The Post-2006 election schadenfreude thread

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The youtube clips of weepy concession speeches and of flacks looking depressed, the hysterical outbursts from your off-the-deep-end blogger of choice, the explosions of ugliness in the comment boxes, the whining, the flailing.

This is not a thread to talk about someone putting up a good campaign and being gracious in defeat, and if you think someone's done just that, spare them their blushes and don't link them. This thread is about the tools who have irritated you greatly and now have nothing to show for it but their own craptasticness.

And I've intentionally left this open in terms of party affiliation. Go nuts.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 05:47 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.nrk.no/img/500183.jpeg
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Library/1854/SMLJACK2.JPG

gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 05:50 (nineteen years ago)

Beyond accurate, I hope.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 05:51 (nineteen years ago)

from LGF (to which i am loathe to link 'cause of cooties fears):

"This is a disgusting display of American voter ignorance."

Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 05:58 (nineteen years ago)

# The Post-2006 election schadenfreude thread (3 new answers, last at 9:58 pm)
# Casey 54% Santorum 34% (18 new answers, last at 9:57 pm)

the 48 states competition (1939) (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 05:59 (nineteen years ago)

http://news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=174235

This link probably won't point at the story for long, so...

State Rep. Patrick Rose, D-Dripping Springs, is downplaying an altercation at a polling place Tuesday.

The incident was between Rose and his former opponent Rick Green, the Hays County Sheriff's Office confirmed. Rose defeated Green four years ago.

Green approached Rose at the polling place outside the Sunset Canyon Baptist Church and pushed him and then punched him.

Rose was not injured seriously, and would not speculate on Green's motives.

"The bottom line is that this is not a big deal," Rose said. "It's unfortunate that it had to happen on Election Day, but we've got a campaign to run, and we're going to be working until the polls close today."

Green was charged with assault with bodily injury for hitting Rose. Green was arrested, taken before a judge, booked and released from the Hays County Jail on a $5,000 personal recognizance bond.

It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 06:02 (nineteen years ago)

been posted elsewhere a zillion times (mostly by me), but it SO fits this thread:

http://americablog.blogspot.com/santorumx.jpg

Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 06:03 (nineteen years ago)

snotty pomposity from ned's favorite right-wing toxic dump, the Corner:

Disappointed Fans of Rick Santorum [Rick Brookhiser]

....can take comfort from the fact that Bob Casey, Jr. won by a very old political gambit.
"Let him say not one single word about his principles, or his creed—let him say nothing—promise nothing. Let no Committee, no convention—no town meeting ever extract from him a single word, about what he thinks now, or what he will do hereafter. Let the use of pen and ink be wholly forbidden as if he were a mad poet in Bedlam." Nicholas Biddle on William Henry Harrison.

(NB: Biddle gave this advice for Harrison's first unsuccessful presidential run in 1836; but his second successful run in 1840 was run along the same lines—plus log cabins and hard cider.)
Posted at 10:59 PM

Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 06:05 (nineteen years ago)

Ah, here's a funny one -- a response to a comment on RedState going "Hey, Dems win, yay us, sucks to be you guys!"

I'll deal with Jack, guys. by Moe Lane

Clearly, you want to have a confrontation. Fine: here's one.

Here I am. (Spreading arms) Contributor to the site, former Democrat, dreaded 'neocon'... I stand before you, and I tell you, freely and without hesitation: you won.

Yes, you won. You beat us in the House, and there's a very good chance that you may beat us in the Senate. No question. So. Say your piece. Let it all bubble out; all your hate, and your pain, all your fear. Say it to me. No tricks, no games. You won't get banned for it. Let all the ugly bits out.

And the best part is? At the end of it, I will forgive you for what you say to me, because you and I are both children of God, and that's what I'm supposed to do, or else my faith is a sham. In a way, that may be why you're here; to remind me that forgiveness must always be possible, no matter how terrible the crime done.

Just remember, that when you're done, you have to take that all back within yourself. Because what is not happening here is that I volunteer to be your sin-eater. Whatever comes out is yours, and you will have to deal with it.

So, please. By all means.

Moe

Martyrology -- tedious in ANY context.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 06:26 (nineteen years ago)

Malkin will be a great read these next couple of days. For now:

Bush press conference
By Michelle Malkin · November 08, 2006 01:11 AM

Set for 1pm.

How do you spell illegal alien amnesty?

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 06:33 (nineteen years ago)

And I was waiting for the moment for Lopez to finally flip and I seem to have found it:

One thing seems clear: Santorum, Steele, seemingly Talent … angry Santorum haters aside, in many ways this wasn’t about individuals — certainly not in these instances. This was a throw-the-bums (re “Republican”) -out election — even if the guy I am voting for is not a bum.

An injustice, but here we are.

I'm still trying to parse it.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 06:49 (nineteen years ago)

An injustice, but here we are.

Justice is a concept involving the fair, moral, and impartial treatment of all persons, especially in law. It is often seen as the continued effort to do what is "right." In most of all cases what one regards as "right" is determined by consulting the majority, employing logic, or referring to divine authority, in the case of religion. If a person lives under a certain set law in a certain country, justice is considered making the person follow the law and be punished if not.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injustice

roc u like a § (ex machina), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 06:53 (nineteen years ago)

injustice: noun As an example of an injustice, Nelson Mandela spent many years in prison, for example between 1962 and 1967. He was innocent. Used in dialogue # 8 (Elton)
realenglish1.free.fr/15b-0.htm

roc u like a § (ex machina), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 06:54 (nineteen years ago)

Finally, Hugh Hewitt realizes some hard truths. SUCH a long time coming. It's not a complete collapse on-screen -- I'll never be so lucky! -- but it's as close as I'll get for now.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:02 (nineteen years ago)

The funniest bit:

The anti-illegal immigration absolutists got their heads handed to them. As the fence goes up, their rhetoric must go down --dramatically.

I sure hope he was looking into the mirror when he said that!

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:04 (nineteen years ago)

Uh...

President Bush will not flag in the pursuit of the war, and Senator Santorum is now available for a seat on the SCOTUS should one become available.

Someone's been hitting the Jack.

gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:09 (nineteen years ago)

He was assuming a 50/50 split when he posted that -- which is still a possibility but not guaranteed.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:10 (nineteen years ago)

ha, i was just gonna post that hewitt loller re: supreme court justice santorum

i listened to hh's show a bit on my way home from work, hilarious as he tried to spin every republican up with 2% precincts reporting as already in the victory column - most turned out to be losers. also kept saying how there was no dem wave. oh the harsh sting of reality.....

timmy tannin (pompous), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:18 (nineteen years ago)

He was acting the part of a good cheerleader. Unfortunately, he was also the classic cheerleader as perceived: a brainless feeb.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:19 (nineteen years ago)

And I've intentionally left this open in terms of party affiliation.

ORLY

Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:26 (nineteen years ago)

;-)

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:27 (nineteen years ago)

Are there any dumbfuck Dems who lost who are that interesting though?

gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:28 (nineteen years ago)

I guess it depends on what you think about Ned Lamont.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:28 (nineteen years ago)

Oh wait..

AN
GE
LI
DOOOOOOOOOOO!

(well not "dumbfuck", just shades of Gray Davis boring)

gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:28 (nineteen years ago)

I forgot what he looks like, so he's gotta be too boring

gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:29 (nineteen years ago)

He should have gone for the classic Ed Schzau ad campaign..

"SSSSSSSSSSSSHOOOOOOOOOOOOOW"

gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:30 (nineteen years ago)

Oh god, that's right, I forgot I had Angelides in mind too. Still, I bet his concession speech will be a masterpiece of suck.

And that's spelled ZSCHAU!

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:30 (nineteen years ago)

glad to see anyway that there'll really be that always-promised raising of the tone

Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:30 (nineteen years ago)

http://static.crooksandliars.com/2006/11/santorum-concede.jpg

can't be posted enuff

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:30 (nineteen years ago)

What ol' Ed does these days.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 07:31 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha oh shit, who do we want to put on Freeper patrol/suicide watch for wednesday?

Not it.

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:18 (nineteen years ago)

random sampling at 12:21 AM PST:
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USA surrenders the War on Terror
Posted by Colt_45cal
On 11/08/2006 12:08:04 AM PST · 15 replies · 421+ views

Hey fellow Americans. Sooo, you've turned this Country over to the lovely ladies of the left coast, huh? I wonder how they will prosecute the war on terror? Allow me to introduce the new Speaker of the House of Representatives. Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of San Francisco. One of the most liberal members of Congress. Please allow me to introduce the new Majority Leader of the Senate. Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada. One of the most liberal members of Congress. You didn't know that you were voting for them, but that's what you got. They even voted in the very first...


Resurgent Democrats win control of House (Classis MSM Pap Alert!)
Posted by NormsRevenge
On 11/08/2006 12:07:22 AM PST · 13 replies · 152+ views

AP on Yahoo ^ | 11/8/06 | Liz Sidoti - ap
WASHINGTON - Democrats won control of the House early Wednesday after a dozen years of Republican rule in a resounding repudiation of a war, a president and a scandal-scarred Congress. "From sea to shining sea, the American people voted for change," declared Rep. Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record), the hard-charging California Democrat in line to become the nation's first female House speaker. "Today we have made history," she said, "now let us make progress." The White House made plans for President Bush to call the speaker-in-waiting first thing in the morning; he will enter his final two years in...


Pawlenty "apparently" wins re-election in MN governor race.
Posted by roostercogburn
On 11/08/2006 12:05:18 AM PST · 13 replies · 200+ views

msnbc.com


Could be bad news - Buchanan/Jennings headed for recount
Posted by roostercogburn
On 11/08/2006 12:01:04 AM PST

bradenton.com ^
After spending millions of dollars attacking each other in one of the most-caustic local campaigns in memory, Vern Buchananand Christine Jennings waited into early this morning to learn which would be sent to Congress. The answer might not come for days, as the close vote and complaints of voting irregularities in Sarasota County could lead to a recount. In complete but unofficial returns, Buchanan beat Jennings 50.08 percent to 49.92 percent in one of the closest local races in history. Just 364 of the more than 237,000 votes cast separated the two, a difference small enough to fall under the...


Thanks Elizabeth!
Posted by watsonfellow
On 11/07/2006 11:54:15 PM PST · 31 replies · 467+ views

I knew there was going to be trouble when Coleman lost out on the NRSCC job to ED. Way to go Doles!


We Need to Support This President
Posted by Williams
On 11/07/2006 11:52:32 PM PST · 24 replies · 310+ views

He's the only one we've got, our soldiers are at war in lands far away, America is at war around the World. We gathered here at Free Republic are one of the truest bastions of support for a strong America.We are not quitters. Hazards Yet Forward!


Another Question: Does Democratic Win Give Iran Have the Green Light on Nukes?
Posted by quesney
On 11/07/2006 11:51:14 PM PST · 17 replies · 191+ views

quesney | quesney
...not that they needed it. Frankly, I don't see why Iran bothers to pretend anymore that they're not developing nukes. Bush had little political capital to deal with this threat before the war. Do you think he's in an even weaker position to deal with the threat now? Is it more likely now that we'll face a nuclear Iran?


We do indeed live in interesting times
Posted by Jim Robinson
On 11/07/2006 11:45:49 PM PST · 95 replies · 1,129+ views

Judgement Day '06 | Jim Robinson
We do indeed live in interesting times. I believe our resolve is about to be tested like it's never been tested before and I pray we're up for it. The Democrats and the leftist media see this election as a mandate against the president and the war. They are about to pull out all the stops in their mission to totally demoralize the American people. If they succeed to the point we pull out of Iraq before the Iraqis are strong enough to defend themselves, I'm afraid it'll be the Killing Fields all over again. Only this time much much...


Montana is NOT over!
Posted by balch3
On 11/07/2006 11:37:52 PM PST · 51 replies · 2,342+ views

vanity | 11 08, 2006 | vanity
Burns's campaign is saying the uncounted votes are from their strenth areas. This could still go either way!


George Allen in 2008?
Posted by NapkinUser
On 11/07/2006 11:31:07 PM PST · 113 replies · 1,294+ views

FreeRepublic ^ | November 7, 2006 | NapkinUser
Does (almost certainly) losing the Virginia senate election give George Allen more time to campaign for 2008, like Romney and Frist both stepping down does?


CONGRATULATIONS RUSH!! YOU JUST GOT A CAREER EXTENSION!
Posted by zarf
On 11/07/2006 11:25:26 PM PST · 28 replies · 996+ views

http//:www.zarf.com | 11/08/06 | zarf
WARM UP THE GOLDEN MIKE!! NANCY PEOLSI, FACE LIFT JOKES!! HILLARY"S CANKLES, FAT TED!! IT'S CHRISTMAS IN NOVEMBER, IT"S A FRIGGIN' HANGING CURVE BALL!!!


Chrissy Mathews: Hillary will be Senate Majority Leader! Puke...
Posted by trumandogz
On 11/07/2006 11:20:42 PM PST · 41 replies · 1,054+ views

PMSNBC ^ | 11/8 | C. Mathews
I am going to puke...


Are we allowed to say it now?
Posted by dangus
On 11/07/2006 11:20:16 PM PST · 129 replies · 2,628+ views

None | 11/8/06 | dangus
Are we allowed to say it now? Can we drop the happy warrior schtick? In the past six years, we've seen the deficit explode like never before in the history of the country. A flaming bra-burner nominated to the Supreme Court, only to be replaced by a (hopefully) stealth conservative. The most inept State Department in the history of the United States. (Clinton's wasn't incompetent; they were flat-out fifth columnists.) 20 million new illegal aliens, and barely-contained glee that the election-day losses mean we can welcome another 50 million in. And I hate to say this, but when we won...


(V)McCain For Majority Leader!
Posted by Tall_Texan
On 11/07/2006 11:19:37 PM PST · 24 replies · 387+ views

11-08-06 | Tall_Texan
OKay, I despise McCain as much as anybody but he is going to become the de facto leader of the Senate with this tight a majority. He'll just flip to the other side whenever he doesn't get his way so I say let's make him steer from the front of the bus instead of the back of the bus. Let's make McCain the new Majority Leader. Perhaps the appeal to his ego will be sufficient enough to get him to do it. If not, we're all screwed. By making McCain the spokesperson for the party in the Senate, he is...


Bush keeps head up despite loss of House
Posted by West Coast Conservative
On 11/07/2006 11:18:51 PM PST · 19 replies · 633+ views

AP ^ | November 8, 2006 | JENNIFER LOVEN
President Bush struck a businesslike tone Tuesday night as the Republicans lost control of the House, making plans to call the woman poised to become speaker of a Democratic House majority. Bush, unaccustomed to political defeat, planned a morning phone call to Democratic minority leader Nancy Pelosi and made plans to give his take on the midterm election results at an afternoon news conference. Asked if the president was surprised that the House was headed for Democratic control, Snow said it wasn‘t "a slap-on-the-forehead kind of shock."

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:22 (nineteen years ago)

and from LGF:

=-===
Election Open Thread #4

Here we have our last open thread for the 2006 election. With the House in Democrat control, we can expect to see flying subpoenas and impeachment hearings, and big parties across the Middle East.

09:22 PM PST | link: 483 comments | link only
last comment: aaron's rantblog 12:22:21 am 11/8/06
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CAIR's Candidate Wins in Minnesota

The first paragraph of Reuters’ report on the win of former Nation of Islam spokesman Keith Ellison in Minnesota says it all: Minnesota sends first Muslim to Congress.

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Voters elected a black Democrat as the first Muslim in Congress on Tuesday after a race in which he advocated quick U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and made little mention of his faith.

They’ll be celebrating in Gaza tomorrow.
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kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:24 (nineteen years ago)

from the hewitt post:

Senator McCain should rethink his presidential run. Amid the ruins of the GOP's majority there is a clear culprit.

yes, it's all the fault of...john mccain!

gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 08:35 (nineteen years ago)

That comment from redstate.com that Ned posted up there actually made me sick to my stomach. Bleh.

Party Time Country Female (pullapartgirl), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 14:10 (nineteen years ago)

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20061108/i/r4281402324.jpg?x=380&y=301&sig=1hwl5LvQzsuMiG9WO.45cQ--
Daddy, don't make us have sex with our dog!


lolz

jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 14:20 (nineteen years ago)

I said to my friend at his bar full of drunken cheering any-Dem-at-all fans that I didn't know so many party hacks were in his clientele. They were singing "Our House," and I think Madness will do about as much to get us out of Iraq as their beloved NotGOP.

also, Rick Brookhiser OTM on Casey.

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

Byron York has in essence ceded Montana to the Dems.

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

Hewitt: Grief Counselor.

Sure, it stings. But it is far from a wipe-out, and if you had told me in 1986 that 20 years later there would be a Republican president facing a 20 seat Democratic majority in the House and a two seat Democratic majority in the Senate --and that the Soviet Union had collapsed-- I'd have cheered long and loud

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 14:32 (nineteen years ago)

no morbs this is the schadenfreude thread... oh wait.

jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 14:43 (nineteen years ago)

Ok, I'm delighted that Jesus-invoking robot Harold Ford lost, OK?

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 14:57 (nineteen years ago)

Cliff May's logic is impeccable. No, wait, it's moronic.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:16 (nineteen years ago)

Meanwhile, predictions are a mug's game but Levin on the 4th hit a doozy:

First, my over-arching view is that voters aren't going to line-up at the polls in record numbers to hand Congress over to the hapless Democrats.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:18 (nineteen years ago)

How did that Lieberman victory taste, Markos?

don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:20 (nineteen years ago)

Did anyone other than Kos and company seriously think they were going to win there? Did *they* even think that? (Same questions apply to Angelides supporters.)

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:21 (nineteen years ago)

also, some talking points for suicidal Republicans.

P.S. Hey Montana Republicans, how bout that Libertarian vote?

don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:21 (nineteen years ago)

Brookhiser is such a snake

Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:21 (nineteen years ago)

Ned, it's more a point of how the KosKidz patted themselves on the back for wasting everyone's time with the Lamont debacle.

don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

From the link Don provided (which is well kept in mind, a lot of bullshit still went down on the day):

Idaho’s new Rep. Bill Sali will rival former Rep. Helen Chenoweth as the most right-wing conservative member of Congress

Oh *this* oughta be good...

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:24 (nineteen years ago)

Hewitt really is coming in for some rubbishing in many corners (and probably the Corner at that). If you check that link up above, note some of the comments trashing him -- an example:

JDaniels writes: Wednesday, November, 08, 2006 2:16 AM
Now We Know
I'm so disappointed, especially in you Hugh. Repubs *+3* in the House? I listen to your radio show and all you talked about was how Kerry's inane remarks would galvanize the base. Now we know you were just blowing smoke up where the sun don't shine. How about some honesty for a change, bleh.

Even more so, one of his fellow townhall.com columnists basically tells him he fucked up.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:30 (nineteen years ago)

omg the suicidal gop talking points are so classic - we almost won tom delay's seat roffle. and the ongoing nancy pelosi is a monster campaign - i can't believe they think that'll work.

jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

Don't kid yourself, it will be easy to demonize Nancy Pelosi. Especially when she ditches Harmon for her boy Alcee Hastings. She's third in line for the Presidency, and she has an obnoxious streak in her.

don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:37 (nineteen years ago)

i don't doubt that the hardcore right will have no problem hating her but i don't think the meme goes much further than that.

http://www.trinitydc.edu/news_events/mags/fall02/images/pelosi.jpg
hitler

somehow i just don't see it.

besides she (and the dems in general) are already on to the scheme and are gonna let a lot of the partisan heavy lifting get done by the rank and file.

jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:44 (nineteen years ago)

The wing nuts spent most of the 90s working on their "Hillary is a bitch" shit and look at how far it got them. Funny how much they LOOOOVE to demonize women.

roc u like a § (ex machina), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 15:53 (nineteen years ago)

yeah well hillary is kinda...

jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

I don't pay much attention, but why does everyone hate Pelosi so much? I've seen her speak exactly once, I think - on the Daily Show - and she didn't seem that different from other politicians.

Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

ok maybe it is working

jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

Speculating about Pelosi isn't schadenfreude, though, I'm getting ahead of myself.

There's this:

Ken Mehlman said, "The threat of Islamic fascism" is neither "a Republican threat nor a Democratic threat" and there was "no reason we can't work on a bipartisan basis on an issue like that."

I hate to say this, but EXCUSE ME WHILE I LAUGH LOUDLY IN YOUR FACE. Fool me once, can't--won't get fooled again.

Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:04 (nineteen years ago)

douchbag Boortz:

This is good news .. and bad news. Good news because of the message it sends to Republicans. Bad news because of the message it sends to Islamic jihadists who are dedicated to the destruction of our culture.

One thing is certain. The Republicans worked very hard for this defeat. They've earned every lost seat.

[...]

The Republicans, in full control of the government, couldn't even manage to stop the Mexican invasion. How many Hispanics invaded our country across the Mexican / American border in the last 12 years? Twelve million? Twenty? Funny, but I don't remember pressing 1 for English in 1994.

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:25 (nineteen years ago)

kingfish this is the schadenfreude thread, not the remember-how-many-borderline-psychotics-there-are-in-the-world-some-of-whom-have-regular-columns thread

Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:29 (nineteen years ago)

it is also not the "post random comments from boards i go out of my way not to read" thread

Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:30 (nineteen years ago)

awwww but i was having fun with the "crazy authoritarian assholes turn on each other and whine about the terrorists winning" thing

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:32 (nineteen years ago)

the conflation of mexican farmworkers with terrorists is one of the more bewildering far-right tropes of the past few years (i.e. "invasion" i.e. "terrorists love open borders" etc)

Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

Tony Snow, for once, cuts to the chase:

Asked how Bush interprets the election results, Snow said he will leave it to the president to describe that this afternoon but added: "There are a whole lot of ways to cut this, but the clearest thing is Republicans got whupped."

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

Can i at least talk about how hilarious it was to tune into Michael Savage's show on the way home from work yesterday and hear him biliously grumble into a microphone and offer up ad hominem attacks on whichever CNN talking head was on camera at that point?

Dude went on for like half-an-hour with nothing but insults for Wolf Blitzer


xpost

but it does make sense, tho, if you see how these guys have redonkalous amounts of paranoia and a sense that the american body politic is a fragile infant under contant threat of viral infection and disease from a vile world. Google that "Paranoid Style in American Politics" essay that ran in Harpers 42 years ago. This shit's been going on for almost two centuries.

This is not a position arrived at thru reasoning, so it's consistent that they transfer their fears from one group to another w/o reason.

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

the conflation of mexican farmworkers with terrorists is one of the more bewildering far-right tropes of the past few years (i.e. "invasion" i.e. "terrorists love open borders" etc)

i've been saying it for a little while, but i can see more of this sort of elision [myth] as South American governments trend left.

blackmail (blackmail.is.my.life), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:40 (nineteen years ago)

Here you go guys:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/dysign/ilx/santorumx2.jpg

Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

More fun at RedState:

1. Congress has a duty to investigate and oversee and failed to exercise it. If all the pundits are right, and this was an election about the handling of the war in Iraq, then this electoral rout could have been a situation where the GOP leadership in the House and Senate could have made a real and easy difference by respectfully questioning the President.

True, the Constitution affords the President the role of Commander in Chief, but that doesn't mean Congress has to abdicate its role as questioner. As teh body that controls the purse strings, Congress could have been asking questions of the President in a more forceful manner long ago and not just this year. By simply being skeptical and asking some tough questions in a public manner, the GOP would not have been placed in a position by the Democrats of simply following the President's lead on Iraq. A little triangulation on the conduct of the war could have saved the GOP majority in the Senate and possible even the House.

An amazing revelation!

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/dysign/ilx/2006108rr_santorum_concedePJ_581.jpg
I think i might have some sort of photoshop compulsion problem.

Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:10 (nineteen years ago)

yeah kingfish, it's a natural consequence of nationalism and the US has never been immune to the more ethno-conscious brand of nationalism but NEVER to the extent that european countries have (for all the welfare-state progressivism in europe those guys are some seriously insular, superstitious motherfuckers when it comes to ethnicity and citizenship) and i really dread the lurch in that direction that seems to be happening because ethnic nationalism has been the single greatest scourge of funky living and general happiness and alive-staying since before the treaties of westphalia

Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:11 (nineteen years ago)

Life under (possible) Chairman Leahy.

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:17 (nineteen years ago)

Kevin McCullough hates YOU:

If you are someone who felt that you were going to protest the political system/cycle this go around look at just some of the things - your lack of casting a vote - allowed to be voted in...

* Missouri - has now officially written into law a measure, as part of Amendment 2 that will allow human cloning. Here we are... carving up humans, to "save" other humans...
* Rhode Island - has restored federally convicted felons in their attempt to secure their formally lost "right" to vote...
* Oregon - has denied parents the right to be notified in the instance where their daughters are seeking abortions - AS MINORS...
* South Dakota - has denied the fundamental, divine right to live to unborn children...
* California - has now legalized, in essence the public smoking of marajuana in the Santa Monica area. (Technically there is still a legal penalty to doing so - but it carries a lesser punishment than smoking a cigarette.)
* Washington - has extended the rights to lap dancers to full "ride" their patrons. An amendment to produce a cushion of four feet between the stripper and customer failed...

Because of your lazy backside, the advance of the moral sewer is coming closer to each of our homes - and for the 60% of you who didn't vote - we owe it all to you!

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:20 (nineteen years ago)

maybe a little premature on allen and burns, but...schadenfreude in motion.

gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

(haha burns and allen, i just noticed that...)

gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)

i really dread the lurch in that direction that seems to be happening

yeah, i know. But it seems like these guys have been ramping up the eliminationist talk about everybody they see as other. I'm wondering how far it will go, since we've gotten to the point where the brownshirts are now physically attacking people at campaign events.

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

Washington - has extended the rights to lap dancers to full "ride" their patrons. An amendment to produce a cushion of four feet between the stripper and customer failed...

Those who never have sex often write like that way too.

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:25 (nineteen years ago)

Patrick Leahy is so awesome

Trivia

* A big fan of the Batman comics, he lent his voice in an episode of Batman: The Animated Series as a Governor in a western tale involving Ra's al Ghul and Jonah Hex. He also appeared as a cameo in Batman and Robin during the Jungle Party Sequence.

* Senator Leahy is a fan of the Grateful Dead. He has not only attended concerts, but has taped them, and has a collection of Dead tapes in his Senate Offices. The late Jerry Garcia visited him at his Senate offices, and the Senator gave a tie designed by Garcia to Senator Orrin Hatch (who responded by giving Leahy a Rush Limbaugh tie). Surviving band members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart have participated in fundraisers for Leahy and his Political Action Committee, the Green Mountain Victory Fund. Leahy also appeared in a videotaped tribute to the Dead when they received a lifetime achievement award at the 2002 Jammys. His Senate web site notes this response to a question from 7th Grade Students from Vermont's Thetford Academy who asked Leahy which Dead song was his favorite, he replied: "...my favorite is Black Muddy River but we always play Trucking on election night at my headquarters."

* Also a fan of U2, Leahy has a picture mounted on the wall of his office of himself, his wife, President Bill Clinton and Bono. On it, Bono has drawn an arrow pointed to himself, with the caption, "Would you trust this man with your children?"

roc u like a § (ex machina), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

Kevin McCullough hates YOU

Is it me or is Kevin McCullough played by britcom's Keith Allen? (left)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/images/keith_allen_small_2.jpg

ONIMO ph34rz teh NOIZE (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

From the Cliff May thing all the way up there:

But voters have not sent a message that they want the U.S. to surrender to Saddam loyalists, al-Qaeda terrorists and other assorted thugs. How do we know? By one of the few bright spots last night: Joe Lieberman’s crushing defeat of the left-wing-blogger favorite Ned Lamont.

But voters have not sent a message that they want to delete the capitalistic model, care to embrace a socialist dictatorship, and other assorted sacrifices to free enterprise. How do we know? By one of the few bright spots last night: A few Connecticuties chose Pepsi over Coke at the central Hartford 7-11!

gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

Washington - has extended the rights to lap dancers to full "ride" their patrons. An amendment to produce a cushion of four feet between the stripper and customer failed...

Aw yeah, I don't need to buy no prosthetic four-foot arms to handle ol' Toothless Tammy now, yeeeeeehaw!

gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, Pat Leahy is great. I'd be happy with him in charge of the Judiciary Comm.

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:37 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha oh shit, who do we want to put on Freeper patrol/suicide watch for wednesday?
Better yet, John McCain:
"I think I'd just commit suicide," McCain told reporters, to accompanying laughter from Republicans standing with him. "I don't want to face that eventuality because I don't think it's going to happen."
I did check out Freerepublic today, and the consensus is that it was George Bush's mamby-pamby, touchy-feely, buddy-buddy coziness with the extreme left wing that sunk the Rupublicans.

Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

maybe a little premature on allen and burns, but...schadenfreude in motion

Worth the click for the Santorum pic alone. OMG black cock!

hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/vote.world.reax.ap/index.html

Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

PEACE OUT RUMSFELD

deej.. (deej..), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

OK, i think this thread will NOW get interesting with Rummy gone.

gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 18:10 (nineteen years ago)

Jesus H., the ENTIRE press conference is...

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 18:13 (nineteen years ago)

I am in awe. I really am. This is an amazing collapse.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 18:14 (nineteen years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/dysign/ilx/newt1.jpg

Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 18:14 (nineteen years ago)

LOL @ "and by Stay The Course I mean bend like the clever reed in the wind"

Also, WTF just got bleeped?

hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 18:18 (nineteen years ago)

Oh - I wish I could watch this right now!

Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 18:20 (nineteen years ago)

y'know, for all the shit i had to go thru two years ago, lapsing back into depression & all, i'm gunna enjoy me some of this today

HA!:
"it was a thumpin'!"

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

Fantasy press conference question: "So Mr. President, do you have anything you'd like to say to all the American voters who want to be attacked by terrorists again?"

Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 18:46 (nineteen years ago)

Who the fuck are you, Jeff Gannon?

elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 19:09 (nineteen years ago)

Actually, Sascha Baron Cohen is almost out of characters. Maybe he should get himself some WHite House press credentials and a zany right-wing alter-ego.

Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 19:15 (nineteen years ago)

Colbert's already on that one, no?

hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 19:16 (nineteen years ago)

And Lopez continues to break down:

[Casey] won. I'll deal — until being a "Christianist" gets me committed . But Bush praising his campaign in particular was unfortunate and to someone who admired his opponent's principled campaign and leadership, infuriating.

I'm move on now, but the president could have spared us that. Certainly until I had gotten some sleep.

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 19:19 (nineteen years ago)

Colbert's already on that one, no?
Not as far as being present and asking questions at Snow's daily briefings and Bush's press conferences, personally pushing them into corners, no.
I don't consider him partiularly zany, either.

Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 19:24 (nineteen years ago)

Some on the right refuse to get it:

"Dumping Rumsfeld, a higher minimum wage, etc., will buy the president nothing. Rather than move left, the president needs to move right. And if he doesn't the Republican party must - without him. " [Mark Levin]

How much further to the goddamn right does he think the party needs to go?

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:00 (nineteen years ago)

"Rather than move left, the president needs to move right. And if he doesn't the Republican party must - without him. "

This approach totally helped the Conservative Party in the UK back in 1997 when they were faced with a similar problem!

dommy p is alright WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE (Dom, Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

Fox news: there was some degree of separation between the truth and what the president was saying... [over Rumsfeld] ...in the run up to this election ... I'm sure we'll here more about this.

Ed (dali), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

why does everyone hate Pelosi so much? ...she didn't seem that different from other politicians.

well there ya go

Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

kingfish i know you're in love with your new favorite word you learned from that blog and all but while neal boortz is easily one of the worst people in the world he's not an 'authoritarian'

and what (ooo), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:13 (nineteen years ago)

i'm sorry, ethan, i can only believe what my blogs tell me

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

you do realize the word actually means something right? like, its not just an all-purpose dis for shitting on conservatives, especially when talking about asshole libertarians who consistently disagree with republican leadership for not being conservative enough

and what (ooo), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:17 (nineteen years ago)

i mean, ok, just checking

and what (ooo), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:17 (nineteen years ago)

does "KLo" think she's gonna marry Santorum some day or something?

gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:18 (nineteen years ago)

She's gonna have to fight Peggy Noonan for that

dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:38 (nineteen years ago)

what's your take on this, gabb?

don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/img/waaaallen.jpg

Beth S. (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

from the comments on some blog instapundit linked to:

We are well and truly too myopic to get it. Even on the right. We will now retreat to the Shire with Gondor unprotected. And those of us in Rohan tell them they deserve it.

gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

http://images.ebsco.com/es/NewImages/BookImages/0895260026.jpg

So bold.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

I'm still stuck on that four-feet cushion thing.

Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 21:56 (nineteen years ago)

http://boingboing.net/images/pelosid00dz.thumbnail.jpg

Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:01 (nineteen years ago)

firedoglake is shortsighted and dumb and knows fuckall about politics, strategy, or anything else. How's that?

dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

One for the Rhode Islanders.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:20 (nineteen years ago)

I heart Rhode Island. Linc Chafee is a good guy, though, I'm kind of sad to see him leave.

Furthermore if I know anything about the Laffey types in RI (maybe a little), they hate Bush just as much as Chafee and Whitehouse people do.

dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:45 (nineteen years ago)

Haikunym, that rulez0rz. I LOL'd long and hard.

hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:45 (nineteen years ago)

IM IN UR VAGINIA
COUNTEN VOTEZ

mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:46 (nineteen years ago)

The sheer amount of hate for Bush in rightblogworld is suddenly vast. Didn't take long at all.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 22:48 (nineteen years ago)

David Gregory: a "humble" Bush at today's press conference. lolz.

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:33 (nineteen years ago)

Tim, try mayonnaise to remove adhesive

gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:52 (nineteen years ago)

;-D

gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 23:54 (nineteen years ago)

right wing radio is melting down, too. Michael Savage ranting about how bush is a liberal, that he'd been for an increase in the min.wage forever, etc. Some other host on a batshit fundie station talking about how certain democrats got elected with "pro-life values," and looked forward to a new coalition of "actual principled conservative republicans" voting with "the new conservative democrats"

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 9 November 2006 00:25 (nineteen years ago)

we've got to stop that increase in minimum wage! warn america!

gear (gear), Thursday, 9 November 2006 00:28 (nineteen years ago)

actually, the host was for the increase, trying to cast himself as "scruffy blue-collar guy up from the streets" as possible. "these guys haven't worked for minimun wage! I have!" etc.

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 9 November 2006 00:32 (nineteen years ago)

Coulter weighs in!

http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/welcome.cgi

polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 9 November 2006 00:33 (nineteen years ago)

the death throes of a dying party.

oh ann. today i can find even you sort of cute and endearing.

gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 9 November 2006 00:39 (nineteen years ago)

Coulter: So the left won the House and also Nicaragua.

How I wish Bush had said this during his press conference.

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 9 November 2006 00:42 (nineteen years ago)

Jon Tester, Bob Casey Jr., Heath Shuler, possibly Jim Webb — I've never seen so much raw testosterone in my life. The smell of sweaty jockstraps from the "new Democrats" is overwhelming.

DO NOT WANT SKANK

gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Thursday, 9 November 2006 00:43 (nineteen years ago)

(where's the do not want dog?)

gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Thursday, 9 November 2006 00:45 (nineteen years ago)

Dems won the male vote at the house level for the first time in many years, I understand

gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 9 November 2006 00:45 (nineteen years ago)

Oh how I wish Ann Coulter would abandon politics and focus on comedy.

polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 9 November 2006 00:46 (nineteen years ago)

Michael Savage ranting about how bush is a liberal

this is nothing new.

researching ur life (grady), Thursday, 9 November 2006 00:48 (nineteen years ago)

more fun: remember those folks at RaptureReady? Guess how they took the election of the first Muslim to Congress...

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 9 November 2006 00:50 (nineteen years ago)

oh ann. today i can find even you sort of cute and endearing.

Wow! You really are giddy! She should really be forced to listen to herself for a year. I'm pretty well convinced that 80% of what grown-ups say just goes over her head.

Oh how I wish Ann Coulter would abandon politics and focus on comedy.

In person her wit is slow enough that it's not at all clear that she has one. Singleminded repetition and endless eye-rolling isn't comedy, it's an autism diagnosis.

hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 9 November 2006 00:51 (nineteen years ago)

the fact all those ppl on the rapture-ready forums have modern computers and use email & instant messages & stuff is like some kinda weird alternate history/steampunk concept, like if europe in the dark ages had spaceships or something

and what (ooo), Thursday, 9 November 2006 01:08 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, but that's pretty much the essence of fundamentalism, its dependence on/recoil from modernity.

horseshoe (horseshoe), Thursday, 9 November 2006 01:11 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.rr-bb.com/images/smilies/faint.gif

ken noizewater, field researcher: capitools division (Pareene), Thursday, 9 November 2006 01:23 (nineteen years ago)

Hahahaha, Toobin: "It doesn't matter whether Allen concedes...it only matters whether he vacates his office when his term is over."

Django Blowhardt (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 9 November 2006 01:49 (nineteen years ago)

So however you cut it, this midterm proves that the Iraq war is at least more popular than Bill Clinton was.

haha awesome, ann

gear (gear), Thursday, 9 November 2006 01:57 (nineteen years ago)

cocaine is a helluva drug

gear (gear), Thursday, 9 November 2006 01:58 (nineteen years ago)

The Weekly Standard schools Hewitt.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 November 2006 02:00 (nineteen years ago)

Ann Coulter is HILARIOUS. I had no idea. I don't mean in the fake passive-aggressive "I'm amused by her" way, I mean she's really making me laugh.

See guys, we keep on winning elections and we'll be able to laugh cheerfully at Hannity, Coulter, O'Reilly and the rest all the time.

In fact I'm watching Sean Hannity right now purely in order to enjoy see ing him go ballistic - they just announced that Sen. Macaca has lost, for real.

dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 9 November 2006 02:33 (nineteen years ago)

Any particular pearls from him?

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 November 2006 02:34 (nineteen years ago)

PS - Ann Coulter also forgot to mention that we're going to tax everyone at 95% and use the funds for stem cell research in order to clone Hillary Clinton, and then we'll have all our activist judges legislate from the bench that everyone in the entire nation must be gay married. The clones of Hillary Clinton will officiate at the nationwide gay marriage ceremonies. We'll have them at halftime at the Super Bowl in San Francisco and all US citizens will be there. They'll have to be, because we'll let the rest of the country be overrun by the illegals and the terrorists.

Everyone will speak French.

dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 9 November 2006 02:40 (nineteen years ago)

MAIS OUI
je plaisante pas quoi !

dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 9 November 2006 02:41 (nineteen years ago)

Hannity talking some shit about some alleged race baiting campaign ad in Atlanta that nobody else on any network is covering at all.

And now some guy on there complaining that the fault isn't conservatism, it's the GOP Congress, who let them down - spending out of control and immigration (Hannity agrees). Also the American people don't "get" that we're at war.

lame

dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 9 November 2006 02:48 (nineteen years ago)

Hilarious. Retard enablers like Hannity and Limbaugh stood by like good little bitches while the fucking coservative house burned down even though they, more than just about anyone else in the whole country, could have gotten Bush's ear. And of course they did, because their livelihood doesn't fucking matter who's in office.

don weiner (don weiner), Thursday, 9 November 2006 02:55 (nineteen years ago)

I loathe Sean Hannity. I hope he is buggering young boys and buying meth right now, in a stupor and getting reamed while some enterprising young thing is camming it all.

don weiner (don weiner), Thursday, 9 November 2006 02:56 (nineteen years ago)

Hannity isn't very bright. I really don't know what else to say about him. The poor man was just standing wayyyy far back when they were handing out brains.

dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 9 November 2006 03:09 (nineteen years ago)

He was standing in front of the line marked "lucky."

He was on the radio here in ATL circa 1995 or so. He got drilled in the ratings, and the few times I ventured into his airspace he was getting gored by knuckle draggers who were on smoke break at community college. Apparently, this is around the time he started blowing Roger Ailes in the Fox bathrooms, because after failing his way in the radio market here, he got promoted to his job at Fox. I don't know how Alan Combs does it. Poor Alan.

don weiner (don weiner), Thursday, 9 November 2006 03:13 (nineteen years ago)

How hard would it be to get on the air to either of these guys (Hannity, Limbaugh) and ask if they ever thought about getting gay married to the other?

dar1a g (daria g), Thursday, 9 November 2006 03:18 (nineteen years ago)

Thermo, that Santorum photoshop is truly a thing of beauty. Horrible, horrible, sickening frightening beauty.

Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 9 November 2006 03:21 (nineteen years ago)

Unsurprisingly, the libertarians are definitely starting to become the GOP folk demons the Greens were to the Democrats in recent years. Behold the ever-charming Michael Medved.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 November 2006 03:22 (nineteen years ago)

god forbid that i should defend the likes of hannity, limbaugh, et. al. (and i'm really NOT), but even IF they had their private doubts about certain bushco priorities (iraq, the fitness of certain GOP congresscritters, whatever) would it have made any difference if they had expressed those private doubts to bush, rove, cheney, or any other GOP big macher?!? based on what we know about them, the GOP leadership aren't the types to take kindly to "advice" from foot-soldiers and yeomen (which is, in the end, how they view hannity, limbaugh, et. al).

Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 9 November 2006 04:18 (nineteen years ago)

"I've never seen so much raw testosterone in my life. The smell of sweaty jockstraps from the "new Democrats" is overwhelming. "

Ann, the gift who never stops giving

Grey, Ian (IanBrooklyn), Thursday, 9 November 2006 04:22 (nineteen years ago)

"I've never seen so much raw testosterone in my life. The smell of sweaty jockstraps from the "new Democrats" is overwhelming. "

yeah, nothing like a line sounding like she wants to line 'em up and go down like a circus seal

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 9 November 2006 04:31 (nineteen years ago)

I especially like how she "sees" testosterone, it's that visceral a thing for her,it, Whatever.

Grey, Ian (IanBrooklyn), Thursday, 9 November 2006 04:58 (nineteen years ago)

Wait - what's wrong with sweaty jockstraps?

Don't Ask Me (Bimble...), Thursday, 9 November 2006 05:01 (nineteen years ago)

According to ABC News: Rep. Conyers is in line to take over the Judiciary Committee. While one top hill staffer says, "His appetite for true investigation is untested," his new book takes on President Bush for violating the law on Iraq and secret prisons.

Ohhhhyeah... You know, I might have had corruption fatigue for awhile but I am SO looking forward when the subpoenas start flowing like shark chum.

Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 9 November 2006 07:08 (nineteen years ago)

Sid Blumenthal muscles in on Paglialand

gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 9 November 2006 07:14 (nineteen years ago)

Defense Tech looks ahead

The Democrats weren't the only winners in last night's elections. The Army and the Marines are looking like they just came out on top, too.

There's a long-standing cliche that, when it comes to military spending, "the Republicans are mostly interested in weapons systems. The Democrats are interested in people," as Gen. Wes Clark told a New Hampshire public radio show, back when he was running for President.

You can buy the old saw, or not. But last night was a major power boost for two lifetime buddies of the people-heavy services. Ike Skelton, who's in line to become the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has been close with the Army's leadership for decades. Ditto possible House Majority Leader John Murtha. Both were big Don Rumsfeld haters.

Now, for months, the SecDef's office and the Army have been locked in a cage match over the service's budget. That might change, with Rummy being shoved out. But if it continues, who do you think Skelton and Murtha are going to back?

Phil Carter says to look out for five items as Skelton, Murtha, and Co. move into the big offices on Capitol Hill:

1) An increase in the military's end strength;
2) Some kind of restriction on multiple reserve callups or deployments;
3) Funding for reset of equipment to peacetime readiness levels;
4) Increased pay, benefits, and incentives tied to recruiting and retention; and
5) Policies geared towards making the military more well-rounded, i.e.
incentives to start Arabic and Chinese language programs.

Notice he didn't mention anything about technology programs. That's because, despite the love for the Army, big weapons systems -- like the $300 billion Future Combat Systems effort -- are going to get a whole lot more scrutiny.

Skelton is calling for "re-creating an Armed Services investigation and oversight subcommittee, which Republicans did away with in 1995," according to Aviation Week.

But Skelton could be the least of industry's problems. "I'll tell you the two words that freak then [contractors] out the most," one senior Congressional aide told me a few weeks back, "Chairman Waxman."

That's Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), in line to head the wide-ranging House Government Reform Committee. He's a master of the subpoena. And, Av Week notes, he "has complained about lax supervision under the Republicans and introduced contracting reform legislation in September that would require federal agencies to use at least 1% of their procurement budgets for contract oversight. The bill also requires Congressional hearings to investigate credible evidence of waste, fraud, abuse or mismanagement."

If the Republicans hold on to the Senate, things could get even more heated. John McCain likely takes over the Armed Services Committee. He is one of the few people in Congress who truly, truly cares about the Pentagon's out-of-control spending on weapons development. And there is no contractor that pisses him off more than Boeing -- the guys in charge of Future Combat.

Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 9 November 2006 07:18 (nineteen years ago)

"His appetite for true investigation is untested."

hahaha this sounds so bad ass

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 9 November 2006 07:37 (nineteen years ago)

Hugh Hewitt gives us the skinny as to what really happened, that nothing...NOTHING...has changed since 2004, that all the compromises with the democrats caused the loss, that it's John McCain and the gang of 14 who lost the senate, and the illegal bits by the resigning Gop house members(tho not by Tom DeLay), etc etc etc

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 9 November 2006 16:37 (nineteen years ago)

The comment section is bizarroworld.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 November 2006 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

Hewitt's interview with Christopher Hitchens almost made me roffle as hard as Bush's press conference. Bristling at Hitch's dismissal of Reid as a "Mormon moron," Hewitt asked him "whether you'd say Catholic moron or Jewish moron," to which Hitch, unflappably, responded, "Yes, of course....religion is a load of rubbish."

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 9 November 2006 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

Brilliant. What was Hugh's response, then?

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 November 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

hitch = atheist moron

richardk (Richard K), Thursday, 9 November 2006 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

PS more schadenfreude please!!! this thread is not meeting the quota of SIX YEARS OF PENT UP HOSTILITY

richardk (Richard K), Thursday, 9 November 2006 17:56 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, there's been so much out there to plow through.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 November 2006 17:57 (nineteen years ago)

So glad the abortion bill went down in South Dakota. Look, guys, we want to fucking kill babies, so you have to let us. It's a democracy!

Eppy (Eppy), Thursday, 9 November 2006 17:58 (nineteen years ago)

Oh, there's been so much out there to plow through.

But enough about your se... Oh, never mind.

M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 9 November 2006 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

Shocking!

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 November 2006 18:00 (nineteen years ago)

it's so easy to find

here, here, here, here, and here.

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 9 November 2006 18:15 (nineteen years ago)

George Allen press conference about to begin.

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 9 November 2006 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

My wife has been in tears all morning, and I am pretty down about this too. She worked so hard to defeat [Missouri ballot proposition #]2, and she is sort of in shock right now.

I think that we will be judged for this.

I don't think we will be judged for electing democrats to office. I think the fact that we allowed pro-choice, pro-gay marriage candidates into office is an EFFECT of our ALREADY being under judgment.

elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Thursday, 9 November 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

JUDGED AND FOUND WANTING, INDEED. Wow, these Rapture Ready folks are so eager to flagellate themselves.

elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Thursday, 9 November 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

They're in desperate need of some A2M counseling.

David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 9 November 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

Wonder what Coach Dave thinks?

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 November 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

"Kahn't you SEE we're DYING?"

gwynywdd dwnyt fyrwr byychydd gww (donut), Thursday, 9 November 2006 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

How did we let a Woman Claire McCaskill who is for Gay, Marriage full term abortions slip right into the Us Senate? Its not a Party Lines thang its a Moral Issue and iIfeel Like Throwing up http://www.rr-bb.com/images/smilies/doh.gif ALSO Stem Cell Research Passed in Missouri Very Sad Days Ahead And I thought my Fellow Missourians Carried about abortion & Not Destroying Human Embroys With Stem Cell Research owell i guess The Lord Knows my Heart He Can Deal with This mess as he may!!


yeah, those Women will also do that

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 9 November 2006 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

Wonder what Coach Dave thinks?

here you go

I guess he filed his column before tuesday, as it only covers Pastor Ted.

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 9 November 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

"Ifeel Like Throwing up"

is there no Christian-puking emoticon?

Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 9 November 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

Rapture Ready:

Besides, there is really no such thing as homophobia. It is a false concept created by the gay community to smear the healthy aversion to a unnatural and disgusting deviancy.

Besides, there is really no such thing as anti-semitism. It is a false concept created by the Jew community to smear the healthy aversion to Jews.

Master rhetoricians, all!

Fleischhutliebe! like a warm, furry meatloaf (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Thursday, 9 November 2006 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

okay, i'm reprinting this in full, if Ned hasn't already:

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

HOW BUSH SHOULD HANDLE LOSS [Jonah Goldberg]

I think James Baker and Dick Cheney should take Bush out to the woods around Camp David. After 24 hours in a sweat lodge, he should be given only a loin cloth, a hunting knife and a canteen of water. Bush should then set out to track and kill a black bear, after which he should eat its still beating heart so he can absorb its spirit. He should then fly back to Washington in Marine 1. His torso still scratched from the bear's claws, his face bloodied and steaming in the November chill, he should immediately give a press conference at which he throws the bearskin on the front row of the press corps, completely enveloping Helen Thomas, declaring, "I'm not going anywhere."

This will send important messages to Democrats and well as to our enemies overseas, who are no doubt high-fiving as we speak.
Posted at 6:49 AM

to which the proper response is:

...For now, I can only repeat that the idea of any of these men demonstrating courage and bravery in a real-life situation involving genuine peril and danger is entirely ridiculous, as silly as imagining that Jonah Goldberg himself could do so. On the other hand, I can very easily see Lucianne Goldberg tracking the bear, killing it in an excessively bloody manner, and then gustily devouring its heart. I'm certain such meals are a regular part of her diet...

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 10 November 2006 01:12 (nineteen years ago)

oh shit oh shit oh shit, check it.

Starts out normally, descends into ranting over the commies and preverts by about page 5 or so, and gets even more entertaining from there

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 10 November 2006 06:11 (nineteen years ago)

Liberals have HORNS!

hearditonthexico (rogermexico), Friday, 10 November 2006 06:21 (nineteen years ago)

Oh wow.
All I have to say is if they push their lefty agendas in accelerated mode!!! There better be some uprising by REAL Americans. Do not allow them to push their homo shit on the rest of us. O.K.!!!!! Nor, everything else.

Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Friday, 10 November 2006 06:35 (nineteen years ago)

O.K.!!!!! Nor, everything else.

hahaha it's like some anime character, yelling whatever random phrases he knows in english

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 10 November 2006 07:10 (nineteen years ago)

more here

The ultraleftists are mulyi-orgasmic this morning, but wait until their sock puppets in the RAT party actually gain control. Then the braindead jerkoffs (e.g., the Tequito troll) who put them in office will see what a "pig in a poke" they bought. Soros, MoveOn, the Unholywood elitists et al are salivating over what they'll have the power to do with America through their robotic RATs in Congress.

If you think it's bad now, you ain't seen nuthin' yet.

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 10 November 2006 07:58 (nineteen years ago)

What does RAT stand for? Sorry if other schadenfreude enthusiaists long ago figured this out on another thread...or if the context somehow obvious and i'm just thick.

richardk (Richard K), Friday, 10 November 2006 10:40 (nineteen years ago)

somehow [makes it] obvious

richardk (Richard K), Friday, 10 November 2006 10:40 (nineteen years ago)

democRAT

Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Friday, 10 November 2006 15:05 (nineteen years ago)

purge purge purge

The circular firing squad now includes people calling for all GOP gayes to be outed, and blames Allen's loss in Virginia to the fact that he apparently didn't call for the outright lynching and/or beating of them.

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Sunday, 12 November 2006 03:48 (nineteen years ago)

Here's a great little rundown of rightwing blogger strife, including multiple entreaties for civil debate and discussion in the midst of calling the other side terrorists, suicide bombers, appeasers, furries, etc.

Said entreaties usually are followed by puzzlement or outrage over vicious, angry liberals not calmly listening to why they are just like terr'ists.

kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

I am a reasonable conservative who likes to write about politics and culture. Since the media is biased I get all my news from Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and Jay Leno monologues.

!!

Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

leno's writers have been pretty sharp lately!!

and what (ooo), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 20:23 (nineteen years ago)

Kids today.

Beth S. (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 14 November 2006 20:36 (nineteen years ago)


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