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I’m trying to understand what the Birthers want to accomplish. Sure, they want to prove that Barack Kenyatta X is not the legitimate president. But where does their super-secret planning take them then? When Orly Taitz whines to David Shuster that Lou Dobbs sidekick Kitty Pilgrim didn’t give her enough time to make her point, I still wonder: what point, exactly? I mean, what is the desired outcome?
Now, I don’t mean to validate any Birther claims by exploring the path they’d take us down. It’s all nonsense, pure and simple, recent signup by Oklahoma GOP Congressman John Sullivan notwithstanding. But what does their America look like?
I gotta ask: where they goin’ with this, exactly? I mean, have they thought this through? Sure, they’ve probably dreamed up some magnificent ceremony, just like in the 1960s teevee show Branded. They’ll strip the emoluments of office from The Illegitimate One, seize his tax-funded Doral Lights, make Michelle dig up her organic White House garden, and tell Sasha and Malia to return their Paris souvenirs. Orly Taitz can take her dentist’s drill to the swingset. Bo gets crated up and shipped to Martha’s Vineyard. J Crew catalogs with "1600 Pennsylvania Ave" on the mailing label get shredded. Mrs Robinson catches a Greyhound back to Chi-town.
But they can’t possibly accept Amtrak Joe as our President, then, can they? I mean, he ran with the Kenyan/Australian/Canadian/Hawaiian on the Democratic party ticket, which makes his selection as Veep suspect, right? If the Birthers are trying to undo the effect of the Blackistan presidency, Joe the Gaffer’s got to go, too. He couldn’t see through the obvious Obamanation fraud, so America can’t trust him against al Qaida and The Evildoers.
Which leaves the Birthers, I’m afraid, with the ultimate truth of Truman Capote’s favorite homily, "More tears shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones:"
PRESIDENT NANCY PELOSI
And all the Birthers’ lovely Xtianist children will be converted to bondage enthusiasts, gay-married to an illegal alien abortionist stoner in a pagan ritual, and blood-sacrificed on a single-payer altar/gurney.
So why don’t they leave well enough alone?
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hahahahahaha
be careful what you wish for…
Hahahahahahahaha!!!!
Warms the cockles of my heart just thinking about it.
Teddy!
Oh, yay, laughter!
Good evening, Suzanne and Dick.
hehe. The only conceivable endgame is FUD. Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt.
And, on the part of the brownshirts, some reinforcement for their racial, tribal and sexual insecurities. This is the 21st century American equivalent of a good ole fashioned communal riot… you know, of the type normally attributed
by white conservatives to oddly dressed, be-turbaned, scimitar-waving, screaming brown people in various equatorial banana republics. Rethug Lagos chic.
Teddy, Teddy, Teddy
Never use the word “thought” in a birther post.
Evening, Teddy. Just shows what we have always known, that conservatives are incapable of thinking through the consequences of their actions. Got to love it this time. 8-)
You know, when this month is over, Obama is going to need to knit this country back together. How will he do that, absent another terror attack? Something to help us find our shared common purpose. People just seem to be rowing in every different direction.
I keep thinking they expect something more akin to Seven Days in May than My Fellow Americans.
I did read somewhere that one possible plan involves dissolution of the Congress as well, while the Secretary of State becomes an interim president until a new election is held. Do you think they know who the Secretary of State is?
Yup
The Corporate Puppeteers want to be able to continue their asset stripping of the US for short term purposes without interruption.
The birthers? Cannon fodder.
well you can have my gold and my diamonds too .. all i want is a ring-dang-doo ..
way to go teddy … Prez nancy .. that ought to put the fear-o-gawd in ‘em .
If we had a responsible, or even marginally sane, opposition party that might be possible. Under the current circumstances, with the GOP opting for full metal national meltdown, I am not sure that it is even possible at this time.
i can hear the sounds of winger heads ’sploding at just the thought of that one teddy.
heehee!. No matter which way they turn, short of full out revolution (and they do not have anywhere near the numbers they need for that), they are totally screwed.
Birthers are similar to a dog chasing a car (or fire truck). What will the dog do if it catches the car?
I recommend quarantine. Whatever has infected these people may be contagious… and could spread into The Zombie Apocalypse
Fear of the goddess, maybe….
zackly
Obama appears convinced that sucking up to conservatives will eventually win them over. That it hasn’t worked to date simply means that he hasn’t been sucking hard enough. Practice makes perfect.
kinda like the andromeda strain or that super flu in the stand?
What kind of wine should I serve with zombie?
We’d still be stuck with the munificent, compssionate, empatheric, farsighted, statesmanlike, incorruptable, effective, responsive, honerable, cold hearted rich bastards in the senate.
Frankly, that strategy just plain sucks.
Maybe he’s just positioning himself for life after POTUS on many corporate boards.
Spot on, and well and simply put.
As long as the focus is on the GREAT DIVIDE in America, the corporate feudalism structure is not really threatened by regulation, government intervention, and the like.
Kinda ’splains why there’s no real WPA like jobs programs being even discussed much less designed and implemented. And yes, that puts Obama on the side of the status quo.
Which is failing all of us in an ever increasing manner.
And NO good can come of all this as it spirals down.
I’ve always said ‘blowjob’ is a misnomer.
I think he is operating under the mistaken assumption that the opposition party is:
a) sane
b) concerned with the best interests of the country.
Like Big Media getting on its knees for the GOP. They’ve been doing it for more than a decade and it hasn’t reduced the charge of liberal media bias one iota.
Teddy P, nice ramble . . . but I’m sure you know the birthers/baggers and all are only window dressing.
Still, like you said, it’s GOOD to laugh at this stuff when ya can . . *G*
I was thinking more “28 Days Later” or “Resident Evil” or whatever the kids are watching these days. Some corporation creates a virus that turns conservatives into a mindless mob of ravenous, armed, undead thugs ;-)
I’ve never been concerned enough to research the actual etymology of the term but isn’t it possible that “blow” refers to the outcome (so to speak)?
We need to abolish the Senate. When it was invented, the largest state had 17 times the population of the smallest. Now, California has 400 times as many people as (California) WYOMING. And yet Enzi controls the health care debate, representing not even a million people.
Makes no sense in the modern world.
Or, we are operating under the mistaken assumption that Obama does not believe the best interests of the country are corporate interests.
c) persons of goodwill
Howdy folks.
These are too many Californias in your comment. Do you mean the second to be Wyoming?
?
Do they simply not think it through, though? Is it just enough to occupy their lizard brain that OBAMA = BAD? No sense of what happens next?
Weird, especially after all the discussion during the last (p)residency of Nancy having taken impeachment off the table, in that it was in her “self-interest”
Yes
That is also a disturbing possibility.
Sure, but still, vague and disjointed term.
Remember that the Senate was part of the compromise process. It was intended that all States have equal representation in the Senate.
Now, one might argue that certain Territories (like Wyoming and Montana and Alaska) never really reached a population threshold that should have been required of States, but that error is way past.
Several years ago I read that Gerald Ford, who became president without a single vote being cast had cashed in more than any other former president by accepting ghost chairs on corporate boards, etc.. It is possible that Big Dog has surpassed him by now in tapping the various revenue streams available to a former pres.
Yes. That appears to be all the facts their brains are capable of holding at one time.
With lots of racism thrown in — a diary on Daily Kos likening this stuff to the segregation riots of the 60s is truly scary :-(
By giving them everything they want???
Ten bullet points. Really clever!
Hell, just for the record, Max Baucus does not even represent his constituents. Most of us here in Montana favor the public option.
Oh, I was hoping for President Pelosi’s appointment following the double impeachment of President Vader and the Shrub. But I had no idea it was going to mean I’d have to wear bondage to work at the abortion factory in the back of the medical marijuana dispensary and ecumenical chapel of nuptials, rest and final terminal counseling.
No idea at all.
And about the maximum level of reason of which they are capable.
I think this recent installment by Tom Tomorrow sums it up nicely.
Hey. Max certainly does represent his various constituencies very well — lordy, look at the number he’s done on health insurance reform. If that’s not enough, consider his role in the Bankruptcy bill under Bush fils…
$enator Baucu$ take$ excellent care of hi$ variou$ con$tituencie$.
Of course, that means that Montana is the American equivalent of a rotten borough…
Fixed it.
All y’all are being nasty tonight. Glad I joined you.
And, Teddy, I know you’re not fond of The Nance, but, sheesh, is she that bad?
They are the modern-day underpants gnomes, then.
1. Steal underpants
2. ???
3. PROFIT
makes so much more sense now – thanks teddy :)
and your point is very valid
Birthers/Baggers are a lost tribe of scared racists, misogynists, and homophobics. We all know this.
They are a minority, and their all white world is disappearing.
They get used, paid, and played to stir shit up. And yes, all they care about is spewing hate thinking that it will somehow restore the glory of the bright white daze they think they recall.
They are incapable and UNWILLING to look beyond being pissed off and threatening people. They think if they do what they are TOLD to do by Rush, and the GOP, they WILL get dem good old daze back! A political rapture, if you will.
That they are NOT being caged in protest zones without shade or water says a LOT about the corporate influence on how our government makes DECISIONS regarding these things. They are being left to run free.
Keep us all busy, with a minority group, while the wallets are pilfered day by day. We all know this. It’s the basic foundation of what’s going on.
As to Nancy, I just don’t get what the reference is. Do I think she took impeachment off the table cuz Boosh/Shooter have something on her? Yeah. Was she also protecting corporate interests that have MADE her career? Of course.
We need a lot of change if we want better country. And THAT road’s real steep and hard to travel.
Sen. Max Baucus (W-Corporate America). Montana is clearly not one of his constituencies, since we are 15th in the rate of uninsured.
Seems pretty plain at this point, barring some 3 dimensional chess game he’s purported to be playing.
Most definitely. One of my favorite things about Monday is the appearance of the latest TT cartoon. He should be checking in about 24 hours from now, give or take a few moments…
She’d be a wonderful President.
It made very little sense as typed.
I hear Pelosi speak the truth more often than most pols. Of course, when she does she always gets bashed for doing so. How DARE she say the CIA lied? Private insurance denies care? This I CANNOT believe!
15th? What a bunch of pikers.
We’re 2nd. Thank God for Texas.
The really sad thing is that we’ve been working hard on the problem, without apparent success.
Don’t channel birthers/baggers when you’re typing, Teddy. That way lies madness.
That is the 15th highest rate of uninsured.
“I am running for president because of something I call, ‘The fierce urgency of maybe someday.’”
nancy is the woman they love to hate almost as much as hillary
While I tend to keep my expectations low I was somewhat disheartened to learn that my very own senator Dick Durbin appears to be waffling on a public option.
With that I will bid you all adieu.
Starting to fade, so I will call it an early night. Take care all.
Night, RF.
Can’t see your facial expression. Truth or snark? How come I’m not getting the bondage bits? Wahhhh.
Yeah. We’re 13 places above ye…
Good night, Dr.D.
Good night, RF.
Speaking of low numbers, did anyone see George Lopez on HBO last night? About 10 minutes into the act, he referenced the vote on Sotomayor and pointed out that Republican senators from TX, NV and AZ (including Hutchison and McCain) had turned thumbs down on confirmation. Before a sold-out crowd of 14,000 (and an international TV audience), he said, “I’d like to take this opportunity to say, F you putos…”
I enjoyed the moment.
Truly inspiring.
Sweet dreams Rat and the Doc.
I hope all the Congressional types are being careful out there. It’s very hot this summer and they will need some sunscreen. and maybe some armed guards.
The nuts are doing a re-make of “hot time summer in the city” and though it all begins as phony it could make tempers flare.
Not so sure. The numbers don’t work out, true. But I can see America being saved by say, Rhode Island.
I’ll have to tell Mr. TiVo to record a rerun of that…
Ratfood, I was truly saddened to see Dick Durbin’s comments. Get some sleep, it always looks better in the light of day. Maybe. Sometimes. ;-)
*G* Bueno, Verdad!
Someone’s read her Profiles in Courage.
(hi LH!)
**waves goodnight to all the sleepy leaving pups**
Why, yes. Tom Tomorrow!!
There is no thought going on here. Forcing Obama out = WE WIN WE ARE THE REAL AMERICANS YOU SUCK NEENER NEENER NEENER.
That’s all this is. That’s all it ever is with this bunch.
There were a few moments in the act, for sure. Barring unforseen circumstances, the wingnut party has lost many millions of votes. What an opportunity for the Demos. Now, if only they weren’t so stupid, spineless, compromised, bought-and-paid-for, etc. It would be funny if it weren’t so sad.
When dealing wirh the absurdity that is the birthers, serious and snark are basically the same thing.
Yup. And the Hillary hate returns with her laughing John Bolton outta town!
If I were McSame’s campaign chair, I’d’ve asked him something like this. “John, positioning yourself to win a primary by alienating a large voting bloc for the general is foolish. Yes, you have to win the primary to be the general (usually, anyway). But winning the primary is no good if you lose the general.”
I love her for that.
Hey, Teddy. Will you make Netroots this year? I can’t go…
Good ole George. I love him.
The repigs are amazingly dense. The just eliminated the Hispanic vote for evah!!! What percentage of Hispanics live in Arizona? Texas? NV?
Repigs=Magnificent Stupidity.
Unless they know something that we don’t. Like the dems are falling in line behind them.
‘evening, all-
While the process by which Pelosi becomes President would be riveting to watch, the crazies would never let it stay peaceful for that long.
{{{LooHoo}}}
Chaos. That is their goal: to create chaos and reverse the decision of voters. Period.
Shit fuck piss and corruption when DO I get to Vote for Fancy Nancy??? Boy would she piss them all off!! After all she is the Librul’s Librul!!
Nice post Teddy twas sure fun reading it!
How are things up in the City??
Yes, and that play is so easy to read that the dimmest Democrats can even see it. So how come ObamaCo treats their mandate as unassailable, yet capitulates every time? Obama is so busy walking back the platform planks he was landslid into office on that you would think he had lost and was regrouping for 2012.
Hey Teddy!
Hugs!
Yes, they don’t see around the corner, but their masters do.
hey there, very warm here
Maybe they threatened him. Maybe Cheney……..
I just want some reason other than that he is a jerk or a fool.
Truth.
No kidding.
If this is The Chicago Way, I am hereby endorsing The Arkansas Way again.
Hey Loo Hoo! Sorry to hear that both of us are missing NRN this year.
We hit 96 here Teddy. Still warm but it is cooling down… in the 70’s already! sure glad to live here in RWC rather in Sacratomato or any where in the Valley!!
Hey. I just got back from Lollapalooza. Jane’s Addiction were the headliners. Fun weekend.
Bummer not to see folks and to miss the panels.
I am also not going, so we can all hang around here, right?
And Bubba the FreedomFighter is opening…
I’m not his biggest fan, but I would give a lot to be there for that speech.
Dude, where else I got to be?
And the FDL breakfast – very disappointed about missing that. What a collection of…
Time for another party already?
Good night, folks.
Their own idea of a personal apocalypse has to be in the equation somewhere.
If they’re facing being rendered to political purgatory, they might find some measure of comfort in being in control of their own demise.
Crazies! I’ll miss Bill too. I figure in 2010 Obama will be there.
Yes, Teddy, we’ll enjoy it from afar.
My suss is that they will say that the ELECTION was fraudulent…that Obama/Biden were ineligible, and thus the second place ticket automatically becomes the victors. Inasmuch as McCain is not a “natural born” (according to some I8th century Walloon author no one has heard of) because he also wasn’t born IN the United States…that leaves Godz-Drilla from Wasilla.
Now we know why Sarah resigned from the Governorship of Alaska…she’s been talkin’ with Oily Tights, Esq., DDS, Realtor.
That.Is.Very.Good.
Anybody actually seen Biden’s birth certificate? Hmmm?
Didn’t think so….
It’s been a bad week for democracy, all things considered. But on the bright side, we aren’t Weimar, where the bulk of the civil service was reactionary, and ready to give a hand to the Nazi’s as a way of putting down the socialists.
In the birther fantasy world, McCain would become President! Like the Miss California pageant. The winner was disqualified so her runner-up became Miss California. What Presidential succession? They want it to be like it never happened. When they scream “I want my America back” they mean they want a conservative white guy in the White House.