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What the Hell?

by John Cole|  February 5, 20085:11 pm| 22 Comments

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Is Howard Dean wearing on Hardball right now?

Was he waterboarded in that suit and then thrown in an industrial strength dryer?

Christ, Mark Penn looks good by comparison.

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  1. 1.

    4tehlulz

    February 5, 2008 at 5:14 pm

    Dean could be wearing a burlap sack, and as long as he doesn’t go into a frothing rabid rage at the sound of HRC’s name, he will still look better than Chris Matthews.

  2. 2.

    TR

    February 5, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    Dean’s notoriously cheap — old suits, and I believe he does wash them himself.

    Still, a massive improvement over McAulliffe.

  3. 3.

    Studly Pantload

    February 5, 2008 at 5:23 pm

    HOWARD DEAN FOR PRES–whoops, wrong year

  4. 4.

    Face

    February 5, 2008 at 5:37 pm

    More fiscal conservatism:

    PAULSON: What we’ve got in terms of 2009, you have $70 billion which is a placeholder. And that will be needed to be updated when Gen. Petraeus comes back and reports and so on. In terms of what we’re going to spend this year, Congress, I believe, is yet to appropriate $108 billion which is going to be needed right now.

    SEN. BINGAMAN: So we need the $108 billion plus we need the $70 billion plus we need whatever Gen. Petraeus says in his report in March? And the amount that Gen. Petraeus asked for is not included in the budget?

    PAULSON: It’s an unknowable amount. … That’s a placeholder and it will change based on what the requirement is.

    I have a feeling Bush, in his last budget request, will go stupid crazy and ask for something like $721 billion dollars for the wars, scream “Dems hate troops!” when they balk, then have the Dems fold, then laugh when the next Dem Pres tries to tax their way out of a $1.2 trillion dollah hole.

  5. 5.

    Wilfred

    February 5, 2008 at 5:41 pm

    Wrong thread but check out this picture of Romney on Adam’s thread at redState caption please If that’s support…

  6. 6.

    Jay

    February 5, 2008 at 5:42 pm

    I had to rewind the DVR (God, I love technology).

    Dean looks like, as one of my drill sergeants used to say,
    Joe Shit The Ragman.

  7. 7.

    Bob In Pacifica

    February 5, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    It’s my wardrobe. Someone’s always giving me shit for my faded t-shirts. That’s why I don’t go on Hardball.

  8. 8.

    caustics

    February 5, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    Wrong thread but check out this picture of Romney on Adam’s thread at redState caption please If that’s support…

    Jeff Emmanuel put that up. He despises Romney.

  9. 9.

    Studly Pantload

    February 5, 2008 at 6:00 pm

    Thanks loads, Wilfred — now how the hell am I supposed to go to sleep, tonight?

  10. 10.

    Steven Donegal

    February 5, 2008 at 6:32 pm

    Jeebus, you watch Hardball? Are you off your meds or what?

  11. 11.

    Snark Based Reality

    February 5, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    Holy Crap…

    The Romney and McCain lackeys are trying to kill each other on Hardball. Wow the Romney camp is in meltdown.

  12. 12.

    jvill

    February 5, 2008 at 6:46 pm

    Why can’t Dems just freakin’ find a bunch of pretty people, dress them up real nice, and train them to talk the talk? How hard is it to find charismatic spokespeople?

  13. 13.

    Snark Based Reality

    February 5, 2008 at 6:47 pm

    From the bitch from the Romney camp:

    “No, conservatives don’t do preemptive wars.”

    WTF?!

  14. 14.

    Demdude

    February 5, 2008 at 7:05 pm

    I love me my Howard, but it looks like he is wearing a Pajamas Top instead of a shirt.

    He did bat down Tweety pretty well when he tried to get him to take a position on seating the Florida and Michigan delegates.

  15. 15.

    Sirkowski

    February 5, 2008 at 7:15 pm

    PICS or it didn’t happened!

  16. 16.

    Dennis - SGMM

    February 5, 2008 at 7:18 pm

    Wilfred Says:

    Wrong thread but check out this picture of Romney on Adam’s thread at redState caption please If that’s support…

    Thanks, Wilfred. Had to scroll down a bit but the Romney pic is hilarious!

  17. 17.

    Digital Amish

    February 5, 2008 at 7:19 pm

    Say all you want about the jabs between the Clinton and Obama camps. Those Republicans want to eat each others hearts. Bay Buchanan was like some nasty shit. I hope all three stay in the race. Fun stuff.

  18. 18.

    Jake

    February 5, 2008 at 8:14 pm

    PAULSON: It’s an unknowable amount. … That’s a placeholder and it will change based on what the requirement is.

    Goes well with the “Known knowns.”

    Can we make excessive use of the passive voice a hanging offence? Pleeeeze??

  19. 19.

    LiberalTarian

    February 5, 2008 at 10:22 pm

    Well, update from the Cali on-campus polls:

    Lots of students showing up to vote on campus when they don’t live on campus, the nice lady showing them a map of town and where they are supposed to go vote. Tons of people, like me, who are “decline to state” voters going Democratic. I heard the nice lady when she called the elections folks (whoever they may be) that there were 12 people in line and they had about 20 Democratic ballots left, and they still had an hour and half to go before the polls closed. Turns out I could have voted for Mittens if I was willing to register Republican on the spot, but, well, ew.

  20. 20.

    LiberalTarian

    February 5, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    Ga. People in Montana are 36% for Romney. Geez. Makes me want to shake ’em. Of course, their teeth (dentures) would fly right out of their heads. Lots of retirees up there (young people tend to leave to find JOBS). Ugh. Bah. Urg.

  21. 21.

    LiberalTarian

    February 5, 2008 at 11:01 pm

    Wow. The west in general really really like Romney. Can’t see the attraction myself, but whatever.

  22. 22.

    Geoduck

    February 6, 2008 at 5:04 am

    “No, conservatives don’t do preemptive wars.”“No, conservatives don’t do preemptive wars.”

    WTF?!

    Didn’t you hear? George Bush isn’t a conservative.

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