20, 2012 04:17 PM (3SvjA)

14 How can we disrespect our historic first black president and his historic black wife and historic black kids? What is wrong with us?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 20, 2012 04:17 PM (jucos)

15 The first post-racial resident!! I haven't heard this much 'racist' crap since the mid '60s. Disagree - racist; don't like someones' policy - racist; any comment about any poor disadvantaged anybody and you're racist. This racist, pc bullshit -- it's not where I thought this country would be at this point in my life.

Posted by: myYbj at June 20, 2012 04:17 PM (myYbj)

16 He hates the Chinese, or else he would have wished the Chinese Astronauts good luck. Not a peep! I can't believe how racist that is. Figures. Had they been Islamists he would have broken the neck off of the microphone doing the splits, James Brown style.

Posted by: And Irresolute at June 20, 2012 04:17 PM (RC3M9)

17 If incompetence IS a race... I guess I AM a racist.

Posted by: theCork at June 20, 2012 04:18 PM (hbAdE)

18 Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 20, 2012 08:17 PM (d0Tfm Conan! What is best in life?

Posted by: cajun carrot at June 20, 2012 04:18 PM (NcUIi)

19 they are going to miss out on the great BBQ in Charlotte

***

Coleslaw? Blech!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 04:18 PM (piMMO)

20 So, how much of the crowd will be CGI?

Posted by: Vegan Beatball at June 20, 2012 04:20 PM (mxnUd)

21 Conan! What is best in life? Posted by: cajun carrot at June 20, 2012 08:18 PM (NcUIi)

uhhh ... lamentations of their vermin?

Posted by: And Irresolute at June 20, 2012 04:20 PM (RC3M9)

22 Forty percent (40%) are in favor of the attorney general stepping down, but another 33% are undecided. -Rassmussen

Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at June 20, 2012 04:21 PM (DGIjM)

23 Barack Obama has become dogshit that the Democrat Party has stepped in, and no matter how much they may scrape their shoe on the curb the stink of Obama will follow them.

Posted by: davidt at June 20, 2012 04:21 PM (sYnN5)

Conan! What is best in life?

Crushing, bringing and lamentating. And comment #12, too.

I just love that little quote. Have no idea where it came from, but it's got similie, metaphor, allegory, and a couple of other elements of the King's English that I wouldn't know about, being from Alabama and all.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 20, 2012 04:22 PM (d0Tfm)

25 Posted by: davidt at June 20, 2012 08:21 PM (sYnN5) One can only hope, but they'll be back.

Posted by: The Drunk that socks! at June 20, 2012 04:23 PM (NcUIi)

26 If you fella's are looking for a candidate you might want to check out Inmate No. 11593-051 - his name is Keith Judd. You can find him in Texarkana, Texas. Mr. Judd already managed to give Obama a run for his money in the West Virginia primary. As an added bonus he's serving time for Extortion, so he should fit right in when it comes to Democrat politics. If nothing else he probably deserves less of a jail sentence than Eric with-Holder.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 20, 2012 04:23 PM (R5yLq)

27 No styrofoam Temple of Zeus this time, but rumor has it that the set from "The Wall" is on loan to the DNC.

Posted by: 66chevelle at June 20, 2012 04:23 PM (QjSgY)

28 Conan! What is best in life? Posted by: cajun carrot

To slay your brownies, to eat them with fondue, and feel the satisfaction of digestation...

Posted by: Conan the Morbidly Obese [/i] [/b] at June 20, 2012 04:24 PM (famk3)

29 well, it's worth remembering that Democrats *were* the original pro slavery racists...

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 04:24 PM (ne36z)

30 12 Obama is uniting America...against him. Their tears will be ambrosia, their cries as birdsong, and they shall rend their garments in grief. Lefties, that is.

And gnash their teeth and tear their hair. Don't forget the teeth gnashing and hair tearing. Pudding dipping is right out.

Posted by: pep at June 20, 2012 04:25 PM (6TB1Z)

31 Poor Romney, can you imagine the MSM will have to say about America's state of affair should he become Pres? He won't inherit a failing economy. Rogue agents of the DOJ will have direct ties to the White House and the price of gas will be the worst ever.

Posted by: Darth Randall at June 20, 2012 04:25 PM (lxc0s)

32 Sorry Barack, but I'll be rearranging my sock drawer.

Posted by: #1 Excuse For Not Coming To The DemocRat National Convention at June 20, 2012 04:27 PM (K3Nh7)

33 well, it's worth remembering that Democrats *were* the original pro slavery racists... They still are - only now they want to keep the people enslaved with government hand outs and to keep their numbers manageable with unfettered abortion.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 20, 2012 04:27 PM (R5yLq)

34 Joe Manchin treats Democrat voters in West Virginia with the disdain they so richly deserve. Toeing the party line while making empty gestures to hoodwink the rubes.

Posted by: cm9000 at June 20, 2012 04:28 PM (lzvtR)

35 I'm sure this is somehow Bush's fault.

Posted by: Lefties at June 20, 2012 04:28 PM (9iBwb)

36 Unprecedented!

Posted by: Lauren at June 20, 2012 04:29 PM (9iBwb)

37 Preference cascade, strong horse, fuck the loser.....whatevs. Nobody likes a dead man walking.

Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 20, 2012 04:29 PM (a4CUi)

38 I'm sure this is somehow Bush's fault. Posted by: Lefties

I see you've read all 3,634,908 tweets from the Left.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 20, 2012 04:30 PM (famk3)

The West Virginia pols can't possibly be racist - they love COAL.

And everyone knows that coal is black.

QED (or something....)

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at June 20, 2012 04:30 PM (0xqzf)

40 The President is a nig...

Posted by: Gabby "Lyndon" Johnson at June 20, 2012 04:31 PM (GkwjL)

41 Limehouse ain't gonna show up either.

Posted by: 66chevelle at June 20, 2012 04:31 PM (QjSgY)

42 The media won't cover this, they will be too busy searching the GOP convention floor for "pro choice" Republicans to interview.

Posted by: MrCaniac at June 20, 2012 04:31 PM (1grxW)

43 Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 20, 2012 08:27 PM (R5yLq) More like enslave my ass to keep paying the bill.

Posted by: cajun carrot at June 20, 2012 04:31 PM (NcUIi)

44 so what are the chances that manchin is defeated? he won in 2010 didn't he

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 04:32 PM (ne36z)

45 And everyone knows that coal is black. But wait.. they burn coal. Burn it. Probably on little crosses! Racists.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 20, 2012 04:32 PM (R5yLq)

46 But what about our recent poll showing the JEF running hot???!!!

Posted by: Bloomberg at June 20, 2012 04:32 PM (xCpfo)

Reserve your seat today for the Democratic National Convention, in Charlotte, NC, and be entered for a chance to win a invitation to a private reception with Barack Obama and lovely wife. Also, there will be pizza pockets.

Posted by: DNC EMAIL at June 20, 2012 04:33 PM (mxnUd)

48 More like enslave my ass to keep paying the bill. They enslave both the middle class and the "poor" with the same policies. Welcome to the wonderful world of socialism.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 20, 2012 04:33 PM (R5yLq)

49 This whole thing has been like opposite-blazing-saddles. Very, very odd.

Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 20, 2012 04:33 PM (a4CUi)

50 isn't it amazing how our "first "black" president was raised by his white mother!

Posted by: Avi at June 20, 2012 04:34 PM (51xVX)

51 I just read the Chinese astronaut wore a Chinese made space suit for his 20min EVA. Impressive. This is the first time they've done an EVA.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 20, 2012 04:34 PM (ZS0Q/)

52 that's right, burn coal on little itty bitty coal crosses, right after raping mother Gaia by fracking

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 04:34 PM (ne36z)

53 @45 Oh, rats - I forgot about that......

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at June 20, 2012 04:34 PM (0xqzf)

54 And everyone knows that coal is black. you mean its not a light shade of brown?

Posted by: Avi at June 20, 2012 04:35 PM (51xVX)

55 I ain't going down there neither. I'm stayin' up here in the Robert Byrd Mausoleum in the Robert Byrd Cemetery on Robert Byrd Avenue just past the Robert Byrd Library and right before the Robert Byrd Bridge.

Posted by: Zombie Robert Byrd at June 20, 2012 04:35 PM (C8mVl)

56 that's right, burn coal on little itty bitty coal crosses, right after raping mother Gaia Well hopefully mother Gaia wasn't in an occupy wall street tent when the rape occurred, or it will never get reported.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 20, 2012 04:35 PM (R5yLq)

57 No styrofoam Temple of Zeus this time, but rumor has it that the set from "The Wall" is on loan to the DNC.

Obama's playing the school teacher.

Posted by: Not Drinking Nearly Enough at June 20, 2012 04:35 PM (HtUdo)

58 I've met a lot of white ni**as in my life.

Posted by: Zombie Sen. Robert Byrd (KKK-WV) at June 20, 2012 04:36 PM (xCpfo)

59 Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 20, 2012 08:33 PM (R5yLq) 40+ years of this shit.

Posted by: cajun carrot at June 20, 2012 04:37 PM (NcUIi)

60 44 -- "so what are the chances that manchin is defeated? " 'Bout 0.0003%. I'm endorsin' him.

Posted by: Zombie Robert Byrd at June 20, 2012 04:37 PM (C8mVl)

61 44 so what are the chances that manchin is defeated? he won in 2010 didn't he

I would guess slim to none. There is stupid and then there is West Virginia Democrat stupid.

Posted by: cm9000 at June 20, 2012 04:38 PM (lzvtR)

62 The way its going for SCOAMF there will be more media than Dem politicians at the DNC convention.

Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 04:38 PM (Fy6L7)

63 There's a line, people. Watch your language.

Posted by: Unofficial Blog Moderator at June 20, 2012 04:38 PM (mxnUd)

64 After Obama loses in Nov, wouldn't it be hilarious if everyone mailed him little lumps of coal for Christmas and a little note saying "You've been naughty Barak"

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 20, 2012 04:38 PM (ZS0Q/)

65 I would go, but I have to wash my hair.

Posted by: Joe Manchin at June 20, 2012 04:38 PM (KI/Ch)

66 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 08:15 PM (piMMO)

Interesting aspect of the Mitchell "she didn't know" defense is that if you accept it, then you should also accept the premise that Mitchell does no more than read the teleprompter signage, and is thus but a mere vocalizer for NBC. Lays waste to any claim she might have to be a serious journalist, not I ever thought she was one.

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 20, 2012 04:42 PM (i3+c5)

67 Excuse #15 My cat is being declawed.

Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 04:42 PM (Fy6L7)

68 Cavuto To MsNBC: "Lean Forward--Bend Over!" You "Condescending, Sanctimonious, Horses' ass" http://tinyurl.com/ctskcub

Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at June 20, 2012 04:42 PM (DGIjM)

69 excuse #284 must learn Portuguese

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 04:43 PM (ne36z)

70 @63 - HA!

A little Elvis... Costello

Only takes one itchy trigger
One more widow, one less white ni&^#*&^#*&$*&6

Posted by: Guy who doesn't take the hint at June 20, 2012 04:44 PM (xKC/c)

71 Excuse # 67 I have my period.

Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 04:44 PM (Fy6L7)

72 excuse 78404: I have Mandarin lessons that week!

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 20, 2012 04:45 PM (i3+c5)

73 With the HDTVs these days, you have a better view from your living room.

Posted by: Earl Ray Tomblin at June 20, 2012 04:45 PM (KI/Ch)

74 Dem Con excuse:
Bowling league try-outs.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 20, 2012 04:45 PM (famk3)

75 If Mitchell "didn't know", then I see that as prima facie evidence of complete incompetence on her part which would be grounds for termination.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 20, 2012 04:45 PM (ZS0Q/)

76 I think it proper for frito pie to go between Val-U-Rite and pudding.

Posted by: Beefy Meatball at June 20, 2012 04:45 PM (mxnUd)

77 Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 08:44 PM (Fy6L7) We got a wild fire a-brewin...

Posted by: cajun carrot at June 20, 2012 04:45 PM (NcUIi)

78 My grandmama died and I gotta go to the funeral. I mean, my grandmama's gonna die. Yeah.

Posted by: Joe Manchin at June 20, 2012 04:45 PM (C8mVl)

79 Excuse #93 My house is being fumigated.

Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 04:46 PM (Fy6L7)

80 excuse #2,859 must scrub tile grout

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 04:46 PM (ne36z)

81 I have Mandarin lessons that week!

Ni how? Ni how ma?

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 20, 2012 04:47 PM (ZS0Q/)

82 @ 63 fuck you. and the joke you rode in on, nancy.

Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 20, 2012 04:47 PM (a4CUi)

83 From an email from Rand Paul who is leading the charge with the National Right to Work Committee to put a stop to the unions' thuggish ways.

This video may be slightly NSFW as it contains a cows head and a blackened eye.

Learning moment.... The Emmons Ruling. WTF?!!!!!!

http://bit.ly/Ll5GP1

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 04:47 PM (piMMO)

84 Watcing big fat ed schultz. OMG the stupid,....Holder taking the fall for Mukasy...Obama can't release the documents or he would be breaking the law...this isn't Nixonian, this isn't Nixonian They don't even know the facts. And they are unglued. It looks like a satire, like Anchorman come to life only not funny.

Posted by: Thunderb at June 20, 2012 04:47 PM (Dnbau)

85 My coon hound just had puppies.

Posted by: Joe Manchin at June 20, 2012 04:47 PM (C8mVl)

86 Excuse #22 I have plantar faciitis .

Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 04:47 PM (Fy6L7)

87 excuse #3,190 must de-worm pet llama

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 04:48 PM (ne36z)

Dem Con Excuse:

My grandmother passed away. Again.

Posted by: Beefy Meatball at June 20, 2012 04:48 PM (mxnUd)

89 Dem Con excuse:
Me an' mah buds have a rolling session ... I think

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 20, 2012 04:48 PM (famk3)

90 Re my last comment. How the FUCK is this possible?!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Enmons

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 04:49 PM (piMMO)

91 I can't stomach more than 5sec of Schultz in any given month.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 20, 2012 04:49 PM (ZS0Q/)

92 Excuse #531 I have to clip my Uncle Joe's toenails.

Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 04:49 PM (Fy6L7)

93 ...these Democrats share one thing in common: They answer to a conservative-leaning electorate ...

Since when is New York a conservative-leaning electorate?

Posted by: sunny-dee (formerly Ella) at June 20, 2012 04:49 PM (d66LP)

94 after all, there's shut up to be done.

Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 20, 2012 04:50 PM (a4CUi)

excuse #405006

I don't want to be associated with a loser...oh, shit I mean I need to clip my toe nails! Yeah that's it.

Posted by: buzzion at June 20, 2012 04:50 PM (GULKT)

96 excuse #3,433 must repaint the 68 buick in the correct shade of mauve

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 04:50 PM (ne36z)

97 OT...but is this old news? Looks like a smoking gun to me
bit.ly/MuWGVm

Posted by: ABO at June 20, 2012 04:50 PM (MbeEN)

Excuse:

It's Twofer One's at the Peppermint Hippo!

Posted by: Beefy Meatball at June 20, 2012 04:50 PM (mxnUd)

99
(Whooo hoo hoo hoo, oh you dog)
First you put your two knees close up tight
You swing them to the left and then you swing them to the right
Step around the floor kinda nice and light
And then you twist around, twist around with all of your might
Spread your lovinÂ’ arms way out in space
You do the eagle rock with such style and grace
You put your left foot out and then you bring it back
ThatÂ’s what I call DODGING BARACK
Oh, donÂ’t do me that way
Listen to that man go, heÂ’s crazy, I swear, heÂ’s crazy
Now follow me closely on this one, real closely and do me after me
First you put your two knees close up tight, real close, real close
Swing then to the left and then you swing them to the right,
Oh youÂ’re delicious
Step around the floor kinda nice and light
And then you twist around, twist around with all of your might
Spread your lovinÂ’ arms way out in space
You do the eagle rock with such style and grace
You put your left foot out and then you bring it back
ThatÂ’s what I call DODGING BARACK

Posted by: Jim Burris at June 20, 2012 04:51 PM (sYnN5)

100 My dog ate my invitation to the democrat convention.

Posted by: Democrat Excuse at June 20, 2012 04:51 PM (DGIjM)

101

So, they're staying away from the DNConvention because their constituents are so politically adept as leaning Conservative that they might view their representative's attendance to such as a betrayal to the cause?

They're even dumber than I thought they were.

Posted by: ErikW at June 20, 2012 04:51 PM (yt109)

102 Water in the Kanawha runnin' high. Could be a flood. Water in the Kanawha runnin' low. Could be drought. You got any FEMA money?

Posted by: Joe Manchin at June 20, 2012 04:51 PM (C8mVl)

103 excuse #666

My coven is meeting that night.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 20, 2012 04:51 PM (xKC/c)

104 My car broke down and I am waiting on Triple A... you know how long they take. So.. I wont be able to make it to the convention.

Posted by: Democrat Excuse at June 20, 2012 04:51 PM (DGIjM)

105 Excuse #elebenty I'm having my dalmation de-spotted.

Posted by: cajun carrot at June 20, 2012 04:52 PM (NcUIi)

106 Excuse #5 Oh, I thought the convention was next week. I already booked my coffee enema. My bad.

Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 04:52 PM (Fy6L7)

107 My grandmother passed away. Again. Eric with-Holder, to congress. "The dog ate the documents. All 700,000 of them. It's a really big dog."

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 20, 2012 04:52 PM (R5yLq)

108 I can't be there, I have to go to the Democratic Convention in North Carolina

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 20, 2012 04:52 PM (GkwjL)

109 Excuse: Regularly scheduled Chia pet trimming

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 04:53 PM (piMMO)

110 excuse #420

Hanging with the choom gang that week.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 20, 2012 04:53 PM (xKC/c)

111 excuse #9,999 it might rain and I don't want to catch the ague

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 04:53 PM (ne36z)

112 My wife and I won a 3 day resort vacation and all we have to do is sit through a 3 hour time share presentation... So I cant attend the Democrat Convention.

Posted by: Joe Manchin at June 20, 2012 04:53 PM (DGIjM)

113 My Gumby action figure collection is in total disarray and I need to get it organized.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 20, 2012 04:53 PM (ZS0Q/)

114 108 I can't be there, I have to go to the Democratic Convention in North Carolina Posted by: Joe Biden at June 20, 2012 08:52 PM (GkwjL) To accept nomination of thread winner...

Posted by: cajun carrot at June 20, 2012 04:53 PM (NcUIi)

115 Douglas dissented in Enmons along with Rehnquist and Burger!

Posted by: real joe at June 20, 2012 04:54 PM (PD2ad)

116 Excuse #34 I need to give this chick Mary Jo a ride home.

Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 04:54 PM (Fy6L7)

117 I would go but I have salad to toss.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper at June 20, 2012 04:54 PM (pUOpM)

118 I'm going to use United States v. Enmons when I burn down the gas station because I wanted a lower price.

Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 04:54 PM (qAGZa)

119 I gotta stay on watch here. Senator Byrd's feelin' poorly.

Posted by: Joe Manchin at June 20, 2012 04:55 PM (C8mVl)

120 I cant leave my cat alone for that long.

Posted by: Joe Manchin at June 20, 2012 04:55 PM (DGIjM)

121 Excuse #689 I've scheduled EST training that week.

Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 04:55 PM (Fy6L7)

122 Excuse #102 I have a parade to attend, open air Lincoln...... pretty cool.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 20, 2012 04:56 PM (jucos)

123 I am still in mourning over Whitney Houston.

Posted by: Joe Manchin at June 20, 2012 04:56 PM (DGIjM)

124 Excuse#789 My hamster is being neutered.

Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 04:56 PM (Fy6L7)

125 North Carolina, I thought you said South. My bad, see you in 4.

Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 04:56 PM (qAGZa)

126 Like, I would go, but I have 4 big macs & a 32oz slurpee to finish before I shave my nipple hair, you know.

Posted by: Meghan McCain at June 20, 2012 04:56 PM (pUOpM)

127 excuse #14,290 I thought the D in DNC stood for demon so I already booked the exorcist for the whole week

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 04:57 PM (ne36z)

128 Kid's got dance that night, sorry dude.

Posted by: Mark Critz at June 20, 2012 04:57 PM (KI/Ch)

129 hahaha! Joe Biden, "Lunch bucket Joe" seems oddly out of place shopping for lingerie with his wife in downtown Chicago.

Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 20, 2012 04:57 PM (a4CUi)

130 Don't shave it, braid it. It's what the cool kids are doing.

Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 04:57 PM (qAGZa)

131 #DemConExcuse
Perfect Strangers Marathon on Nick

(if none of you fuckers put up a tag on the Twatter I will)

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 20, 2012 04:58 PM (famk3)

132 Excuse#643 I have to shave Grammy's facial hair.

Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 04:58 PM (Fy6L7)

133 Has the moron horde heard of and donated to Karen. I promise this video will make you cry.

how-the-internet-rallied-to-help-a-verbally-abused-bus-driver

http://tinyurl.com/72wah9y

Posted by: ryukyu at June 20, 2012 04:58 PM (MOHSR)

134 Shoot! Sprained my ankle chasing a coon off the porch.

Posted by: Joe Manchin at June 20, 2012 04:58 PM (C8mVl)

135 Don't shave it. when you do it just gets course as hell and it will scare off guys like me.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 20, 2012 04:58 PM (jucos)

136

#97 Wow

Posted by: Beefy Meatball at June 20, 2012 04:58 PM (mxnUd)

137 excuse #31,748 but PBR is on sale that week and I have to stock up

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 04:59 PM (ne36z)

138 My car broke down and I am waiting on Triple A... you know how long they take. So.. I wont be able to make it to the convention.

OH!!!!

Did you know that if you tell them you have a child OR an animal in the car they move you to the top of the priority list?

I had a baby squirrel in a box in my truck and accidentally locked the doors, with the truck running, and the heater on. That was when AAA told me about their policy.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 04:59 PM (piMMO)

139 "Don't shave it, braid it. It's what the cool kids are doing."

Be the first on your block with nipple dreads.

Posted by: cool kid at June 20, 2012 04:59 PM (sYnN5)

140 Okay I did the Twatter.

Posted by: mpfs at June 20, 2012 05:00 PM (Fy6L7)

141 My TV isnt going to watch itself!

Posted by: Joe Manchin at June 20, 2012 05:00 PM (DGIjM)

142 sure are a lotta of bitter clingers in the democrat's party.

Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at June 20, 2012 05:01 PM (ACkhT)

143 MPSFSF: danke

The rest of you miserable curs -> #DemConExcuse

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 20, 2012 05:02 PM (famk3)

144 excuse #38,983 because that is the week I devoted to deriving the Grand Unified Theory ... and science is counting on me

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 05:02 PM (ne36z)

145 Excuse #69 Sorry, I tried to go in the wrong door.

Posted by: Chicago Voter at June 20, 2012 05:03 PM (qAGZa)

146 108 I can't be there, I have to go to the Democratic Convention in North Carolina

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 20, 2012 08:52 PM (GkwjL)

Dad, me too, can't make it because I have to go to Charlotte, NC for the Democratic Convention.

Posted by: Beau Biden at June 20, 2012 05:03 PM (0paMD)

147 @ 107 ...and you're not going to believe this, but I left the dog with the President. I'd love to comply, but my hands are tied here. What's done is done.

Posted by: 66chevelle at June 20, 2012 05:03 PM (QjSgY)

148 Can't make the convention. I'll be in Road Islands for my wife's, brother, daughters, son bar- mitzvah.

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 20, 2012 05:03 PM (qlGIH)

149 It's hot as shit here in CLT. I'd stay in WVA.

Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at June 20, 2012 05:03 PM (hXJOG)

150 weft cut loop feel free to steal mine if you wish

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 05:04 PM (ne36z)

151 weft cut loop feel free to steal mine if you wishPosted by: chemjeff

I shall repost with credit
(i charge interest btw...)

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 20, 2012 05:05 PM (famk3)

152 #13 I'm washing my hair

Posted by: Thunderb at June 20, 2012 05:06 PM (Dnbau)

153 excuse #44,555 because I can't be seen in the same place and time with my time traveling doppelganger

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 05:06 PM (ne36z)

154 West By Gawd Virginia is beautiful in September ! Y'all come visit !

Posted by: WVA Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin at June 20, 2012 05:08 PM (c3mby)

155 Can't make it because we have elections for my "other" organization here in hell. I'm runnin' for somethin' called a Kleagle and Exalted Cyclops, just like I did topside. Hopefully, Lucifer will see the wisdom of my ways?

Posted by: Zombie Bobby Byrd at June 20, 2012 05:09 PM (0paMD)

156 There's a convention this year in North Carolina? How come my invite says, "Tristan da Cunha"?

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 20, 2012 05:09 PM (GkwjL)

157 Hewitt and Sekulow on Hannity now

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 05:09 PM (piMMO)

158 #64,233 - I'm rinsing my socks after stomping grapes for wine

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 20, 2012 05:11 PM (GkwjL)

159 OT, there is a link on Drudge that the rationing care law ruling may be tommorow, I thought mondays were the only day they came out?

Posted by: johnc_ex-democrat at June 20, 2012 05:11 PM (ACkhT)

160 154 -- "West By Gawd Virginia is beautiful in September ! Y'all come visit !" Well, dang! I do believe I will!

Posted by: Joe Manchin at June 20, 2012 05:11 PM (C8mVl)

161 final question: why is democracy (in our case, constitutional representative republicanism/balance of power system) better than something else? "I hate liberals" doesn't work. I believe we are on the brink of a choice. Either leftists are crushed for a generation, OR we squander this opportunity (lol! we haven't had enough time to purge the GOP liars) and breathe life BACK into the leftie crapola electorate. We can kill them off for a decade, or we can fuck it up. Dick around? Perhaps believe it's all good with a GOP show? Yeah. No.

Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 20, 2012 05:11 PM (a4CUi)

162 Can't make it because I'll be at Katie's restaurant all week, meeting the good people of Delaware, listening to their concerns, and trying to stay awake.

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 20, 2012 05:11 PM (0paMD)

163 Heh, Drudge is getting on the ObamaNixon bandwagon...

Posted by: nickless at June 20, 2012 05:12 PM (MMC8r)

164 The train to Washington, DC got lost in the fog

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 20, 2012 05:12 PM (GkwjL)

165 44 so what are the chances that manchin is defeated? he won in 2010 didn't he

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 08:32 PM (ne36z)

Something tells me that their internals don't look all that positive, and they may be worried about some straight ticket voting for Romney.

Funny how WVa has gone from reliable Democrat to reliable GOP in just 12 years.

Posted by: MrCaniac at June 20, 2012 05:13 PM (1grxW)

166 excuse #55,555 sorry but that is the time devoted to reprogramming the campaign drones into propagandizing the rubes that I am an 'independent' Democrat

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 05:14 PM (ne36z)

167 161final question: why is democracy (in our case, constitutional representative republicanism/balance of power system) better than something else?

Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 20, 2012 09:11 PM (a4CUi)

-----------------------

I am a democrat [believer in democracy] because I believe in the Fall of Man. I think most people are democrats for the opposite reason. A great deal of democratic enthusiasm descends from the ideas of people like Rousseau, who believed in democracy because they thought mankind so wise and good that every one deserved a share in the government. The danger of defending democracy on those grounds is that theyÂ’re not true. . . . I find that theyÂ’re not true without looking further than myself. I donÂ’t deserve a share in governing a hen-roost. Much less a nation. . . . The real reason for democracy is just the reverse. Mankind is so fallen that no man can be trusted with unchecked power over his fellows. Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men fit to be masters.

C.S. Lewis

Grey Fox sez: I concur.

Posted by: Grey Fox at June 20, 2012 05:14 PM (S5UY1)

168 #83...if you use a word with double g...you must be a racist.

Posted by: Herpglerble at June 20, 2012 05:14 PM (QGwv0)

169 40 The President is a nig...

Posted by: Gabby "Lyndon" Johnson at June 20, 2012 08:31 PM (GkwjL)

WTF? Cut that fkn' shit out!

Posted by: jem at June 20, 2012 05:14 PM (qmmce)

170 Dumb error, Drew - America's SECOND black President.

Posted by: Gerry at June 20, 2012 05:16 PM (nHppQ)

171 Guilfoyle on Hannity re EP: So far, all indications are that this is an abuse of discretion.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 05:16 PM (piMMO)

172 Grey Fox at June 20, 2012 09:14 PM (S5UY1) Thanks. Your post is....

Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 20, 2012 05:18 PM (a4CUi)

173

Can't make it because we have elections for my "other" organization here in hell. I'm runnin' for somethin' called a Kleagle and Exalted Cyclops, just like I did topside. Hopefully, Lucifer will see the wisdom of my ways?

Posted by: Zombie Bobby Byrd at June 20, 2012 09:09 PM (0paMD)

Yeah, you just keep diving into that flaming pit toilet until you find the patch, boy scout.

You see what I have to deal with? Damn, I should've stuck with the heavenly choir instead of turning into an asshole.

Posted by: Beelzebub at June 20, 2012 05:19 PM (yt109)

174 WTF? Cut that fkn' shit out! Posted by: jem at June 20, 2012 09:14 PM (qmmce) What did you expect? "Welcome, sonny"? "Make yourself at home"? "Marry my daughter"? 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

Posted by: Gabby "Lyndon" Johnson at June 20, 2012 05:19 PM (GkwjL)

175 Abuse of discretion? You don't say!

Posted by: Obama playing the race card for the ten millionth time at June 20, 2012 05:19 PM (ne36z)

176 167- Good one.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 20, 2012 05:19 PM (C8mVl)

177

Guilfoyle on Hannity re EP: So far, all indications are that this is an abuse of discretion.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 20, 2012 09:16 PM (piMMO)

And by 'abuse of discretion' that means her skirt isn't short enough?

Posted by: ErikW at June 20, 2012 05:20 PM (yt109)

178 Twitter - #EricHolderInThreeWords Go play

Posted by: Herpglerble at June 20, 2012 05:20 PM (QGwv0)

179 excuse #62,738 it's the same week as band camp

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 05:21 PM (ne36z)

180 172
Thanks. Your post is....

Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 20, 2012 09:18 PM (a4CUi)

My answer to why a representative republic is superior to all other forms of government. I thought you were asking seriously...

Posted by: Grey Fox at June 20, 2012 05:23 PM (S5UY1)

181 my cat died and my dog is feelin' poorly...

Posted by: Thistle P ( Pippi Bongstocking ) at June 20, 2012 05:23 PM (Dll6b)

182 180 172 Thanks. Your post is....Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 20, 2012 09:18 PM (a4CUi)My answer to why a representative republic is superior to all other forms of government. I thought you were asking seriously... Posted by: Grey Fox at June 20, 2012 09:23 PM (S5UY1) Bitch, please - Timocracy

Posted by: Plato at June 20, 2012 05:25 PM (GkwjL)

183 excuse #68,497 because I'm switching to DirecTV!

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 05:26 PM (ne36z)

184 Steve King on Fox says he expects a grand jury to indict Holder. WTF?

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at June 20, 2012 05:28 PM (1gFlC)

185 excuse #169,438
I'm having my nails pulled out that week!

excuse #169,439
I'm having seven root canals that week

excuse #169,440
I'm speaking at the Choom Growers Association in Oahu that week.

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 20, 2012 05:28 PM (i3+c5)

186 183 excuse #68,497 because I'm switching to DirecTV! Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 09:26 PM (ne36z) Absurdist excuse #1: I'm waiting for Godot

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at June 20, 2012 05:28 PM (GkwjL)

187 Obama has started list.

Posted by: Beto at June 20, 2012 05:29 PM (BAnPT)

188 excuse #69,969 because the pubes won't wax themselves!

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 05:29 PM (ne36z)

189

Gee Barack, I really, really would like to go to the convention. But I'd pencilled in that week to wash my hair.

Posted by: Lil Debby Democrap at June 20, 2012 05:29 PM (6USwK)

190 Zen excuse #1: What is the sound of one Obama clapping...

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at June 20, 2012 05:31 PM (GkwjL)

191 excuse #77,777 because that's the week I am feeling lucky at the casino!

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 05:31 PM (ne36z)

192 excuse #78,938 because 5-hour energy drinks only last 5 hours

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 05:33 PM (ne36z)

193 I can't make it to Charlotte. I gotta move the washing machine to the front porch.

Posted by: Joe Manchin at June 20, 2012 05:33 PM (1gFlC)

194 Last week I drove through WV on the way to Woodstock Virginia. As I crossed the border a little south of Paw Paw I was struck (again) at the sudden change in my surroundings. Exactly AT THE BORDER everything just started LOOKING BETTER. The yards, the houses, the cars, the roads,...EVERYTHING! Try to do business in WV if you aren't from there! They really fucked it up!

Posted by: iamahaiangttiam at June 20, 2012 05:34 PM (EG6oe)

195 Definitely racism at work here.

Posted by: Detective Who Finds Racism All of the Time at June 20, 2012 05:34 PM (7+pP9)

196 Mountaineers will always be free.

Posted by: West Virginia Motto at June 20, 2012 05:34 PM (l3vZN)

197 excuse #87,711 because that is when the tree is falling in the forest, and i really want to know what happens

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 05:35 PM (ne36z)

198 For my next act, I'll be running guns to Gitmo detainees.

Posted by: Eric "The Red" Holder, Jr at June 20, 2012 05:35 PM (BVkEs)

199 Scientology excuse #1: My Thetans need auditing

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at June 20, 2012 05:36 PM (GkwjL)

200 excuse #99,999 because the roadkill won't grill itself

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 05:36 PM (ne36z)

201 The motto was recited to me IN LATIN at a civil trial I had to endure there.

Posted by: iamahaiangttiam at June 20, 2012 05:36 PM (EG6oe)

202 40 The President is a nig...

Posted by: Gabby "Lyndon" Johnson at June 20, 2012 08:31 PM (GkwjL)

Keep that shit up. See how long ya last here. Go ahead, get the head Ewok all in a tizzy again!

Posted by: jem at June 20, 2012 05:37 PM (qmmce)

203 Posted by: iamahaiangttiam at June 20, 2012 09:34 PM (EG6oe)

There's a reason they call it West "By God I Wish It Was" Virginia!

Posted by: Hrothgar at June 20, 2012 05:37 PM (i3+c5)

204 Moloch-ette excuse #1: these babies won't burn themselves

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at June 20, 2012 05:38 PM (GkwjL)

205 excuse #101,011 because that is the time I devoted to translating War And Peace ... into binary

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 05:38 PM (ne36z)

206 what's that, the president is ...NEAR??

Posted by: Mayor of Rock Ridge at June 20, 2012 05:38 PM (JLWvn)

207 Excuse #34,782 - I've got this...thing going on. No, it's really important. I've gotta be there for this...thing I have to be at. Really.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 20, 2012 05:39 PM (d6TfZ)

208 Keep that shit up. See how long ya last here. Go ahead, get the head Ewok all in a tizzy again! Posted by: jem at June 20, 2012 09:37 PM (qmmce) He conquered fear, and he conquered hate, / He turned dark night into day, / He made his blazing saddle / A torch to light the way...

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at June 20, 2012 05:40 PM (GkwjL)

209 excuse #121,210 because the world demands a recording of a dramatic reading of the PDP-11 User's Manual

Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at June 20, 2012 05:41 PM (ne36z)

210 No Wawa's in WV. Sheetz though.....

Posted by: iamahaiangttiam at June 20, 2012 05:41 PM (EG6oe)

211 same thing he said to scott walker's opponents - I gotta go to a fund raiser

Posted by: Thunderb at June 20, 2012 05:42 PM (Dnbau)

212 Tread up/

Posted by: real joe at June 20, 2012 05:43 PM (PD2ad)

213 208 Keep that shit up. See how long ya last here. Go ahead, get the head Ewok all in a tizzy again!
Posted by: jem at June 20, 2012 09:37 PM (qmmce)

He conquered fear, and he conquered hate, / He turned dark night into day, / He made his blazing saddle / A torch to light the way...

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at June 20, 2012 09:40 PM (GkwjL)

LOL! Yeah, until he doesn't.

Posted by: jem at June 20, 2012 05:43 PM (qmmce)

214

I'd be there .... but the cinderblocks under my '72 LTD need changing ...

Posted by: Slab Manly, Member, The League of Ugly Shirted Gentlemen at June 20, 2012 05:43 PM (3HHiH)

215 Klingon excuse #1: I must complete nenghep DaHjaj SuvwI'e' jIH tIgwIj Sa'angNIS Iw bIQtIqDaq jIjaH

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at June 20, 2012 05:44 PM (GkwjL)

216 Left is saying it was Bush's program and its his fault. Or according to Tamera Holder (she of Jesse Jackson fame) its All of our fault. She just said that. I'm not kidding. Anything but the JEF.

Posted by: Thunderb at June 20, 2012 05:44 PM (Dnbau)

217 Excuse #43 I try not to stand next to stuttering clusterfucks.

Posted by: Matt The Cimmerian at June 20, 2012 05:46 PM (40Ex+)

218 Muslim excuse #1: These goats won't f*ck themselves

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at June 20, 2012 05:46 PM (GkwjL)

219 Or according to Tamera Holder (she of Jesse Jackson fame) its All of our fault. She just said that. I'm not kidding. Anything but the JEF.

You ain't gonna pin this on me, beyotch.

Posted by: Every guy Tamara's been with at June 20, 2012 05:47 PM (BVkEs)

220 I'm not gonna call him the JEF anymore. Its now Black Nixon. Except Nixon was good at foreign policy, and there weren't any dead bodies.

Posted by: Thunderb at June 20, 2012 05:49 PM (Dnbau)

221 Posted by: Thunderb at June 20, 2012 09:49 PM (Dnbau) Oh his foreign policy had dead bodies alright...

Posted by: cajun carrot at June 20, 2012 05:53 PM (NcUIi)

222 That convention is going to be emptier than a Krugman speech at the Netroots convention, LOL!

Posted by: PJ at June 20, 2012 06:44 PM (DQHjw)

223 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at June 20, 2012 07:21 PM (Xb3hu)

224 Grey Fox at June 20, 2012 09:14 PM (S5UY1 Thank you. I meant to follow that up and was accosted by IRL circumstances. My apologies. If you don't get this tonight, i will make an effort to apologize to you until you do. I'm sorry if that sounded bad and then went unfounded. Dumb. I need to quit leaving stuff hanging. Too risky.

Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 20, 2012 08:04 PM (a4CUi)

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