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Although it's now been taken off her Wikipedia page, I am here to testify that at one point Kathryn Jean Lopez was proud to boast of her history as a Duran Duran scholar. As one of those dispatched to undercut the credibility of a Parkinson's disease victim hoping to find a cure for Parkinson's disease and defend Rush Limbaugh for this (and if you haven't seen it, please do, it really is impossible to appreciate what's going on here without watching Rush in the flesh), K.J. offers the following:
The Absolute Last Word on Jesus vs. Alex P. Keaton [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
A reader points out the real genius in Jim Caveziel appearing in that ad: "the point is Jim Caviezel is HOT! is that blasphemous?"(Though truth be told, MJ Fox isn't bad himself. So the two commercials are apples vs. apples, at least on one front. How you like them apples?)
It's weird enough that the response to the deeply moving Fox ad is some bizarre parade of the semi-literate in their 16th minute of fame, as if six or seven also-rans could add up to one true celebrity. But it's even weirder that they dispatched someone to promote it whose meager analytical talents are more suited to discussing the mis-en-scene of Hungry Like the Wolf.
There really is nothing they can't reduce to utter drivel at the NRO.
(Thanks to Digby for the KJ Lopez link. No, really, thanks Digby.)
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Nedth!
Rootz!
That’s what I get for reading the post first. Eli at zero, have you developed a lisp?
And with regard to the K-Lo quote…
WTF? It doesn’t even make sense.
Howard Dean!!!
Talk about grasping at straws, KLo!
Rove throws his protege under the bus….
(CBS/AP) A protg of White House political guru Karl Rove produced the controversial Republican National Committee ad targeting Tennessee Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Harold Ford Jr., that some have called racist, CBS News has learned.
The ad, in which a white woman with blonde hair and bare shoulders looks into the camera and whispers, “Harold, call me,” and then winks, was produced by Scott Howell, the former political director for Rove’s consulting firm in Texas
http://www.rawstory.com/showar.....5324.shtml
Twisted Martini @ 5
“Michael J. Fox may have bravely put himself on the line to put a face on a cause that he deeply believes in and has a personal stake in, but…
OMG Jim Caveziel is totally Teh Hotxxorz!!!!1″
dab from CT @ 6
So many buses, so little time…
Their rebuttal is a freaking joke..They think the poignant part of fox’s ad is that he was famous? I think they have their panties in a wad because the ad makes them look at reality. They can’t face reality, they are afraid of it.
Hey!
Let’s assume we don’t gain the House or Senate next week.
THINK about the change in the atmosphere that we have all provided for this cycle. Think about the press, and the RubberStampers, and the Exec Branch. They. Are. Pooping!
We are babes in the woods, and we have taken over US politics. Fear Us! Business as usual has been redefined. Every move you make, D or R, is now under not only the microscope, but the MACROSCOPE!
We’re Mad as Hell, and We’re Not Going To Take It Any More!
dab from CT @
7
This is the same SOB who put out the ad juxtaposing Max Cleland’s face with Osama bin Laden’s. They haven’t even invented the circle in hell that’s low enough for him.
KLo was worn out from her picture of the other hot Repbulican, Ron Silver. Who could forget his star turn in “Timecop” with Jean Claude VanDamme?
dab from CT @
7
Oh, that’s interesting. so the folks who produced the sleaziest ad of the campaign, the one that’s getting all the bad coverage, came not just from the RNC/Mehlman, but from the White House political director, Karl Rove??
Matthews and Wolf will love this.
Limbaugh, Rove and the rest are fueled by hate. I’m lucky, I hate no one. I disagree with lots of folks, and perhaps dislike what they do, sometimes remarkably, but I hate no one.
Balrog @ 11
I love it when Balrogs stamp their feet!
Eli @
9
Well, they’ve never really been champions of a greener planet….
Kentucky Woman @ 17
laughed the kitty off my lap…
Transcript of MJF’s interview is here
Powerful is too weak a word. Go read it.
There really is nothing they can’t reduce to utter drivel at the NRO.
Acutally, I would put it more stronger than this- There really is nothing they can’t reduce to utter craven nastiness at the NRO.
Eli @ 9
kirk murphy @ 18
Laughed the dog off the couch.
That’s weird. I have no idea what happened there. Sorry.
I only came outside to watch the night fall with the rain,
I heard you making patterns rhyme,
Like some New Romantic looking for the TV sound.
You’ll see I’m right some other tiiiiime.
Look now, look all around.
There’s no sign of life,
Voices another sound,
Can you hear me now?
This is Planet Earth,
You’re looking at Planet Earth.
Bop bop bop buh-bop bop bop bop,
This is Planet Earth…
Marion in Savannah @
16
The beauty is that it is true. We have come so far, so fast, that our expectations have changed.
There has never been an uprising of this magnitude in history. We have the ability to communicate with our brethren, to unify our message, to direct our troops. We can finally have a global meeting to consolidate strategy. With or without party leaders, we can plan.
Look out. Finally the will of the people is available on PDF. Not just as presented by Karl Rove. Look out.
TRex @
23
I should say here that I love Duran Duran. You can’t judge them by the unmarried adult women who obsess over them.
The move below is called, ‘Teabagging the strawman’ for those taking notes.
;>)
(rolls eyes)
Yeah, a lot of stupid, ignorant people who need to wise the f*ck up.
C’mon, Media, enough of the misdirection already.
My partner is a big Duran Duran guy. Those videos were the stuff of his 80’s dreams. Quite the Simon crush, apparently.
Thanks Jane. I was a bit too embarrassed to admit that a duran duran cassette was the first music I ever bought.
Impeachment Happens @ 22
You went past the nested comments limit. It apparently is three.
Jane Hamsher @ 25
Sigh. Why didn’t you ever ask around? I know of at least one who’d consider your bidding…
Hmmm… I was on a flight back to the UK from LA, and Duran Duran was on the flight. Duran Duran was in first class, but the road manager, like me, was in passenger class. He was sitting nearby, and was liberal in treating all to drinks. I had so many gin and tonics that it totally destroyed my circadian rhythm for about two weeks. But it was a memorable transatlantic flight. Not quite as memorable as the one I had with the Weather Report, but that’s another better story…
Balrog, you are SO right.
I remember going down to Washington, DC to march in the moratorium. Nixon hid behind buses parked around the White House.
I remember the young man facing down a tank in Tien An Men (spelling???) Square. The only reason we really knew about him and what was going on in China was the relatively new fax machine.
The “toobz” are infinitely more powerful and more ubiquitous. And yes, the whole playing field has been redrawn! YOWZA! (And I still love it when Balrogs stamp their feet!)
John King’s Broken Government piece seems to be an attack on W for the destruction of civil liberties … on cnn now.
oh, p.s. I bet KLo would be extremely jealous. No wonder she didn’t like my “Women Who Make the World Worse” revisionist book cover! (inside joke for Jane)
MJF interview is great but……
I live in the country and I don’t have TV signal so I am (by choice) out of pop culture..but is Katie wearing knee socks? Boots ?
Meeting Announcement:
DeadHeads who love Duran Duran - Tomorrow night at 8 PM PST at Marin Civic.
Sharing the meeting:
Duran Duran Fans who love the Dead.
Tickets are selling fast, so don’t space.
darkblack @ 26
The best Duran Duran album, bar none.
I’d post a recording of me singing this 12/8 blues number but apparently it would violate some stupid principle about “cruel and unusual punishment”.
::::::::::::::
(v. 1)
Well Osama ain’t been found
Iraq casualties abound
And I blame Clinton
That ol’ deficits a mess
Coulter wears that same old dress
Well I blame Clinton
Foley’s pedofile emails
Abrahamoff goin’ to jail
Blame it on Clinton
(v.2)
North Korea’s got a nuke
Mid-terms look like a rebuke
And I blame Clinton
There’s a bird flu on the loose
And Limbaugh’s had some drug abuse
But I blame Clinton
If there’s a brush fire or a quake
Or I have a stomach ache
Then I blame Clinton
(instrumental verse)
(V.3)
Now the Taliban returns
And global warming’s a concern
So I blame Clinton
Halliburton got the dough
No bid contracts don’t ya know
But I blame Clinton
It’s been five years since he’s gone
but everything that has gone wrong
Well I blame Clinton
(Public Domain, 2006)
Twisted Martini @ 13
Ron Silver - lol - last time I saw him he was blathering on Bill Maher’s show. WTF???
Caviezel, Caveziel
Hassenpfeffer incorporated
Memo to: Karl Rove
CC: Rush Limbaugh
Hey, Karl. Your crap ads in Tennessee, Missouri, and New Jersey aren’t working. Net, negative.
It’s Iraq, stupid
Have a nice day
Pachacutec @
27
JT is actually a good friend of both me & Amato so if he sees this, love ya John.
It doesn’t really matter who is famous, and who isn’t. I don’t agree with the “16th minute” part of your post.
What makes Fox’s opinion somewhat important is that he is suffering from a disease related to stem cell research, and that he’s had cause to think about the issue in much more depth than the other public figures appearing in the response ad.
It’s actually pathetic that we use “celebrities” at all in this country. I personally would be just as moved by any sufferer.
- I
Duran Duran members, in order of height:
John Taylor, bass
Simon LeBon, vocals
Roger Taylor, drums
Nick Rhodes, keyboards
Andy Taylor, guitar
I used to know all their astrological signs, too.
Oh, the 80’s…
TRex @ 44
Which one was Duran?
Jane Hamsher @ 42
Wow. My first crush. Very cool.
Tennesseans should be embarrassed to death to think that the whole country now knows the Republican pols think the hicks can be so easily manipulated.
If the Republicans have nothing to offer the Tennesseans or Virginians and can only push their racism button, then they aren’t fit to lead America.
Do Virginians really feel proud when someone from New Mexico or Minnesota laughs at their senator “Macacah”? Do Tennesseans feel proud when someone from Colorado or Maine laughs at their senator Racist?
Demand more for your vote. Demand competence, at least.
Patrick 4/4 @ 37
They rawked out
;>)
TRex- actually, I have a soft spot for the road manager. See above. ;)
Twisted Martini @ 6
K-Lo could grasp at tree trunks, and they’d give her as much support as straws.
Now that’s exactly the kind of ad hominem attack (ad feminam?) that we don’t need in the netroots community!!
They said there was a big backlash to RNC ad in NJ, but the polls are weird. It’s back to a dead heat.
MarkH @ 47
Oh, Lord, that would be so great. I’m pushing 61 and I pray that once, JUST ONCE, I could really go to the polls and vote FOR someone instead of “against that moronic bastard.”
TRex @
44
My wife is younger than I, and loves the 80’s sound.
Her body will never be found.
But the new Balrog is tolerant. Unless yer a Rethug. Then piss off.
T, use your Quatloos wiseley.
I saw DD live in the 80’s during their ragged tiger tour when I was in high school. My first ever concert was The Who. DD was louder. I think it was the 15,000 screaming girls that did it.
BTW, there is still a call out for votes on the best/worst quotes by LieMan and Bushboy:
http://www.firedoglake.com/200.....f-round-1/
Hard work to compile these quotes, so all go vote. TRex? GOTV. ;)
Ice @ 43
My first concert was actually Blondie with Duran Duran opening. It was pre-”Rio”. We were all in the audience, like, “Duran who?”
Then the show started and all doubts were erased.
TRex @ 57
Very cool. Debby Harry crashed a Halloween party I was at a few years ago.
My first concert (that I wasn’t dragged to by my Deadhead dad) was the Beastie Boys, which had Public Enemy opening for them. Quite a shock to most of the small upstate city I grew up in.
I think you guys are going to enjoy Late Nite tonight. The folks from the Roth campaign will be joining us in the comments!
TRex- but I was on an airplane with Duran Duran! Why are you not acknowledging this?????? I mean, it’s all about meeeeeeee!!!!!! it’s aaaaaaalll about mmmmmmmmmeeeeeee!!!!
Oh, wait. Sorry, TRex. I have the wrong thread. That is for Late Nite. Sorry. 99andchanneling… sorry. I’ll wait. ;)
I don’t remember my first concert, but I’m pretty sure my first in the technopop genre was Eurythmics. They put on a hell of show (Annie Lennox is very theatrical, who knew?). Howard Jones opened, He had an early light show that included a little green dwarf that he danced around the stage with. I was in an altered state and thought this was the coolest thing I had ever seen. Way altered.
Valley Girl @ 60
Oooh, oooooh, oooooh,
let me guess….
You’re channeling a member of the 101st Fighting Keyboarders, right?
Marion in Savannah: you and TRex are true GA peaches! LOL
What the heck is Patricia Heaton and Cure Autism now doing on the other side…go figure
Valley Girl @ 60
You are very bad.
Well, I nearly clotheslined Nick Rhodes with a camera tripod when I went backstage to interview Erasure at Six Flags in 1986. He said, “Watch where you’re going!” and I whirled around, forgetting that I was carrying a large, heavy object, and nearly took his head off.
“Bloody, stupid git!” he called after me as I ran away in shame.
Ah, brushes with fame.
Valley Girl @ 63
Oh, Lawdy… To be mentioned in the same sentence with TRex… I take to my fainting couch…
Wow! Thanks! {preening herself, just a bit…}
Late Nite is up, firepups!!
WE need to start a national boycott campaign for all, I mean all, of Rush Limberger’s sponsors. See if we can’t hit where it really hurts as he has nothing between the ears that we can hurt (as in empty head).
Duran Duran’s dirty little secret. They couldn’t really play their musical instruments. The music on their albums was played by studio musicians. Although they gave a good live performance it was a real problem for them when they first started. It took a while to start touring. If they got lucky everyone at their first concerts was probably stoned, and unable to make any decent comparison to the record albums. St. Louis pitcher, Suppan, one of the stars of the repugs anti stem cell ad had a horrible game. He allowed three runs in the six and got taken out. HOLLYWOOD ain’t been good to him. Maybe he should stick to what he knows.
The Toobz are just the ticket for speaking freely and assembling peaceably. But They can turn them off in an eyeblink, if they want to. I have a feeling that They will be very angry Nov 8. A backup plan would be very nice, perhaps involving cell phones and landlines. I have some extra webspace that could be used for planning, there was a suggestion about that on the prev thread. If interested make comment on my blog (link is in my name). If you are comfortable doing so only, of course.
TRex @ 65
All I have to say is thank God I quit smoking. In the past I’d have to run for the inhaler. Now I just laugh until my stomach hurts.
Love you guys!
Earl E Reeves @ 68
One of them is Zicam, a homeopathic “cold remedy”
News flash! There is no known cure or preventative for the common cold.
i saw rush’s imitation of a parkinson’s sufferer. rush, if you’re reading tonight, this would be a good time to go home, turn down the lights and get out about a dozen of those oxycontins you’ve been saving for a rainy day. take ‘em all in one gulp. do us all a favor.
No, Duran Duran isn’t as shallow as some would say:
And their uncensored video for Girls on Film is not for the teenybopper crowd. You could always tell when someone had “discovered” it. Gave all kinds of guys ideas about playing horsie and having fun with ice. Then again, anything that expands the horizons of ignorant and uptight American men without patient encouragement from me is a bonus. I thank DD for saving me some hassles back in my single years.
Sturm und Durang Durang
Don’t forget the old (tired) line… “all politics is local.” The celebrities in the followup ad may not be national celebs, but they’re well-chosen for Missouri.
Kurt Warner — the star NFL quarterback who brought a Lombardi trophy home for the StLouis Rams.
Suppan — playing for the baseball StLouis Cardinals in the World Series
Caviesel and Heaton — known theo-cons, going for a shot under the bible belt
How do all those famous athletes feel about government funding for research into steroids?
Yow, I couldn’t believe I was seeing a pic of Simon LeBon. I was just telling my son, yesterday, about how Andy Taylor has left the band again,[just before the U.S leg of their current tour].
You see, we’re kind of a Duran Duran family. My son and daughter were fans way back when. I heard their songs so often that I soon knew all the words too. Lovely kids that I have, invited me to accompany them to concerts. Ain’t I lucky!
BTW, the ” who do you need, who do you love, when you come undone” song has become my favorite. The female singer for that one was absolutely great at their last concert in Dallas.
TRex @
57
Actually that was the tour in support of Rio, but before the Hungry Like the Wolf video made it onto heavy rotation on newly minted MTV and translated back into radio request/airplay which broke open the North American sales floodgates for the Fab Five.
To be honest, bagging on Lopez because she is a Duranphile is beyond stupid. Many people politically left and right, well schooled and political informed or not, are Duran fans. Her being an ill-informed idiot is not indicated by her being a Duranie, but rather in spite of it and something she has obviously come to on her own. Just sayin’
LJ/Aquaria @
74
Indeed, and lyrics I would point to as well:
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