This, hands down, is the best piece about the recall yet:
Yet, by election eve, liberals had worked themselves into quite a self-deluding and frenzied lather. The same apologists for Clinton
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)
Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.
He imagines himself as The Big Bad, Who Is Universally Feared… instead of The Big Jagoff, Who Is Universally Mocked.
I was promised a recession.
Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll
If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.
When the time comes to make an endorsement, the pain of NYT editors will be palpable as they reluctantly whisper “Biden.”
Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?
If marriage is the equivalent of selling yourself into slavery, women with self respect should reject the offer.
They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.
The willow is too close to the house.
It’s not hopeless, and we’re not helpless.
You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.
Republicans in disarray!
Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.
The choice is between normal and crazy.
Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.
This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.
“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly
I’m more Christian than these people and I’m an atheist.
Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!
with the Kraken taking a plea, the Cheese stands alone.
They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.
Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.
James R MacLean
It’s disturbing the number of people who can’t understand the difference between adultery and sexual assault. Neither is laudable, but the former is not a public matter. The latter most assuredly is.
John Cole
It is disturbing the number of people who can not distinguish the difference between sexual assault and 30 year old unproven allegations of sexual assault. Not to mention those who could not determine the difference between adultery and perjury, and ran around saying pithy things like “This is just about sex.”
BTW- Jones, Willey, and Broderick and others were not accusing Clinton of adultery. Theat was Gennifer and Monica. I know- so many names- you are excused for mixing them all up.
Lots of disturbing stuff out there.
Kimmitt
There was the matter of the video clip of Arnold sexually assaulting a woman on a talk show.
John Cole
I still have never seen this – not even a picture of it, and I heard conflicting reports. You have links?
Kimmitt
I have pics, but not a ton of context.
link.
Dean
Kimmitt:
By what definition does the sequence of pictures indicate sexual assault?
Without context, I think that you are walking the line of potential slander to suggest that that is “sexual assault.”
sym
I did not know Jon Stewart was such a partisan. And if I had to guess his party affiliation, it would not have been Republican. Though he does talk about rimming a lot on his show…(Clinton didn’t actualy do that, did he? Wait, don’t answer that. Some things are better left unknown).
What I’m trying to say is, the beloved host of the Daily Show didn’t write the article. Change the attribution
John Cole
Am I a moron or what?
Emperor Misha I
That’s “sexual assault”, Kimmy?
Heck, by that definition, I spent most of my life between the age of 14 and 28 as a serial rapist – ROFL!
“But look! He’s touching her hip! And notice the look of dread on her face! A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH! BURN HIM!!!”
radtec
Perhaps the reason Dreier didn’t point and shoot at Arnold is because Arnold’s transgressions were in his youth (not to mention already documented publicly in many low brow magazines througout the years) whereas Billy Boy got a knob job while on “active duty” as our so called leader. Don’t get me wrong, I think Arnold loves copping a feel and asking for the eye candy just because he can..and THEY do!
There is no evidence that Arnold ISN’T a great family man and father. He’s grown up over the years and until he screws it up in the present tense, he gets the vote. I don’t think in the 8 years of Clinton the term “great family man and father” were ever used, unless it was on Leno or Lettermans opening stand up.
Kimmitt
Heck, by that definition, I spent most of my life between the age of 14 and 28 as a serial rapist – ROFL!
1) Sexual assault isn’t rape, you microencephalitic goon.
2) It would not surprise me at all if you spent a lot of your years between 14 and 28 committing (especially borderline) sexual assaults.
The pics in question do not lay down definitively what happened — I’d want transcripts of the show and info on what transpired afterward. What they do show is that Schwartzenegger is comfortable groping women in public, which is relevant to two discussions: why the folks who were all a-twitter about Clinton banging an intern due to their high moral values are backing this guy, and whether or not women who come forward to discuss allegations against Arnold have credibility.
Robin Roberts
Slander the only thing in your toolkit Kimmitt? Your comments – together with the wilful malice you demonstrate – approach the legal definition of slander even for a public figure like Arnold.
SDN
Kimmitt:
There are no words. What I see is two adults engaged in horseplay. The fact that they are reclining on a bed for this “show” sure looks like the rules are a tad less formal than the high-school debate team. Big Fat Hairy Deal.
And this is what your side doesn’t get. Most of the country (men and women) hasn’t had a life time of gender indoctrination courses, and just isn’t going to see things your way.
Andrew Lazarus
Arnold’s less than fine start: he asked Gray Davis to stop naming persons to state commissions and signing bills approved by the Legislature. Now, he has a (small) point on the commissioners, although those have always been turkey farms for outgoing governors to keep some faithful retainers from unemployment. But since the Legislature is not in session, the bills would become law tomorrow ANYWAY (California doesn’t use the pocket veto).
“Oh sure, I knew that.”
When the budget comes around, I think we’ll find many others things Arnold didn’t know.