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Is There Someone Else Up There We Could Talk To?

by Tim F|  October 11, 20078:49 am| 14 Comments

This post is in: General Stupidity

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  1. 1.

    Ugh

    October 11, 2007 at 8:51 am

    That’s pefect. Awesome.

  2. 2.

    magisterludi

    October 11, 2007 at 9:08 am

    Aw man! Priceless!

  3. 3.

    Zifnab

    October 11, 2007 at 9:13 am

    Brilliant!

  4. 4.

    Krista

    October 11, 2007 at 9:16 am

    The French guy made a lot more sense than Malkin did, though.

  5. 5.

    Blue Jean

    October 11, 2007 at 9:20 am

    Brave Ms. Malkin ran away
    Brave Ms. Malkin ran away, away
    When debate reared its ugly head,
    Ms. Malkin turned her tail and fled,
    Brave, brave, brave, brave Ms. Malkin

  6. 6.

    Pb

    October 11, 2007 at 9:34 am

    then Brave Ms. Malkin turned about,
    and gallantly she chickened out…

  7. 7.

    Zifnab

    October 11, 2007 at 9:43 am

    Bravely taking to her feet,
    She beat a very brave retreat…

  8. 8.

    scarshapedstar

    October 11, 2007 at 10:00 am

    The knights who say no-debate?

  9. 9.

    atari_age

    October 11, 2007 at 10:22 am

    The trick is how to deal with the falling livestock and (later) poop. Is it ok to fling some of it back up at them? Or should we just use it to our advantage as food and fertilizer? And can I take this Python analogy and further and still have it make sense politically?

  10. 10.

    jcricket

    October 11, 2007 at 10:51 am

    It’s basic physics. A right-wing commentator with an 8 oz brain simply cannot fathom the facts of a 10-lb debate about healthcare.

    I don’t love TNR, but I was reading their summary of this issue. After the TNR author found out that the Frosts had tried and failed to get private healthcare on their own (rejected for pre-existing medical conditions), the response by the supposed healthcare expert Republicans were using to question the Frosts’ healthcare cost estimates was priceless:

    I e-mailed Vineyard to see whether the cheap policy he quoted might have covered pre-existing conditions. Vineyard, who is also a private health insurance agent, declined to answer my questions. Instead, he responded thusly:

    “I’m not sure why you would try and divert the issue away from the point of my blog, but that is your prerogative. Have a nice day.”

    Do none of them have the spine to stick behind their statements when questioned?

  11. 11.

    jcricket

    October 11, 2007 at 10:53 am

    Money quote from the same TNR article:

    Maybe that’s why polls show large majorities of Americans supporting S-CHIP expansion and, increasingly, the creation of a universal health care system guaranteeing coverage as a birthright.

    And maybe that is why the right is getting so desperate. They know they are defending a hopelessly dysfunctional system–a system in which even the middle class can struggle.

    Much like their response on any number of issues where they are hopelessly out of the mainstream (Iraq, stem cells, global warming).

  12. 12.

    Jess

    October 11, 2007 at 11:01 am

    jcricket–

    that is a very good point. I think this may backfire on the right even more spectacularly than I hoped it might.

  13. 13.

    jcricket

    October 11, 2007 at 12:41 pm

    that is a very good point. I think this may backfire on the right even more spectacularly than I hoped it might.

    Don’t forgot about their opposition to gay rights, womens rights, minority rights, etc. Poll after poll shows the trends on these issues solidly in line with the Democratic party. Yet when they find their “gambit” has put them in a deep hole, what do Republicans do? Double down and get more unhinged.

    They’re basically like a football coach that at one point had a novel strategy that worked against unprepared teams. Then all the other teams wised up, changed their game plan and started beating that Republican team soundly. But the coach and his staff are so wedded to/enamored of the strategy they can’t see it’s a loser. I think I saw this in Varsity Blues or something.

  14. 14.

    Rome Again

    October 12, 2007 at 2:34 am

    Don’t forgot about their opposition to gay rights, womens rights, minority rights, etc. Poll after poll shows the trends on these issues solidly in line with the Democratic party. Yet when they find their “gambit” has put them in a deep hole, what do Republicans do? Double down and get more unhinged.

    Yeah, except the Dems don’t know how to bluff either, so, unfortunately, the strategy still has some steam to it.

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