December 10, 2013
— Ace Wow.
Mark Steyn is aghast.
First, she has no idea what “Benghazi” is.Then, pleading in mitigation that she’s there to talk about the Middle East, she reveals that she has no idea where Benghazi is.
Finally, when her constituents helpfully point out that Benghazi is in Libya, she turns to the side and gives that pitiful look that is the single thing I most loathe about American politics – the look a floundering empty suit gives to her minder when she needs him to come and rescue her. Which the minder immediately does.
This isnÂ’t an especially partisan point, but IÂ’m so weary of post-modern ventriloquistÂ’s dummies who canÂ’t be allowed near their constituents without the protection of a phalanx of aides. In this video, the voters are well-informed, but they have a low-information Congresswoman.
Wonk Gap, yo.
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Posted by: newrouter at December 10, 2013 03:08 PM (dsgCY)
Posted by: Registered voter at December 10, 2013 03:08 PM (0DC/m)
Posted by: Ann Kuster's Snooch at December 10, 2013 03:08 PM (2tjte)
Posted by: Registered voter at December 10, 2013 07:08 PM (0DC/m)"
Yeah, I gotta go do my Schwetty Balls segment on local NPR. I don't have time for this Benghazi bullshit.
Posted by: Ann Kuster's Snooch at December 10, 2013 03:10 PM (2tjte)
Posted by: Dr Spank at December 10, 2013 03:10 PM (xlX1p)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 10, 2013 03:11 PM (t3UFN)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 10, 2013 03:11 PM (yYfK/)
Posted by: CanaDave at December 10, 2013 03:11 PM (92zVn)
Posted by: Y-not at December 10, 2013 03:11 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: fluffy at December 10, 2013 03:11 PM (fiwaT)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 10, 2013 03:12 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Senator Edward M. Kennedy at December 10, 2013 03:12 PM (Pr6hk)
Posted by: mugiwara at December 10, 2013 03:12 PM (hpYnL)
Posted by: Jack at December 10, 2013 03:12 PM (gWHwW)
I can't tell, it all sounds like mumble rumble echo echo echo mumble to me.
Posted by: Nah, untah! at December 10, 2013 03:12 PM (UTUPX)
Posted by: Bigby's Boxing Gloves at December 10, 2013 03:12 PM (RLTt1)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 10, 2013 03:13 PM (uK+tZ)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 10, 2013 03:13 PM (t3UFN)
Posted by: John Kerry at December 10, 2013 03:13 PM (Pr6hk)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 10, 2013 03:14 PM (T0NGe)
Care to find that on a map without aid from your flunky?
Posted by: HH at December 10, 2013 03:14 PM (XXwdv)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 10, 2013 03:14 PM (t3UFN)
Posted by: Ben Gozzi at December 10, 2013 03:14 PM (fiwaT)
Posted by: Nah, untah! at December 10, 2013 03:15 PM (UTUPX)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 10, 2013 03:15 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: the forgotten man at December 10, 2013 03:15 PM (U96rJ)
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at December 10, 2013 03:15 PM (Pr6hk)
Posted by: t-bird at December 10, 2013 03:15 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 10, 2013 03:16 PM (t3UFN)
Posted by: duke at December 10, 2013 03:16 PM (d3clc)
Well, there you go.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 10, 2013 07:13 PM (kdS6q)"
Fat, ugly and stupid is no way to go through life. Unless you're a Democratic politician, in which case it's par for the course.
Posted by: Zombie Dean Wormer at December 10, 2013 03:16 PM (2tjte)
Posted by: ontherocks at December 10, 2013 03:16 PM (nadum)
I think the next time my boss asks me a question I don't know the answer to, I'll just shut him up with a, "You do realize I am taking time out of my busy schedule for this?"
Posted by: kathysaysso at December 10, 2013 03:16 PM (6H6o8)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 10, 2013 03:16 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: DM at December 10, 2013 03:16 PM (pQXbd)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at December 10, 2013 03:17 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: phreshone at December 10, 2013 03:17 PM (Pr6hk)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 10, 2013 03:17 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: resident of pennsylvania at December 10, 2013 03:17 PM (HFPlm)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 03:17 PM (sByIH)
At this point, what difference does any of this make?
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 10, 2013 03:17 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: pep at December 10, 2013 03:17 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 10, 2013 03:17 PM (lZBBB)
Boned doesn't even begin to describe the position we're in.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at December 10, 2013 03:17 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 10, 2013 03:18 PM (t3UFN)
Posted by: Annie Kuster at December 10, 2013 03:18 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 10, 2013 03:18 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 10, 2013 03:18 PM (yYfK/)
Nice nose...
try sticking it into some of the issues confronting the nation
thanks new Hampshire for electing such a great mind
Posted by: biff at December 10, 2013 03:18 PM (8DvKo)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 10, 2013 03:19 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 10, 2013 03:19 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: pep at December 10, 2013 03:19 PM (6TB1Z)
Mau Mau it is sorta hard for the GOP even when inclined to win budget concessions when we have SMART Republicans like JWest on board...
Posted by: sven at December 10, 2013 03:19 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Can we save Ryans's Privates? at December 10, 2013 03:19 PM (1Y+hH)
You may have mis-spelled the 'C' part of that, but since I don't want to get banned here...
Posted by: HH at December 10, 2013 03:20 PM (XXwdv)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 10, 2013 03:20 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: logprof at December 10, 2013 03:20 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 03:21 PM (sByIH)
From her wiki:
Kuster was a consultant and owner of Newfound Strategies LLC, "a consulting and training practice that works with nonprofit clients to maximize their effectiveness and sustainability through fundraising, outreach and strategic planning."
Short version: she taught grant-writing.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 10, 2013 03:21 PM (TIIx5)
Posted by: fluffy at December 10, 2013 03:22 PM (fiwaT)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 10, 2013 03:22 PM (jucos)
63 OT: Fox had a picture of Barry yakking it up in SA with a female, and not half bad looking Dutch head of state. Mooch was next to him and looked like she wanted to rip her head off. What a lovely woman.
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I saw that, pep.
It was a blonde...a nice-looking one, too.
Barky was taking a selfie with her, with him leaning into her real close.
Mooch probably knows that he used to have blonde girlfriends, before her.
Posted by: wheatie at December 10, 2013 03:22 PM (+SY5G)
Posted by: Barky 'O the Won at December 10, 2013 03:22 PM (rc6Yw)
Posted by: DangerGirl, home sweet home at December 10, 2013 03:23 PM (GrtrJ)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 10, 2013 03:23 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 10, 2013 03:23 PM (t3UFN)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 10, 2013 03:24 PM (vjQ/G)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at December 10, 2013 03:24 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: nabqrules at December 10, 2013 03:25 PM (Irq86)
Posted by: Meremetal at December 10, 2013 03:25 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Carol at December 10, 2013 03:25 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Charles Gibson at December 10, 2013 03:25 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2013 03:26 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at December 10, 2013 07:24 PM (0q2P7)
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No, see, she knew all about it. See her official statement from later that day.
Posted by: The Liar-American Community at December 10, 2013 03:26 PM (w41GQ)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 10, 2013 03:26 PM (T0NGe)
An after-the-fact response that doesn't pass the laugh test. A staffer pulls out a Word template and fills it with empty keywords and lying sentiments.
I simply loathe our government.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at December 10, 2013 03:26 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 10, 2013 03:27 PM (t3UFN)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 10, 2013 03:27 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Barry 'Sgt Schultz' Soetoro at December 10, 2013 03:28 PM (Pr6hk)
Posted by: ontherocks at December 10, 2013 03:28 PM (nadum)
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 10, 2013 03:28 PM (CnSTG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 10, 2013 03:28 PM (BC6cY)
He may be worse than Jerry Jones, and that is saying a lot.
Don't worry, Isaiah Thomas will be back by the end of the month.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2013 03:28 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: spongeworthy at December 10, 2013 03:28 PM (r5w1L)
www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/is-there-noth.html
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 10, 2013 03:28 PM (vjQ/G)
Posted by: Carol at December 10, 2013 03:29 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Kusters last stand and townhall meeting at December 10, 2013 03:29 PM (nTgAI)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 10, 2013 03:29 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at December 10, 2013 03:29 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Ann Kuster-Cloggestein at December 10, 2013 03:29 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 10, 2013 03:29 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 10, 2013 03:30 PM (hbsQo)
Posted by: pep at December 10, 2013 07:19 PM (6TB1Z)<<<
Too bad W didn't see SCOAMF shaking hands with and bowing to Castro, walk over to him, and bitch slap him unconscious.
Posted by: if only... at December 10, 2013 03:30 PM (uakI+)
Our focus must remain on finding those responsible, bringing them to justice, and taking every necessary step to prevent an attack like this from ever happening again."
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We know who's reponsible. We know where they are. Most of them are in D.C. and belong to the same political party as Kuster the Imbecile. A few are walking around Libya bragging about it. As things stand, nothing will happen to any of them.
Posted by: The Liar-American Community at December 10, 2013 03:30 PM (w41GQ)
@75 I saw that, pep.
It was a blonde...a nice-looking one, too.
Barky was taking a selfie with her, with him leaning into her real close.
Mooch probably knows that he used to have blonde girlfriends, before her.
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iirc, in one of the pics he's got his hand on her shoulder, as well.
One thing that I'm curious and that none of the pictures seem to show - who was sitting next to FLOTUS?
Posted by: junior at December 10, 2013 03:30 PM (UWFpX)
At the same time Apple is making nifty devices, our civilization is in decline. And no "app" will stop fate.
Posted by: soothsayer at December 10, 2013 07:18 PM (yYfK/)"
I put those touch-screen kiosks in the hospital scene in Idiocracy to catch this contradiction in a rather nice way, if I do say so myself. After all, if everyone is so stupid, who keeps the touch-screens working?
Posted by: Mike Judge, Prophet of the Coming Doom at December 10, 2013 03:30 PM (2tjte)
95% of The Dumb People know or care nothing for Benghazi, too.
You really believe this will hurt this idiot congressrat? She's a mirror reflection of her constituents!
Posted by: soothsayer at December 10, 2013 07:11 PM (yYfK/)
That's a sad fact. We have idiots being elected by idiots. And they don't care to know either
Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 10, 2013 03:30 PM (JivuR)
Posted by: Thomas Crapper at December 10, 2013 03:31 PM (Pr6hk)
Posted by: LizLem at December 10, 2013 03:31 PM (BF+2f)
My sister and her husband are in Cuba (please do not tar me with that disgusting brush. I am fucking furious at them.) and they say that everyone is excited that Obama shook Raul's hand.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2013 03:31 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: Barrak Obama, Golf Pro? at December 10, 2013 03:31 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at December 10, 2013 03:31 PM (hbsQo)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2013 07:28 PM (oJ5Fd)
Does Zeke have a picture of Dolan going into an orphanage with Jerry Sandusky?
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 10, 2013 03:32 PM (CnSTG)
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at December 10, 2013 03:32 PM (KQp38)
Always worth noting and reiterating. And he/she would have been elevated to "Republican Presidential Hopeful" or "Republican Standard Bearer"
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at December 10, 2013 03:32 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: fluffy at December 10, 2013 07:22 PM (fiwaT)<<<
If you like your seat next to a hot blonde cracka, you can keep your seat next to a hot blonde cracka. Period.
Posted by: Mooch at December 10, 2013 03:32 PM (uakI+)
Posted by: Meremortal, facepalm at December 10, 2013 03:32 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Chris Matthews at December 10, 2013 03:32 PM (SV01K)
Posted by: Xennady at December 10, 2013 03:33 PM (gGmbl)
Posted by: General Buck Turgidson at December 10, 2013 03:34 PM (Pr6hk)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 10, 2013 03:34 PM (T0NGe)
The Shithead-in-Chief also shook Robert Mugabe's hand (that NBC censored from an earlier report of theirs); and the Bushes joined the others in giving Obama's speech a standing ovation. The stories and photos are at Weasel Zippers.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 10, 2013 03:34 PM (vjQ/G)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/s][/b][/i][/u] at December 10, 2013 03:34 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: LizLem at December 10, 2013 03:34 PM (BF+2f)
@116 OT,
My sister and her husband are in Cuba (please do not tar me with that disgusting brush. I am fucking furious at them.) and they say that everyone is excited that Obama shook Raul's hand.
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Yeah, well, you might want to read Michael Totten's recent piece on Cuba before you (or anyone else you know) start to take comments from the locals seriously.
Posted by: junior at December 10, 2013 03:34 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: garrett at December 10, 2013 03:35 PM (JJBXq)
Posted by: macintx at December 10, 2013 03:35 PM (U8ot1)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 10, 2013 03:35 PM (yYfK/)
Posted by: LizLem at December 10, 2013 03:35 PM (BF+2f)
Posted by: Ann Kuster's Snooch at December 10, 2013 03:35 PM (2tjte)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 10, 2013 07:34 PM (T0NGe)
If I am ever 80 and lucky enough to have a 25-year-old girlfriend you won't be able to shut me up about it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2013 03:36 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 10, 2013 03:36 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: fluffy at December 10, 2013 03:36 PM (fiwaT)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Poo Guy inna Pan at December 10, 2013 03:37 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 10, 2013 07:34 PM (T0NGe)
She set up a town hall on the middle east... She should have been prepped. it's not like it was a random question at a generic get together
Posted by: Ambassador Stevens at December 10, 2013 03:37 PM (Pr6hk)
And in that time Rs flipped the house, decreased the Senate majority, and captured a majority of Governorships in the US.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Laughing Maniacally While Throwing Matches. at December 10, 2013 03:37 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 03:37 PM (sByIH)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/s][/b][/i][/u] at December 10, 2013 03:38 PM (CA2NO)
I read both parts and sent the first one to both of them.
Fucking idiots.
My point was not that the Cuban people are happy about it, it's that the Cuban government has a wonderful PR bonanza.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2013 03:38 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 10, 2013 03:39 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: Meremortal,,,,,,,,,,, at December 10, 2013 03:39 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea at December 10, 2013 07:38 PM (CA2NO)
What are you...afraid of a little banning?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2013 03:40 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: Raul Castro at December 10, 2013 03:40 PM (Pr6hk)
There is too large a portion of the GOP caucus in love with the pork cannon...and you typod "10 years"
Posted by: sven at December 10, 2013 03:40 PM (9jfyN)
The Shithead-in-Chief also shook Robert Mugabe's hand (that NBC censored from an earlier report of theirs); and the Bushes joined the others in giving Obama's speech a standing ovation. The stories and photos are at Weasel Zippers.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 10, 2013 07:34 PM (vjQ/G)<<<
Whoa. Hadn't heard about the Mugabe part. It's like the Legion of Doom decided to have a field trip together.
Saw about the Bushes' standing o. Guess they wanted to get back home on AF1.
Posted by: Mooch at December 10, 2013 03:40 PM (uakI+)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 10, 2013 03:40 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Colleen Glenney Boggs at December 10, 2013 03:40 PM (2ArJQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 10, 2013 03:40 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/s][/b][/i][/u] at December 10, 2013 03:40 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 10, 2013 03:40 PM (vjQ/G)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 10, 2013 03:41 PM (t3UFN)
Posted by: Meremortal, looking at the classic cars at December 10, 2013 03:41 PM (1Y+hH)
“Like all Americans, I was horrified by the tragic attack on our Embassy in Benghazi that killed four patriotic Americans. Our focus must remain on finding those responsible, bringing them to justice, and taking every necessary step to prevent an attack like this from ever happening again.”
Didn't you hear? They did it was an obscure video maker insulting Islam. He's as shocked as we are at the result!
Posted by: willow at December 10, 2013 03:41 PM (nqBYe)
Via Miami. Don't know the details, but I assume they falsified an "education" or "humanitarian relief" waiver. There are companies that specialize in that sort of shit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2013 03:41 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: fluffy at December 10, 2013 03:41 PM (fiwaT)
Posted by: steevy at December 10, 2013 03:41 PM (zqvg6)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 10, 2013 03:42 PM (t3UFN)
And it appears that the GOPe is trying their damnedest to reverse those gains in every respect!
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 10, 2013 03:42 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: steevy at December 10, 2013 03:42 PM (zqvg6)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 03:42 PM (sByIH)
Posted by: jeffrey pelt at December 10, 2013 03:42 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: garrett at December 10, 2013 03:42 PM (JJBXq)
how to tag tea partiers?
Posted by: willow at December 10, 2013 03:43 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/s][/b][/i][/u] at December 10, 2013 03:43 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 10, 2013 03:43 PM (vjQ/G)
And in that time Rs flipped the house, decreased the Senate majority, and captured a majority of Governorships in the US"
At a certain point, all the Left will have is DC and the Presidency, and that only because that's where the money gets printed and the 'free shit' handed out, along with a smattering of blue state governors. I don't think these idiots realize it, but they are driving us toward a sovereign debt/currency crisis and that's when all hell breaks loose. Given the fact that almost their entire voting base is living in major metropolitan areas, once that happens, they will be sitting ducks. I think that if they think they've got a plan to handle that contingency, they are mistaken. Way too many variables to handle, including foreign intervention from our debt-holders on the side of responsible fiscal governance. Time will tell.
Posted by: Sudden Clarity Clarence at December 10, 2013 03:44 PM (2tjte)
Posted by: no good deed at December 10, 2013 03:44 PM (HsJeN)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 10, 2013 03:44 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 10, 2013 03:44 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: Mt Top Patriot at December 10, 2013 03:44 PM (UofT+)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at December 10, 2013 03:44 PM (u8GsB)
We can't positively predict if the US having such stupid politicians is a positive or negative to our long term existence. However, we do suspect if Syria once again is targeted by the administration, someone yelling 'squirrel' will alleviate the risk
Posted by: Syria Asprin Industries, Inc. at December 10, 2013 03:45 PM (Pr6hk)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at December 10, 2013 03:45 PM (XvrTA)
Anyone willing to bet that Elizabeth "Apacheee" Warren is any better?
Posted by: Splunge at December 10, 2013 03:45 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2013 03:46 PM (27gH7)
so i wonder what their jobs actually enatil.
Posted by: willow at December 10, 2013 03:46 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/s][/b][/i][/u] at December 10, 2013 03:46 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Meremortal, look at the classic cars at December 10, 2013 03:46 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 10, 2013 03:46 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Melitha Hawwith-Pewwy at December 10, 2013 03:47 PM (wAQA5)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at December 10, 2013 03:47 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 10, 2013 03:47 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: jeffrey pelt at December 10, 2013 03:48 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 03:48 PM (sByIH)
I have no idea what 'interesting' might mean in this context.
Rush made the point that no US President would have attended this gathering of tyrants, thieves, murders and thugs before. They would have sent a State Department nobody or no official representation.
The newly transformed United States is well represented by Barack Obama. He is us and we (half of us at least) are him. The other half of us have little or no representation in our government.
Posted by: What Rush Said! at December 10, 2013 03:48 PM (UTUPX)
Posted by: rickl at December 10, 2013 03:49 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Splunge at December 10, 2013 07:45 PM (bKA83)<<<
She's not. I think it was her first press conference after she was elected where she was asked a question and damned near hid behind Deval Patrick (which is amazing because he is like 3ft 4in tall) because she had no clue what to say.
Posted by: some Masshole at December 10, 2013 03:49 PM (uakI+)
*pours smoking bishop into the USB port*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 10, 2013 03:49 PM (uK+tZ)
Posted by: Meremortal, look at the classic cars at December 10, 2013 03:50 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: willow at December 10, 2013 07:46 PM (nqBYe)
keeping the intel pork flowing
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 10, 2013 03:50 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 03:50 PM (sByIH)
Posted by: Hilarity 2016 at December 10, 2013 03:51 PM (wAQA5)
I stayed in an expensive hotel in East Berlin, not long after the wall fell. I had to stay there, because West Berlin was completely full of Germans who wanted to see this historical happening.
The hotel was expensive, but it was not luxury. It had "Palace" (Palast) in its name, but looked like an office building from the outside. The slippers provided in the bathroom looked and felt as though they were made from recycled heavy truck tires. I am not exaggerating -- they were actively hostile to the human foot. The room itself would have been shamed by any Holiday Inn room in the Midwest.
The most notable design feature of the hotel was that there was no way to exit it without being closely observed from many angles.
I asked a local friend if he had any tips for staying in the East. His number-one tip? "Don't eat the pizza."
Posted by: Splunge at December 10, 2013 03:51 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 10, 2013 07:47 PM (0FSuD)"
Yep. Don't recall any scenes about fat, ugly and stupid chicks who don't put out, but if there was one, this piece of work would fit the bill.
Posted by: Zombie Dean Wormer at December 10, 2013 03:52 PM (2tjte)
Posted by: Meremortal, in a small town at December 10, 2013 03:52 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 03:53 PM (sByIH)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2013 03:53 PM (27gH7)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 10, 2013 03:53 PM (T0NGe)
Basically, that's what all politicos do anyhow, just verbally, when confronted with something they can't or won't answer.
But a live squirrel would work much better imho. And it just might bite that annoying person asking tough questions.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 10, 2013 03:53 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: fluffy at December 10, 2013 03:54 PM (fiwaT)
What got me was how comfortable and at home Obama seemed to be with that crowd. For once he didn't need a teleprompter for the unscripted events because they all knew the lines in advance.
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 10, 2013 03:54 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 03:55 PM (sByIH)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2013 03:56 PM (27gH7)
Just don't ask about Obamacare and VOLUNTEER fire departments!
Posted by: Hrothgar at December 10, 2013 03:56 PM (o3MSL)
Go on....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2013 03:56 PM (oJ5Fd)
My condolences for the loss of your friend,macintx. I saw a a tiny bit of his story and he was described as a much -loved person.
Prayers and thoughts to you and to the family.
Posted by: Math at December 10, 2013 03:57 PM (5ikDv)
Eg France. Why is there a raw egg in the middle you chain-smoking layabouts?
The rumor is that in Japan, pizza can be had with octopus and corn on it. Although I suppose anyone who goes to Japan and decides to eat pizza sort of deserves that.
Posted by: Splunge at December 10, 2013 03:57 PM (bKA83)
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Posted by: Bill D. Cat at December 10, 2013 03:58 PM (XWw96)
Posted by: I can't recall. at December 10, 2013 03:59 PM (UTUPX)
Posted by: KenH at December 10, 2013 04:00 PM (Q/K7q)
Posted by: Splunge at December 10, 2013 07:45 PM (bKA83)
Fauxchahantas is quick enough to make up a lie that will sound good enough for the LIV's, and stupid to us
Posted by: Chief Nokahoma at December 10, 2013 04:00 PM (Pr6hk)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 10, 2013 04:00 PM (BC6cY)
Oh yeah, that's the good stuff ***rolls around in it***
Posted by: pep at December 10, 2013 04:01 PM (6TB1Z)
There's a book out there by an American black who went to Africa, to check it out. I don't remember the title, but the subtitle was something like "A Black Man Looks At Africa." The opening scene is a last look back at his trip; he's looking at yet another body floating down the river, and his reaction is basically "screw this place. I'm an American."
It's a wrenching book. I am glad I read it, but I tossed it because I knew I would never, ever want to read it again.
Posted by: Splunge at December 10, 2013 04:01 PM (bKA83)
/or was it Puerto Rico? I get confused...
Posted by: shibumi at December 10, 2013 04:02 PM (25HWz)
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Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 04:04 PM (sByIH)
I'm bitchin' smart around cartons of ice cream.
Posted by: Congresswoman Kuster at December 10, 2013 04:04 PM (wNF3N)
@217 The rumor is that in Japan, pizza can be had with octopus and corn on it. Although I suppose anyone who goes to Japan and decides to eat pizza sort of deserves that.
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Corn, at least, is true. I saw a full-color menu from a Japanese pizza place when I was taking a class on the language, and corn was clearly visible on some of the pizzas. No clue on the octopus, though.
Our instructor was a young woman from Japan who indicated that she was acculturated enough to prefer the American version of pizza by that point.
Posted by: junior at December 10, 2013 04:04 PM (UWFpX)
srsly it would be hysterical to see anyone here debate them one on one.
not even considering some of the excellent conservative writers we have .
although i realize it would be better to not have a family while running that the media could drag through hell and sic goons onto .
why aren't we challenging these people?
Posted by: willow at December 10, 2013 04:06 PM (nqBYe)
@207 I disagree. Mandela was different. (And clearly this was THE PLACE to be seen, given the Presidential selfie.)
But, of course, Mandela was supported by commies. When he came out of prison and negotiated with de Klerk, he kind of screwed over the commies and wasn't a terrible president. Pleasant surprise to me, at least. Of course, SA is now a terrible place to live, so who knows what his real legacy will be.
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I have a sneaking suspicion that Mandela will be remembered for ever so briefly holding the floodgates back and preventing complete white flight while he was alive. Now that he's dead? South Zimbabwe.
Posted by: junior at December 10, 2013 04:07 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 10, 2013 04:07 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: Congresswoman Kuster at December 10, 2013 04:08 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 04:08 PM (sByIH)
Posted by: Splunge at December 10, 2013 07:45 PM (bKA83)
Fauxchahantas is quick enough to make up a lie that will sound good enough for the LIV's, and stupid to us
That's even worse, because it brings up pain. I know someone who is quite smart, and quite accomplished in his field. He went Full Prog. Now he's still smart at his field, but when it comes to politics, he shuts off his entire brain and turns into a talking points robot. It hurts to see that.
My pain aside, the point is that Fauxcohantus does not have a high bar to clear with her audience. Any sort of crap will do, as long as it resonates with Approved Speech.
Posted by: Splunge at December 10, 2013 04:08 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: RushBabe at December 10, 2013 04:09 PM (hrIP5)
Yes, that's it. I recommend reading it. Once.
Posted by: Splunge at December 10, 2013 04:09 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: WOW at December 10, 2013 04:09 PM (6j8ke)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 10, 2013 04:10 PM (9eDbm)
Posted by: Nip Sip at December 10, 2013 04:10 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: SFGoth at December 10, 2013 04:10 PM (JuoVO)
Yeah it actually does look like Michelle had to separate
those two reprehensible flirts.
hah
Posted by: willow at December 10, 2013 04:11 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Joe Biden at December 10, 2013 04:11 PM (mETGQ)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 04:11 PM (sByIH)
if the first trillion (remember the shock of a Trillion!)was needed to bail out everyone and their father in 2008-09 because collapse....
what are the trillion a year now ,paying for ?
Posted by: willow at December 10, 2013 04:13 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 04:13 PM (sByIH)
Ryan just got rope a doped by the Dems via useful idiot puppet Patty Murray.
You f*cked up , kid. You trusted them.
Posted by: noone, really [/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 04:13 PM (5ikDv)
Posted by: NCKate at December 10, 2013 04:14 PM (R2eVV)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 10, 2013 04:15 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 04:15 PM (sByIH)
if the first trillion (remember the shock of a Trillion!)was needed to bail out everyone and their father in 2008-09 because collapse....
what are the trillion a year now ,paying for ?
This is something I predicted, actually. When the Stimulus came along, I said "I'll bet this guy will use this as the new spending baseline, and start wasting the country's substance to send money to his friends, based on this new high bar." I was right, damnit.
So the answer to your question is, I am almost positive, is "it's going to favored Democratic constituencies." I don't know how it's getting there, but I'd bet anything that it IS getting there.
Posted by: Splunge at December 10, 2013 04:16 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: RushBabe at December 10, 2013 04:16 PM (hrIP5)
those two reprehensible flirts.
hah
Posted by: willow at December 10, 2013 08:11 PM (nqBYe)
If there is a way for him to lose the black woman vote, or women in general this is it. From what I've heard, and this is just my provisional findings, women don't take to kindly to married men flirting with other wom......scratch that! Bill Clinton, never mind then.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hanf at December 10, 2013 04:16 PM (WdbF7)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 04:17 PM (sByIH)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 10, 2013 04:17 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 04:18 PM (sByIH)
@262 When even America is just one big mess of tribalism, that's the true burning times.
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Since I know you'll get the reference, bonhomme...
That, of course, is essentially what the middle chunk of Third Nephi is.
Posted by: junior at December 10, 2013 04:19 PM (UWFpX)
I wonder if Ryan went into negotiations thinking that Murray would be easy to roll.<<<
2 for 2, baby.
Posted by: Joe "The Joker" Biden at December 10, 2013 04:19 PM (uakI+)
Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 10, 2013 04:20 PM (54dkR)
Hey, the House of Mouse is pretty good at business.
Posted by: bonhomme at December 10, 2013 08:18 PM (sByIH)
Not this house.
Posted by: RushBabe at December 10, 2013 04:20 PM (hrIP5)
No, engineer. He has no excuse like dependency on the flow of Government grants. My theory is that he went Full Prog out of inner pain. There are a lot of damaged souls out there who have adopted Progressive politics as a way to find a congenial home when they have no other. Plus, bonus, you get a kind of revenge against the people who have somehow achieved happiness and contentment. Punitive Leftism.
Posted by: Splunge at December 10, 2013 04:21 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Jay Carney at December 10, 2013 04:21 PM (2ArJQ)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 04:21 PM (sByIH)
Posted by: Carol at December 10, 2013 04:24 PM (z4WKX)
@273 Bush did more for AIDs than any US President & plenty of aid for Africa. Why did they boo him?
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Probably because he was also smart enough to set checks in place to prevent most of those greedy kleptocrats from stealing as much of the aid as they would have liked.
Posted by: junior at December 10, 2013 04:25 PM (UWFpX)
He just said that he thinks he is setting a "precedent". I think that he is just choosing "bipartisan" optics over actual cuts that Obama will insure comes from the already struggling military.
Deck chairs. Titanic.
Posted by: noone, really [/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 04:25 PM (5ikDv)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 04:26 PM (sByIH)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hanf at December 10, 2013 04:26 PM (WdbF7)
She is the poster-woman of this party. lalalala if it is not talked about it will go away lalalalala
I would have had to have been escorted out of the room.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky is a genius compared to preznit at December 10, 2013 04:26 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Mickey Mouse at December 10, 2013 04:27 PM (Vvg+J)
Posted by: Carol at December 10, 2013 04:27 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 04:28 PM (sByIH)
Posted by: rickl at December 10, 2013 04:28 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Jay Carney at December 10, 2013 08:21 PM (2ArJQ)<<<
You're doing it wrong. Here -- "It is our understanding that the President has never met his uncle the attractive Danish PM." *drops mic*
Posted by: The Real Jay Carney at December 10, 2013 04:29 PM (uakI+)
Posted by: Barry at December 10, 2013 08:18 PM (uBVzH)
Rheumatism ointment? Ben Gay?
Libya, where is Libya?
Posted by: ChristyBlinky is a genius compared to preznit at December 10, 2013 04:29 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 10, 2013 04:29 PM (CnSTG)
Posted by: Ann Kuster at December 10, 2013 04:29 PM (TKFmG)
Ryan got all the spending he wanted plus more.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 10, 2013 04:30 PM (MaP11)
http://tinyurl.com/k8vr7k3
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2013 04:31 PM (27gH7)
Murray must have brought some good stuff to those meetings.
Posted by: noone, really [/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 04:31 PM (5ikDv)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 10, 2013 04:31 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 10, 2013 04:32 PM (sByIH)
Posted by: logprof at December 10, 2013 04:32 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 10, 2013 08:30 PM (MaP11)
Don't you mean Patty Murray?
Posted by: RushBabe at December 10, 2013 04:32 PM (hrIP5)
Posted by: 7 Days in May at December 10, 2013 04:33 PM (j6DTo)
Murray: Spending increases.
Ryan: Spending cuts.
Murray: Spending cuts.
Ryan: Spending increases.
Murray: Okay, then. Spending increases it is.
Ryan: Damn, I'm good.
Posted by: Looney Toons' gag at December 10, 2013 04:33 PM (uakI+)
@291 Do you remember the hub-bub about the kid who taught himself to make a windmill? He used his home built windmill to draw water for his animals. Because of this innovation his farm prospered. His neighbors promptly accused him of witchcraft.
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Someone (I'm pretty sure it wasn't here; probably an Instapundit link) recently wrote an article about this kind of thinking over there. It's a really problematic cultural viewpoint thing, and it seems to be deeply ingrained into their way of thinking. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any quick solution to it.
Posted by: junior at December 10, 2013 04:34 PM (UWFpX)
Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at December 10, 2013 04:35 PM (dvRYt)
Organization memberships
Member, New Hampshire Citizens Commission on the State Courts
Member, The Trust for Public Land N.H. Advisory Council
Member, Board of Trustees, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
Member, Board of Trustees, New Hampshire Public Radio
Member, Board of Trustees, Womankind Counseling Center
Co-Chair, Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association's Capital Campaign for the Hospice House
Member, Healthy Beginnings Advisory Committee, Concord Hospital
Co-Chair, M.T. Mennino Legacy Fund-Capitol Center for the Arts
Former Member and Chair, Board of Directors, Capital Campaign of the Capitol Center for the Arts
Chair, United Way of Merrimack County, 1996
Member, Dartmouth College Alumni Council
Member, Board of Visitors, William Jewett Tucker Foundation, Dartmouth College
Vice-Chair (and a founding member), Women's Fund of New Hampshire
Chair, "Tribute to New Hampshire Women of the 20th Century," 1999
Posted by: Ed Anger at December 10, 2013 04:37 PM (tOkJB)
When someone asks a question about "House Resolution 36," and you are a member of the House of Representatives, answering that it's a Senate matter and you don't think the House has anything about that is not a good answer. Especially when the questioner correctly identified the resolution by number and description -- House Resolution 36 is indeed to appoint a select committee to investigate Benghazi.
Even if the congresswoman had no idea who or what or where Benghazi is, she could have said, "I will carefully consider that resolution but I haven't taken a position on it yet. I will get back to you later after I've had time to consider it."
That would have been unhelpful, too, but at least it would demonstrate that her brain was functioning.
Posted by: Joshua at December 10, 2013 04:37 PM (oCZ4e)
Posted by: Aviator at December 10, 2013 04:38 PM (DI+ja)
Her facial expression, when confronted with the word, argues against your hypothesis. She looked like the dumb kids in my high school, confronted with a question about the homework they didn't do.
Posted by: Splunge at December 10, 2013 04:38 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: RushBabe at December 10, 2013 04:39 PM (hrIP5)
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Posted by: Nip Sip at December 10, 2013 04:39 PM (0FSuD)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 10, 2013 08:31 PM (T0NGe)
I kind of agree with your view, hopefully this pension reform is real and it will stick. Also extension of unemployment, it's a toss up. The economist side of me says, yep let it end. The pragmatic election side of me says, okay the minute all these people drop off of the unemployment roles, Obama will claim economic victory and the public will be too stupid to look deeper into the labor rate. Besides your right, entitlements will be the death of us either way.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hanf at December 10, 2013 04:40 PM (WdbF7)
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Posted by: gracepmc at December 10, 2013 04:45 PM (rznx3)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 10, 2013 08:39 PM (g1DWB)
Top Men are obviously petrified of a shutdown. I personally think that with the public increasingly hating 404Care that they'd be much more inclined to not give a flying fuck about one, but I obviously don't have the ear of Top Men and all their election winning expertise. Anyway, I think that was a major constraint to Ryan et al. Plus as he admitted, there's no fucking way any serious balancing will be done with Gaylord Focker in the White House.
Posted by: Captain Hate at December 10, 2013 04:45 PM (CnSTG)
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Posted by: JackStraw at December 10, 2013 04:54 PM (g1DWB)
last time I checked, it cost at $50k to get a Belize Passport. Has the price come down?
Posted by: GMB Bucket (Thats pronounced Boukay dammit!) at December 10, 2013 04:56 PM (nkPV9)
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Posted by: Sudden Clarity Clarence at December 10, 2013 07:44 PM (2tjte
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DOOM is coming sooner than we think, and it will happen more suddenly than anyone imagines. When the holders of US Government Debt have sell triggers because they don't want to be the last guy holding the paper, there will be an international rout. It probably happens in 2015, but I wouldn't rule out 2014.
The answer is going to be threefold: (1) asset sales, (2) means-testing Medicare (even more than it already is), and (3) devolution to the states of many of the programs they are currently already administering, like Medicaid, Section 8, SCHIP, school breakfasts and lunches, EBT cards, etc., probably with block grants that are smaller than the sum of those programs now. Some states will try to maintain benefit levels, and some states will cut them to match the new reality. There will be resorting of the makers and the takers. In the urban areas, as you mention, it will get ugly. Prepare for refugees, if you live in a place where we have food and energy. Your family members in blue states are coming to live with you sometime in the next decade.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 10, 2013 05:42 PM (QVC7W)
Don't get me started about Sheila Jackson Lee.
Posted by: Adjoran at December 10, 2013 06:21 PM (473jB)
Posted by: Anthony at December 10, 2013 06:30 PM (sp4sr)
Posted by: oejay44cday at December 10, 2013 07:08 PM (3RFv9)
Posted by: oejay44cday at December 10, 2013 07:10 PM (3RFv9)
Just before he would dump like a fire hose.
Posted by: Kafiroon at December 10, 2013 09:34 PM (U0DWi)
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Posted by: Scott M at December 11, 2013 04:42 AM (AdBfq)
BUT REMEMBER these are the people so smart they can tell us what lightbulbs to use and toilets to have.
Are we at the point that we throw off the shackles of these repressive idiots?
Posted by: bobbymike at December 11, 2013 06:03 AM (hY7Vw)
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