Oh Please Don’t Go There…By: Jane Hamsher Wednesday October 24, 2007 5:50 pm |
Rudy:
Touting his accomplishments as mayor Tuesday while on the campaign trail in New Hampshire, Giuliani crowed, “I took a city that was known for pornography and licked it to a large extent, so I have my own set of qualifications.”
I’m afraid you’ll have to write your own joke. I’m having some digestive issues.
(h/t Raven)
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Jane!
licked its Ass!
Here!
dos? Tres?
Oh well. Top 5 anyhoo.
two Zeds in one day is too much to hope for.
FunnyDiva
Jane’s on fire today. Are you gonna be around for late night tonight?
Toby,
Thought this one was yours.
Hi Jane.
Put his foot in his mouth, eh?
The thought here is if it’s Rudy v. Hillary, many people won’t vote.
omigod gag me with a spoon! that is too too funny.
David W. Bartoo @ 7
Heh…so kind of you to think of me.
David – you remarked in another thread about missing the “glens” – I asked which ones but it got lost.
Are we talking Ithaca, Watkins Glen? Help me out here…
Thoughts of Rudy and his actions tend to be conducive to digestive problems.
He can now claim he’s a Red Sox fan but I wouldn’t go strolling around the park anytime soon if I were him.
As I remarked downstairs… The Yankee Flipper, a Red Coat…! ;-)
Bwwahahahahahaha!
Even for a splendid original writer/voice like you Jane don’t cha just love it when this stuff virtually writes itself.
;~)
Oklahoma kiddo @ 9
Yeah.
My first presidential election was Bush vs Dukakis, and I sat it out, IIRC.
FunnyDiva
Wow, I’ve been running my mouth here for a couple of years but never, never ever did expect to get props in the header (so to speak)!
Rudy’s advisers include many neocons. This fact scares me most about Giuliani.
present
@ 18
and accounted for!
This been publicized at all?
Bush dangles a carrot to Cuba
from LA Times
He says the U.S. will help the nation if it turns to democracy after Castro is gone.
President Bush today promised U.S. assistance for Cuba if it adopted democracy in the post-Fidel Castro era, and called on Cuban authorities to abandon the iron-grip practices of their regime.
EPU from the end of the last thread. How many of you knew there was an official major league ball mud? Big Mitch?
raven @ 16
well, raven, you connected with the sweet spot and hit it out of the park.
:o) That’s almost as bad as Richard Nixon:
“This nation can’t stand pat.”
:o)
Talk about pornography, these assholes have screwed the english language so crosseyed, the meanings of their own words elude them.
Rudy Ghouliani sh!t-canned 2nd wife and kids. Rudy Ghouliani pissed on Artists and Fire Fighters.
Rudy Ghouliani is hated by the city he claims is his own private 9-11 preserve.
Rudy Ghouliani is a sad SOB. Hope the hopeless Repubs run Rudy the Ghoul. Halloween will be over, Rudy. Come git yer candy korn. Korn Pus.
Joe Klein’s conscience @ 6
Nah, I’m hanging it up and letting Teddy take over in a bit.
it’s bad enough thinking this creep might run for President, let alone imagining the kind of sex he might prefer…, or with whom and what!
Toby Wollin @ 11
Ithaca, Fillmore was Susan’s and my favorite, especially in early spring, but Treman and Taughhannock great as well. Daughters especially liked them.
Miss Ithaca, always felt much like Cambridge
did in the sixties. Was in Ithaca ‘95-’97 and miss the people. Your description of ‘donut’ economy is so apt, however.
Valley Girl @ 22
After this week I need something positive. (:
raven @ 21
All MLB balls are rubbed with it prior to each game… I’ve known it for years…
raven @ 21
(waves hand)
I did! I did!
It’s to take the brand new finish off of the baseballs, IIRC.
Not bad for someone who’s only been to ONE MLB game evah!
FunnyDiva
Jane Hamsher @ 25
How’s trex?
TexBetsy @ 20
As if anyone in Cuba pays attention to Chimpy McFlightsuit…
Hard to take the superior attitude when their people have better healthcare than we do. Right, Michael Moore?
Funnydiva2002 @ 30
Coolio!
raven @ 31
Haven’t heard from him today. I hope he’s getting some rest.
David W. Bartoo @ 27
Highest per capita consumption of Berkies in the world, I think.
raven @ 21
I knew!
It comes from a special place along the Delaware River.
Jane Hamsher @ 34
I emailed him to see if he needed anything since he’s only a couple of blocks away. Negative contact.
raven @ 37
Nothing worse than back pain.
Nothing.
Elliott @ 36
In Joisey.
Toby Wollin @ 38
You are clearly not a woman.
Toby Wollin @ 38
I’ve got Harrington rods T-6 where I broke mine in 75.
any, how many know what the “sweet spot” is?
Raven’s my hero! However, I’m now stuck with this image of Rudy sitting behind his desk @ Rudy’s Consulting and dry cleaners, tonguing his Hustler.
Thanks, pal!
TexBetsy @ 8
thinking about where the foot was first, was reminded of a quip by a minister friend of mine who said (in ref to a televanegelist in a scandal), “put his foot in a fresh one while leading his flock thru the pasture”
Valley Girl @ 42
Where or what? (:
TexBetsy @ 40
Don’t make untoward assumptions ;)
*gurgle*
And to think, he probably meant that LITERALLY.
EEEEEEWWWWW!
Valley Girl @ 22
he hit it with a Lewdville Slugger
raven @ 45
well, it has to do with baseball, not that other kinda stuff.
Valley Girl @ 49
Tennis and golf as well.
oh Punaise- you are a man for all seasons!
Good for Rudy! to come to grips with this hot issue, beating off his primary challengers one by one and throttling the licentious lewdity that rubs America the wrong way.
Huzzah, I say
;>)
“that other kinda stuff” is, for once, the topic!
Valley Girl @ 51
And all sleaze-ins!
FunnyD
raven @ 50
k, I was thinking of baseball bats, harking back to a previous thread.
Valley Girl @ 51
Err… Lady for all… ;-)
Toby Wollin @ 32
toby@32, chimpy mcflightsuit!! thank you for a late night laugh on such a bummer day. Bush is harping on cuba cause they are in the process of elections there that many think will eventually be a referendum of sorts on fidel . Bush is just trying to cash in on what’s already in process there. Notice the MSM has nowhere mentioned these elections except on unedited abc news wires. Love shrub’s statements about how the cubans are deprived of human rights. That’s cause he doesn’t include excellent free health care and free education through the univ. level human rights.
I just pictured rudi licking the porn industry on a stick with his lyin tongue. how gross is this guy ? eeewwww!
sweet spot of the bat is the widest point, approx 4- 6 inches from the end.
IIRC, there are a number of neighborhoods in NYC that are not particularly happy with the way Rudy “licked pornography.”
When he came into office it was concentrated around Times Square and 42nd St. To help the Mouse, he busted things up around there and it wound up spreading to a lot of other areas where it had not been previously.
Good job there Rudy.
CTuttle @ 56
Wait! Wait! you think Punaise is a lady?
Toby Wollin @ 32
I’d relish the concept of stating what I’d like to do with a Bushel of carrots in connection with Bush. But I’d get into trouble for that. Possibly with the Secret Service. Are you listening Secret Service?
Valley Girl @ 55
The principle is the same.
Rudy has got such a handle on porn he can taste it.
Punaise is a guy, right?
Valley Girl @ 60
Ask her! Or him…! *g*
Bye for now, pups. See y’all at late and late late nite. Save me some snark, please!
FunnyDiva
Izadude
punaise @ 67
My Bad! *g*
I’m thinking bottled water, eh?
darkblack @ 52
(my bold) i was afraid the image was relating to teh bold, but brave girl that i am …
TexBetsy @ 40
Ouch. My husband would disagree with you, I think.:)
Well that was certainly an unfortunate turn of phrase there from Rudy.
So, Rudy, didja lick it all over, or did you cherry pick?
Sorry, I just couldn’t help it.
Sorry Toby!
CTuttle @ 68
no worries
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 70
In what way would that be?
;>)
Funnydiva2002 @ 66
bye!
TexBetsy @ 74
The clue was in the last thread..@ 70
Toby says:
Now, just finding goods that are made in this country would be a good project – my husband wanted an American-made suit and he had two choices. We’re lucky that one of them has a factory about 3 hours away from us in Rochester, NY.
darkblack @ 76
viewed the image! 8~)
TexBetsy @ 74
Uhoh, Ma’am! We were both served some crow pie…! ;-)
why do you think Rudy is no longer welcome in NYC fire stations? (other than the utter betrayal of first responders, that is):
he kept coming around and trying to stuff dollar bills into the fire fighters’ garments as they “worked” the fire pole.
There is at least one guy at FDL who is engaged to another guy. Let’s not assume that Betsy didn’t READ the whole thread. (s)
punaise @ 81
*groan*
TexBetsy @ 74
No offense taken. My personal opinion given: three labors and deliveries, gall bladder removal, and a back injury that required three months of rehab and ballroom dance lessons so that I could learn to walk again.
I’ll take the labor and delivery any day over back pain. My two cents.
Jane i might have been a little too hasty. after all Rudy is the new “Protecter of America”, or “King Stud” as some may call him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb2y1IM17sM
raven @ 16
I hope you haven’t been to Minneapolis!! :-)
I’ll take back pain, drilling teeth without novacaine and childbirth over a migraine.
And I’ll take a migraine over another rotten Republican president.
Toby Wollin @ 84
I have had a limited amount of back pain but for me the worst pain was the first time I sneezed without warning a week after the gall bladder surgery 25 years ago. I had sneezed after the surgery but always with enough of a warning to hold on.
But with no warning? Yee-owtch!
Campaign launched to show dangers of carrying guns to schools
Public prosecutors and private anti-crime groups launched a new campaign today against teens carrying guns at a Houston high school near where a student died in a gang-related shooting last year.
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 79
The wicked mayor of the East asks you not to comment on his private peccadilloes, thanks so ever much.
;>)
He licked it?
Must be why he’s on his 3rd wife.
TexBetsy @ 89
I once read something years ago that made the claim that in the South and West, the per capita gun ownership was the highest in the country — and so was the murder rate.
I have no idea why owning a firearm has such an attraction.
Pirates of the Constitution: Head Man’s Mess
darkblack @ 90
bwahahaha! (checks purse for arsenal of water, garlic, crucifixes, etc)
You know. Sometimes at the end of the day I feel like putting all this political garbage in the trash can and parking it on the curb where it belongs. But I know I can’t do that. Good night.
Night OKK
Lindy @ 93
*g*
forgot to link to this earlier, from salon.com:
Oklahoma kiddo @ 95
g’night
T- @ 91
He didn’t lick it enough.
;>)
TexBetsy @ 96
Ditto!
punaise @ 98
They let her keep the kids?
TexBetsy @ 58
Ummm. Hmmm Don’t think so, but correct me if I’m wrong. It’s where the center of mass is equidistant from the ends.
TexBetsy @ 102
they’re blacked out in the class pictures
Hey Rudy, lick this!
T- @ 103
Not when half the bat is tapered…
T- @ 103
“I know it when I see hit it”
I was certain that Republics would save porn for the general election. If they use it now on each other, they’re going to have to go after gay marriage, drugs, and abortion in the general election. It seems kind of desparate to play the porn card in the Republic primaries. All of the candidates are holy Christian men who have never, ever, even been near porn.
Badwater @ 107
that doesn’t help explain porn-again “christians” like Sen. Vitter.
Rudy, there’s a phone call for you.
kittykitty@57
Speaking of licking the porn industry…anyone flagellate themselves last night watching Billo? He was obsessing over youporn.com.
I’d love to see what the site traffic did after that story ran on his poxnewshow…all those sexually repressed wingnuts suffering through the dialup must have registered somewhere.
T- @ 111
I’m more interested in his cut of the action.
my bold
Rudy can’t define “pornography”, mind you — but he knows what he likes to lick . . .
Rudy scares me because he is so obviously unsuited for the responsibilities of the Presidency as evidenced by his leadership in a significantly smaller role.
No reasoning person could regard him a serious contender.
Just like GW Bush in 1999.
going to lie down for a while. back for late or late-late.
Touting his accomplishments as mayor Tuesday while on the campaign trail in New Hampshire, Giuliani crowed, “I took a city that was known for pornography and licked it to a large extent, so I have my own set of qualifications.”
Rudy Giuliani – Singularly qualified to lick up all the nation’s vomit.
TexBetsy @ 114
rest comfortably TexB!
darkblack,
Nice to see you. The unwashed masses might appreciate your interpretation of ghouliani licking the porn industry…
By the way, the tagline on this misfit is, “He’s too short to be President.”
Elliott @ 117
so you won’t be back lickety-split?
Well, if he likes licking pornography, you don’t want to know what he will do to our Constitutional rights, but I can guarantee it will be painful.
Hugh @ 120
That’s when the ’suck’ portion of the show commences.
;>)
Hugh @ 120
He’ll break out the Dyson Super Tuber and suck up all the crumbs that still remain after Dubya Dickco.
punaise @ 118
that was distasteful ;)
Elliott @ 123
it’s a fine line between yucking it up and just plain yuck…
Where was the spew alert?
While the laugh track is running, here’s a gem from David Isenberg’s telecom blog about Ann Coulter keeping abreast with the issues, past and present:
http://isen.com/blog/2007/10/p…..h-ann.html
Margot @ 87
Up until this last month, I had no idea how severe back pain could be. It now ranks as worse pain than migraine, though migraine might win out on overall crappy experience. Now the one night where I got the migraine with the back pain… that was a frickin nightmare.
TJ,
I don’t think I have experienced back pain that severe–my sympathies!
My connection to the toobz is very dicey tonight. Is there a DOS in progress or is it just me?
LICK THIS CROSS-DRESSER!!!!!
Anyway, I’m still pissed about SCHIP. The two local Congressschmucks have proposed a SCHIP “compromise.”
Alot of people around here seem to be of the view that “if you can’t afford health insurance for your kids, then don’t have kids.” Personal responsibility, doncha know?
I dunno about my Dem senator. This is what he said in response to my request that he stand with Dodd, Biden, et al.:
During the FISA debates, I introduced an amendment to the bill which would have taken away retroactive immunity from the telecommunications companies that allegedly provided the National Security Agency with private communications and phone call data. Although the amendment failed, please know I will continue to monitor this issue as the Senate Judiciary Committee begins its consideration of FISA.
“Monitor this issue”? C’mon. I’m monitoring the issue. Everybody at FDL is monitoring this issue. You’re a friggin’ senator, Nelson. DO something.
I like zuzu at Feministe take on the Giuliani “soft ball”:
FWIW, If I lived in a country that Bush was promising democracy, I’d be scared to death.
solai @ 130
me too!
solai @ 131
That’s because the only democracy that Bush believes in is the democracy of death.
BTW (that’s “by the way” not “balls to wall”. You acn tell from context.) I’m cool with cross-dressers. Just not bogus tough guy, Republican candidtae cross dressers.
solai @ 131
Really, that may have been the whole point.
From Juan Cole:
the assertion that US troop deaths have fallen is extremely misleading. In fact, It is only late October and already more US troops were killed in Iraq in 2007 than in all of 2006. Indeed, 2007 will almost certainly hold the record for the year of the most US military deaths since the war began.
According to the Iraq Casualties Site, these are the yearly numbers of death of US military personnel in Iraq:
Year US Deaths
2003 486
2004 849
2005 846
2006 822
2007 832
It is true that October is on track to be the least deadly for US troops since March of 2005.
It is, however, not clear why exactly US troop deaths have fallen so much in October. It is possible that they are being given few military missions and spending more time on base.
Indeed, the sort of ground missions that might involve hand to hand fighting and high US casualties may have been replaced by air strikes against suspected insurgent targets. US air strikes on Iraq are up by a factor of four in 2007 over 2006, according to Newsay. The US launched 1,140 bombing missions in 2007 through the end of September, as opposed to 229 in all of 2006. The US has flown as many as 70 such air missions a day this October, more than at any time since the November, 2004, assault on the Sunni Arab city of Fallujah.
Obviously, for an Occupation military to bomb a densely-populated city that it already largely controls is a violation of human rights law. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq has just condemned the US for using this tactic, which inevitably kills children, women and other non-combatants. You can’t drop a bomb on an urban apartment building without killing lots of people…
Margot @ 127
Thank you, Margot. It came as a shock to me too, and didn’t improve at all in the first 2 weeks with muscle relaxers, steroids, acupuncture, or even val*um. The chiropractor and Petrocelli have been godsends.
~~~ModNote: Edited for content to clear filters.~~~
woops, sorry Mod. I said the V-word.
Look, this might not be a popular view here but if troop deaths are down because the surge is working, I think that’s great. If they can spend more time on base because the Iraqi military is doing a superb job, I don’t believe either to be the case. I don’t really care why troop deaths are down this month. I’m glad. Just bring ‘em home.
TJ @ 138
No problem. A hard refresh will reveal your comment.
Prior Permission From Government to be Required for Each Flight
Rudy ‘n Joe — that’s the ticket…
neokneme @ 141
the ticket to hell
Beerfart Liberal @ 139
Check it out, Beer, troop deaths are down b/c they are bombing apartment buildings from airplanes.
Touting his accomplishments as mayor Tuesday while on the campaign trail in New Hampshire, Giuliani crowed, “I took a city that was known for pornography and licked it to a large extent, so I have my own set of qualifications.”
That is both very funny, and very sad.
The saddest thing is the very folks 911-Rudy-911 is pandering to would not much mind at all if another horrifying event happened to New Yorkers.
Physics lesson of the night: sweet spot of a baseball bat.
It’s the nodal point of the first free-free vibrational mode, and it’s out towards the end of the bat. A ball that strikes the node of a vibrational mode will not excite that mode, and therefore vibrations are damped. That way a batter’s hands aren’t stung by the vibrations, and more energy goes into the ball rather than into motion of vibration.
If the bat were a cylinder the sweet spot would be about 3/4 of the way out to the end; it’s location is modified slightly (as shown in the link) by the tapered shape, about 6 inches from the end of a 30 inch bat.
neokneme @ 141
Now what type of government is it when you need internal travel papers? /s
hackworth @ 143
I can believe that. I guess all I’m saying is I don’t see the need to get into that fight with the right wing loons over why they’re down. It really doesn’t change anything and they should be brought home.
Hugh @ 128
Hugh – I’ve been fast all evening. West Coast Comcast, though.
hackworth @ 143
Also the beauty of ethnic cleansing is it cuts down on crime statistics. Mission accomplished.
Sorry, but I just have to ask, what is that weird grass mowing pattern in the infield that makes it looks like the bases are inset 20 feet from where they really are.
And please let me say in advance, I haven’t seen any of the good stuff for well over 20 years.
neokneme @ 141
I’m still holding out for AEI’s finest.
;>)
RBG @ 150
That’s a pair of socks (”Sox”) if you get to see an aerial view.
RBG @ 150
They’ve mowed the Red Sox logo into the grass as a design.
ifthethunderdontgetya @ 149
He said licked it.
dakine01 @ 153
Ahhhh. Guess that’s what happens to a fella’s perception when he’s spent too many hours reading comments at FDL.
Re: My #144
i guess I interspersed my comment with your quote, if. sorry.
RBG @ 156
Low oblique.
darkblack @ 151
And could we ever forget “Boltopus”?
Nevah!
so this is the actual World Series thingie now, right?
And after that, baseball will be, like, OVER?
oddmommy @ 160
Til Spring Training! Woohoo, 9-1 BoSox!
pinkofreeptard @ 155
…and that gives him his own set of qualifications.
Rudy, an amoral thug with ambitions. Perhaps ambition blinds him to the obvious. My money says Kerik will take him down…. Kerik
Interesting it’s the feds going after him..
BY GREG B. SMITH
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Friday, October 12th 2007, 4:00 AM
Ex-Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik will likely face new federal charges, sources say, some linked to meeting at Walker’s, a bar in Tribeca allegedly attended by Kerik and two then-city officials.
Bernard Kerik’s legal nightmare is about to get worse, with federal prosecutors expected to file charges against the former police commissioner that will likely include allegations of bribery, tax fraud and obstruction of justice, the Daily News has learned.
CTuttle @ 161
Ach well
oddmommy @ 160
Is it mall walking season yet?
CTuttle @ 161
As hard as it might be for some of us, can we make a deal to not count down the days until spring training?
Here’s what I think about Rudy and Kerik. Rudy didn’t choose him despite his criminality. He chose him because of it. He would have had him by the balls. Same goes for Bush choosing him for (whatever it was). The press kept saying ‘not vetted’. Bull. They knew. But who better to have as an underling then someone who couldn’t go against you. They all do it. Especially FoxNews. They hire all these un-employable people like Ollie North and Geraldo. You think those guys don’t know how lucky they are to have the jobs they have. Instant loyalty and obedience.
Suzanne @ 165
Religion and Sports: The opiates of the masses.
solai @ 167
That’s a classic mafioso move.
RBG @ 166
Definitely! *g*
licked it .. omg too.. many jokes…
pinkofreeptard @ 155
Be happy he didn’t nail it.
aaah, what’s the use. If it’s not baseball it’s football. Then hockey. Then basketball. And that’s the worst, cuz basketball goes on for f*****g evah.
I wonder if the Chargers will play at Qualcomm on Sunday and if the {refugees} will have to pay for their tickets?
ccmask @ 174
I believe the league rescheduled the game for a date in December.
And the new occupants get free popcorn but must pay for the seats.
teddy upstairs
newtonusr @ 175
I guess the video at the NFL homepage needs to be updated then because it says it has yet to be decided.
solai @ 167
Agreed. It was Director of Homeland Security – doesn’t get more in-your-face than that.
oddmommy @ 173
I’m totally with ya…and you’re talking to a hard core sports fan. There is a time and a place for everything, and FDL is not a sports blog.
C’mon folks! He made a BONER! He actually wanted to say that he “licked prawn”…you know “pinch tail, suck head”! Oh wait! That’s not right either!
RBG @ 179
Except when it discusses BOO-Dy Guiliani when he tries to sing “God Bless America”. Wonder if “Big Hole” Mitt will get a similar response in Boston?
What really transformed NYC (into the slightly antiseptic place it is now) was the Clinton bull market of the 90’s, not Rudy Giuliani.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 9
My recommendation is to vote for the ‘third party’ candidate whoever it is.
Reminds me of a quote,attributed to John Wayne, that related to ongoing health issues after he successfully battled lung cancer: “I licked the big C…I can lick hemorrhoids.”
Movie stars, rebublican politicians…everything goes to their mouths.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqBkZaOMr4AThis is what he was actually saying
I would change your lead line to “touting his ALLEGED accomplishments.”
“…and licked it.”
Was that a slip of the tongue?