Jed Babblin’s bizarre rant in Human Events begins with this zinger.
Compared to Nancy Pelosi, former House Majority Leader Tom “The Hammer” DeLay was a pussy.
OK, that’s a slight edit. But that’s what he’s saying here: Pelosi is tough and ruthless (I thought liberals were spineless and weak?) and she’s determined to get health care done.
Which means, naturally, that her members are jihadis.
Pelosi is ordering her fearful members to vote for the Obama-cum-Pelosi healthcare “reform” bill that has voters up in arms all over the country. House Blue Dog “moderates” are already caught in a crossfire between their constituents and their leadership. The Tea Partyers have been heard, and they are watching carefully.
And the twenty-five Democrats whose seats we believe are up for grabs in 2010 — some not in the Blue Dog caucus — may not be willing to be the political equivalent of a suicide bomber just to avoid the anger of the hyperliberal Pelosi.
Now I’m guessing that if 57% of Americans favor a public option, the number among Democrats is in the 70s or 80s, maybe even higher, especially in Blue Dog districts. So it’s politically stupid for a Democrat to vote against the Speaker, not an act of terrorism.
But Jed thinks Democrats should listen to…you guessed it…
They should take a hint from two sources: the fate of pretend-Republican Dede Scozzafava and the ever-more-powerful Tea Partyers.
He’s here all week, folks.



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You really can’t make this shit up.
Teh stoopid continues to amaze.
EDIT: Zed!
btw BT, how DO you manage the stomach to be able to go to these sites and read this shit? I’ve tried a couple times, and am usually cleaning up barf from keyboard. Got tired of buying new keyboards.
Dirty job. Someone’s gotta do it.
I’m in favor of single-payer because the ‘public option’ I’m reading about is TURD. If this is the best the Dems can do they will lose my vote.
I keep hearing about this “ever more powerful” teabaggers.
They keep using those words. I don’t think those words mean what they think they mean.
No, male libruls are weak and spineless. Female libruls are a bunch of tough, ruthless uppity lesbians who are very scary to conservative men.
/s, of course.
No, the object of the exercise is to vote for one who actually reflects your values and beliefs. If the incumbent doesn’t, find a local person who does and help them run.
The truth in your snark runs deep.
Why doesn’t Phyllis Schlafly scare the crap out of those conservative men?
Maybe they’ve stopped changing their clothes. Stronger by the day…
Can you say dominatrix?
Who says she doesn’t? They’re too scared to say anything!
The not bathing helps too.
Maybe Phyllis Schlafly ordered them sewn into their underwear for the winter.
That guy who holds the “moran” signs looks like he could use a good hosing off.
I don’t know what they mean either.
Seems like desperate words from desperate people.
I’m desperate too, but I do try to stay within some frame of reality. Yes, it’s my reality, but I try to have a mind that’s open to what’s happening to other people, also. *g*
Ewwww. *hits brain bleach button twice*
looks to me like the “po” in pelosi’s bill does not meet the criteria of the 57 cpc members who signed the july 30 letter promising to block the bill (am i wrong about that?).
July 30, 2009 letter:
jane helped raise over $400,000 in support of their pledge (and 3 more who signed a later letter and those who signed on to the fdl pledge).
http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/08/20/if-progressive-members-of-the-house-think-well-accept-co-ops-as-public-plan-think-again/
http://www.actblue.com/page/healthcareheroes
therefore, imo we can not be calling dems who vote against pelosi’s bill “stupid” — we should have their back.
p.s. jed babblin, however, is stupid.
Yeah, because if there’s a bellwether district anywhere in America, it is NY23, represented by a Republican since, well, since it was represented by a WHIG.
Keep on, teabaggers. Purify your party with the white-hot sun of your ideals, despite America’s horror at your signs and chants. Maybe you’ll even get Obama to release his real birth certificate!
Yeah. And weren’t we told the teabaggers were non-partisan?
Excllent point.
…so powerful we may see a rebirth of the Whigs from those fleeing teabagging crazies.
Dick Armey, pretend-Republican?
The only problem is that Democrats supporting the current proposals on the table are suicide bombers inside the Democrat Party.
This is what happens when you lose elections. What’s my name, beotch?
Henry Allen needs to edit this douche’s work.
Maybe they should be phrased “robust”.
Jane is upstairs
Jed’s assessment of Pelosi is evidence of his psychotic break with reality. If there is one thing Pelosi is not, it is some kind of Conan the Barbarian liberal powerhouse. She has been pissing off the liberals virtually since the day she assumed power, so how does this jive with Jed?
What of Dede Scozzafava? She
iswas the bona fide Republican in the upstate NY race. Hoffman is the pretend Republican. Why are Gingrich and Hoffman so pissed at Scozzafava’s reaction? Why is her reaction “proof” of her lack of devotion to the GOP? Is the reaction of Palin, Pawlenty, Thompson, et al., proof of that they are RINOs?Those on the right are the masters of hypocrisy. No consistency, no plan, just shoot from the hip and hope you hit something. I guess they also have to hope that voters have no memories and no brains.
“They should take a hint from two sources: the fate of pretend-Republican Dede Scozzafava and the ever-more-powerful Tea Partyers.”
Damn right!! Teabaggers are moving their party to the right, and their party is moving the Democrats in Congress to the right!
Learn some shit, people!!!!
what we need is for them to see that the numbers just don’t add up! What does add up is an ever increasing burden to tax payers. We need a system of non-profits that are filling in the gap between what we have and what the gov’t can’t provide. A non-profit like this one: http://cli.gs/z3AtaY/
The corporate tools and slimy republican party operatives who built the “tea party movement” were apparently unaware of the slang use of teabag, teabagging. I find that odd because those people tend to be white, frat-boy types who can give you 15-20 different phrases each for vomitting, defecating or oral sex. (must be a generation gap thing). After Bloggers immediately starting pushing the “tea bagger” thing and the MSM (accidentally) picked up on it, i think they tried to ignore the kinky homosex connotation and proudly held on to their teabags.
Good evening everyone….On a related note, I read that the Minnesota maniac, a.k.a. Michelle Bachmann, along with the fine folks from Americans for Prsoperity, are planning an anti-health care reform for this Thursday in D.C. Bachmann wants every American to get in a car, van, bus, etc. and drive to Washington to stand up for liberty and against tyranny. (Oh, what a universe she lives in!).
Does anyone know if there is a counter rally being planned for people who actually have a brain? Is it too late to get some folks out there, or would it be a waste of our time? While I want the anti’s to show their true colors, I also want them to be smacked down, so to speak, since the MSM are a bunch of lazy cowards. Any thoughts are appreciated.