fitz!

Why oh why did she not talk to Heather Wilson about the bargains at Cross Dress for Less?

EXCELLENT post watertiger! Thanks.

(Teddy, you have mail.)

Palin/Hasselbeck2012

Oh, but that it was a possibility…

Hot damn! They have started eating their own. This is going to get ugly. I had better stock up on popcorn.

Way to go old school, TP!

Sarah Palin, professional beauty contestant and hobbyist governor.

Nailed it.

Man, am I enjoying the meltdown of these a-holes down the home stretch.

So much ruffle fluff.

Crash and burn, baby, it’s what McCain does best.

oh. god. no.

I just would like to see the Rethugs screwed up for th next decade. The struggle between the country clubers/fiscals vs. the religious fanatics/militiamen.

imagine all the possibilities with all these great wingnut leading ladies, in 2012

Hasselbeck, Palin, Schmidt, Harris, Bachmann.

Just team ‘em up with the right wingnut gentlemen.. and watch the fireworks

But it is pure comedy gold.

Neither side has offered to take responsibility for apologizing to the RNC donors.

With McGramps having taken public financing, aren’t we all ‘on the hook’?

Not with the RNC picking up the tab…!

This came out of RNC coffers, not McStingyCheater’s pot.

Have a frosty one on me. 8-)

Wow, my wife’s a big fan of “Out of the Closet”… there’s one right down the street from where she works!

I just would like to see the Rethugs screwed up for th next decade. The struggle between the country clubers/fiscals vs. the religious fanatics/militiamen.

Not to worry. I think we’re well on our way there.

I wonder if they will dare launch the Rev. Wright ad with the clothing fiasco and Toobz getting convicted. They need to stay in the foxhole ’cause it’s raining ugly stuff on them.

This came out of RNC coffers, not McStingyCheater’s pot.

well then, feeling the need, as usual, to be a pain-in-the-ass, maybe I can pretend to be a pissed-off donor and tell ‘em I want my money back.

(”whaddya mean you don’t have any record of my donation?”)

Thanks, I do believe I will! Btw, I passed my High-Altitude physical and I got back in time to see the WS game suspended due to rain… ;-)

oh. god. no.yes!

Fixed it fer ya.

From our side of the fence you couldn’t ask for anything more.

If it really happens, then I might have to believe there really is a god and that she actually likes America.

Heh, just think of all those repugnant heads imploding over that ticket…! Priceless…! ;-)

Watertiger.
They have been watching you tear Pickles a new asshole every week when she comes out in a new set of drapes like clockwork.

You are a force to be reckoned with now that Mr. Blackwell has passed on.
RAAAAAWWWWR!

Stevens in the slammer.
Craig in the crapper.
Vitter in the diaper.

Oh, they are doing so well.

Just remember that the sound you hear on Nov. 4 is not the civil defense or storm warning sirens, but only the wailing of wingnuts.

I’d be happier if all of ‘em were in the slammer.

Bwa ha ha ha!
WT, if you had written this as comic story, no one would believe you.

“not since Pat Nixon’s Republican cloth coat…” Love it, love it, love it.
…Although, I never understood that – the Republican women I knew in the ’50’s, (when, growing up in Indianapolis, everybody I knew was Republican) tended much more toward the fur variety of coat.
Aanyway, this is pretty cool. I really must get more popcorn in before next Tuesday. heh.

Stevens will win anyway, then resign and Phalin will name herself senator.

Fortunately, Hawaii is located far enough away from any Red States that I’ll miss out on that noise…! ;-)

I haven’t looked it up myself, but in the car heard Nina Totenberg on NPR say that Alaska requires a special election, not governor appointment.
My thought – ‘whew!”

And bon bons or truffles.

Would it be too complacent to lay in a small bottle of (domestc) champagne?

AHF may not win a lawsuit unless they can show they are somehow in direct competition with AHF’s thriftstores.

Case in point: On Waikiki Beach there is a good burger joint named Cheeseburger in Paradise. Named for the Jimmy Buffett song, fersure fersure. But they opened before JB opened his restaurant minichain. They have an agreement with Buffett (they can’t open any more stores with the name, and IIRC they can’t sell the name), but JB can’t make them stop using the name.

Rachel is talking about that right now… The ads of last resort…!

Not when the most recent electoral map calculator shows Obama with over 370.

Don’t mess with Magic Johnson, the prime mover behind AIDS Healthcare Project. Stoopit Alaskans.

Thanks for that news.

Magic will take it to them and stuff it!

I remember that kerfluffle, it did shut down the attempt for a Maui outlet…!

OT – OMG!
Yo-yo Ma on Colbert – as I turned it on, he was saying, …”he probably thinks of me as ‘Joe the cellist.’”
Glad I wasn’t drinking.

A special election Iditarod?

Yeah, — you knew they hadda go there – they got NUTHIN’ else.

Geez, I wish I had a split screen tv – hate to miss any Rachel, but Yo-Yo Ma is great on Colbert. (and I got no DVR)

Stoopid Repugs … BO is ready and waiting for this …

Speaking of Rachel: per Atrios:

No one could’ve predicted…That if you put someone on the teevee who reflected the views of the sizable chunk of the country they would have a big audience.

Brian Williams couldn’t do it. Neither could Joe Scarborough, Rita Cosby, Dan Abrams, Ashleigh Banfield, Deborah Norville or Alan Keyes.

But MSNBC’s new 9pmET show did. The Rachel Maddow show topped CNN’s Larry King Live in the ad-friendly A25-54 demo during the month of October. King still wins the Total Viewer crown and FNC’s Hannity & Colmes is #1 in both measurements.

Ha ha ha ha!

Aloha, Petro! Did ya finally hire a publicist? BO was ready months ago for that BS…! ;-)

Look, I’d much rather be in our place than there’s…. but is anybody else nervous about next Tuesday?

Need $$$ to hire a publicist. Need to get the book published, so I can get $$$ to hire the publicist … *g*

Only that many Dems getting complacent and thinking it’s already in the bag…!

I have some residual nervousness (I do not trust these bastards at all), but fundamentally believe Obama will win. The polls for the popular vote are not even close and the electoral vote tallies look even better. If the polling data are even remotely true then it will be a monumental blow out that stretches far down ticket.

The Orlando -STRUCK BY MODERATOR- was on with O’Reiley tonight. She dumb. I’m nor buying the wingnut horseshit that West is spouting that Biden got mad at her for asking “tough questions.” In my view, Biden got mad at her for asking ridiculous questions.

~~~ModNote: Edited for content. That will get your comment moderated and possibly removed every time.~~~

A veritable Catch-22, eh? Bob Marley Fest 2010…? ;-)

It sure is nice to see Arizona turn pink…… would love it to see McCain loose AZ…. ok back to filling out my ballot…..

They did open a store in Maui (Lahaina, I think), but it has another name which I can’t remember right now.

That does not seem to be happening. So many early voters and everybody I hear about is going to vote. I think enough people are just nervous enough to make sure. I think there is also a desire to pile on after the past 8 years.

I’m a Democrat, of course I’m worried about Tuesday.

OK. Rachel needed to get talked down on this tonight and so do I.

Interesting.. obama is coming back here for the 2nd time in 10 days and they want a bigger venue. i dunno. He got 60,000 last Monday and I wonder if alot of people aren’t going to go see him again. It’s on Wednesday and there’s still no time or place set.

glad i’m not the only one. there are other florida people around but i think that’s gonna be tough to pull out.

Good night all.

Night Betsy.

What are the dates for the 2009 Festival ? ;-)

Keep positive Dood, the alternative sucks … *g*

Naw, I have plenty of beer.
The Pukes are going to get their walking papers, I actually think this is going to be the biggest landslide of my lifetime, judging by the crowds at Obama’s speaking stops, compared to McCains.
I can’t quite reconcile what I see with what Zogby and the MSM are coming up with.
Who ya gonna trust, yer lying eyes?

But the Hawaiian Store likely had prior rights since one cannot copyright a song title…and in any case, he had not used the name for a competing product at that point. So, in fact, they had precedent. In that case they were doing Mr. Buffet a favor. But they likely respected him enough to work out an agreement.

Aloha, Muffin! Pain-free sleep wishes…!

I concur with the good Doctor … Obama’s grassroots campaign is incredible and everybody is doing a full court press … no let up.

BF, do what you can. Get yourself to the polls and vote. Make sure your conscientious friends get to the polls and vote. Commiserate with your Repiglican [sic] friends about how useless it is to go to the polls this time around …

Be a poll observer if you have time. If you live in an area where Rovian ratfucking is a possibility, spend some time at the polls documenting Storm Trooper tactics or escorting people past the Brownshirts to the polling place.

Vote early. Vote once. But vote.

Su vota es su voz. Use yours, and help others use theirs.

He’ll be there with Bill Clinton …

Have a good night, Betsy.

The saga of Godz-Drilla from Wazilla and the McCain 5.

Saks, and Drugs, and Holy Rollin’

I’m going to be a poll watcher. I already have my hat and badge. I hope it’s a boring day.

The coming Charles Stuart gambit.

White folks made a hash of the US for 250 years.

Now a black guy is going to get blamed for all the collective shit that is coming down the pike.

Aint that something.

-G

we still don’t know when or where. i know some people who went last week that aren’t going again. It was a shitty job last week. Alot of people got stuck behind the areana and couldn’t see anything. I hope it works out.

Of course they had prior rights.

To prevail AHC would have to show that the Anchorage shop got the shop name from them (difficult, because it is a pretty obvious name for a consignment shop) and that they have a store in direct competition with AHC. Unless AHC has a shop in Anchorage the competition angle is going to be tough to prove.

Oh, yeah…

Then you’ve done your share and more. It’s going to be out of our hands shortly. Just keep telling yourself, “They can’t steal a landslide.”

Trying to show up punaise, C’ape? ;-)

True, but once he used the name for a product or service (burger joints) it became a trademark concern, not a copyright issue. You can usually establish a trademark just by using it, so long as there is no likelihood your customers will confuse your offerings with those from a existing source with a similar name. The Maui place was using “Cheeseburger in Paradise” before Buffet started selling burgers under that name, so they established use of that trademark in that market first, so it was theirs to keep. And as you say, they could have successfully sued Buffet to protect their burger store trademark… but instead did the adult thing and let it be.

But then again Hawaii seems to have a way of helping people finding the most important parts of things and usually doing the right thing in the end. Not always, but pretty often.

Withe the last four polls in Arizona,,,the race between the AZ-Man and the Saint should be in the Yellow Zone…not Pinko. I believe it’s now +2, +4, +5, and +7 McCain…averaging out to a 4.5% McCain margin. But the last poll was taken over a week and thus any trend would have to be toward the other polls. Consider that Rasmussen had Obama down 21% a month ago…and now he’s only behind by 5% with no serious campaigning…and McCain has to be at least a little concerned.

I think Barack’s preparedness will do him well. He is already conversing with the American public and will hold regular press conferences to remind them who made the mess, how big it is and what it will take to clean up … Repugs are gonna be in the wilderness for awhile …

Compare Barbara West questions for Biden and McCain. She’s an ignorant wench.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com…..9.htmlpage

And while we are mentioning her RNC purchased clothes…don’t they look like the Tim Gunn Style Guide of the ten essential things to have in a woman’s wardrobe? (Bravo show?)

Yes, well, that’s the corollary of “They don’t have to win it, they just have to get it close enough to steal.”

Here’s to landslides.

If the Republicans can still to this day try and blame Clinton for the terminal clusterfuck that the Bush administration has worked so diligently to perpetrate upon the world, I can force my CRS into submission for a few years and use the Google at every opportunity to put the turd right back in the pocket of it’s rightful owner.

Worst President, EVER.

I sincerely hope the American public can remember that too.

As far as Rachel’s talk down, for a lot of us old farts going to the polling place on election day is the way it’s done.

I’ve voted in every presidential election since 1972. The only times I voted absentee were 1972 (on the advice of the county registrar — I couldn’t register until I was actually 18 and it was too close to the election to be sure things would be taken care of) and 1980 (was in grad school in Kansas, legal residence was still California.) I haven’t missed many other elections.

Going to the polls is the way I’ve always done it. I’m not concerned about Rovian tactics — I know all of the poll workers by name and sight, and have worked with several of them on nonpartisan issues in the area. I’ll have my ID and voter registration ready, but I won’t need either of them.

I’m nervous, oh, yeah. I hear the reports of Rethugs still trying to cage votes, and get the courts in Ohio and elsewhere to order it, trying to get voters who have moved, or whosename doesn’ exactly match some public database like DMV or Soc Sec, and I really worry that this is how they will win this election.
Then there’s the confusing ballot thing, this time in North Carolina (aargh – can’t find the link at the NYT “This year’s butterfuly ballot”).

I worry because I just came back from visiting my 90-yr old Repub mother in Maryland. We both prefer to get along these days, so we avoid politics like the plague. But when my youngest cousin came down from PA (central), I heard Mom telling her she was hoping the polss would turn out to be like Dewey and Truman, and worse, that she was “worried about fraudulent votes.”

She falls for way too many ridiculous rethug stories–during the Clinton years I think she actually believed for a time that the Pres had ordered Vince Foster murdered.
I know these folks are out there, and they vote. So, yes, I’m nervous as hell.

The Senator from Illinois is cultivating a relationship with the American electorate. The Senator from Arizona is indulging in an extended abusive berating of the American electorate. Turns out the American electorate realizes it prefers to be in a stable, functional relationship, even though all that yelling was much more exciting. Turns out the American electorate’s all grown up now.

I had best head to bed. Those young minds do not corrupt themselves, you know.

…and McCain has to be at least a little concerned.

Heh, as bmaz pointed out a few days ago, McInsane will only do a sat-feed for his ‘victory’ party at the Biltmore in Phoenix…! Speaks volumes, eh?

Aloha, DD!

No, I was talking about the “Cheeseburgers in Paradise” situation. A song is not the same as a burger shoppe. And when the Waikiki emporium opened THEY were first…so if Senor Jimmy wanted to use the name he had to make a deal with the folks in the islands.

IF AHC trademarked the name “Out of the Closet”, and the services the stores offer are similar, they actually have a pretty good case. Trademarks are protected throughout the United States, and last I heard Alaska still is part of the US of A. I suspect the AHC stores were first. And they could make the case that the other store is benefiting from the perceived association with an AIDs charity, thus using their reputation, creating public confusion, and perhaps preventing potential expansion into the Anchorage market.

It is interesting that the media is not making a story about how close the Arizona polls are getting.

-G

G’nite Sir !

Are the Dems making a big push down there … by that I mean, any high profile visits ?

Remember, even if (God forbid)you’re in the hospital, you can call the board of elections and get them to bring a ballot to you (or at least that’s how it works in my area).
I didn’t know this a few years ago, and missed voting in a primary.

I blame McCain for planting in Bud Selig’s mind that it is okay to “suspend” the World Series.

Hey Margot! Snow here at rush hour! We couldn’t believe it.

Montreal & Ottawa are going to get bombarded tonight and tomorrow …

Hawaii’s Governor, Linda Lingle, refused to release copy of Obama’s birth certificate.

The fix is in.

I wonder if anyone is getting the college radio stations in Florida (and elsewhere) involved in a major GOTV effort. Although they can’t actually “endorse” or run advertising…they can play hardball “Vote As If Your Future Depended On It” public service announcements.

They can have people talk about issues like foreclosures, public schools, the spiralling cost of tuition, freedom of choice for women, Medicare, Social Security”…perhaps using iconic voices of a woman, a college student, a family, a child, and retiree. Then have a sharp catch line about “Vote As If it were your last time, it just might be true”.

Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa got dusted yesterday…!

Chris! Lucky you, I haven’t seen any snow yet but we’re supposed to get some.

I love Montreal, my honeymoon city. And I love snow!

She’s even campaigning on the Mainland for McInsane… She’s lucky that she’s already term-limited…!

Will I have to bring Woolies in Feb ? *g*

To Elisabeth Hasselbeck

She decried the fact that “they” are “fixated on her wardrobe,” calling it a double standard and deliberately sexist

Will I guess when the Debate between Biden and Palin, Palin used sexist through the debate if you payed attention to her lips,blinking eyes,Palin was flirting with Biden, alls she was missing was a pole and music,and it’s to bad Bidens wife didn’t punch her in the nose.

They’re getting about 15 inches of it … hurry on up ! *g*

I hope if WorldNutDaily requested my birth certificate, the office here would deny access.

Mrs. Biden wins for not being a snooty twerp.
And look at the new digs she gets.

Welcome, cowgirlcindy.

Frankly, if they had fed Nicolle Wallace to the wolves, I’d want to put them out of their misery. Albeit not from a helicopter.

Unfortunately, Dave Gregory appears to have an unending crush on her.

With friends like Linda Lingle, who needs enemies.

hi and welcome to the lake – if ya have any questions, pleaes feel free to ask – and if my presumption that you are new (based solely upon my memory and not recognizing your name) is in error, please excuse my booboo

Dugg it

Howdy!

We visited the McCord Museum in Montreal last year — they had such a wonderful exhibit about snow in the city.

What?? Karl Rove will be inconsolable. He’s David Gregory’s big crush.

On various news shows today I heard Palin and Hasslebeak whining before crowds of worshipers about how it was unfair that people were talking about Palin’s wardrobe. Meanwhile, Palin and Hasslebeak were loudly, in nationally televised rallies, talking about Palin’s wardrobe. They were the only people I heard today talking about Palin’s wardrobe.

Mudflats warned us — look for the winking and head feints…

late late nite upstairs

Wow! Per Jason Linkins at HuffPo:

[..]
Yowee. So, for the sake of Sarah Palin — who many conservatives correctly assessed as the candidate-born-yesterday — a whole slew of Republicans-in-good-standing are going to be thrown under the bus? That’s a serious civil war, or rather, a war betwixt the Serious and the Un-Serious. Keep in mind that Palin’s critics are not marginal figures in the conservative movement. We’re talking the aforementioned Brooks and Noonan and Frum, and we’re adding Christopher Buckley, George Will, Kathleen Parker, Colin Powell, Charles Krauthammer, Matthew Dowd, and for the sake of argument, we’ll throw in Chuck Hagel, Andrew Sullivan, and Christopher Hitchens, even though I hesitate to pin any of them to any sort of doctrinaire conservative group.

This is, indeed, a “bloodbath,” and for what? A distinctly semi-pro Alaskan governor who’s more or less made the charisma-free Tim Pawlenty look like What Could Have Been?
[..]

Republican Governor Linda Lingle is in on the fix!

Plovering, go huff some Ron Paul jockstraps.

-G

Jeebus-effing LOL!

If memory serves, implementation of the Patriot Act severely restricted third party access to birth certificates. No longer public records available to all. Lots of pissed off genealogists.

It’s the Ruffle Kerfuffle!

the hem strategem
the pleat cheat
boots in cahoots
a tissue of lies!

LOL!

I am glad that Elisabeth has decided to initiate an early end to her insufferable “career” by hanging the albatros that is Palin around her pencil neck.