As in all Democratic primaries, I’m rooting for injuries. In this case, that means rooting for Hillary Clinton. Can you imagine the delicious schadenfreude if the polls yet again consistently show Obama with a comfortable lead, and yet when the Democratic voters go into the booth in private, they yet again pull the lever for the white folks?
I’m rooting for Clinton *hard* in this one, folks.
Root harder next time. Use more Jergens, perhaps.
Which is not to say that you can’t learn a lot from the Red State gang on the subject of polling. For instance, this fellow informs us that John McCain’s startling ability to come across as less bugshit crazy than the other GOP clown-car candidates proves that even though everybody hates the war, everybody… really loves the war. It’s a very clever argument whose only flaw is that it is deeply stupid. But then again, as this person informs us, it’s all the Liberal Media’s fault that when everyone else sees an ass, Red State asses clearly perceive an elbow. For, after all,
The liberal line blares from every pore in the media.
Which is not so much a mixed metaphor, but rather a metaphor that his been brutally murdered and stuffed headfirst into the wood-chipper. Some of us still speak English here in the U-Nited States, buster.
Which brings us to the really BIG breaking news from Greater Wingnuttia this week, news that will SHOCK and AMAZE you — yes, even you, you cynical moonbat you, who perhaps believe that you have already seen the Right Blogosphere say and believe everything:
Michelle Malkin believes that John McCain is being financed by George Soros.
Dear friends, if I could make this sort of stuff up, I would, but it exceeds my poor powers of invention.
To be fair, though, I’m also baffled by the Democratic leadership in the House and Senate. Here’s an interesting tit-bit from the latest NBC/WSJ poll:
Who do you want to see take the lead role in setting policy for the country: George W. Bush or the Congress?
Bush: 21
Congress: 68
You ever get the feeling you’re a totally open wide receiver in the end zone, and you’re looking at your quarterback, and he’s like, just beating off or something?
Throw the fucking ball, Harry, would ya?
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Zed?
Winner?????????
Oh boy! Wingnut crap!
Reid is throwing the ball. He’s doing what he’s paid to do.
Harry won’t… do anything… but he talks good.
I’m not wild about Harry.
Goeorge Soros paid me ONE MILLION DOLLARS to write this post.
Even when Harry talks good, he’s just lobbing really really soft balls. I mean like nerf balls would be a lethal weapon in comparison.
Hey, does the zedder get a piece??
Yes, Harry, we’re waiting. Throw the ball to Dodd.
OT but maybe not so far off At&t wants to filter the internet!
From a post at Slate by Tim Wu: http://www.slate.com/id/2182152/fr/rss/
If thwy go ahead I guess I will be having to change my ISP … son of a bitch and I was an early adopter of DSl… I kept htem as Comcast didn’t like my servers… Shit time to start looking for a better deal and no frigging filters… Where is the freedom!
boing boing reverse three-and-a-half somersaults, tuck position, no splash (’natch)
g’evening all. crap! yeah!
thers, i’ll believe it when i see it, harry and not before.
Hillary’s whispered advice to Bill: “Tender Surrender“
Best if viewed fullscreen!
Great post, Thers!
I’m Just Wild About…Mellow Yellow.
Hey Suz any bites today what with the break in the rain?
Yeah Thers, here it is in the Soros contract:
Paragraph 63 point 3: A post is not considered a post until it has been replied to.
Pony up!
Excellent payday, Thers!
Ouch! That blaring is still ringing in my ears. I didn’t even check that malkin link. That’s a joke, right?
OY! I made the mistake of clicking on the link. I feel stupider.
no nibbles – open house that was set for tomorrow was postponed for one week due to weather, as were the earlier brokers’ opens rescheduled for tuesday and thursday of next week.
I thought only teenagers had blaring pores. You have to love conservatives trotting out the same tired meme of the liberal media. Have any of them actually watched cable or network news or read any print media oh say anytime in the last 30 years.
Throw the ball? Harry’s not a QB. Harry’s a punter. Maybe just once he could fake it and throw the ball. Would work out, I think. Nobody’d be expecting it.
And speaking of football: Take the New York football Giants. Don’t laugh. Ge
I didn’t get that metaphor, either. Blaring pores? ‘tf is that?
Dick Cheney controls Harry Reid
Harry says he was a boxer. I’m thinking he was more a punching bag and no one ever explained the difference to him.
There is a new progressive phone company if that helps.
Daym!! my son Anthony’s girl friends family had to move out of their home of 15+ years as they couldn’t sell down in Carson!
I hope you do better… ((((good thoughts)))
Good luck, Suz. I finally sold my money pit in Sept, after over 4 years on the market. And things have only gotten worse since then. I’ll cross my fingers for you.
I’ve gone through quite a bit of that malkin tarsh and I disn’t get to anything about Soro’s yet. Can’t wait.
Hey cut Harry Reid some slack will ya! This time he’s gonna really stamp his feet at George before he caves in.
I think the Red Staters are blaring out of some other body part…
Watch out. That shit rots your brian.
Thanks for the link but no high speed internet:>(
and the president has the NERVE to say he’s gonna veto any fisa bill extension and is INSISTING they pass this bill as it stands
the democrats had BETTER not cave
that’s from think progress
If McCain was being financed by Soros, wouldn’t he be able to match Romney’s money without having to leave the campaign trail to do fundraisers?
Oh, I’m sorry, I made the mistake of assuming that there was some intersection between “Malkin” and “logic”…
Eeek!
In the sci-fi movie, Soros takes off his mask…. and it’s DICK CHENEY!
If Harry and Nancy had a pair between them, they’d postpone the SOTU to debate FISA and the stimulus plan. “Sorry, Mr LameDuck, we’re busy up here doing the people’s bidness. Could you send us an email?”
Teddy, what happens if the senate is still debating or filabustering when its time for TSOTU?
And now you know what Bush is going to talk about Mon night in his SOTU.
I see that the Shrubster, ever the adaptable, course-correcting politician, is telling Reid that he will VETO even a thirty-day extension of the Protect America Act, which corrupted FISA in the guise of fixing a technical glitch in it. He proves once again that protecting American telecoms – and Dick Cheney’s ass – is dearer to his heart than protecting Americans. No surprise that; it’s just novel that he’s clear about anything.
(h/t ThinkProgress}
Bush says that the FISA bill is essential to national security, but he’ll veto it to protect the phone companies. That should be the whole story.
I’d think that they will take a recess and then pick up where they left off the next day.
i would say whomever wants to go to sotu can go. you don’t have to goto that, do you? wasn’t all that long ago, the prez used to mail it in.
I would like to see tsf’s suggestion happen:
Oh no. Mr “Private Enterprise does it better” will FedEx it!
Now thers, you wete joking about the McCain-Soros thing, weren’t you? You just made me read an entire Malkin post plus comments. What did I ever do to you to deserve that?
Again, I’m not just saying this because I’m a lefty and Malkin is a righty loon, but her blog sucks. Content aside – it just looks shitty. And even if she was one of us, she couldn’t post here. Her writing, insight, analysis and humor are poor.
And miss a chance to call the Dems pussies on national TV? he’d never pass up that.
So. Hillary got her ass handed to her, eh?
You can be sure of one thing. He’s going to say something really, really stupid.
AT and T will let him phone it in for no charge.
I was just watching Hillary on c-span. there are times when she actually seems to be enjoying herself and havingh fun. Then she reverts to transparent bogusness.
As Spike would say, “Two times!”
And Aunt Babs can listen on her rotary phone.
aunt babs aint no aunt bee
The first election I’ve watched coverage of since NH. I must have3 flipped to msnbc five or six times. Don’t think I watched for a total of ten minutes. I’m sticking with c-span. Why, oh why is Pat Buchanan still on TV? Gasbag.
And that’s the triple truth, ruth.
clown-carpussy candidatesThe yin and the yang, the hip and the hop.
The stupid fresh thing, the flippity flop.
I think aunt bee had a rotary phone too.
thank goodness the camel contingent is out of town
More than double Hill’s votes. Freakin incredible. Did y’all catch his vistory speech? The last bit is particularly inspiring.
http://my.barackobama.com/page…..lsen/CGxdg
Obama’s speech was awe inspiring. Really.
back?
Hiya y’all.
All packed and ready to drive some part of 600 miles. Guess what?!? I don’t start school until Tuesday. We are taking the day off Monday to unpack and get me registered and see if I need new school supplies or anything.
Yee-haw!
OUCH (using lots of swear words) that little ‘hiccup’ hurt
Tap tap… this thing back on?
that’s great, cassie. be sure to check in with us mon and let us know how you are doing
‘Evening all.
Best of luck, Cassie!
Tap tap… this thing back on?
Yeah. But now I forgot what I was going to say!
hey…we’re back…as I was saying…
I’ve been an Edwards supporter, and I intend to vote for him here in New York of Feb 5th. But Obama’s speech tonight won nearly won me over.
Oy, sorry all, but I have to turn back into a pumpkin. Niters…
Dude! Give a spew warning; I drink expensive (for me) shit, and can’t afford to blow a mouthful on my keyboard:
g’nite thers
Olbermann is posting regularly now at Kos according to Huffpo. Here is his piece on Mukasy having a pic of Orwell in his office.
I don’t know if we will have internet on Monday. I may not be able to send email until Tuesday.
So lemme see…if Bush vetos the extension we will be left “naked”…oh my God! Why would the President do that! It would send us back to those horrible days when they actually required WARRANTS to spy on Americans…of course those were secret warrants and almost always granted. But still!
Think of all the terrorism we had back then, not that knowing in advance about the 9/11 threats, and getting all sorts of information about them but not using it did anything.
And there’s no evidence that intercepting phone calls has stopped ONE terrorist act in the US. Sure they caught some guys supposedly using code words to pass money to Hamas…”asparagus! broccoli!” But wait, they had warrants for that!
So WTF is so urgent and critical about voiding the Constitution?
“Jergens” LOLOLOLOL
Hey, how could rasmussun be sooooo far off? I mean they had hil ahead and obama pretty close for the last week. They never had 55% or even 40%…… and it is an “open” Democratic primary.
I believe Obama would have won regardless but the handing of the ass to hillary is almost to good to be believed. 55% is huge.
I did see his speech! Very good. I think John Edwards influence continues to give both the front candidates strength. SC …. Thank YOU!!!
That the redstaters and other righties are kinda pissed IS funny because they really want hillary in the general. I’m really wondering on the huge gap though in an open primary. nevada was “open” too.
Maybe I need more wine…. :-)
ok, cassie, let us know when you can
Fiddlesticks. Gotta go be designated/rescue driver.
Night all.
g’nite rond
Yes, I had something really brilliant, change your life in a good way to say and now it’s slipped my mind. Oh well.
Thers:
Not like me to pick nits. And maybe I’m wrong about this. But……
Isn’t the name of this post usually “Wingnut Crap O’ the Week?” You know. Replace the f with an apostrophe. As in “Beerfart’s Heart-Over-Head Pick o’ the Week”
(It’s the New York Football Giants, by the way.)
Ans we’re back! Yay!
Hello? Anyone still here?
I really miss FDL when it’s down.
Back up, huh? Thought I was going to have to start a blog to get in!! Lookie what I found at Jeralyn’s shop:
Bob Novak just said on Fox News that Condoleeza Rice might well be John McCain’s running mate.
Is that to provide a hedge against both Obama and Hillary? Or another pundit’s attempt to reduce the presidential contest to race and gender?
The problem is that too many people will realize whoever McCain picks as VP has a high chance of becoming president and I can’t think of anyone who would say Condi Rice is equipped or qualified to be President. In fact, that’s a very scary proposition.
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that is not how i planned to spend my sat nite. i don’t like it when the lake goes dry (whine whine)
I certainly enjoyed that… Like I really needed to download WP…! ;-)
I don’t buy it. Putting an African American on a Republican ticket is suicidal.
Novak summed up by saying “They got Negroes, we got Negroes.”
Hey all.
glug…glug.. resurfacing
couldn’t hold breath any longer
I don’t blame you. Here, Suz, have some wine to ease your whine. It’s a nice little Shiraz.
Whew, everything OK Suz?
Are you freaking kidding?
Aloha, Bra! Been awhile…!
judas forking priest, i gotta say that little hiccup was not a little hiccup
cassie said for me to say her g’nites for her
WP went nuts on Crooks and Liars too, if that helps. You weren’t alone dealing with that not little hiccup.
What a great post!
That would be Yes.
New thread.
I think C&L and FDL share the same servers, or at least used to.
Ya think! That was a meltdown…! NSA is onto us DFHs… *g*
Aloha, CT! I’m sorry to have been away so long. January is always Hell Month, workwise. First night at home in a couple weeks. Glad to see All The Friends here. Hope all are well. Hope Hilo is getting better weather than Oakland tonight!
Mookie, you be buggin’ out!
Maybe not a bad idea? Well, as has been said, a really shitty idea, but from a Dem POV wouldn’t it go to some length to immunize Obama from the rascist bullshit to come from the Swiftboat/Scary Negro Machine that we would otherwise see if Obama is the (likely) nominee?
Still, McCain/Rice would be a circus of bullshit and incompetence but the wingnut base might buy it. Cognitive dissonance and all…
Good post, but it’s tid bit not tit bit. No offense I just like to point out these malapropisms for posterity.
send the guy to Ooze-Beck-istan
Well, strange things are a-happenin’. Does anyone here recall Hillary’s hobnobbing with Rupert Murdoch? Maybe Malkin’s onto something here.
Naw. The only thing Malkin would be onto is a new flavor of that neocon Kool-aid.
I saw a good one the other day, where someone referred to Reid as “Give ‘Em Head” Harry.
“You ever get the feeling you’re a totally open wide receiver in the end zone, and you’re looking at your quarterback, and he’s like, just beating off or something?” ~ Thers
Bah hahahahahahahahaha! Oh gawd. That’s funny. Thanks for this post, Thers. It’s terrific.