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September 30, 2013

New Poll Suggests People Hate Republicans
— Ace

Only 56% of self identified Republicans approve of how GOP has handled government shutdown debate. http://t.co/p0Ik2AoCOH
— The Fix (@TheFix) September 30, 2013

Just 26% of public approves of Republicans' handling of shutdown showdown in NEW WaPo-ABC poll. http://t.co/p0Ik2AoCOH
— The Fix (@TheFix) September 30, 2013

But wait! Doesn't that same poll show that only 34% approve of the Democrats? A mere 8% difference in the approval ratings for both parties?

Don't worry; Chris Cilizza, Objective News Reporter for the Washington Post, has an answer for that. For while the public is sick of Republicans because of Republicans, the public is sick of Democrats... because of generalized annoyance with "Government" (which means: More Republicans).

Ding ding ding! RT @G_Byte: @TheFix @washingtonpost And I'm seeing Dems at 34%--sounds like people are tired of the government.
— The Fix (@TheFix) September 30, 2013

Now don't think the means something like "people are increasingly dissatisfied with the Super Size US Government." No, he means like this:

People hate the Republicans because of what Republicans do;

but people dislike the Democrats Because of Society In General.

His attack on Republicans is quite specific as to their faults which supposedly drive public disapproval; but when it comes to the Democrats' own horrific numbers, he just sort of says "that's the state of play, man."

And when he says people don't like "government," he means squabbling in government, which itself is all due to the GOP.

But note that the Wily Reid, The Rock, isn't squabbling. No, he's taking a manly stand on principle.

Reid vows the only thing the Senate will do is wait for the House to "pass our C.R."
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) September 30, 2013

I really can't tell which side the media favors with all the nuance of a rabid fanboi.

watching the media cover the Democrats is like watching Game of Thrones with a guy with a WINTER IS COMING t-shirt and stuffed dragon
— The_One_Who_Brings (@AceofSpadesHQ) September 30, 2013

Posted by: Ace at 12:14 PM | Comments (141)
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1 The Stompening

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 30, 2013 12:15 PM (nTgAI)

2 Because Republican.

Posted by: cajun caret at September 30, 2013 12:17 PM (UZQM8)

3 In before Toby!

Posted by: The Scorpion at September 30, 2013 12:17 PM (evdj2)

4 If we had a government shutdown and there was no liberal media, would anyone notice?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at September 30, 2013 12:17 PM (fvV0D)

5 The Republicans could take some cues from us.

Posted by: Washington Generals [/i] at September 30, 2013 12:17 PM (U2UQk)

6 We chose to delay rather than defund. We are invulnerable to media criticism.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 30, 2013 12:19 PM (Eflez)

7 Bambi to speak about shutdown at 4:45 PM ET

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at September 30, 2013 12:19 PM (bCEmE)

8 This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.

/Teh Fred

Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 30, 2013 12:19 PM (SY2Kh)

9 Did you stomp yourself, ace?

Posted by: baldilocks at September 30, 2013 12:19 PM (Tnlh/)

10 Obamacare can never be allowed to go into effect so the house should just keep offering stand alone pieces that fund everything but obamacare. If the donks/president balk then its they who are shutting down government.

Posted by: kreplach at September 30, 2013 12:19 PM (Hw3Gh)

11 I just habitually distrust almost all polls now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2013 12:19 PM (a4Omg)

12 Stalemate. It's what's for.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 30, 2013 12:19 PM (BAS5M)

13 All I ever needed to know I learned in j-school kindergarten, "mean people suck."

Posted by: adams weep deprivation porn at September 30, 2013 12:20 PM (gQKHE)

14 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 30, 2013 12:20 PM (/PCJa)

15 Burn it down. Scatter the stones. Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 30, 2013 12:20 PM (/PCJa)

16 Cruz on the floor now

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 30, 2013 12:20 PM (DmNpO)

17 Reduce federal spending. Shut it down for months.

Grab some popcorn and listen to the wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Posted by: Ian Galt at September 30, 2013 12:21 PM (QdOC1)

18 wish we could burn down the building around both parties

Posted by: The Dude at September 30, 2013 12:21 PM (vJdyz)

19 Barry is going to make some statement at 4:40. I'm on pins and needles wondering what pearls he shall throw before us.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2013 12:21 PM (g1DWB)

20 Obamacare can never be allowed to go into effect so the house should just keep offering stand alone pieces that fund everything but obamacare.

If the donks/president balk then its they who are shutting down government.

Unfortunately the public won't see it that way.

Like it or not, public opinion matters.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 30, 2013 12:21 PM (SY2Kh)

21 We won. ObamaCare has been defunded. The house doesn't need to do shit.

Posted by: Carlos F. Danger at September 30, 2013 12:21 PM (qxcKC)

22 I'm going to schedule a power tap for the entire time he's on. ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2013 12:22 PM (a4Omg)

23 Just heard Nuke Gingrich on the radio, 'the precedent has been astonishingly arrogant'. Damn, I miss that Nuke. He kept the economy growing despite Bubba's best efforts. Once he was 'newt-ered' Clinton pushed through giving China permanent most favored nation status and 40,000 American factories began to close within weeks.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 30, 2013 12:22 PM (U2UQk)

24 Polls also show people hate Baraka, and he is shitty on the economy and he is shitty on foreign policy.

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 30, 2013 12:22 PM (nTgAI)

25 15 Burn it down. Scatter the stones. Salt the earth where it stood. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est Don't forget me....

Posted by: Make the Rubble Bounce.... at September 30, 2013 12:22 PM (ULH4o)

26 So, you're implying that the media is biased? The hell you say!!!!

Posted by: © Sponge at September 30, 2013 12:23 PM (xmcEQ)

27 So. What I'm taking from this is that I need to get a stuffed dragon and set up fights between Dragon To Be Named Later and Stabby The Unicorn.

Posted by: alexthechick - Bring the SMOD at September 30, 2013 12:23 PM (VtjlW)

28 ///Like it or not, public opinion matters.///

Unless your a Democrat. Then it doesn't seem to matter at all.

Posted by: Turnip Defense League [/i] at September 30, 2013 12:23 PM (O7Q1u)

This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.

/Teh Fred

P.S. If you have time, I would also like to show you how you too can get a reverse mortgage.

Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2013 12:23 PM (m2CN7)

30 It's totally fun how they'll take a poll result with specific questions inside and apply unicorn-thinking causality to it. Howzabout this, media goons? Try asking the questions you want to ask in a poll and publish that result. If you want to ask people who disapprove of the DNC congresspeople why, conduct that poll.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2013 12:23 PM (yETln)

31 Boehner should just send everyone home. And I mean back to their districts for like 2 weeks.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 30, 2013 12:23 PM (BAS5M)

32 Whoops; Meant power "nap". Power "tap" has a different connotation.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2013 12:23 PM (a4Omg)

33 shoulda had Mike Castle elected, we would have been a contenda

Posted by: The Dude at September 30, 2013 12:23 PM (vJdyz)

34 @20 Then we go down fighting. Once the 1st check goes out and 10 of millions of people Are reliant on it, there will never be the political will to do away with it. If this is to be our end, make it an end worthy of story and song.

Posted by: kreplach at September 30, 2013 12:24 PM (UyYYt)

35 ObamaCare is slavery of the People to the Government. It doesn't surprise me that the Party of Slavery is pushing it. I find it sad that it *also* does not surprise me that the Party of Slavery and Civil Rights is not opposing it (or- not opposing it especially strongly).

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) MFM Delenda Est at September 30, 2013 12:24 PM (/PCJa)

36 I want a t-shirt AND a stuffed dragon.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette: napper extraordinaire at September 30, 2013 12:24 PM (IXrOn)

Posted by: kreplach at September 30, 2013 04:24 PM (UyYYt)

not the hill to die on

Posted by: The Dude at September 30, 2013 12:25 PM (vJdyz)

38 Damn, I miss that Nuke. *** I did not want him to be POTUS, but I do love to hearing him take to the bastards.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 30, 2013 12:25 PM (DmNpO)

39 10 Obamacare can never be allowed to go into effect so the house should just keep offering stand alone pieces that fund everything but obamacare. If the donks/president balk then its they who are shutting down government. ^ This. F*** the public. They got us into this mess.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at September 30, 2013 12:25 PM (Oe9vd)

40 We are all Emanuel Goldstein now.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at September 30, 2013 12:25 PM (bb5+k)

I think that people are mad about all this squabbling over what is the Law of the Land.

Posted by: Warden at September 30, 2013 12:25 PM (HzhBE)

42 Arsonists deserve to hang.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 30, 2013 12:26 PM (ZPrif)

43 I want a t-shirt AND a stuffed dragon. Not going to Urban Dictionary.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2013 12:26 PM (yETln)

44 Is anyone even asking the question about the lack of a fucking budget? Why are they allowed to pass a CR that itself does not require a budget be addressed as the next order of business? You can have enough money to move ahead and budget, EOF. Prudence, diligence, reason and wisdom. It's what we fucking demand. Enough of this bullshit robbery.

Posted by: Melvin Frohike at September 30, 2013 12:26 PM (sYLzD)

45 Barry is going to make some statement at 4:40.

I'm on pins and needles wondering what pearls he shall throw before us.

Let me guess-

"I'm Mr. Non-partisan Compromise and would be thrilled to work with Republicans, because I'm cool like that. Just not now. No, not then, either. I mean on some unspecified day, under unspecified conditions. Pinky swear"

"Oh, and did I mention that Republicans are evil bastards who want to kill your grandmother? I did? Good. I'm totally cool with negotiating with them though. Serious you guys."

Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 30, 2013 12:26 PM (SY2Kh)

46 10 Obamacare can never be allowed to go into effect so the house should just keep offering stand alone pieces that fund everything but obamacare. If the donks/president balk then its they who are shutting down government. Posted by: kreplach at September 30, 2013 04:19 PM (Hw3Gh) The Media won't tell it like that. They are propaganda agents for the left.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at September 30, 2013 12:26 PM (bb5+k)

47 Barry is going to make some statement at 4:40.

I'm on pins and needles wondering what pearls he shall throw before us.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2013 04:21 PM (g1DWB)

As predicted by NDH. Barakahnaten will be announcing his jobs initiative. He will announce the building of his pyramid and the susequent employment it will create. If you like you job you can keep your job.

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 30, 2013 12:27 PM (nTgAI)

48 What makes me crazy about all this shut-down bullshit is it is a result of the Congress NOT DOING THEIR FUCKING JOBS IN THE FIRST PLACE! (IE, passing a fucking BUDGET!) but of course our "betters" in the media are completely ignoring that...and our "betters" in the Stupid Party are once again FAILING COMPLETELY to make that point...

And when it crashes and burns the Stupid Party will say "Well, the votes are in, we should have been more liberal" instead of figuring out the voters, given a choice between evil and less evil...get sick of having to pick evil.

Posted by: That Bus Driver In The Joke at September 30, 2013 12:27 PM (yh0zB)

49 P.S. If you have time, I would also like to show you how you too can get a reverse mortgage. Would you? Great! I bought a no money down house five years ago, when Barack Obama was elected, and while it's gone down in value every year since then, and I probably owe $50,000 more then I could sell it for today, I'd like to guarantee some sort of retirement income from my equity. There must be absolute boatloads of it by now, since Barack Obama *swoon* is President.

Posted by: Low Information Voter [/i] at September 30, 2013 12:27 PM (U2UQk)

50 Ace is stomping himself now

Posted by: Boone at September 30, 2013 12:27 PM (3p8HS)

51 Democrats: society is to blame for not loving us the way that we deserve.

Posted by: Stu-22 at September 30, 2013 12:28 PM (dltsq)

52 gah...off sleepy sock!

And now off to get ready for work.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at September 30, 2013 12:28 PM (yh0zB)

53 If a new House bill with the Vitter amendment and one year delay of the mandates is voted down by the Senate, the next bill sent should be a bill that requires Obamacare to be fully implemented with no exemptions for any person or entity.

Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2013 12:28 PM (m2CN7)

54 As predicted by NDH. Barakahnaten will be announcing his jobs initiative. He will announce the building of his pyramid and the susequent employment it will create. If you like you job you can keep your job. A pyramid in every pot.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2013 12:28 PM (yETln)

55 In before the first Hodor! ?

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2013 12:28 PM (6kO/J)

Funny how when EVERY media outlet, including all the Fox News talking heads state as FACT that the Repubs will be blamed for a Government shutdown... some people blame them...

I believe the term 'self fulfilling prophecy' is appropriate here...

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2013 12:29 PM (lZBBB)

57 I want a t-shirt AND a stuffed dragon. Posted by: artisanal 'ette: napper extraordinaire at September 30, 2013 04:24 PM (IXrOn) Lalalalalalalala http://amzn.to/19cKeZw

Posted by: alexthechick - Bring the SMOD at September 30, 2013 12:29 PM (VtjlW)

58 10 Obamacare can never be allowed to go into effect so the house should just keep offering stand alone pieces that fund everything but obamacare.

If the donks/president balk then its they who are shutting down government.

^
This.

F*** the public. They got us into this mess.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at September 30, 2013 04:25 PM (Oe9vd)

Pat Buchanan suggested this the other day

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 30, 2013 12:29 PM (nTgAI)

59 who cares, let it burn no?

Posted by: akak at September 30, 2013 12:29 PM (4tkxZ)

60 Some day I hope to run across a left winger as he's being beaten and robbed just so I can self righteously say, "C'mon, all of you. People are TIRED of this kind of squabbling. All of you are acting like spoiled children."

Posted by: Warden at September 30, 2013 12:29 PM (HzhBE)

61 What's really sickening is the fact it's the same old cast of characters. Won't some of these shitheads retire or die or something.

Posted by: Bill at September 30, 2013 12:29 PM (uvyrw)

62 WINTER IS COMING stuffed dragon

Where can I get one of those? Pookette's first birthday is coming up soon.

:-D

Posted by: pookysgirl at September 30, 2013 12:30 PM (kMnHs)

63 "C'mon guys! You gotta pass a bill so I can sign it and keep the gov't running, I like won and stuff so you have to do what I say. So go back there and pass a bill and let me know when it's done. Toot Suite. You know where to reach me - I'll be at the ballwasher stand."

Posted by: The Won at September 30, 2013 12:30 PM (BAS5M)

64 Oh, only if someone would give a self-serving speech about doing the right thing, just wanting to do what's fair, and being clear!!!!

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 30, 2013 12:30 PM (ligos)

65 A pyramid in every pot.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2013 04:28 PM (yETln)

We're sorry, but Food Pyramids are so last Milenium....

Posted by: Food and Drug Admin... at September 30, 2013 12:30 PM (lZBBB)

66 Who is our Daenerys Targaryen?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette: napper extraordinaire at September 30, 2013 12:30 PM (IXrOn)

67 9 Did you stomp yourself, ace?

Post -> Stealth underpost -> Stomp

As Angleton said - its a wilderness of mirrors. Nothing is as it seems.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 30, 2013 12:30 PM (9MLX+)

68 If a new House bill with the Vitter amendment and one year delay of the mandates is voted down by the Senate, the next bill sent should be a bill that requires Obamacare to be fully implemented with no exemptions for any person or entity.

Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2013 04:28 PM (m2CN7)

Stategery ! I like it

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 30, 2013 12:30 PM (nTgAI)

69 Posted by: polynikes at September 30, 2013 04:28 PM (m2CN7) Good one. See I'm on your side.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at September 30, 2013 12:30 PM (Oe9vd)

70 http://amzn.to/19cKeZw Posted by: alexthechick - Bring the SMOD at September 30, 2013 04:29 PM (VtjlW) awwww cute

Posted by: artisanal 'ette: napper extraordinaire at September 30, 2013 12:31 PM (IXrOn)

71 Barry is going to make some statement at 4:40.

So, 5:07.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at September 30, 2013 12:31 PM (/kI1Q)

I just had a strange thought about 'Bamy's appearance today. He'll announce an EO that will delay the individual mandate for one year in order to preclude a government shutdown.

And then we'll hear it: All hail Obama.

Posted by: Soona at September 30, 2013 12:31 PM (gURHd)

73 You know nothing, AceofSpades Snow!

Posted by: Ygrette at September 30, 2013 12:32 PM (6kO/J)

74 10 Obamacare can never be allowed to go into effect so the house should just keep offering stand alone pieces that fund everything but obamacare. If the donks/president balk then its they who are shutting down government.

^^This. Otherwise, this:

59 who cares, let it burn no?

Posted by: akak at September 30, 2013 04:29 PM (4tkxZ)

Let it burn, yes.

Posted by: Ian Galt at September 30, 2013 12:32 PM (QdOC1)

75 "C'mon guys! You gotta pass a bill so I can sign it and keep the gov't running, I like won and stuff so you have to do what I say. So go back there and pass a bill and let me know when it's done. Toot Suite. You know where to reach me - I'll be at the ballwasher stand."

Posted by: The Won at September 30, 2013 04:30 PM (BAS5M)

Why are the Republicans messing with me ? ( sniffle, wipes tear ) I have 18 fucking holes of golf to play.

Posted by: The Jackhole at September 30, 2013 12:32 PM (nTgAI)

76 I want a wet t-shirt CONTEST ~~AND a stuffed dragon~~. Posted by: artisanal 'ette: napper extraordinaire at September 30, 2013 04:24 PM (IXrOn) Corrected for my own juvenile tendencies and love of all things boobie.

Posted by: © Sponge at September 30, 2013 12:32 PM (xmcEQ)

77 We geezers have reformed and are touring as 'Spinal Nap'.

Posted by: David St. Hubbins at September 30, 2013 12:32 PM (/1ATA)

78 71 Barry is going to make some statement at 4:40. So, 5:07. Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer at September 30, 2013 04:31 PM (/kI1Q) So the fucker is gonna save us yet again. Hail Caesar, I mean obama...

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at September 30, 2013 12:33 PM (9+ccr)

79 Take off your breeches, Ygrette.

Posted by: Warden at September 30, 2013 12:33 PM (HzhBE)

Note, the reason there may be a shutdown at all, is that the Appropriations Bills are once more not complete.

7 are still sitting in the House.... 4 are sitting in the Senate.... NONE are done.

THAT is the problem... all the rest is just a self created crises.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2013 12:33 PM (lZBBB)

81 Posted by: Â© Sponge at September 30, 2013 04:32 PM (xmcEQ)

You and your lad chatter.

Posted by: Turnip Defense League [/i] at September 30, 2013 12:33 PM (O7Q1u)

82 Posted by: The Won at September 30, 2013 04:30 PM (BAS5M) Oooh. I'm looking at you. You wore green so you could hide.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at September 30, 2013 12:34 PM (Oe9vd)

83 I want a stuffed T-shirt. #KateUpton #ErinAndrews

Posted by: Waterhouse at September 30, 2013 12:34 PM (YVx8A)

84 Is Reggie Love's birth control covered under a shutdown?

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 30, 2013 12:35 PM (5TFvk)

85 Harry Reid is likened unto a rock? Someone get all those little boys out of here!

Posted by: Furious George at September 30, 2013 12:35 PM (yFb77)

86 You know how the govmint peeps talk about Al Q 'chatter' which is supposed to mean that when they're up to no good they like to chat a lot? I have an AoS troll 'chatter' index. When trolls think that their lovechild BHO is unicorns and rainbows, they annoy the shit out of us. When they realize they got played and mom's basement is a big part of the reality of their existence for the next decade and beyond, they get quiet. Chatter index = ZERO = Shit got real

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at September 30, 2013 12:35 PM (U2UQk)

87 I hate me too

Posted by: Mr.KnowItAll at September 30, 2013 12:36 PM (uJK1E)

88 Let me see if I have this straight now ..

According to the MSM, Government is run by super smart people top to bottom, and only they can run things and only with a blank check

If you oppose Big Government, you're a spoiled child and the only way you earn the right to put on your Big Boy Pants is to become wholly dependent on government

Got it

Posted by: kbdabear at September 30, 2013 12:36 PM (aTXUx)

89 Just to cover myself. *Caddyshack reference*

Posted by: Golfman in NC at September 30, 2013 12:36 PM (Oe9vd)

90 Barry is going to make some statement at 4:40.

{queues up late afternoon nap}

Be back in a few hours.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 30, 2013 12:37 PM (9MLX+)

91 #ErinAndrews Posted by: Waterhouse at September 30, 2013 04:34 PM (YVx8A) I have her video on my phone. The performance of my phone kinda sucks with all them NSA leaches downloading it all the time.

Posted by: © Sponge at September 30, 2013 12:37 PM (xmcEQ)

92 Republicans: "Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory since 1992"

Posted by: Iblis at September 30, 2013 12:38 PM (9221z)

93 Posted by: Waterhouse at September 30, 2013 04:34 PM (YVx8A)

I would love to pound either of them.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 30, 2013 12:38 PM (/kU/5)

put on your Big Boy Pants

Got it

Posted by: kbdabear at September 30, 2013 04:36 PM (aTXUx)

Sexist!

Posted by: NOW at September 30, 2013 12:38 PM (lZBBB)

95 Who is our Daenerys Targaryen?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette: napper extraordinaire at September 30, 2013 04:30 PM (IXrOn)

The Dragon Queen.

Posted by: dananjcon at September 30, 2013 12:38 PM (wmU4G)

96 Leahy must have dementia.

Posted by: Ian Galt at September 30, 2013 12:39 PM (QdOC1)

97 Anyone else read this Drudge link: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130930/ financial-district/police-looking-for-two- people-who-parachuted-into-lower-manhattan "MANHATTAN Â— Two people wearing black suits and black helmets parachuted into Lower Manhattan near the World Trade Center early Monday, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. The incident happened about 3:07 a.m...." Of course the "reporting" in this story has basically zero information in it. Is it just me or does this alll sound a tad unusual? Anyone?

Posted by: Melvin Frohike at September 30, 2013 12:40 PM (sYLzD)

98 Ashleigh Banfield need a high hard one.

Posted by: dananjcon at September 30, 2013 12:40 PM (wmU4G)

99 My fear isn't that the GOP opposes Obama and Reid. My fear is that they privately agree with them wholeheartedly

Posted by: kbdabear at September 30, 2013 12:40 PM (aTXUx)

100 Who is our Daenerys Targaryen?

She will come from the North ...

Posted by: toby928© at September 30, 2013 12:40 PM (evdj2)

101 THAT is the problem... all the rest is just a self created crises.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 30, 2013 04:33 PM (lZBBB)

Lots of fun, those crises.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet - Get Your supplies for Opening Day of RINO Season here! at September 30, 2013 12:40 PM (hLRSq)

102 Q. Why don't public hacks look out the window in the morning? A. They need to have something to do in the afternoon. Shut It Down. All "non essential personnel" stay home.

Posted by: BuddyPC at September 30, 2013 12:41 PM (jfUIE)

103 I think the odds are good Barry starts ruling by decree. Has anybody talked about minting the platinum coin again?

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 30, 2013 12:41 PM (5TFvk)

104 Post -> Stealth underpost -> Stomp

As Angleton said - its a wilderness of mirrors. Nothing is as it seems.
Posted by: Purp at September 30, 2013 04:30 PM

Underpost < Underboob

Posted by: kbdabear at September 30, 2013 12:42 PM (aTXUx)

105 I think the odds are good Barry starts ruling by decree. Has anybody talked about minting the platinum coin again? Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at September 30, 2013 04:41 PM (5TFvk)
Starts?

Posted by: alexthechick - Bring the SMOD at September 30, 2013 12:43 PM (VtjlW)

106 Nude pre-nap thread

Posted by: toby928© at September 30, 2013 12:43 PM (evdj2)

107 Yeah, the Nth decree.

Posted by: Lincolntf at September 30, 2013 12:43 PM (ZshNr)

108 I want a T-shirt and a stuffed dragon with its own matching T-shirt.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at September 30, 2013 12:44 PM (0HooB)

109 Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer at September 30, 2013 04:31 PM (/kI1Q) Just trying to pre-empt "The Five".

Posted by: Golfman in NC at September 30, 2013 12:44 PM (/djtm)

110 "MANHATTAN Â— Two people wearing black suits and black helmets parachuted into Lower Manhattan near the World Trade Center early Monday, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. Is it just me or does this all sound a tad unusual? Maybe it's serious, but it could also just be a couple of people thrill-seeking. BASE jumpers do dumb things all the time.

Posted by: bonhomme at September 30, 2013 12:45 PM (yETln)

111 Well. 4:40's done come and gone.

Posted by: Soona at September 30, 2013 12:45 PM (7eRmH)

112 What these folks on DC and the MSM do not seem to (or refuse to) recognize is that much of the hatred of congress and republicans comes from conservatives. The idea that these polling numbers are favorable to democrats is laughably ridiculous.

Posted by: Czar Peter at September 30, 2013 12:45 PM (hMQKI)

113

>>>the Nth decree.

They opened for the old Jefferson Airplane back in the early 70s. A bunch of midgets, IIRC, but it may have been the brown acid.

Posted by: Bigby's Itchy Fingers at September 30, 2013 12:46 PM (3ZtZW)

114 Aside from doling out unmerited welfare benefits and crony porkbarrel payoffs, what the hell does the federal government even do, anyway? Military -- Already funded separately by the house. No problem there. IRS -- I hate them, good to see them out of work. National Parks and so forth -- Give Gaia a few months' rest from the trampling of human shoes; good idea! Do-nothing bureaucrats in their offices - Fuck you. Permanent layoffs for you. Do-something bureaucrats -- These guys scare me the most. The more they "do," the more they ruin. Shut 'em down. All in all, sounds like a winning proposition to me.

Posted by: zombie at September 30, 2013 12:46 PM (+cx5n)

115 My fear isn't that the GOP opposes Obama and Reid. My fear is that they privately agree with them wholeheartedly Posted by: kbdabear Well we know that to be true, except for the 19 Senators that voted against cloture.

Posted by: Low Information Republican Squish at September 30, 2013 12:47 PM (RFeQD)

116 Well. 4:40's done come and gone. Posted by: Soona Paying attention to actual time and schedules is part of the facist white patriarchy, dude. That's NOT how the BHO Regime rolls.

Posted by: Low Information Republican Squish at September 30, 2013 12:48 PM (RFeQD)

117 Is it just me or does this alll sound a tad unusual?

Most likely explanation -- just BASE jumpers who found a way onto a tall building's roof and snuck a jump in while traffic was light.

If they look around, they'll probably find an unlocked rooftop access door somewhere

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 30, 2013 12:48 PM (9MLX+)

118 The media is one talking point away from saying the Cell Phone service, TV channels and the whole internet will shut down as the FCC can not control it when the government shut down.

Posted by: Trevor (@TJexcite) at September 30, 2013 12:49 PM (a7NX9)

119 All in all, sounds like a winning proposition to me. Posted by: zombie My favorite part of your plan is " fuck you". I think that is a general principle to use in guiding us all in dealing with the government.

Posted by: Low Information Republican Squish at September 30, 2013 12:49 PM (RFeQD)

120 Sanders reaching back to 1936 to prove the point that Republicans have an agenda to eliminate SS.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 30, 2013 12:50 PM (DmNpO)

121 New Republican Senator ratings are out. Only two to score an average of 100 are Cruz and Lee, Paul got a 99. I guess this is based on voting records by Heritage Foundation and Freedom Works. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3073029/posts

Posted by: lindafell at September 30, 2013 12:51 PM (PGO8C)

122 Military -- Already funded separately by the house. No problem there. IRS -- I hate them, good to see them out of work. National Parks and so forth -- Give Gaia a few months' rest from the trampling of human shoes; good idea! Do-nothing bureaucrats in their offices - Fuck you. Permanent layoffs for you. Do-something bureaucrats -- These guys scare me the most. The more they "do," the more they ruin. Shut 'em down. All in all, sounds like a winning proposition to me. Posted by: zombie at September 30, 2013 04:46 PM (+cx5n) I agree with your assessment. I can't think of a downside to shutting down non-essential agencies. Maybe the public will wake up to the fact that we don't need them anyway.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at September 30, 2013 12:51 PM (bb5+k)

123 120 Sanders reaching back to 1936 to prove the point that Republicans have an agenda to eliminate SS.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 30, 2013 04:50 PM (DmNpO)

I know. Unbelievable. What the hell are those Vermonters doing electing that communist/socialist every six years?

Posted by: Ian Galt at September 30, 2013 12:52 PM (QdOC1)

124 This is why I'm on Team Chaos.

Shut it down.

Bring me the guys from Dark City: "Shut it down! Shut it down forever!"

If they have to wishcast manipulated polls just to kinda, sorta arrive at, "and then they'll blame the Republicans" tells me there's a whole lot of more support for the Dark City Gambit than they want you to know.

Posted by: RoyalOil at September 30, 2013 12:53 PM (VjL9S)

125 Jim: Wait. What are you writing? Don't write Ebola or mad cow disease. Right? 'Cause I'm suffering from both. Pam: I'm inventing new diseases. Jim: Oh, great. Pam: So, let's say my teeth turn to liquid and then, they drip down the back of my throat. What would you call that? Jim: I thought you said you were inventing diseases? That's spontaneous dental hydroplosion. Pam: Nice. Jim: Thank you.

Posted by: Melvin Frohike at September 30, 2013 12:55 PM (sYLzD)

126 Posted by: lindafell at September 30, 2013 04:51 PM (PGO8C) Flake. 100% from Freedomworks. Discounted immediately. BTW. The Won making the white man wait. VJ is holding him around the waist as we speak.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at September 30, 2013 12:56 PM (/djtm)

127 "First thing we do, is kill all the lawyers motherfucking reporters and newsmen."

Posted by: Zombie Bill Shakespeare at September 30, 2013 12:58 PM (PzbX0)

128 Sanders reaching back to 1936 to prove the point that Republicans have an agenda to eliminate SS. Said some fanatical republican in 1936 stated it would enslave the American worker. Can you say 15% of every paycheck? Do these people hear what comes out of their mouth?

Posted by: Golfman in NC at September 30, 2013 12:59 PM (/djtm)

129 WHY, FOR FUCK'S SAKE, DO NONE OF THE FUCKING BUTTONS WORK IN THIS FUCKING COMMENTS BOX?!?!?!?!?!

Seriously, You Guys. I come back from the dead to edit one of my most famous lines, and it isn't possible to do so because line-outs are also not working? Along with ampersands? Fuckers.

Posted by: Zombie Bill Shakespeare at September 30, 2013 01:00 PM (PzbX0)

130 The Comments Box has been sacked.

Posted by: garrett at September 30, 2013 01:01 PM (x6vZK)

131 What is going to be cancelled. This oughta be good.

Posted by: RWC - Bring on O-Care at September 30, 2013 01:02 PM (fWAjv)

132 Seriously, You Guys. I come back from the dead to edit one of my most famous lines, and it isn't possible to do so because line-outs are also not working? Along with ampersands? Fuckers.

Dude, your check bounced.

Posted by: A Million Monkeys at September 30, 2013 01:12 PM (evdj2)

133 The math on this is probably a short term net loss for Republicans among swing voters, but largely forgotten by LIV by November 2014.

Long term, it's a loss for Democrats and once again cements the impression that Obama is a piss poor President and Democrats can't govern. The media is upset because they know a government shutdown once again just shows the American public that life does go on without the federal bureaucracy.

Democrats are also dying on a hill for Obamacare that's only going to get more unpopular.

But had Republicans in the House never even attempted any pushback, it would have been a disaster in the 2014 election as conservatives would have wondered what was the point of voting for Republicans.

Posted by: McAdams at September 30, 2013 01:12 PM (xWRxt)

134 "Barry is going to make some statement at 4:40."

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Posted by: AnonymousDrivel of the EBS at September 30, 2013 01:15 PM (eHIJJ)

135 The GOP is the party of the stupid in modern America.

Posted by: John at September 30, 2013 01:18 PM (GSKhG)

136 The GOP is the party of the stupid in modern America.\

Preachin' to the choir, Brah.

Posted by: toby928© at September 30, 2013 01:20 PM (evdj2)

137 Check out the newest Organizing for America graphic: http://is.gd/GcA5fX Yes, that's a quote, President Obama says "Let's pass a budget." Lies, and more lies. And the media hands it out, and the people lap it up. It's disgusting.

Posted by: Jay in Ames at September 30, 2013 01:32 PM (i2Lsf)

138

Â“I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it,Â”

Â“And I was really, I was alive.Â”

---Barack Obama-senberg

Posted by: zombieWW at September 30, 2013 01:48 PM (kduZC)

139 Game of Thrones: dwarfs, breasts, and men with beards cutting each others's throats in slow motion. EVERY $#@#in' WEEK.

Posted by: cackfinger at September 30, 2013 01:57 PM (OsCtd)

140 Sure, Marxists hate Republicans. What's new? Marxists are people, too?

Posted by: panzernashorn at September 30, 2013 02:06 PM (MhA4j)

141 Funny how the media always assumes those who disapprove all do so for the same left wing reasons.

Posted by: NC Mountain Girl at September 30, 2013 02:23 PM (4jGe7)