– Cillizza was deliberately leaked an "internal" memo clearly prepared for secret deliberate launch into public consumption, declaring the super duper strengthiness of the McCain campaign. Because truthiness and spin are all in the eyes of the Village. And so, of course, the parts of the memo most designed for leakage got printed and discussed in full, with the standard disclaimer of "grain of salt" at the end in pig latin.
– In response, the Romney campaign is about to outspend McCain in the Feb. 5th primary states, after already forcing McCain to outspend his profligate ad expenditures in Florida. Keep draining those deep pockets, fellas. Please.
– George Bush and Dick Cheney ought to be tied like a tin can to the bumper of any GOP car that takes to the electoral highway. They married them, they can damn well take them along for the rest of the ride.
– The GOP narrative boils down to: "you are a liar" and "more wars, and screw the economy." (Note to Romney: Just saying over and over the words "Fred Kagan" does not make you any more credible on military policy with sane people. Note to McCain: Try learning the definitions of your econ vocabulary flash card words, rather than just throwing them out at random. At least give passing credibility the old college try, Anchor Man. Oh, and Matthews needs a cold shower.)
– The punditocracy has all but crowned McCain king of the GOP goobers. And the Korner Kidz are beside themselves. Dr. Helen? Still bonzer-yo-yo. Depression set in.
…and then, Malkin’s head exploded.
"Hello, schadenfreude hotline? I’d like a twelve pack. No, make that a double."
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Hi Folks!!!
Exploding heads? Hmmm, haven’t seen any in awhile myself.
Hi Christy! Hey, when is the WV primary?
Hey CHS.
It’s shamnesty!! It’s shamnesty!!!!
Boom!!!! splat.
I love this comment from a person commenting on Doc Helen’s site:
Now I know why I am lazy!
where does the GOP find these extremist nutters?
What a sweet talker you are Christy..laughing
Wasn’t McCain’s coffers pretty dry at one point here?….
So McCain’s national finance team leads credence to this statement?…
What’s up with that?…
GOP primary here is next Tuesday. Dem one isn’t until May. SIGH
Intelligent design placed them in the landscape.
Well, sadly I don’t get to vote for Edwards this coming Tuesday, will go with Obama.
i guess so, if you must insist the world is 6000 yrs. old. Kinda primes you for arguing against rationality.
Mitt in Ca on C-span just told the crowd to go out and vote multiple times, just kidding he says. I’ve heard that before, I think from Guliani in Fl. What’s with these people? Isn’t that against the law?
Mitt just said Washington was broken. We should see some great ads on tv in the fall with the GOP telling the truth, our gov is broken and we broke it only took 7 yrs.
He’s trying to get peoples attention away from the multiple wives thing.
So what is the Goopers excuse for legislating everything under the sun taking away our freedoms then?
Seems to me that she would want to be one of us rather than the wet yerself crowd.
Heads exploding indeed.
LOL — Somehow, I doubt very seriously that Ann Romney would ever put up with a “Big Love” scenario. *g*
Nothing wrong with exploding heads… especially when it’s hers. Since watching most of the debates with the Repubs, I have been very surprised by how much they like to sound like reasonable people but then, when pressed on an issue, they go off the deep end. I guess they don’t want to scare the natives.
Mr. Purple
From WSJ: LINK
CHS
I thank you deeply for this post! The crazies are minding the sanitarium.
I have been watching the wacked out reactions to “McCain is a liiiiibeeeeerrrrrrallllll, and I would vote for Satan first” in the wing-nut-o-sphere. And it is cracking me up. If he does, indeed, become the “de facto nominee’ like his propaganda memo touts him to be, I may have to invest in popcorn futures.
I’ve got a present for you, Christy:
http://roxanne.typepad.com/pho…..plodes.jpg
I needed a laugh today. Thought everyone else could use a giggle as well… *g*
That’s impressive!
Oh, and if you didn’t see yesterday’s massive GOP pie fight, the above YouTube gives you a good taste of the hilarity.
Top of the afternoon to you, Christy…
Mwahahahaha. Did you photoshop that one, Roxanne? The expression on her face is priceless…
I believe these nominees are experts in their own delusions regarding Iraq….
Geesh….
“Laying in the weeds”…
Come on….
Perfect!!
One of my minions did it eons ago. Feel free to use and distribute.
Also from the WSJ: Are Republicans Losing Panhandle Grip?
By COREY DADE
January 31, 2008; Page A6
I think there will be much more of this.
I wonder if Andy Cooper could feel his IQ actually declining last nite in the presence of the Four GOP Worthies — plus Arnold, of course. Teh stoopit, it burns.
– George Bush and Dick Cheney ought to be tied like a tin can to the bumper of any GOP car that takes to the electoral highway. They married them, they can damn well take them along for the rest of the ride.
———
That should be easy. Romney blurts out that the people are ‘not tired of Bush/The White House, they are tired of Washington’ at every appearance.
And we have Honest John (His Straight Talk is Crock) St McCain on the record for ‘less jobs more war’
All we have to do is get the media to honestly report the GOP candidates’ positions.
Jane was right last night: Cooper did a fantastic job of riding herd on them, sticking to the issues, and yet letting all of the candidates shine through on occasion.
From the Malkin link in the post:
Really? Then that’s good if she keeps her word.
OT..Just got back from voting and despite the 36 degree temp and rain, the polling place was busy. I was the last name on a legal sized sign sheet of ~50 names..2 Republicans.
I somehow doubt Blitzer will do the same.
LOL!
I didn’t know that sh*t could be shined? (Not to be confused with knowing sh*t from Shinola) :})
If he is on the ballot you can still vote for him. He has suspended his campaign and not dropped out. Here in California I will still vote for so come convention time he still has clout to force some planks to the platform… My vote still goes to Edwards…HE JUST MIGHT SUPRIZE EVERYONE AS A COMPROMISE CANDIDATE!
Um, well, I didn’t know Volcker was a D (much surprised as a matter of fact), but don’t think a Volcker endorsement should come as a plus for Obama. The man who jacked interest rates to sky high levels & put the economy into a deep recession!
Yeah, me neither. Remember the last Timmeh and Williams extravaganza? Take two…
Oh. My. God.
“They married them; they can damn well take them along for the rest of the ride.”
Fuckin’ A!, Ms. Smith. :o)
Let’s hear all those heated debates about who’s the biggest stay-the-course war-pimp! :o) We dems need video clips; LOTS of video clips of these two foreign policy wizards bragging about who’s willing to keep killing american troops and Iraqi citizens the longest.
Willard! You aint gone let McCain get away with that about a measly HUNDRED years, are you? That unpatriotic shit! You remind him (AND THE VOTERS!!!) of how quickly a century passes, at a paltry $3 Billion dollars a week, right now, y’hear?
John! Every time you talk about being “pro-life”, is it okay if we put up this little slide show?
http://www.npr.org/templates/s…..Id=9118474
Thanks, I knew an old blood and guts vet would be cool with it. See you in the general! (Sorry, Firecurs; No emoticon angry enough…)
I shudder to think what Wolf’s first question will be.
“Sen. Clinton, is it true you hate blacks?”
McCain reminded me of Reagan at the end of his presidency. He seems old and kinda frail. His VP will be key.
Rudy?
For some reason, every time I heard the name “Michelle Malkin,” I saw a face similar to Ann Coulter’s. What is Malkin’s demographic alignment?
“Sen. Clinton, how long have you hated blacks?”
Boxturtle (fixed it for ya)
Additional exploding wingnut heads may be found here:
http://roxanne.typepad.com/ran…..ions_.html
It must be really frustrating for McCain to catch a whiff of commander and chief power.
Rudy for VP? That’ll sink McCain for sure, if he’s not sunk already…
Possibly.
Oh, I suggested Rudy for McCain’s VP just to see some exploding heads here at FDL. Though they are apparently great friends, the pundits say that they appeal to the same group of wingnuts & McCain will have to go to someone more in tune with the part of the base that he pisses off. Like Huckabee? That makes even my head explose.
Can you imagine how old McCain will look after 4 years? Look at what happened to GWB, for pete’s sake.
And then there were four
Wish Edwards would have dropped out BEFORE I wasted my vote on him! We’re down to the final four- except for Huckleberry who refuses to leave and who is helping to push McCain to the White House according to the Buchanan brother and sister team. Beah insists that all the damned funies would vote for Romney if the Huckster would just end his run. Sound like bullshit to me- but that’s her story and she’s stickin to it.
Conventional wisdom is that Edward’s leavin boosts Obama- we’ll see.
Interesting race in a boring sort of way.
spew alert
George Bush and Dick Cheney ought to be tied like a tin can to the bumper of any GOP car that takes to the electoral highway. They married them, they can damn well take them along for the rest of the ride.
Best. Snark. Evah.
Personally, I think Bay is generally fulla crap. I think the religious right types would, for the most part, just stay home. Based on the elbows and jabs that Huckabee has throwing at Romney for being a Mormon, if that’s indicative of general attitudes among the Huckabee crowd, I’m not seeing a whole lotta voting crossover potential there.
Head of the Catholic league–ol whasshisname- has challenged Bill Maher to a fist fight on account of Bill sayin that he thinks it’s bullshit that God flew down to earth two thousand years ago and impregnated a Palestinian Women—
The fact that the catholic guy is angry would seem to indicate that this is EXACTLY what he believes—the humanization of God leaves lots of strange consequences- including THIS one.
Is that what christians believe? That God stuck his dick into Mary?
you think mccain is sunk?
it surely looks to me like he’s going to be their nominee, and I might add, he is their best chance of winning the office in the general
man, I wish rudy was the front runner, he would be a snap
Do click through on that link — Froomkin is a good one today.
I am sorry you feel that way. I voted for him in NH and I do not feel as though my vote was wasted. I voted for the person I preferred in the primary, I expressed my opinion, I exercised my constitutional right and as usual I managed to pick the candidate that most others did not. Edwards will have a voice so every vote is worth while.
I cannot possibly believe mccain would be such a fool as to ask rudy to be vice president
it’s almost definately mutt unless they throw too much wood
That guy is ALWAYS angry, if you are talking about that buffoon Bill Donahue. That’s his schtick.
And Mary said, “Its Twue! Its Twue”.
Rudy for VP? That’ll sink McCain for sure, if he’s not sunk already…/i
I’m thinking that the pragmatic, Machiavellian choice is Huck…
Scares me…
afternoon all… and happy birthday to busted if he’s still here…
I think McCain has a mancrush on Huckabee for VP.
Redd
Havin been brought up in a fundie house and having heard the constant chatter about mormonism bein a cult and papists not bein real christians either- I would guess as you do. We’ll see I guess if Huckleberry drops out. He IS, by the way, the most likable of the gooper group.
I don’t think McCain will pick any of those running. They are so tainted and wacky. I expect him to choose some really militant ex-Army person.
That would be a tough call..Stay home and give the Pres to the Dems and good-by to billions of “faith based” tax dollars vs voting for a person whose religious beliefs are the antithesis of the fundies.
Petraeus?
He’ll be sunk after he becaomes their nominee…
McCain will pick someone to his right- that’s what goopers do- it’s an anti assassination/impeachment move…”Get rid of me an ya get HIm”
Chertoff is surely high on the list?
McCain will pick Condi Rice as his running mate
good choice. he needs to prove to the fundies that he will fight their wars for them.
I’m in Honolulu and we’re about to go on a hike. Later.
Thank you, I pop in and out when I can, as usual. Right now it’s lunch time and I wanted another helping of Christy’s extra chewy snark.
Hoo boy. So many adjectives, so little time…
I’m sorry to be sexist on this, but Chertoff is just too plug ugly to be on any national ticket.
Happiest of birthdays, Busted!
Hi, Busted. Happy Birthday. Are you going to celebrate tonight?
Thank you very much!
Got it right here
If Rice is McCain’s VP choice, she’ll campaign by wagging her finger at us and telling us she expects us to do the only right thing and vote for her.
W-H-A-T? You don’t think Skeletor would appeal to the Heartland of America? /s
I have been a good boy since October, I am going to go collect my cat from the vet and play video games.
Don’t take much, I’m easily entertained.
Can’t wait to watch the McCain/Huckabee ticket destroy talk radio & Faux News
Chertoff is surely high on the list?
With all due respect, I don’t see Chertoff as even being on the radar. What does he have to offer? McCain is his own best advocate for all things security, while Huck brings the nuttiest evangelical vote….
Kickin’ ass while earnestly praying – what more could the Repub’s possibly hope to offer?
I haven’t gone back through the comments but I just wanted to make sure that people read this excellent piece from Group News Blog:
http://www.groupnewsblog.net/2…..ircus.html
It occurs to me that while we’re debating the relative strengths and weaknesses of the Obama/Clinton choice to determine ourr nominee, Republicans are reduced to choosing the least fucked up of their candidates. Or most fucked up, as the case may be.
Study: Obama most liberal senator last year
A new study suggests Obama had the most liberal voting record in 2007.
(CNN) — Barack Obama has demonstrated his appeal to independent voters and even some Republicans as he campaigns for president, though a just-released study from the National Journal indicates the Illinois Democrat was the most liberal senator in 2007.
Cool! Do you play Quake?
Well, to be honest, I was trying to think of the vilest of candidates.
I have some real questions about their statistical model, I have to say. Not sure how NJ came up with that. The funniest part of that whole study, though, was that McCain didn’t cast enough roll call votes for them to do any real assessment of him. *G*
You’re welcome – Hippo Birdies and stuff – and I hereby promise to not go into another existential meltdown on my next birthday…
(or at least not here…)
Yea, I just saw the headline pop and thought it was worth a shout.
Can you have dual citizenship and be on the national ticket?
Here’s McCain, having a ball (nudge, nudge, wink, wink).
http://sparklepony.blogspot.co…..ccain.html
St. John would go for Huck, for the evangelicals vote. Condi to make the Bushes happy, and counter the black vote if Obama gets the Dem nomination. But perhaps…just perhaps…he’ll make Dick Cheney the head of his search committee….
Yea, and I promise to stay out of trouble.
signed
Father Flannigan
Have to admit thats a new one to me.
Oh, Beth, that’s just so wrong…the Cheney teaser…
More on Bush’s non-visit to San Francisco, via Froomkin:
Because he’s afraid to come inside our city limits, Bush made the presentation to the Lowell High School student at our airport, which is in San Mateo County. The kid had to go to the airport to get his award.
LOL…
Will the campaign come to Republics shouting “liberal! liberal! liberal” as their main strategy? Bush has damaged the conservative brand, but I’m not confident that the Democrats can be coherent enough to point that out.
So, let’s see. That’s fear of:
– Horses
– San Francisco (or maybe, fear of Teddy…)
What else?
That’s exactly why Jane’s plan to have Harry Reid bring up McCain-Kennedy to embarass Old Lord McCain into casting a vote on it won’t work: McCain never goes to work anymore. Not even for the SOTU.
well hop in the arena and maybe i’ll see you there :D
Fear of any opposing words
Fear of anyone not vetted as being a Kool-aid quaffing true believer
I assume that Bush’s people made sure that young Mr. Berwick wasn’t, ahem, you know, gay or anything.
Is that right? If so, why would he want to be prez, which would seem to require some work? Does he intend to be cermonial only?
That was the National Journal who rated Obama as the most liberal. They did the same thing to Kerry in 2004.
There’s lies, damn lies, and there are statistics!
Of course Malkin won’t vote for McCain – her entire schtick is being the xenophobic anchor-baby brown chick who hates immigrants.
Was Arnold there or is he staying as far away as possible? He was with St. McCain earlier.
George Bush and Dick Cheney ought to be tied like a tin can to the bumper of any GOP car that takes to the electoral highway.
in Cheney’s case it was a shotgun wedding.
NO, they are going to shout coward coward coward, white flag of surrender, traitor. . .you know, that kind of stuff.
he’s startin’ to smell the power. I’m sensing a growth spurt of imperiousness.
I saw the pics yesterday in the Chron and was trying to come up with a good caption to this one
From a Wingnut I just spoke with: Giuliani’s appeal is his offer of the biggest tax cut in history. John McCain, when pressed, wil tell you what he thinks. Hillary will tell you waht you want to hear.
With Permanent Vice President Cheney in place, any President is ceremonial. Just look at the Bush years.
How bout “get a haircut”.
What if he doesn’t pray correctly?
I’m late, but it’s a really good post, Christy. I particularly like the part about making sure McCain’s and Romney’s noses are thoroughly rubbed in the Bush Administration. They need to both be shown to be continuations of the Bush administration. Leave no enemy uninvaded and no Article of the Constitution untrodden.
If their is any way we can subtly encourage Malkin and others with that position, it would be good.
So we should consider McCain to be a vanity candidate?
Malkins head exploded? Sounds to good to be true.
Larry Johnson has an interesting article up on Obama’s role in Kenya. Definitely worth chewing on.
George will be jealous.
“Hello tiny Preznit — here’s a soul handshake!”
“Sorry, I’m married but one of my daughters is still available”
And Barak will tell you
like a snow ball rolling down the side of a snow covered hill(it’s growing)like the size of
the fish that the man claims broke his reel(it’s growing)like the rose bud blooming in the
warmth of the summer sun (it’s growing)like the tale by the time its been told by more
then one (it’s growing
Every day it grows a little more then it was the day before my love for you just grows and
grows ooooh how it grows and grows and where it’s going to stop I’m sure nobody knows
…and then, Malkin’s head exploded.
When did she start drummimg for Spinal Tap?
My grammar and spelling are actually better than that. It’s the keyboard.
That would be drumming.
Interesting that Bush was in California all day yesterday, and yet was The Forgotten Man at the debate last night.
It’s Growing (YouTube)
salut, Queb!
That’s exactly the kind of naive bone-headed (giving it the most generous interpretation) that I am worried about with Obama. He just isn’t mature enough to be U.S. prez, and we don’t know enuf about him. This from the link:
Bonjour Punaise.
Happy happy Busted!
The real T’s!
Tops Baby
My very first album was the Temptations Live At The Rooster Tail
After these last seven years, and the coming one, they couldn’t have said it better:
Baby, I need some loving… Stop!
Such a time it was.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/…..n-warming/
Think Progress on the Jake Tapper sludging of Bill Clinton.
CNN hits Obama with the “L” word.
link
And for you young people
She used to be my girl
My first Temptations album was Wish It Would Rain
Truth.
Dangit, you guys are gonna make me drag out all my Motown CDs tonight, aren’t you? *g* I sense a whole new iPod folder in my future…
I think that was my third or fourth – A bit of a Temps fan in the day.
And I still have them all.
Here is some time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB0nt22Sgi8
As was mentioned earlier in the thread, there might be some questionable methodolgy in the “study” from National Journal
I needed to be entertained. I picked the right thread for giggles. Back to lurking.
Cloud Nine was my favorite, playing it loud on an 8-track in my father’s bright orange ‘69 Camaro RS.
Hey Pups…
I heard that pinheaded Mark Levin call St. John “MacLame” the other night as I was tuning around the dial.
Isn’t that teh clever!
Motown has da sound.
Motown makes me move. Hard rock hurts my head.
I was more of a “purist” and didn’t care all that much for the psychedelic Temptations. Once David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks left, I kind of lost interest.
Although I have seen them about half a dozen times over the years and each time there was one fewer original member.
Happy Birthday Busted!
Is your birthday twin around?
I guess a voting record is in the “eye of the beholder”…The “progressive Punch” methodology seems to give a reasonable ranking..It is also the one that Howie Klein uses. If I am trying to evaluate from a voting record..I will usually use Progressive Punch and several others including ACLU. I will then look at the C of C rating, National Asso of Manufactures to see if they have an opposite ranking.
My interests soon changed as well, as I embraced the music of the Mothers of Invention.
“Kondracke concludes: “The bottom line on Bush is that he seems utterly convinced in the rightness of what he’s been doing these seven years. ‘We must be confident in what we stand for and not feel like we have to subsume our interests, our beliefs, in order to reach a kind of unanimity in the world,’ he said. “
The above is from a Morton Kondracke interview with Bush. It attributes the last sentence to Bush (note the single quotation marks). I say Kondracke either made up the quotation from whole cloth or taught Bush the meaning of the word subsume ten minutes before the interview and then gave him an opportunity to use it. The man does not spray words like subsume unless someone has been giving him vocabulary lessons.
Dam Busted I meant to give you a little b-Day music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Nz9B1XFio
You are supposed to listen to it, not bang your head against one
;-)
I wound up going through the Rock pantheon back to da blooz
Don’t be afraid of the BigMedia anymore. Embrace the word Liberal. I think that’ll actually help Obama, since he might start picking up more of us-type folks, who have been worried that he’s too “centrist.”
We’ve gotta stop caring about what Lush Limpballz and Bill O’Vibrator say. Obama has ignored them, and he’s still gaining a lot of Repubs and “moderates.”
LOL
I’ve given up ‘08 prognostication (Gore vs. Thompson isn’t looking too good right now), but if either Democratic candidate can’t beat this bunch they ought to dissolve the party.
Seriously. Just dissolve the party and go home.
After Pres. McFlightsuit’s performance the last 7 plus years, an economy teetering on disaster, scorn and ridicule focused at us around the world, this election shouldn’t even be close.
That seems like total bull to me. Any link to support the outrageous claims didn’t work. When searching “Obama Dick Morris Kenya” I couldn’t find anything not associated with Atlas Shruggs or other freakshow Web site (no offense to freaks). Those claims seem utterly ridiculous. Has Larry been drinking from the same well as Taylor Marsh?
Just reading the comments to the HotAir post tells me why the right wing blogs are so awful. These people are in a parallel universe where only uber macho white control freaks live and make all the rules. These people need a good dose of reality but I’m afraid when reality bites them on the ass they won’t know what it is.
TeddySanFran: “McCain will pick Condi Rice as his running mate.”
Ha, Ha…:o)
Rice is going to bail on the whole shittaree sometime this summer.
that is, if she wants to avoid a career segue to be cleaning urinals at Bob Jones University…which Dr. Rice very much does. The clock is ticking away on her chances of re-entering the groves of academe with the Iraq turd-lei hanging around her neck.
What graduate course is she going to teach…”How I helped george bush ignore that PDB a month before 9-11, in which the FBI informed us that OBL would use hijacked airliners to attack the U.S.”?
Or maybe:
“How I fed the 9-11 Commission so much bullshit that it was coming out of their ears.”?
Not even McCain is stupid enough to put her on his ticket. I only wish.