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“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

Giving up is unforgivable. ~Joe Biden

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

I really should read my own blog.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

The willow is too close to the house.

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

Bark louder, little dog.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

When they say they’re pro-life, they don’t mean yours.

Elections aren’t won by handwringing, cowering, and/or bashing your own candidates.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

One lie, alone, tears the fabric of reality.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

“Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.”

A thin legal pretext to veneer over their personal religious and political desires.

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

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  5. 5.

    MikeF

    CBeck, that was worth saying three times. In fact, I will say it again.

    18-1
    That is all.

    Heh heh heh.

  7. 7.

    Zeta

    What happened to “Who cares, really”?

    Whatever, I’m all about taking down dynasties on principle. I bet you feel like I did when Texas beat USC. :)

    Scoreboard, bitches!

  12. 12.

    Jake

    C-H-O-K-E.

    And now for 500 bazillion x 10^14^ words from sports writers on the theme of “What the Fuck Just Happened?”

  13. 13.

    myiq2xu

    … but the MUP is the underdog. The signs are a wash overall.

    Who is Eli gonna endorse?

    The Putz are from Massachusetts, where Ted Kennedy is from, so this is bad for the MUP.

    But Tweety will point out that women hate football, so this is bad for the Clagina

  14. 14.

    MikeF

    And now for 500 bazillion x 1014 words from sports writers on the theme of “What the Fuck Just Happened?”

    It is simple really. The Giants were hungrier and clearly wanted it much more.

  17. 17.

    myiq2xu

    Maria Shriver endorses Obama

    The Repugnant Governator’s mattress cover wife endorses Obama.

    That’s what everybody but kos would call a “BFD”

  18. 18.

    TheFountainHead

    Since Hillary is from New York this is good for her and bad for the Magical Unity Pony

    Actually, since the Giants are coming home on Tuesday and their parade is on Tuesday, I could make the argument that the opposite is true, since Hillary supporters who are Giants fans are likely to assume their vote is far less important than seeing their victorious Giants.

  19. 19.

    TheFountainHead

    The Repugnant Governator’s mattress cover wife endorses Obama.

    That’s what everybody but kos would call a “BFD”

    Maybe so, but I’d put good money on it being above the fold on every front page in California tomorrow.

  20. 20.

    myiq2xu

    Actually, since the Giants are coming home on Tuesday and their parade is on Tuesday, I could make the argument that the opposite is true, since Hillary supporters who are Giants fans are likely to assume their vote is far less important than seeing their victorious Giants.

    She’ll have her friends at Diebold fix things, just like they did in NH

  21. 21.

    myiq2xu

    Maybe so, but I’d put good money on it being above the fold on every front page in California tomorrow

    .

    Nope, below the fold.

    The Super-Duper Bowl will suck all the oxygen out of the news cycle.

  22. 22.

    TheFountainHead

    Nope, below the fold.

    The Super-Duper Bowl will suck all the oxygen out of the news cycle.

    Not when it was New England vs. New York. It will be above the fold too, but Maria will make the cut as well.

  23. 23.

    Bob In Pacifica

    Well, congrats to the Giants. I guess I’ll have to listen to the ’72 Dolphins for another 20 years, or until they die off.

    Looks like Cali here will go to Obama on Tuesday. Over and out.

  24. 24.

    myiq2xu

    Looks like Cali here will go to Obama on Tuesday. Over and out.

    Wanna bet? Last poll has her up by 2. I hope you weren’t trustifying Zogby.

  26. 26.

    Louise

    That was big fun. Damn, I loved seeing Brady flattened that last time by…what rookie was that? No matter. BLAM!!!

    Plus, Eli coming out of that mob of players and flinging the ball up. We were all yelling, “NOOOOOOO!” and then “YEEEEEESS!!!!

    I do love a smackdown.

  27. 27.

    Seanly

    Ahhh, all is right with the universe now…

    That was a great game. Even with only 35 seconds left, I was worried Brady to Moss or Welker would decide it.

  28. 28.

    19-0 The Perfect Season

    I heard the Patriots copywrighted my name. Do they know “The Most Overrated Team Ever” is also for sale?

  30. 30.

    LiberalTarian

    I dunno about Obama here Tuesday. We’ll see.

    Good ol’ Bill was here week before last and drew 10K to see him. We have 50K in town, so that means 1 in 5 went to see him speak. Of course, they turned away 3500, but still.

    All that proves is that my town loves Bill.

    Tuesday’s gonna rock.

  31. 31.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    of FUCKING course.

    The parade is on Super Tuesday.

    I’m not going to say it’s a scheme of any sort, because I wouldn’t know who’s doing it.

    But fuck me if it isn’t the worst idea.

  32. 32.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    Looks like Cali here will go to Obama on Tuesday. Over and out.

    Wanna bet? Last poll has her up by 2. I hope you weren’t trustifying Zogby Sully.

    Fixtified.

  33. 33.

    firebrand

    The underdog Giants kicked the shit out of the Pats today, and come Tuesday, underdog Barack Obama will kick the shit out of the Clinton campaign! Go Giants! Go Obama!

  35. 35.

    Mr. Sparkle

    I still can’t believe that out of the three NFC East teams to make it to the playoffs, it had to be the mo’fuggin Giants that took the whole thing. Dammit, my team had the ghost of Sean Taylor [too soon?] behind them for five straight games, He even gave the Skins the ball back from their own kickoff against the Seahawks…and they still found a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory!

  37. 37.

    Sensitive Pony Tailed Girly Man

    I’m distraught. Not over the final score. The Giants wanted it more and outplayed NE most of the game. They’re worthy Champions.

    The problem is that it was close all the way to the end, so I had to watch the whole damn thing. The whole damn thing consists of 10 parts Football and 90 parts advertising pap. I tried to cope by watching these vaunted SB Commercials, but nope, kept saying ‘Trying way too hard their Bub’ and tuning out by listening to the melody that the ping!, ping!, pings were making as my brain cells died off at twice their normal rate.

    After 4 hours of this the mind tends to wander and mine went back to my College Days. In particular I kept being reminded of that strange, pathetic type of “Student” that loved High School so much that they wanted to relive the Experience, even if it meant paying College Rates.

    I speak, of course, of the Marketing “Major”. You know the type, spent the Entire Semester, every Semester, drinking cheap beer and scoring cheaper Women. They’d buckle down with one all-nighter at the end, which was all it took to pull down a 3.something. Meanwhile the rest of us, the Serious Student, had to interupt our own debaucheries two or three times per semester. And the interuptions weren’t chintzy all nighters, sometimes we had to go as much as a week at at time.

    The Super Bowl is the Showcase Event for these folks. Competition is fierce and only the Creme de la Creme land the Accounts. We are watching what the finest minds in the World of Marketing can come up with when they’re given boatloads of money. What _did_ they learn, back in those halycon days? Were they really as stupid and vapid as they appeared?

    Yup.

    So, congratulations NY Giants. You are the Champions even if some of your fans make Marketing Majors look good. I have to move on and figure out how I can vote for Obama while simulataneously embarrassing “Governor” Mitt Romney with a McCain vote.

  39. 39.

    Face

    Since Hillary is from New York this is good for her and bad for the Magical Unity Pony

    I haven’t a clue what any of this means.

  40. 40.

    Sensitive Pony Tailed Girly Man

    I haven’t a clue what any of this means.

    This is what happens when you pay too much attention to what the Greatest Minds in Marketing have to say for an extended period. Next thing you know he’s going to start calling the COY a poor loser by selectively editing the part of the end game where Bill ran out to congratulate Tom Coughlin.

  42. 42.

    Caidence (fmr. Chris)

    And can we all just agree that Bella-cheat is a classless asshole!

    I will never understand what’s up with that.

    1 second left on the clock, they decided to lose gracefully and congratulate, but because the clock didn’t run out like they were expecting ZOMG PATS SUX N TRY 2 RUN WAY!!

    Like the caucus thing and Hillary. One county’s Hillary team goes stupid, Obama cries a procedural foul. The Obama supporters start saying this is evidence of Hill’s corruption, Hill supporters say this is a complete scam.

    How about: The HRC Campaign manager for Clark County is an asshole? I hear these “assholes” exist in this country.

    Why can’t things be as simple as they’re reported?

    Bellichek started walking across the field when the clock was near zero. Probably to shake hands, like every other super bowl. No?

    /I’m in NYC by the way
    //I’m quite happy with the outcome.

  43. 43.

    Dennis - SGMM

    Wanna bet? Last poll has her up by 2. I hope you weren’t trustifying Zogby.

    The Field Poll of 02/03/08, considered the most accurate for California does show her up by 2%. On the other hand, the Field poll of 1/22/08 showed her up by 12%.

  44. 44.

    J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford

    Four hours for what was basically a 3-2 game? A two minute tv timeout immediately before another two minute timeout for a replay review?

    Give me soccer any day. Wednesday night on ESPN2, USA vs Mexico, live from Houston. Two hours, that’s it. Grab a beer, sit down for 45 minutes (plus a little stoppage time). Go to bathroom and grab another beer before sitting down for 45 more minutes (and stoppage). Game over.

  45. 45.

    Sensitive Pony Tailed Girly Man

    I will never understand what’s up with that.

    1 second left on the clock, they decided to lose gracefully and congratulate, but because the clock didn’t run out like they were expecting ZOMG PATS SUX N TRY 2 RUN WAY!!

    You’ll notice that true Giants fans are enjoying the Win. What you’re seeing here are loser Steeler Fans and loser Jets fans, who really can’t enjoy that. All they have left are dishonest cheap shots at the Coach who regularly chews them up.

    Again for the Record, Bill Belichick raced out to mid field. He was met by Tom Coughlin. Big Hug. Hearty Congratulations. Technically yes, there was one second left on the clock, so they had to play it out. I’ve actually seen some of the more deranged complaining that NE *wanted* those last seconds put back. Their derangement knows no bounds, apparently.

    Belichick has his short comings. If an Indy fan wants to take a shot for BB’s shabby treatment of Dungy, I’m down with that, it was indefensible. But last night’s end game is up there with that old Ainge-bit-Tree-Rollins myth. Maybe it will die on that far off day when the NY Jets actually do something in the Playoffs, but lordy lordy, we’ll probably all be dead by the time that happens.

  46. 46.

    pfrets

    Again for the Record, Bill Belichick raced out to mid field. He was met by Tom Coughlin. Big Hug. Hearty Congratulations. Technically yes, there was one second left on the clock, so they had to play it out. I’ve actually seen some of the more deranged complaining that NE wanted those last seconds put back. Their derangement knows no bounds, apparently.

    Again, for the record, Bill was nowhere to be seen while the rest of his team stayed on the sideline for the final snap.

    And…I don’t give a damn about the Steelers or the Jets, so what does that make me? Just an average Joe who saw the same thing a million others saw…a class act (the Team) left on the sidelines for the final TWO seconds of the game.

    Your right on the money for calling Belichek out on his treatment of Dungy. I look at last night as an extension of that same attitude.

    Belichek. Great coach…no doubt. Great man…question to be resolved.

  47. 47.

    Sensitive Pony Tailed Girly Man

    Your right on the money for calling Belichek out on his treatment of Dungy. I look at last night as an extension of that same attitude.

    I don’t see it that way. Coughlin is a friend of Belichick. And Bill has been Mister Personality all through the 2 weeks of SB hype, and through the Playoffs too. Maybe it’s a temporary thing. Since he lost we’ll certainly find out soon enough next Fall. But there was no display of unsportsmanship going on at the end of that game. Ream him out all you want, but use the legitimate ammo at your disposal, there’s certainly enough of that without inventing more.

    I’m running out of steam, I think I’ll go back and read that Idiot San Diego fan who was ranting about the red flag. That one was so absurd it’s actually funny. And then I’ll cease and desist. Congratulations again NY Giants, Champions of the NFL.

  48. 48.

    Jamey

    Why do New Englanders think that there’s a NY-Boston rivalry? Sox/Yanks, maybe. But who the fuck cares? As a Mets fan, it’s all about Billy Buckner and the 18 – 1 ’07 Patsies. Suck it, bitches!

    Rivalry? I hardly give Boston a second thought. It’s all about the teams in our division. I just cannot wait to see what kind of football town Boston turns out to be when the Pats return t0 the pack. Bunch of whiny-ass bandwagon-riding
    whiners.

  49. 49.

    Hypatia

    I guess I’ll have to listen to the ‘72 Dolphins for another 20 years, or until they die off.

    Yup, that’s the only bad thing about it…

  50. 50.

    Tractarian

    Bellichek (sic) started walking across the field when the clock was near zero. Probably to shake hands, like every other super bowl. No?

    The clock was near zero – but it was stopped at :01 after Brady’s last hopeless heave downfield. Surely the football genius Belichick knew that a kneel-down was necessary to end the game.

    This is the best thing to ever happen in the history of Earth.

    Couldn’t have said it better myself. Though it may very well be surpassed by Johan Santana and the Mets beating up on the Red Sox in October.

    Hard to believe the next World Series will come and go before we actually get to know who our next president will be.

  51. 51.

    Kynn

    More great political and sports analysis by our own Michael D.

    Actually, this post had the least stupid quotient of anything he’s posted in a long time. Stick with two-word posts, Michael.

  52. 52.

    skip

    As a Packer fan I saw luck on both sides, but the Giants looked somehow better and tougher than the Pats. Brady does not like getting his hair mussed.

    The Giant D line was the measure of victory.

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