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Michael Steele’s hilarious descent into incomprehensible mad gibberish continues, as he attacks Obama for using the word "empathy" in reference to judicial nominees. This may be his finest work yet:
I don’t need some judge sitting up there feeling bad for my opponent because of their life circumstances or their condition. And short changing me and my opportunity to get fair treatment under the law. Crazy nonsense empathetic. I’ll give you empathy. Empathize right on your behind. Craziness.
WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN. Structurally, it resembles smack talk (i.e., "get medieval on your ass"), but it doesn’t actually make any sense. "Empathize with your behind" I could understand, especially coming from someone who’s full of shit and kind of an asshole, but I just can’t figure out how one might empathize on something without recourse to several extra spatial dimensions.
Argh, I can’t dwell on it, it makes my brain sad. Steele’s other bizarro outbursts were at least arse- er, parseable. If you need a refresher or just feel nostalgic, Think Progress has a great compilation, plus an inventory of his 100 Days Of Failure, to which I say to them: Please Stop. The most inept RNC Chair ever, and you’re trying to get him fired? You are ruining it for everybody, you selfish selfish bastards.
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cheeky fellow.
I think he meant ample thighs on your a**.
it resembles smack talk (i.e., “get medieval on your ass”)
Dear Eli:
What does “midieval” mean?
your pal,
Mike-E-Mike Steele
Well, Steele’s team does their best craziness when they’re on their behinds. E.g. Limbaugh, Pantload, etc.
he’s just putting in a (butt) plug for the RNC.
Well, Steele’s team does their best craziness when they’re on their behinds. E.g. Limbaugh, Pantload, etc.
this implies that there may be occasions when they get *off* their asses.
I’m sure you’ll get some interesting Google hits on this title, Eli.
Hey, booty is booty.
My original title was “Anal Sympathy”.
Of course Steele had to criticize Obama on empathy – the subject of “mustard” was already taken
I predict that Normie Coleman will be Steele’s successor. The longer the Coleman-Franken debacle runs, the longer the Republics are stuck with Steele. Can you say “rock/hard place”? Sure you can.
Is there any evidence that any black folks see Michael Steel as the ‘cool negro’ that Michael Steel sees himself as? Because trying to convince black folks that he’s a ‘cool negro’ seems to be his most overarching design.
Well, it’d have been even better if, say, he pointed out the Republican Party’s connections to the right-wing militia movement. You know, the people who keep harping on the dangers of ZOG (”Zionist Occupation Government”)? Because then he could have used that to introduce a Dr. Zog’s Sex Wax reference. But he just totally blew that opportunity.
Heh!
Cool Negro? So, like, soul on ice?
Surely they have promised him something oh so juicy!
Story of my life.
Is there any evidence that any black folks see Michael Steel as the ‘cool negro’…
nah – that title belongs to Ron Christie.
*off to wash my fingers*
One of these days all the crazy people will be driven out of the Republican Party, and then what will we do for material?
zogless at the Lake?
Anyone seeking pointers on anal empathy would do well to consult John McCain’s pet gerbils, Joe and Lindsey.
Good point. But we expected a total vacuum in the absence of Junior, and look what happened! *g*
They’ll just become Blue Dogs…
butt, butt, butt, I can’t iMAGine how hard this must be for you, Michele!
That which we call asshattery. By any other name would smell as sweet.
A sad day for America…
TERROR WATCH LIST INCLUDES BAT BOY
Well, they fixed it, at least.
Apparently it pays to be well connected and have a relatively uncommon surname.
I enjoyed this part…
Kinda OT, but brought to you as a public service by me from the Great Orange Satan.
The line o’ the day in response to this dreary news:
From DNC spokesman Hari Sevugan.
Hilarious!
*sputter*
reply to STTPinOhio @ 29
Is George Stephanoulos Stephanopoulos any relation to Boutros Boutros-Ghali?
I haven’t completely given up on the Sunday shows. I listen to them with my back to the TV. Unfortunately that doesn’t prevent me from banging my head on the desk.
And one of these days the sun will burn itself out, too.
I’m not expecting to still be around for either.
FWIW (and for the record), my money’s on the sun going dark first.
Dr. Dean is on Maddow explaining the consequences of rectal cranial inversion with regard to Steele, Limbaugh and Cantor. He used some highly technical language to describe their lack of brass to do what needs to be done; “They don’t have the you-know-whats”.
I have no idea what you are referencing.
That would be witty if indeed my post had two versions of George’s last name, but as you can plainly see, it doesn’t.
(’Edit’ is my friend)
Conservatives who become disenchanted with the GOP and who might not be batshit crazy sometimes become Libertarians. There really is no other place for the core crazies to go.
I have ,what they call at the FBI a clue.
From the past, at the end of the Nuremburg trials A Captain Gilbert ,who was the chief PSYCHIATRIST to the Nuremburg Tribunal had this little gem to chew on.
EVIL is the lack of empathy,A total incapacity to feel with their fellow man.
Anybody we know?
I liked it when Jeff Sessions said he didn’t know what empathy meant.
Yes, sirhan sirhan.
Good one!
Kirk, are you here? I have a medical question.
Sessions is just anal.
Well, it’s such a long word. Bless his heart. :)
Did you get the impression that when Sessions said he’d be willing to vote for a gay nominee he was baiting a rather obvious trap?
Interesting thought. My gut feeling is that Obama won’t nominate a gay person.
Sessions is just anal.
Or an “ignoranus”?
(stupid *and* an asshole)
Can’t really see how the statement served Sessions. Republicans might wish that he would do it so they could use the nomination to fire up their base but Obama certainly hasn’t demonstrated that he’d be willing to court that level of controversy.
Exactly. I don’t really get the sense that he wants to go to the mat for gay rights.
It’s going to be a female and the Rs will think that quite bad enough.
Agreed.
Given he’ll probably have at least one or two more to appoint, his first pick will be relatively safe politically, whether we like it or not.
Will still be a woman, minority or both, however.
Considering how much flak he got for using mustard tackling social issues must really look like a minefield.
That’s because women are more empathetic!
Dumbest. Controversy. Ever.
How can anyone take these idiots seriously?
Even if the Dems are able to wipe the floor with Republicans in the midterms I don’t see Obama nominating a true liberal. First, he’s not that liberal himself. Second, neither is his party. He’d probably still have trouble getting such an individual confirmed.
I can hear Sessions now.. if a real liberal nominee were in play.
We don’t need anyone who favors a Unitarian executive.
I don’t see Obama nominating a true liberal.
Harriet Miers is presumably still available.
from Da Wiki:
“n April 2007, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell announced that Miers was returning to the firm.[11] In her new role at the firm, Miers has registered with the United States Department of State as an agent for the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Embassy of Pakistan.”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Myers
re The Pakistan Peoples Party: The party creed is: “Islam is our faith; democracy is our politics; socialism is our economy; all power to the people.”
that’s pretty liberal. And a populist to boot.
You suppose anyone has told georgie?
So what the hell do they want Miers for? She’s none of these things.
Why didn’t they hire Mike Gravel?
The Pakistan Peoples Party: The party creed is: “Islam is our faith; democracy is our politics; socialism is our economy; all power to the people.”
This has to be her idea of chaos… which is clearly what they (Cheney drone Republicans) want, and have.
Why didn’t they hire Mike Gravel?
I didn’t hear a darned thing about socialism in there. But I really liked Gravel…
‘course, I’m a big fan of eccentric.
in the pre-election test-thingies where one would check the box that most closely reflected your own political views, my scores would alternate between Gravel and Kucinich being my ideal candidate.
I think he’s a closet liberal, and it will manifest itself in his second term.
I’m fully aware that view is in the minority around here, but so be it.
We’re not having this discussion if he ran as a black Dennis Kucinich; McCain would be making the decision.
With Palin’s considerable imput, of course.
I think of him as more of a pragmatist. Triangulation has the advantage of allowing him to piss of the Left and Right simultaneously.
Have to admit that I still feel a palpable sense of relief that Dubya (or McCain) isn’t president, especially when Obama travels abroad.
*shudder*
Gravel was the sanest of the GOP candidates, so of course he never had a chance.
There was a lot of “Power to the peeeople,” though.
from leaked RNC memo – talking points on various adjectives that the
liberalsociofascist media might use wrt SCOTUS nominees“nice [guy, woman]” – does not take our national security seriously; does “nice” stand up to terror? “Nice”???? Against OMG AL KAYDA!!!1!????
“scholarly” – fag; does not take our national security seriously
“thoughtful, reasoned” – fag; does not take our national security seriously; wants quicki-mart abortion booth on every corner
“intellectually rigorous” – fag; wants us all to die; thinks lazy blacks, illegal immigrants as good as you
“had to overcome xyz prejudice/circumstances to achieve success” – bomb thrower/angela davis, dyke/fag/beaner/slant, hates country, dangerous
“has traveled to xyz; personal interests are xyz” – fag; thinks other countries “equal” to us; wants us all to die
“not married/married, x children” – fag/librul commie possibly nonwhite children; how long married? never strayed? yeah sure
“integrity/quality attested to across the political spectrum in every professional career interaction” – extremely troubling; “integrity?” – this too is code for liberal America-hatred
“has a dog and two cats” – only one dog but two cats; fag fag FAG!!! This unworthy nominee has ALREADY destroyed Murka!
She’d work for Putin if he paid her price. PPK was prolly the high bidder.
Pfft. Like McCain would have even survived the first month.
“Oh, it was a tragic, tragic hunting accident, so I guess I’m President now. Also.”
This is kind of a welcome development.
Stanford Anti-War Alumni, Students Call for Condi War Crimes Probe
Sanest of the what now?
All it takes to appear sane is to hang around with people who are even crazier. Tom Tancredo, for instance.
She’d work for Putin if he paid her price.
maybe she looked into his soul, and didn’t see enough dollar signs.
Ah, she forgot to convert to rubles.
Yeah, but Gravel is a Democrat…
Whoops, my bad. Like that famous Democrat Dan Quayle said, “What a terrible waste it is to lose one’s mind.”
I thought it was Mick Jagger with “Of all the the things I’ve lost I miss my mind the most.”
Although some of us wouldn’t mind losing some waist.
I’d like to keep the mind and lose about 30 years.
Boy, is it ever!
It is just a matter of time now.
What a difference the change of administrations has made.
You couldn’t find Darth for 8 years, but now he’s on TV more than Seinfeld re-runs attempting to defend the indefensible.
And Kindasleazy can’t walk across Stanford’s campus without being hounded about her White House torture tea parties.
No, accountability is closing in now and Jonathan Turley is leading the parade.
Mark Twain said it first.
Be interesting to see how the Stanford admin responds. It’s not like they didn’t know her nefarious record when they agreed to take her back.
Maybe they will start out by saying “No one could have anticipated…”
Which brings me to a major pet peeve — why was/is she and others constantly allowed to say this?
Because it is a lie immediately — “No one” implies speaking for ‘everyone’ which is ridiculous on its face.
“I’ll give you empathy. Empathize right on your behind. Craziness”
He’s saying he’ll spank…whomever.
Eli !
Sorry that I missed another excellent post of yours, esp. the opportunity to join with Punaise and the others in this World-Class smackdown of Messr. Steele.
I’m sure that he will oblige me with another opportunity shortly ! *g*
I’m right with you brodacious…give Steele and Palin all the rope in the world, the longer that they are allowed to roam free and mutilate themselves in public we are all better off in the future. They are the be all and end all of self destruction and it would be sad to see them go b4 they self implode.
Michael Steele is straight up “Gangsta Y’all.”
This is a short article discussing why empathy is needed amongst the Justices.
http://progressnotcongress.org/blog/?p=731