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[Jack Batty]

Originally Posted by BrightNShiny

I don't feel like starting a new thread, but apparently CBS golf analyst David Feherty decided to slur our military by claiming: "if you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Osama bin Laden, there's a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death." See here for Media Matters link.

Seriously, WTF? Why would anyone in the public eye think it is acceptable to accuse our military of being traitors?

I think what you've got hold of there is what is commonly referred to as "a joke". Admittedly, one in bad taste, but I don't think he was claiming that Sgt. Rock would literally pop a cap in Nancy Pelosi.

[BrightNShiny]

Originally Posted by Jack Batty

I think what you've got hold of there is what is commonly referred to as "a joke". Admittedly, one in bad taste, but I don't think he was claiming that Sgt. Rock would literally pop a cap in Nancy Pelosi.

Like how the conservatives were so quick to give a generous reading to Kerry's joke about Bush getting stuck in Iraq? I don't see any reason to give a generous reading to these statements.

We'll have to agree to disagree, I guess.

[elucidator]

Oh, its nothing more than a really, really bad and stupid joke. But I have to wonder if he really and truly believes that the average Iraqi-deployed grunt shares his contempt. That has to be the number one cherished myth of the rightarded.

[Frostillicus]

Originally Posted by Equipoise

President Obama's being attacked for his choice of condiments. Condiments! I realize that Hannity is already a total loonball, but now he's being joined by other loonballs in a full-blown case of Dijon Derangement Syndrome.

This is just the break the McCain campaign was waiting for.

[Sailboat]

Originally Posted by Equipoise

I haven't kept up with this thread, though goodness knows I could put something here every day, it's just that I've been lazy, but these really deserved a resurrection.

Stupid Republican Bigotry of the Day

Move over Michelle! There's a new batshit lady in town! (ok, she's been around forever and has been batshit forever, but she's not as young and pretty as Bachman and so doesn't get the coverage).

Virginia Foxx: Story of Matthew Shepard's Murder A "Hoax" (VIDEO)

Disgusting vermin.

Oh, and...





Elsewhere, Byron York doesn't think black people are people too.

York: Obama is “Actually” Not So Popular, Because Some People Who Like Him Are Black

I guess all the white people who supported white presidents get their popularity counted, but for some reason, black people who support a black president don't count at all.

Disgusting vermin. But I repeat myself.

Holy crap these people are insulting. They must have total contempt for the voters' intelligence to say such trollingly stupid and nakedly hateful things.

I would like to see a decent opposition party. Maybe we can find one among the Greens or the Libertarians.

[Squink]

Originally Posted by Equipoise

Move over Michelle!

She has:
Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann Are BFFs
Ron Paul the GOP’s new pied piper? Michele Bachmann’s a believer

I'm sure this is a proud day for former Texans in Minnesota, and Minnesotans in general!

[NinjaChick]

Originally Posted by Equipoise

President Obama's being attacked for his choice of condiments. Condiments! I realize that Hannity is already a total loonball, but now he's being joined by other loonballs in a full-blown case of Dijon Derangement Syndrome.

Does the base really need to be propped up this badly? OMG SOCIALIST!! WHO LIKES FANCY-PANTS MUSTARD!!

They're a laughingstock.

What.

I don't like any mustard on my burgers, just ketchup. But I also only eat veggie burgers. So what does that make me?

[EddyTeddyFreddy]

Dijon mustard? Dijon?

Isn't that...... you know, French?

That's all you need to know.

[dropzone]

Originally Posted by NinjaChick

I don't like any mustard on my burgers, just ketchup. But I also only eat veggie burgers. So what does that make me?

If you were on an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Osama bin Laden, and a soldier with two bullets in his weapon, I'm guessing that makes you strangled.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by BrightNShiny

I don't feel like starting a new thread, but apparently CBS golf analyst David Feherty decided to slur our military by claiming: "if you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Osama bin Laden, there's a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death."

Naturally. Party before country, after all.

[gonzomax]

The repubs are right. She should be impeached.

[stolichnaya]

Originally Posted by dropzone

If you were on an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Osama bin Laden, and a soldier with two bullets in his weapon, I'm guessing that makes you strangled.

Since strangling is a very personal and difficult way to kill someone, I think Pelosi actually is the lesser of those evils. Right?

Pelosi is no hero of mine, don't get me wrong, and I don't find the joke offensive. But there's something broken in you if you find that genuinely funny. You're not a psycho or anything, you just don't understand what is funny about humor and why- if it has the rhythm and pattern of a joke, and the target is correct, you will laugh reflexively. That still doesn't make it funny.

Edit- I mean the "royal" you here, and not dropzone.

[BrightNShiny]

Well, I'm sure next time Der Trihs shares with us his views of the military, everyone defending Feherty will defend him as well.

ETA: I'm going to retract this comment. I have a wicked hangover. It was my birthday last night.

[ElvisL1ves]

Originally Posted by EddyTeddyFreddy

Dijon mustard? Dijon?

Isn't that...... you know, French?

Frencher than French's? How could that be?

[dropzone]

Originally Posted by stolichnaya

Edit- I mean the "royal" you here, and not dropzone.

No prob; didn't even notice it. I'm not funny and realize it, though it doesn't stop me from trying.

[dropzone]

Originally Posted by BrightNShiny

ETA: I'm going to retract this comment. I have a wicked hangover. It was my birthday last night.

The "cure" is a hair from the dog that bit ya, bro. Have one on me.

[Equipoise]

Heads up on the possible next Stupid Republican Attack of the Day*: grumblings about President Obama's asking for a screening of the new Star Trek movie. So far (as far as I know) the whining has only appeared at RedState (which is a slightly more intelligent brand of stupid, which isn't saying much, because they're all a bunch of loonballs too, but compared to the freepers they're geniuses), and I'm not going to link to RedState, so I'll link to the post at DU that referenced it.

I realize that President Obama is the first president to ever screen movies at the White House (well, other than Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush) but really, it's not that big a deal. He is a Star Trek fan, and it's not like he can go down to the local multiplex to catch it without the Secret Service causing a big stir, which would get complained about too. Hey, I saw it, it's a fantastic movie. I can't blame President Obama for wanting to see it too.


*that is, if President Obama's funny and surprisingly pointed barbs made at the White House Correspondents Dinner don't cause a bunch of heads to explode first. By the time his jokes get hashed out and gnashed over (with some vitriol thrown Wanda Sykes' way too), the screening might be forgotten.

[BrightNShiny]

Originally Posted by Equipoise

Heads up on the possible next Stupid Republican Attack of the Day*: grumblings about President Obama's asking for a screening of the new Star Trek movie. So far (as far as I know) the whining has only appeared at RedState (which is a slightly more intelligent brand of stupid, which isn't saying much, because they're all a bunch of loonballs too, but compared to the freepers they're geniuses), and I'm not going to link to RedState, so I'll link to the post at DU that referenced it.

Prime Directive? Aliens working together? A Russian on the bridge? Interracial kisses? The episode where one guy is half-black and half-white and the other is half-white and half-black? Hippie-dippie shit if you ask me.

[elucidator]

I reach that, brother!

[Merijeek]

Originally Posted by elucidator

I reach that, brother!

Obviously, a man who is a fan of this "Science Fictional Entertainment" can't be counted on to maintain his grip on reality. Next thing you know he'll be playing Dragons and Dungeons and summoning demons in the White House*.

-Joe

*Unless he IS actually from Hell, as some have speculated, in which case that would probably be redundant.

[Equipoise]

Stupid Republican Meme of the Day

(which others will probably pick up once they stop whining about Wanda Sykes)

Started by duly elected loonball Pete "We could learn a lot from the Taliban insurgency!" Sessions:

Sessions told the Times that Obama's plan is to "diminish employment and diminish stock prices." By doing so, Obama "intended to inflict damage and hardship on the free enterprise system, if not to kill it" as part of a "divide and conquer" strategy to consolidate power.

And now picked up by the Leader of the Republican Party himself, Rush Limbaugh:

LIMBAUGH: As the economy performs worse than expected, the deficit for the 2010 budget year beginning in October will worsen by $87 billion to $1.3 trillion. The deterioration reflects lower tax revenues and higher costs for bank failures, unemployment benefits and food stamps. But in the Oval Office of the White House none of this is a problem. This is the objective. The objective is unemployment. The objective is more food stamp benefits. The objective is more unemployment benefits. The objective is an expanding welfare state. And the objective is to take the nation’s wealth and return to it to the nation’s quote, “rightful owners.” Think reparations. Think forced reparations here if you want to understand what actually is going on.

So, it's all a Grand Plan by President Obama! Plunge the country into Darkness, give all the white people's money to the blacks, then Take Over (for life, I assume)! Brilliant!

Koo koo Koo koo Koo koo.

It's nice to know I was wrong about the Star Trek screening though. Damn, I bet RedState is mad they couldn't get that one going.

[Gyrate]

I for one welcome our Black Muslim Socialist Fascist Trekkie overlords.

[Equipoise]

Ditto!

[stolichnaya]

Were they always this crazy? Or was I just not paying attention?

[Boyo Jim]

Originally Posted by stolichnaya

Were they always this crazy? Or was I just not paying attention?

The latter. In the past, though, they were more comfortable crazies, and generally spoke with well-modualted voices, giving the appearance of sanity. Now they're getting desperate and more shrill, and hence they sound crazier.

[davidw]

Has anyone mentioned the special RNC meeting to approve a resolution to rebrand the Democratic Party as the "Democrat Socialist Party?" When even Michael Steele can see that your idea is stupid, it's really stupid.

[Really Not All That Bright]

Originally Posted by davidw

Has anyone mentioned the special RNC meeting to approve a resolution to rebrand the Democratic Party as the "Democrat Socialist Party?" When even Michael Steele can see that your idea is stupid, it's really stupid.

That is the Stupid Republican Idea of the Century. Actually, it might just be the Stupid Idea of the Century.

I might write to the DNC and suggest that they pass a resolution redesignating the Republican Party as the Republican Douchebag Party.

[Jack Batty]

Wow. That's monumentally stupid. Why don't they just go ahead and rebrand the Democratic Party as the Democratic Socialist Nanny-Nanny Boo-Boo We Don't Like You You Big Poopy-Heads Party while they're at it.

[Boyo Jim]

This story has been floating around for a few weeks, so it doesn't really count as today's stupid idea. But it really is a primo stupid idea. Calling a special meeting for the specific purpose of trashing the other party, and apparently with nothing else on the agenda.

I must say this is one of my favorite ongoing threads. The Republicans are entertaining me every single day, and often exceeding their daily quota of one stupid idea.

[ElvisL1ves]

For historical reference, John Stuart Mill once labeled the Tories "The Stupid Party".

[SteveG1]

Originally Posted by Frostillicus

This is just the break the McCain campaign was waiting for.

Isn't Dijom from, like, France or something?

Cool. Slam the Democrats, the liberals AND the French. I'm not a joke writer, but there has to be something we can work with there.

[Boyo Jim]

Every day I think someday I will wake up and read about one of these numb-nuts heads actually exploding. They have so much rage built up, and restricting their homosexual practices to public restrooms can only make it worsse.

[SteveG1]

Originally Posted by Squink

Let's run it through 'a dynamic, forward-looking organization that will amplify the common-sense and wisdom of our fellow citizens through a grassroots dialogue with Republican leaders', and see what pops out the other end.
Surely the National Council for a New America will save us all.

Is it just me, or did their entire "platform" look like just a mountain of boilerplated jibberish?

[Really Not All That Bright]

Actually, it sounds like a precis of a Democratic campaign platform.

Access to healthcare for all Americans. Job creation. Equal opportunity for education and affordable secondary education.

It's a rhetorical towel toss.

[Boyo Jim]

Originally Posted by Really Not All That Bright

Actually, it sounds like a precis of a Democratic campaign platform.

Access to healthcare for all Americans. Job creation. Equal opportunity for education and affordable secondary education.

It's a rhetorical towel toss.

You folks have missed the news. This is the group that started the "listening session" tour to get input from "normal Americans". Then Limbaugh trashed that idea, saying they need to do "teaching sessions" instead. Now Cantor has repudiated the "listening" idea -- interesting in that the whole thing was supposed to be non-partisan, but that was a sham from day one.

Since the Republicans have decided they don't need any more input, I'm pretty sure this organization is going to die a quiet death.

[Jack Batty]

I was thinking the "National Council for a New America" already existed; we just refer to it as "the last election".

[Boyo Jim]

Originally Posted by Jack Batty

I was thinking the "National Council for a New America" already existed; we just refer to it as "the last election".

Nope, brand new. From the link in post 183:

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) today issued the following statement upon releasing a letter announcing the formation of the National Council for a New America, a forward-looking, grassroots caucus intended to bring together Congressional leaders with a national panel of experts...

[From the letter]

...However, this is not a Republican-only forum. While we will be guided by our principles of freedom and security, we will seek to include more than just our ideas. This forum will include a wide open policy debate that every American can feel free to participate in. We do this not just to offer an alternative point of view or to be disagreeable.

Story was written on April 30.

IIRC about the corverage of the first "listening session", there were several subject areas that were declared off-limits in advance, such as abortion. So even before Rush brought them out to the woodshed, they were already not fulfilling the promises of their, er, founding document.

[Jack Batty]

I was being humorous. Or perhaps not.

[Boyo Jim]

I'm bad about recognizing any sarcasm but my own.

[stolichnaya]

sooo... that means you're good at it?

Am I doing this right?


/is this thing on?

[SteveG1]

Originally Posted by Boyo Jim

You folks have missed the news. This is the group that started the "listening session" tour to get input from "normal Americans". Then Limbaugh trashed that idea, saying they need to do "teaching sessions" instead. Now Cantor has repudiated the "listening" idea -- interesting in that the whole thing was supposed to be non-partisan, but that was a sham from day one.

Since the Republicans have decided they don't need any more input, I'm pretty sure this organization is going to die a quiet death.

Maybe when they listened (that's a pretty good joke right there) they didn't like what they heard?

As far as teaching, meh. Limbaugh can't teach me anything. He'd have to know something first, and that would be a "first" for him. Really. What can he teach me?

Patriotism? I have my honorable discharge, he had a boil on his ass. I work in government, and worked "defense" in the private sector.

Clean living? I'm not the one strung out on pills.

Honesty? Ummm don't think so.

Loyalty to Fearless Leader? He used to preach that UNTIL his boy wan't in charge anymore so that's a wash too.

I don't feel like going through a huge giant list right now, so that's enough.

No, nothing to see there.

[Voyager]

Originally Posted by Boyo Jim

You folks have missed the news. This is the group that started the "listening session" tour to get input from "normal Americans". Then Limbaugh trashed that idea, saying they need to do "teaching sessions" instead. Now Cantor has repudiated the "listening" idea -- interesting in that the whole thing was supposed to be non-partisan, but that was a sham from day one.

Can we take up a collection to hire a bodyguard for Rush? if anything happens to that guy, the Republicans might actually act on such radical ideas as listening to voters, and then where would we be?

Or maybe not. Remember last year when the Republicans were so upset about how the American public refused to listen to their insistence that everyone was doing well in the great Bush economy?

[elucidator]

Originally Posted by Voyager

Can we take up a collection to hire a bodyguard for Rush...

Not likely anybody will kill Rush before he does.

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

Originally Posted by Really Not All That Bright

That is the Stupid Republican Idea of the Century. Actually, it might just be the Stupid Idea of the Century.

I might write to the DNC and suggest that they pass a resolution redesignating the Republican Party as the Republican Douchebag Party.

That's good, but I move that the DNC rename the Republicans to "Fucking Babies". I believe that MSNBC would technically be obliged to use the new name, and it might spread all over the mainstream media.

"Congressional Democrats today passed sweeping health care reform in spite of the Fucking Babies in congress voting nearly unanimously against the wildly popular bill, claiming that nobody had listened to their ideas."

[Really Not All That Bright]

"...Governor Charlie Crist (FB-FL) today signed into law the..."

[Onomatopoeia]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy Dunlop

"Congressional Democrats today passed sweeping health care reform in spite of the Fucking Babies in congress voting nearly unanimously against the wildly popular bill, claiming that nobody had listened to their ideas."

Hah! I love it!

[Gangster Octopus]

I thought the Republican Party was rebranded the, "Sorry, Rush" party.

[Really Not All That Bright]

Originally Posted by Gangster Octopus

I thought the Republican Party was rebranded the, "Sorry, Rush" party.

Pending. Rush hasn't granted permission for them to use his name yet.

[EddyTeddyFreddy]

Originally Posted by Really Not All That Bright

Pending. Rush hasn't granted permission for them to use his name yet.

Yeh, he's too busy sneering at John McCain's 97-year-old mother and telling her to get out of his Republican Party.

[BrightNShiny]

Looks like the traitors that make up the Republican Party succeeded in getting the DHS report on right wing extremism yanked. Here's a (urk) Washington Times link.