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IRVINE, CA. Speaking from a hastily constructed pillow fort in the rumpus room, noted conservative talk radio host, writer, constitutional law professor, soldier, superhero, astronaut, cowboy, and spy Hugh Hewitt has announced his determination to throw a furious tantrum unless Republican candidate John McCain is awarded the presidency over his rival, Democrat Barack Obama. "BAD MAN! Bad Obama!" declared Hewitt, his entire body quivering with heart-rending sobs. "Obama BAD! BAD OBAMA! BAD!"
After ten minutes of gentle crooning, an FDL reporter was able to persuade Mr. Hewitt "to use his words."
"Obama has never run anything or faced any significant political crisis in his life requiring the expert exercise of wisdom and judgment, much less this perfect storm of crises," said Mr. Hewitt, sniffling piteously and rubbing his eyes with his knuckles. "Clearly, we cannot entrust the future of our great nation to a well-known Great Big Poopyhead such as the junior senator from Illinois."
"Obama’s rise has been because of machine politics and hard-left coalitions, and his past is checkered with the most radical and the most corrupt sort of characters imaginable," continued Mr. Hewitt, stressing that Mr. Obama has a "thorough-going contempt of ordinary Americans." Mr. Hewitt then deplored "liberals" for their use of absurd, over-the-top rhetoric when describing the current president, George W. Bush: "The hard left’s seven year rage against George Bush has disfigured the politics of the country." The FDL reporter on the scene was so impressed by these comments that he was momentarily deprived of the ability to create a snarky reply and instead quoted directly.
But upon being presented with a Kleenex, a juice box, and a cookie, Mr. Hewitt elaborated upon his condemnation of Mr. Obama. "The world’s financial system is teetering, and the estrangement between the American people and their government has never been this deep in modern times," he solemnly declared. "And this is all the Democrats’ fault, as they are fartybrains. Would that the Legacy Media would report on this, but they are biased, and fartybrains as well, as is generally acknowledged."
"Moreover," he continued, "Mr. Obama and his hard-core socialist allies are solely responsible for the incident involving rubbing Play-Doh into the cat, despite their unconvincing protestations to the contrary." Mr. Hewitt bashfully declined to answer a reporter’s repeated queries about the "Blue’s Clues" Band-Aid covering up the scratch marks on his cheek.
Upon being asked if he would have preferred that Mrs. Clinton had prevailed in the Democratic primary, Mr. Hewitt shrieked hysterically and concealed himself once more in the pillow fort, refusing to emerge until the reporter promised never to talk about "the scary lady" ever again. The reporter was also requested not to refer to vampires, snakes, zombies, or anything connected with the state of Michigan.
A different response was elicited when Mr. Hewitt was asked his opinion of Mr. McCain’s running mate, Governor Sarah Palin, as Mr. Hewitt grinned, remained silent, and gently but insistently touched the teddy-bear area of his footie pajamas.
The reporter hastened on to a new topic, inquiring as to Mr. Obama’s foreign policy qualifications. "A confrontation with Iran looms and instability in Pakistan grows. The Islamist threat has been beaten back in Iraq, but continues to nurse its fanatical hatreds in many other places, from Waziristan to London. Also they are going to attack the Empire State Building, where I, Captain Hughie, am going to fight them off with my Super Big Jesus Gun!!" claimed Mr. Hewitt, making several "kapow" and "bang" noises and making a "cape" from a pillowcase. "I’m a super-hero like McCain-Man, my BFF FOREVER!"
"Let’s see that Commie Obama do THAT! Whee!" Mr. Hewitt exclaimed, upon which he fell nose-first onto the carpet and recommenced weeping, at which point his caregivers informed the reporter that the radio host was "over-stimulated" and in dire need of a "time out," one that for his own health would preferably last at least through November.
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Aloha, Thers!
thers!
I need a pillow fort. It’s the first wingnut construct that I envy.
The sun will go supernova in a billion years and it’s ALL THE DEMOCRATS’ FAULT!!11!1!!
the milky way will be sucked into the black hole at its center and it will be all the democrats’ fault!
The gas is leaking from the cadaver of the decaying modern day Republican Party….
Expect these noisy and smelly emissions until further notice.
-G
Evening.
Whew, Hugh, please lay off of the Kool Aid…
Hewitt actually sort of defies parody. That 4th paragraph up there is all direct quotes, really…
You gotta sign up over there to leave comments. That sucks. I need to bleach my computer now.
Hugh needs his diaper changed and a complete, comprehensive psychiatric diagnostic workup. Is Dr K in the house?
thers, I believe the really important people (RIP) are still all aflutter. You can’t expect them to think this close to The Debate, can you? Also.
Baby Hew-y needs a new gig. Maybe the woman who sleeps with separatists can find him a nice little igloo up on the North Slope.
Huh? The Chicago Machine is not Left they are probusiness they just want to make sure that they get their cut and thats the Dems and GOP in Illinois.
Helping unemployed steelworkers is hard left? I thought that heping people when they are down was a JUDEO CHRISTIAN VALUE?
You know those words that the GOP loves to say but I don’t think that they know what it really means.
We haven’t heard much about The Mister, also, have we?
They think Sarah P is pretttttty.
Good evening Thers! How’s your weekend going?
Naw, leave the dirty diaper in place and after a while no one will come near him.
Well, as a former Wall St economist, who is considered to be right wing by the folks in New Paltz, NY, I would say I resemble the far left that Hewitt is worried about. Funny, I never had a client walk out of a presentation because of my political view. Kept them out of the discussion and people seemed to think I actually looked at the evidence. How radical is that? Think that in the 8 years since I’ve been gone, the hard right on Wall St. has cemented in.
Stressed, actually — have a manuscript due Monday.
Great Big Poopyhead will win despite Mr. Hewitt’s caterwauling. He sounds just a tad nuts.
great post Thers.
At the rate they are going, they are all going to be too occupied “fapping” to actually vote. Not that that would be a bad thing.
McCain, failure that he is is now going to inflict his loserdom on all of the nation with a boatload of bile and hatred.
Palin is going to be the smiling face of fascist gutter politics.
These are miserable people and they are going tot try to make us all miserable losers along with them…..
Impetuous children ready to knock down the card house because they play with it themselves.
-G
Hey Peckerhead, spit out the fucking cookie and open yer Seventh grade history book.
After eight fucking years of the Bush administration, that is what “Our Childrens” are being ‘Learnt with”.
Asshole.
But but but.
Lick me where I pee.
they ‘can’t’ play with it…..
The other fun thing about this is that during the GOP primaries Hewitt was McCain’s Deadliest Foe.
Hewitt is the ultimate wingnut hack, and that is going some.
On second thought, call in David Vitter, diaper expert.
*clutching pearls*
hey busted – i see you are in fine form tonight
Invest in Kleenex & Jurgens Lotion is my advice. Safest place to keep your retirement funds as long as Palin’s in the picture.
…and some nights the Moderators turn a blind eye…
That’s hot!
-Rich “Fap-Fap” Lowry
Palin should release an exercise (exorcise) video. The wingnuts would pay top dollar to watch her sweat to the oldies (oo ee, oo ah ah, ting-tang, walla-walla bing-bang).
I just noticed how much Hugh Hewitt looks like a bleach-blond Stephen King (only scarier).
Wouldn’t have thought you were a pearl clutcher. Do you really own pearls, or is that a figure of speech? Don’t reveal if you don’t want to.
Woohoo today I received my early voting mail in ballot…..
Would that my rage could disfigure!
Have to say that there seems to be rather an epidemic of unrequited lust among the male segment of wingnuttia (and perhaps some of the females – I’m looking at you, K-Lo).
figure of speech – referencing lil debbie and her pearl clutching
That is his usual form.
How many? Don’t forget to vote often.
I figgered.
…Think that in the 8 years since I’ve been gone, the hard right on Wall St. has cemented in.
Not just on Wall Street, eCAHN, the Congress too…!
It really isn’t good for you to hold it all in like that……
eCHAN, left you a pie crust recipe epu’d on the last thread.
Seemingly everywhere, except in the polls. Have a union lawyer friend who is so discouraged that he says that the polls lie, and country is much more right wing than the polls say. We shall see.
I always thought Duvall as Boo Radley in “Too Kill a Mockingbird.” Only creepier.
Going to find it. Thanks.
AZ Matt,
Notice that ya don’t see me opininionate much lately.
Sometimes I am just not polite company.
What a surprise.
It explains a lot of their angst. Factor in Republicans believing kids should receive all their sex
edat home… the ones that lack siblings must really be frustrated.Watched it last night….Wonder if Duvall was always a rightwingnut, even then?
-G
I think Queen Latifah is playing Gwenn Ifill on SNL.
I was reading over a Kos diary that Tina Fey is doing her next installment of Palin on SNL tonight. With Fey spoofing Palin and Letterman kicking McCain the McCalin ticket is toast.
Lying is a persistent problem with survey (and other forms of interview) data. However, the data are far too consistent over too long a time for that to be the likely case. Lying tends not to be that consistent, either between individuals or over time with the same individuals.
Hewitt would be the guy Boo saved the kids from.
Alright Busted. I hear ya. You’ve really energized the potty mouth base in which I proudly include myself.
Fuckin A.
I printed it out, but I have rolling pin anxiety. I’ll let you know if I give it a try. Thanks.
BTW, Thank’s Lurk.
I do appreciate a break now and then.
It’s not an everyday thing.
Usually I tear it up at my own place.
I think Queen Latifah is playing Gwenn Ifill on SNL.
It’s on now – with Tina Fey
ya know, I read Palin’s remark about Barack palling around with domestic terrorists and felt like runnin over here and callin’ her a C-word But I understand that’s verbotten here and I like it here and don’t wanna get kicked out. But
twhat to call her?Looks like Obama is prepared to kick Crusty the Senator right back in the chops….
McCain told the media that “they are looking to change the subject from the economy” and Obama is gonna hit back.
-G
We can’t moderate while rolling on the floor.
And we love ya for it, Lurk! Jayt restrain the rugby players…
The fucking hypocritical wife of a secessionist traitor.
A fucking sanctimonious shitheel.
-G
Beerfart Liberal ,
A box of rusty hammers won’t get ya Moderated……
opening bit of SNL was hysterical
Mavericky.
SNL fabulous! What an opening! The VP debate, debated… we split our sides.
But it could get ya hammered.
Or cheap wrenches…? ;-)
Distinguishing between Palin and Tina Fey’s impression of her becomes more difficult with each passing day.
Bob Ewell! Played by a genuine mean, angry, trashy alcoholic who was also a method actor & liked to tell Gregory Peck off during filming. Forget the actor’s name off the top of my head, but that he was in real life nasty too always amused me.
Thers: Thanks for the note on Hughbie Hewitt. You really captured him. I am a superfan of Hugh’s and like to comment there on occasion though dialogue with the regular denizens there seems impossible, at least for me. However, merely reading Hugh’s posts doesn’t really give the whole Hugh experience. I recommend listening to Hugh at least once to fully appreciate the studied certitude and upbeat zealotry of his vocal stylings. “Morning Glory!” The term “apparatchik” comes immediately to mind. Love Bufo
Shit. Can’t find the remote!!! Let’s go kiddies!!! Everybody up!!!!!!
No spoilers ….. it is two hours away…..
I am reading the live blog of SNL over the Kos diary and it sounds as if it is going to be funnier than the last.
So i’ve heard. Cant’ wait till it shows up on Youtube or some other way. :D Sounded like they didn’t miss a beat this week.
As we slip into financial panic, meltdown and disaster, it becomes obvious that neo-cons hate the “hard left” more than they hate muslims. But neo-cons are burdened with their oh so heavy burdens, sad. Hanky please.
TexBetsy.. Workin’ on it honey.Smooches, I am SO proud of ta fer MPS and The Beach house!
Shit. I missed it. Yeah. Pleasant dreams ya little snotnosed brats. And next time ya wanna watch Spongebob, ya can go fuck yerselfs. Where is my remote???????????????!!!!!!!!
James K. Anderson, died of a heart attack at the age of 48. Who knew that chronic alcoholism and unresolved anger-management issues could be bad for a person?
thanks
I have been trying out new names for McCain/Palin. My current favorite is “Winky and the Maverick”. It has that sit-com feel, though the actual show is more “real TV”. Canned laughter would be a plus.
I also like Johnny Anger or Senator Gramps.
The blitz of negativity from the McCain is intended to get Obama to lose it somehow. The reason McCain is allowing this tack? Because he is losing it himself.
bring on the town hall.
I canna stand more than a few minutes of his vocal stylings at a pop. Though I’ve long followed his work on the inter-tubes.
ratfood,
SHIT!!! I need to make a will yesterfucking day!
Now I know what I have to look forward to… thanks ratfood!
;~P
i’m partial to winkie and blinkie myself
Bill Maher suggested The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
McCain’s gonnnnnaaaa blowwwwwwww!
-G
Winkin’, Blinkin’, and Nod.
This:
Saturday Night Live Thursday Weekend Update
is airing this Thursday night at 9:30pm.
What night is the debate?
OK. Found the remote. Too late. it’ll be on Youtube, yes? Next debate is the Townhall? That’s McSame’s best format. He owns it, man. As long as people can ask “How’s you’re mom doing?” Who’s the moderator?
Don’t bother. All your belongings are belong to us.
Chimpco, etal.
hey – it’ll be up somewhere in about an hour….
Last week, HuffPo had it first.
Tuesday evening…..
Palinocchio and Mc$hame
tuesday ain’t it? hope so. that’s when i’m tuninm in for it.
Sarah…?
Protest of Palin event in Orange County
the pictures are priceless….
Puddin’ & pie
Oh, that’s easy.
Tina Fey’s impressions never go on for more than 5 minutes at a time.
winkie and blinkie. Nice. Have that whole Palin “I won’t blink” thang and the Johnnie the strobe blinker thing. Plus it reminds me of “Twinkie Winkie”. May fallwell rest in peace
ok. Good. I’m gonna crank it up and wake up those snots who lost my remote.
Digg is open.
Oh yes, that’s yer man.
McCain is “erratic in a crisis“…..
New Obama ad hits McCain with the truth.
-G
Dang!
No hits?
Dang.
:(
.
here it is:
And yes, I was scared this week when I saw her (on the news) descending down a very long flight of stairs (from her campaign jet) in her very high heels carrying her 5-month-old baby boy, Trig.
That says a lot about how the McCain campaign feels about her. And that really, really scares me since it seems like some kind of child abuse or McCain abuse. One slip, and whoosh…bye bye Sarah and child. The fact that she would carry her baby around like a sack of potatoes is one thing that absolutely scares me about Sarah Palin, Governor Perry.
So, yes, I am scared of her. Horrified. Completely.
Hell, he is erratic when everything is going smoothly. Glad to see that Obama is hitting back immediately and going after McCain’s (lack of) character.
dugg and thanks for opening it
oops.
Really? OY!
Click the links, damn youse!
The McCain campaign attempting to tie Obama to Bill Ayers is like linking McCain to Jane Fonda because they were in Hanoi at the same time.
look again
I can think of a pair that both start with “C”.
One is “Coot”…
Right on cue, the smears start in earnest…
Somehow the fact that Obama was but a mere lad at the time is lost on them…!
Jane suggested Winky & Wrinkly. I like it.
ola pups
hysterical post thers
back after baking up apple cake and as a special treat for mr and the soccer players (they play every sunday), I made a caramel walnut upside down banana cake and have made chicken w/ almonds and green olives. They will eat good tomorrow and I’ll be over in vegas a canvassing
As is the fact that Todd Palin was, and may still be, a member of the treasonous Alaskan separatist party which advocates secession from the United States, making him guilty of sedition.
Winky & Wrinkly aka The Sphincter Twins.
OT: Nate Silver (fivethirtyeight.com) has posted a Senate-race update and now projects the election of 19 Dems to 16 Republicans, a pickup of seven seats for the Dems, one more than earlier in the week:
He has way more information on the Senate races at: http://www.fivethirtyeight.com…..e-104.html
very good. and to think. the people McCain has now improved his campaign????
Heh, IOKIYAR…! How soon you forget…! ;-)
LOL
Senator
Joan RiversElizabeth Dole is falling behind in North Carolina:That spending deficit and the economic reverberations are being felt most strongly in North Carolina, where Hagan appears to have moved into a lead over Dole. The DSCC has spent more than $3.5 million on ads painting Dole as out of touch with average North Carolina voters, and even Republicans acknowledge that the attacks have taken their toll. Independent polling puts Hagan’s lead at three to eight points.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..03699.html
Bless her heart…
Hiya Wobbs,
I want to live at your house! I made a huge lasagna that took two hand to get it out of the oven.
Strange that Nate didn’t mention Franken’s taking the lead over Norm Coleman…!
I see you are going all Southern on her. ;-)
ohlord.
Nice of Todd to venture out of the fortified Palin compound to accompany Sarah on the campaign trail.
(bows) Konnichiwa Wobbs
Back after vigil at BayWalk and a couple brews with old friends. Were all the Rethugs Raptured while I was gone? No? Damn.
I see you are going all Southern on her. ;-)
yeah – I feel just awful about her situation….
Franken is up, isn’t he? I saw something (I think at Daily KOs) that Barack is being outspent by McCain by 10 times in MN for TV and McCain is still losing. Polls are close, but outspending Obama 10-1 on TV advertising….Pull outta Minnesota? Aw. Do we haveta? Todd & I would love to go there. It’s like, cold and I come from America’s only Arctic state.
Franken is way up in one poll, & down in another. Weird situation. 538 had something on it.
Palin and McCain both have personality disorders. McCain cannot find his and Palin over plays hers.
bless her little heart
And, in reality, neither actually has one.
Hope I’m not standing anywhere near when all their naked behinds go sailing up yonder.
Yep. They play at having both personalities and hearts.
That’d be why Nate is holding off on calling it…! He is very particular in calling it one way or another…! He’s awesome!
I’m fading fast, so I think I will head to bed. Take care and enjoy the snark.
question for the techies out there. just hooked up my kid’s tv to the cable-ish box in my room (Uverse). anyway, sound is fine most of the time, but on some commercials it seems like all the sound is only coming from the left speaker. what did i do wrong? can’t seem to find a mono/stereo setting on either the tv or the uverse box.
oooh lasagna used to be one of my favorites *g*
and the 3rd guy in, I thought it would hurt Franken by him being there…. MN voters are weird. i love ‘em.
Aloha, Dr. D!
McCain and his handlers are doing their utmost to keep his personality well hidden until after the election.
((SD)) sounds like a relaxing evening
boa noite dr dick
G’nite, Doc.
I’m out too, see y’all.
Norske was ranting about it last nite, saying the third party candidate was hurting Franken…!
I cannot figure out how he ever convinced anyone he was other than anything but a complete prismatic asshole.
We have an awesome Italian deli here that has all the chefs in town buying along with the “neighborhood” — the old guys behind the deli counter give me all their secrets.
I’m sure he will be the very picture of decorum if/when he loses, and returns to the loving arms of the United States Senate.
g’nite dr dick
You’re dreaming, Dood! Btw, did ya see my latest post?
I myself baffled why anyone would trust Norm Coleman with a burnt-out match, much less a Senate seat. The man is… not smart.
Aloha, ratfood!
g’nite ratfood
Right out of Jerry Springer at BayWalk. Interesting evening. Lot of cars with young folks, white and AA, yelling “Obama” as they passed us. The Rethugs are f*ked.
I’m sure he will be the very picture of decorum if/when he loses, and returns to the loving arms of the United States Senate.
Where his first order of business will be to roam the Capitol, looking around for Chuck Hagel, so he can punch him in the throat.
That should eat up the first week or two…
OK, I is to bed also. Niters.
same league as sarah?
G’nite to the sleepy ones.
Hey Newt!
This man scares the stuffing out of me… when he loses, I think he will implode.
Another layer to the all-out Mccain negative blitz beginning now might relate to the Palin abuse of power report due this Friday.
If they can temporarily push the negativity to the apex of the absurd, perhaps they think the Palin report will drown and be washed away with the bulk of the Mccain campaign debris.
you’ll have to share with me one day as mr loves lasagna and it would be great to make now that it is getting chilly
Hey, if they’ll elect Jesse Ventura as Guv, the sky’s the limit… Not that I don’t dislike the ‘Body’, but…
g’nite thers – have fun working on your manuscript with the deadline monday.
music to my ears *g*
The Sunday morning film stars retired Senator and Vietnam war veteran John McCain as a bitter, has been politician in his waning days….
Enjoy our presentation of A Lyin’ in Sphincter.
-G
Aloha, Thers! Mahalo for another excellent post!
Not yet but the folks at St Pete For Peace who make up the leaflets and such will get a lot of links from your site manana. Going to use some of the pix from GG’s Flickr site in our flyers along with info from some of the sites.
when he loses, I think he will implode.
My money is on:
a) explosion,
b) mid to late October.
teaching at 10 am. better call it a night.
g’nite pups!
Suz, do you have the Late,late honors tonite?
How’s your research into Kundalini going?
they have to change the conversation to one of character because they lose on everything else. Actually they lose on the character issue too but don’t tell them that
Per Professor Hewitt:
This morning FDL commenter katymine posted an excellent response to such nonsense:
Hi Chris!
I am impatient, and I want Obama to just snap him in two (figuratively, of course). As much as I would like to see McCain blow himself up with an untimely tantrum, I trust Obama, warily, to bring home the election.
Then let McCheese sulk for 3 months. He deserves every painful moment. He has debased all the good he ever did.
Aloha, Muffin! Pain Free sleep wishes!
i wanna watch that jaw muscle pulse faster and faster knowing its gonna be one hella meltdown and am betting that when he blows, he’s gonna take others down with him
boa noite TexBetsy and Thers
He actually did some good deeds…?
Lasagne secrets: email me at: cedmonson@clevelandart.org
P.s. buy cheese at a deli, and not a grocery store. WRITE ME!
t’aint sat nite without a cartoon
pain free sleep wishes tex
If it happens, I hope RGJoe and Huckleberry are standing real close.
The more I read, the more it calls to me. I can’t thank you enough for the link. I stayed up quite late reading and bookmarking *g*
wicked evil laugh
there are too many on my list – i’m gonna have to cull who gets culled
you’ll have to share with me one day as mr loves lasagna and it would be great to make now that it is getting chilly
I could give you mine…
Or you could just read it off the Stouffers box.
You *do* have a microwave, right?
The tricky part is keeping the cellophane-y stuff from drooping down onto the cheesy stuff….
Ruins the presentation otherwise.
I definitely will write you *g*
thanks for the tip
RGJoe lives up McCheese’s ass. I am very happy that, as goes the campaign (possibly the worst-run national campaign in history), so go the hangers-on.
Their change of tact was mentioned on the NPR headlines at midnight. It’s not going to help them. McSFB and crew attempt to trash Obama’s character and Obama and surrogates talk issues. Folks aren’t interested in McSFB’s slobbering whining. Palin in Clearwater’s Coachman Park Monday morning and tickets are gone. Guess we might have to crash the party. We can cover the route between parking and the venue. Northern Pinellas County is Rethug, southern part leans more Dem. Clearwater is in the northern part. Should be fun.
thanks y’all
Rolling pin anxiety is what the saran wrap cures. You’ll
be surprised. This doesn’t require a deft touch. I’m
far from an accomplished pastry cook.
It’s a soft greasy dough, you could almost press
it into the pan without rolling. But you want to keep it cold.
Could probably even do the job with a wine bottle .
Just lightly roll/press, it won’t rip and you can drop
it from the wrap into the pan. (trim after the pie is assembled)
I also chill the saran wrap, but I’ve gone nutz for chilling
now I understand it’s key.
I’m typing the Cooks Illustrated apple pie filling recipe for
you. Catch you with that later.
Hey friend– all you say. Please let me watch BO take the oath of office in January 2009. And I will always love Joe Biden, too, my Senator.
Oh, man, gag me with a spoon.
LOL after the take away pizza box fire, I won’t let him bring anything ready made in the house
Character is trumped by temperament. Temperament is the current people feel when they watch and listen. It hits people in the gut. For an opponent, no effort is required. Attacking character requires effort and skill and the very act risks exposing one’s own character.
I will be very proud and comforted with your Joe in there.
Oh, man, gag me with a spoon.
hey – it’s pretty good really.
Doesn’t even require much hot sauce….
They are going with the full press coverage, SD…!
That’s the Grey Lady… 8-(
My pleasure. There is something there, isn’t there? I think it connects one with the energy of the universe.
oh right on *g* there were some protestors at her SoCal rally
pfffttt – just the gray lady sucking up trying to get modo back on the plane
Just looked at 538. pretty scathing article about McCain ground operation in MO and in general. Conclusion- it blows. Wow. Read their live blog from St’ Louis of the VP debate. interesting. said at one point some people in the crowd at the debate were laughing at Palin.
Nate showed Colemens lead dropping from 61 to 57. Earlier today, he had this to say:
ridiculous! when obama was 8 years old when Ayers did all that besides didn’t the gray lady also say that the two aren’t close? ( I only did a cursory reading of the article)
Norske? Rant? I never…
Maybe he is. My friend from MN was telling me awhile ago that he’d hurt Franken. But i think Franken is doing better now than ever, no? Weird race.
Heh, that could be it…! ;-)
I have to tell you, I cried like a baby when Joe choked up on Thursday. We few, we happy few (sorry Shakespeare) will always defend our guy.
NPR mentioned the article. I think it’s going to backfire on them. Rove’s bullshit ain’t workin’ this time round. What they’ve done is make it possible to create small coalitions. We had a spur of the moment demo this morning (I didn’t hear about it until it was over) organized by the Uhuru Movement, an AA socialist group. Until now whitey has been excluded from their activities but this time they’ve reached out to the other groups in the area. Folks are beginning to come together.
absolutely. I feel very tied to the universe and have struggled to understand it and for that fact, explain it to others
that’s really pretty neutral reporting imo.
If anything, it’s pointing out that Ayers and Obama knew each other casually at most….
That is exactly what Norske was ranting about…! Yes, BFL, ranting about…! ;-)
Also this morning Phoenix Woman, who IIRC lives in St Paul, responded as follows to my questions about, what’s up with MN:
Hey wigwam……. Elmore is a smart man….. ;)
Man, things are so bad down here she’s just not going over. she’ll get a big crowd. got a huge one in O-town last weekend or 2 weekends ago. But from what I see, she;s much less popular than I thought she’d be. Good luck out there. Voter registration in Orange count is up over 44,000. 75% are declared Democrats.
I agree, but, it seems to encapsulate the full-court pressure that I mentioned earlier…!
Btw, How’s your son doing?
BTW, Palin’s BS didn’t start today – it started yesterday,. on guess what network?
Right.
Say It Ain’t So, Sarah: Palin Smears Obama With Year-Old Discredited Attack
As I said to someone earlier today, the civil portion of my vocabulary is running quite low, quite fast, wrt SP.
I consider Franken one of my heros and, via his books and radio show, one of my key mentors. I’d love to see him in the Senate.
Hey Katy. It was a great presentation, so I clipped it, and it sure is the right respnse to Hewitt and his ilk. Thanks for sharing it.
Yeah, that was an interestingly disarming moment. And the wolverine had to pull back when confronted with something real.
Btw, How’s your son doing?
Really good.
Thanks.
I gave up on the civil vocab a long time ago. I’ve found I love shocking the Puritans with my sailor vocab.
Really. I’m fr NJ originally and I love Joe. have for a long time. Look, (as Joe might say) he talks about that tragedy sometimes but he doesn’t exploit it like McCain does his POW experience. Definitely not a prepared bit. very real. just like Joe. stark contrast to the bogus beauty queen. Sure he says stupid shit sometimes (FDR on TV??) but I think he’s been a great pick and will be a great VP and I also think the Obama people think so too.
CT – is he still in the States?
Gee she can’t help it Newt she is a compulsory liar. It runs in the veins of all rethuglians…. Suz excepted:>)
When it comes to SP, I’m down to the Merchant Marine turns now.
Neighbors, close your windows and turn up your stereos when I’m watching her on the teevee.
The tragic part about it is the fact that it does ring true…
How else can a rational individual word it…? 8-(
He’s already outspent Obama on TV 10-1 and has zippo to show for it. he needs to play defense and go after PA. I can’t see him staying in MN much longer.
Who? Minnesotans? People who’ll elect Jesse Ventura as their Govenator are capable of most anything, as are those who’d elect Ahnold.
Heh, I was gonna follow up with Jay about whether or not his son had received his orders yet!
SPOILER ALERT –
The Tina Fey sketch is up.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…..31964.html
i don’t think mccain thought he was gonna win the nomination and did not plan his national campaign. everything about it seems to be reactive instead of planned – just look at his veep pick (eyes rolling)
oh – no, not yet. He’s still got about five more months of AIT.
I’d like to see him take whichever blond he prefers and move back to Hanoi. Better digs, of course.
late late nite upstairs
Yes, yes, dear BF. I grew up in Chadds Ford, PA and Wilmington DE. I agree with everything you say, and love him for the great things he has done in Congress, AND the stupid stuff he says. He is a great pick and I’ll defend him until they knock me down here in Cleveland. Go team Obama!
it will be nice to watch him concede election night and to see him limp back into the senate and finish out his senate term diminished
i’ve wondered about that. because he wrapped up his nomination waaay before Barack. I mean, by the time Obama wrapped up his, he needed a vacation. McCain had plenty of time to get his act together and was just horrendous.
who’s dune it? you?
BTW Chris – someday, Vice-President Biden will need to trot up to the Hill to break a tie (given the courageous Dems in the Senate). That will be a pleasure to watch.
I have to bite my tongue as Julie doesn’t want me to use my longshoreman language when SP is lying her way through a speachifying moment!
My sister asked today if I had seen the “Debate” and said she just couldn’t believe SP doing the wink wink winky thing… Said SP was totally unprofessional and the opening ploy “Can I call you Joe?” She ahs met both Senators from Mass and has introduced them at Chamber of Commerce (she was president of the local chamber) gatherings and would never presume to ask to call them Ted or John… She sure does not like the rethuglians!!
Kay Hagan ain’t the progressive we’ve all been waiting for, but she’s not Liddy Dole either.
Right! The stupid stuff cracks me up. I was concerned in the run up to the debate with what seemed like the unanimous view that Biden had to be nice to Plain because he couldn’t make her look dumb. i was saying “let Joe be Joe!” He played it great. Probably was a little more restrained than he might otherwise be. Maybe not. I thought he did well at first but I’ve gone back and read a transcript and watched it again today. He was excellent. My favorite Joe— Bush gave that “appeasement” speech to the Knesset.
Q. “Senator Biden do you have any comment?” A. “This is bullshit.”
yeah. i said up earlier that she almost got me banned ’cause the first thing I thought of when I read about her “palling around with terrorists” comment was a word I can’t say here. One of the few. But that’s the point she has me at.
There are lovely wimmin present, here and next door. Hence the “close the windows…”
Heh. Somebody who is connected with the energy of the universe and who also studies Wall Street would be what(?), a Dowist? :-)
Wow. She must have heard that. I read she hurried off the stage after, but I didn’t notice it myself.
Still, I don’t think that’s the right way to behave at such an important event. It’s just impolite. Ya gotta respect the process.
The appropriate story headline for the ‘fair and balanced’ McCain expose:
John McCain can’t deny having spent 5 1/2 years with Communists!
Have I said recently John McCain is old. Yeah, it’s true. He was around when the Universe could fit in a small Hilton hotel room.
I can imagine it now…
Sen. Pres.: The senator from Minnesota is recognized.
Franken: Thank you madam president. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to make a few observations with regard to Rush Limbaugh.
McConnell: I object madam president. We are not amused.
NOT gonna happen. He’s got 7 houses to move around between here…nice too.