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Well, We Called That

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Me, last week, discussing the Larry Sinclair arrest at the National Press Club:

Question: Who will be the first to claim that if you speak out against Obamessiah, you get arrested? The Free Republic or No Quarter?

Via Sullivan, this from NoQuarter (I refuse to link them):

Tonight political prisoner Larry Sinclair is spending his fourth night in the DC Jail, the victim of a Gestapo-style enemies’ list operation carried out just three blocks from the White House last Wednesday afternoon.

Like shooting fish in a barrel. And just because it is so awesome, let’s revisit the Reason recap:

It had been a difficult morning for Sinclair. The Politico’s Ben Smith published a short feature on Sinclair’s 27-year criminal record of fraud and petty crimes; Greta Van Susteren linked the story, and told viewers/readers why she has ignored him. “While the internet is a great communication and educational tool, it is also viral when it comes to smearing people,” she wrote, prompting commenters to call her a cover-up artist and an agent of Barack Obama. It got worse when Sinclair’s lawyer Montgomery Sibley—whose license is currently suspended in D.C. and Florida—showed up in a kilt and told reporters that his above-average endowment made slacks tight and uncomfortable. The Rev. James David Manning, who gained web celebrity in April for a YouTube’d sermon in which he called Obama a “long-legged mack daddy,” sat in the crowd of 50 or so with his family. He didn’t take questions.

That, much like Hunter S. Thompson’s Nixon Obit, never gets old.

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88Comments

  1. 1.

    NR

    There’s a thread on this over at MyDD. I saw this quote in the comments:

    Among other oddities, the press conference featured Sinclair’s dibarred lawyer, Montgomery Blair Sibley, who informed those assembled that his preferences in dress were arrived at as a way to secure comfort for his unusually large scrotum. “I don’t know why men wear pants,” he said with a poker face. “It’s a function of male genitalia. If you’re size normal or smaller, you’re probably comfortable with [pants]. … Those at the other end of the spectrum find them quite confining.”

    In attendance was Will Bower, founder of PUMA. “I think its worth exploring,” Bower mused.

  3. 3.

    nightjar

    You could post a thread on this every day and it would only get funnier over time. And No Quarter being first to the stupid. Was there ever any doubt about that. And the Kilt thing is so original that some kind of comedic award is in order.

    signed nightjar– Obama Agent oo3 1/2.

    heee haaa!

  4. 4.

    Jay B.

    The Politico’s Ben Smith published a short feature on Sinclair’s 27-year criminal record of fraud and petty crimes; Greta Van Susteren linked the story, and told viewers/readers why she has ignored him

    But…but…Don’t you see? They’re in on it too!!11! When will you fools wake up?!

    Whitey!!!111!

  5. 5.

    Punchy

    I see Flowbee and his minions are pining hard for Amy Winehouse “We Need Drug Rehab” award.

    Seriously, when your lawyer shows up in a skirt and brags about his third leg, you’ve just got to recheck the website to make sure you’re not on The Onion or GayManToday.com….

  6. 6.

    Dave

    Has anyone considered that Larry Johnson is doing this as a GOP mole to make Democrats look bad? He used to run with the Republicans before the Plaime affair, right?

  7. 7.

    jake

    Barachmed HUSSEIN Obama the Stealth Muslim Scary Christian Uppity Negro Addict Elitist Marxist ^Nazi.

    Did I miss anything?

  8. 8.

    Oregon Guy

    Dave – if he’s trying to be a mole then he is shockingly incompetent. He’s made himself completely radioactive.

  9. 9.

    Tsulagi

    It got worse when Sinclair’s lawyer Montgomery Sibley—whose license is currently suspended in D.C. and Florida—showed up in a kilt and told reporters that his above-average endowment made slacks tight and uncomfortable.

    LOL

    You gotta admit, the guy has melon sized balls to show up at a press conference to defend this client wearing a uniskirt then making that statement to reporters no doubt with a straight face.

    HST, you pulled the plug too early. There was more weirdness and comedy to savor.

  10. 10.

    Grumpy Code Monkey

    Has anyone considered that Larry Johnson is doing this as a GOP mole to make Democrats look bad?

    The technical term is “ratfucker”, and yes, that’s exactly what he is.

  11. 11.

    Thom

    I watched Mother Night, based on one of my favorite Vonnegut novels, and with Nick Nolte, the other night. If you’ve read or seen it, Sinclair and his lawyer would have fit right in with the American Nazis who save Howard Campbell. Too fucking hilarious. I wonder if he wears the kilt in courtrooms. “I’m sorry, Your Honor, I have to cuz my dick’s so big.” Fuck.

  12. 12.

    jake

    It got worse when Sinclair’s lawyer Montgomery Sibley—whose license is currently suspended in D.C. and Florida—showed up in a kilt and told reporters that his above-average endowment made slacks tight and uncomfortable.

    Um. Well. You see. Obama’s Black Panzers slipped crack into Sibley’s coffee, which made him say that crazy … Hey, there’s nothing wrong with a guy wearing a skirt and bragging about his wedding … Just SHUT UP YOU FACISTS!

  13. 13.

    Joshua Norton

    “I’m sorry, Your Honor, I have to cuz my dick’s so big.”

    The thought of that side bar both repulses and fascinates me at the same time.

  14. 14.

    Kevin

    Where did “Agent Flowbee” originate? I’ve seen people use it in various places, but I don’t know where it first was used.

  16. 16.

    Incertus

    If you wander over there now, they’re also rehashing the birth certificate debate. Are you sure it’s not a hoax site now, like Landover Baptist?

  17. 17.

    Dennis - SGMM

    Where did “Agent Flowbee” originate? I’ve seen people use it in various places, but I don’t know where it first was used.

    Take a look at Larry Johnson’s haircut. Looks like it was done at home, possibly with a Flowbee.

  18. 18.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    It got worse when Sinclair’s lawyer Montgomery Sibley—whose license is currently suspended in D.C. and Florida—showed up in a kilt and told reporters that his above-average endowment made slacks tight and uncomfortable.

    Now that the secret is out I’ll have to let the hem down a bit to spare the women and children.

  19. 19.

    myiq2xu

    I wonder if he wears the kilt in courtrooms. “I’m sorry, Your Honor, I have to cuz my dick’s so big.” Fuck.

    That reminds me of why the cocktail waitresses in SF don’t wear miniskirts.

    They don’t want their junk to hang out.

  20. 20.

    myiq2xu

    Take a look at Larry Johnson’s haircut. Looks like it was done at home, possibly with a Flowbee.

    I thought it was a Craftsman Weedwhacker

  23. 23.

    Kevin

    Take a look at Larry Johnson’s haircut. Looks like it was done at home, possibly with a Flowbee.

    No, I understand that. What I meant was more along the lines of “who came up with that nickname for him?”

  24. 24.

    Zifnab

    I wonder if he wears the kilt in courtrooms. “I’m sorry, Your Honor, I have to cuz my dick’s so big.” Fuck.

    I just keep going back to the Daily Show bit about Douglas Feith’s gianormous balls.

  27. 27.

    CFisher

    Barachmed HUSSEIN Obama the Stealth Muslim Scary Christian Uppity Negro Addict Elitist Marxist ^Nazi.

    Did I miss anything?

    Well, if you believe the rantings of a drama queen with a rap sheet who failed a polygraph test, like the folks at NoQuarter do, you could add ‘Bi-sexual’ to the list. Probably in front of Nazi.

  29. 29.

    Crusty Dem

    I commented on an open thread about this post at No Quarter, I was busy inserting random insane comments there (I figured they wouldn’t stand out), but was finally busted and had my comments removed for mocking someone trying to raise money for Larry Sinclair on paypal. Guess I need a way to hide my IP, they’re suprisingly on top of the comments over there, considering they barely have a functional website. Seriously, John, it’s down even more than yours…

  32. 32.

    Forrest Prince

    Well, if wearing pants or a kilt is about the size of my, um, manhood, shall we say, then no wonder I look so good in Spandex.

    Nothing to see here folks, move along.

  34. 34.

    phobos

    I see that TexasDarlin at NQ has fearlessly forged ahead with Birth-Certifigate.

    My favorite post from the related Freeper thread:

    To: jveritas

    Well, tell us how to beat him, then; we’re kinda running out of ideas here.

    Wingnuts (and those who would emulate them) in a nutshell.

  35. 35.

    Echo without Bunnies or Men

    Larry Sinclair, political prisoner…baaaawwwhahahahahaaaaaa!

    Those drooling morons at No Quarter are a scream, a scream I say. They don’t really believe half the shit they write…do they?

  38. 38.

    J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford

    myiq2xu Says:

    Take a look at Larry Johnson’s haircut. Looks like it was done at home, possibly with a Flowbee.

    I thought it was a Craftsman Weedwhacker

    June 24th, 2008 at 2:44 pm

    That’s not a flowbee haircut, Larry Johnson wears a toupee.

  40. 40.

    Kevin Lyda

    Davebo Says:

    Ironically these people believe Obama supporters are nutcases.
    June 24th, 2008 at 1:52 pm

    Apparently they think non-kilt wearing male Obama supporters are encased nuts.

  42. 42.

    Grand Moff Texan

    I hope that’s not the James Manning I know. I would be so disappointed.
    .

  44. 44.

    myiq2xu

    The Tor Project is your friend.

    It’s probably a FBI/NSA sting operation.

    Anybody who uses the service must have something to hide, right?

  46. 46.

    phobos

    Anybody who uses the service must have something to hide, right?

    Except for me and my monkey.

  47. 47.

    OriGuy

    Well, I wear a kilt sometimes, for Highland games and Scottish dancing, but the boys never feel particularly cramped in trousers. Going regimental does give one a feeling of liberation. The ladies like it, too.

    Too much information?

  50. 50.

    Gregory

    I just keep going back to the Daily Show bit about Douglas Feith’s gianormous balls.

    I keep thinking of the Simpsons episode where, at “Scotchtoberfest”, Bart attached helium balloons to Groundskeeper Willie’s kilt, and a woman in the front row fainted at what was revealed.

    “Yeh used me, Skinner! Yeh UUUUUUUSED me!”

  51. 51.

    jibeaux

    “The first thing we do, let’s kilt all the lawyers.”—Dick the Butch

    That pun just kilt me.

    I’m not gonna wear a kilt. I’m a girl lawyer. It would look….fetishy.

    If his boy parts are really too large for pants, I think citizen journalism demands we learn the nature of his underwear, or is he too endowed for that also?

  54. 54.

    jibeaux

    Well, tell us how to beat him, then; we’re kinda running out of ideas here.

    This is priceless.

    Convince American voters that your stance on the issues is superior?

    Yeah, I’d go with BirthCertificateGate too.

  55. 55.

    JR

    I’m reading the comments on the most recent “Birth CertifiGate” expose and apparently the entire State of Hawaii is also in cahoots with the Obama campaign.

  56. 56.

    JR

    Oh Jesus. Serious discussion about hiring Dog the Frackin’ Bounty Hunter to investigate:

    Dog Chapman is a republican and yes he can be trusted. However, I don’t know if this is something he would be interested in since he hunts fugitives. Second, Obama is hiding something and so is the democratic party. My God, if they ran Hillary out so they could put this anti-American bigot in there that would be insane. I still say he holds citizenship in Kenya. I don’t believe he is a U.S. citizen and if he is, something is wrong and he doesn’t qualify to run for president.

  58. 58.

    Goseph Gerbils

    I just put castors on the end. Except on formal occasions when I need to wear a tie.

    Believe me, I can tell when the knot’s too tight.

  59. 59.

    jake

    I don’t believe he is a U.S. citizen and if he is, something is wrong and he doesn’t qualify to run for president.

    Yes! Something IS wrong. Obama hopped in his time machine (that he stole from victims of his Black Panzer Gestapo) went back in time to before he was born and using a combination of threats, drugs and sexual wiles to force the U.S. to adopt the terrible citizenship laws that would allow him to run for office!1

    Wowee zowee. Maybe the FringeLoons will give us a rousing chorus of “Go back to where you came from!” before they break out the N word.

  60. 60.

    Delia

    Yeah, I can no longer comment at NQ, either. I used to be a regular, back before Larry & Susan went insane, and have stopped in a couple of times to tell the new group that they’re all nuts. Now I can’t post anymore, even if I change my name. Although, really, why bother? It’s like trying to argue with the inmates. It is arguing with the inmates. I mean, the state of Hawaii printed out a fresh copy of Obama’s birth certificate and they’re all having seizures? They’ve all gone over to tinfoil land and there’s no getting them back.

  61. 61.

    Tiparillo

    If his boy parts are really too large for pants, I think citizen journalism demands we learn the nature of his underwear, or is he too endowed for that also?

    Real men always go commando in a kilt. Not so real mean call it the Britney Spears look.

  62. 62.

    BethanyAnne

    Mmmm, boys in kilts. I don’t swing much to boys, but mmmm, boys in kilts. :-)

    And jbreaux, I saw a girl in a kilt once at a Faire. I ended up liking how it messed with my head.

  63. 63.

    Martin

    Barachmed HUSSEIN Obama the Stealth Muslim Scary Christian Uppity Negro Addict Elitist Marxist ^Nazi.

    Did I miss anything?

    Yes, he wears pants, so he must also be a woman. I think Jon Stewart called that about a week back.

  65. 65.

    Gus

    Huh, I can’t post at NQ either. Dang, the other Hillary deadender blogs require you to register, so no more mocking the nuts.

  66. 66.

    Kevin

    Oh Jesus. Serious discussion about hiring Dog the Frackin’ Bounty Hunter to investigate

    That is some seriously demented stuff. While they’re at it, why don’t they ask Mulder and Scully to look at it too?

  67. 67.

    phobos

    You might be able to fetch a new IP which will allow you to post there again. If we don’t fight against the Hawaii Statehood Deniers, our state could be next.

    Theoretically, I would prefer Torbutton for Firefox in conjunction with the Vidalia/Privoxy bundle.

    But that would be unethical and time consuming.

  68. 68.

    Delia

    You might be able to fetch a new IP which will allow you to post there again. If we don’t fight against the Hawaii Statehood Deniers, our state could be next.

    If it were only worth my while to change my IP every other day for the pleasure of an hour’s posting to the loons on NQ.

    I fully expect them to go after Oregon statehood sometime soon. After all, we were one of the last to vote for the MUP. But Crazy Susan lives in Washington state, and she’s going to have to disenfranchise herself first. The early polling shows Washington leaning toward the MUP by a much higher margin than Oregon.

  69. 69.

    Punchy

    I don’t believe he is a U.S. citizen and if he is, something is wrong and he doesn’t qualify to run for president.

    Wow. Reading the Constitution is not one of their strengths, eh?

  70. 70.

    jaime

    Well, now apparently your father abandoning you at two years old is fair game at NoQuarter

    I don’t know “Barry the Bastard” has a nice ring to it, don’t you think.

    Can you see the slogan “Vote for the Bastard”

    Sigh.

  71. 71.

    myiq2xu

    I still say he holds citizenship in Kenya.

    Obama wasn’t born in the United States. He was born in Hawaii.

    That makes him Hawaiian.

  72. 72.

    myiq2xu

    Theoretically, I would prefer Torbutton for Firefox in conjunction with the Vidalia/Privoxy bundle.

    Is that with or without the Bourne Identity?

  73. 73.

    phobos

    Is that with or without the Bourne Identity?

    It really is touching seeing you trying to connect again.

    Tell the others.

  75. 75.

    jibeaux

    If it’s touching you I’ll move it.

    Get a kilt for that thing, will you? Oh, wait, pants will be fine. My bad.

  76. 76.

    Random Asshole

    I don’t believe he is a U.S. citizen and if he is, something is wrong and he doesn’t qualify to run for president.

    Wow. Reading the Constitution is not one of their strengths, eh?

    Ah-hah! I’ve figured it out!

    The real reason they don’t want to release his birth certificate is because it’ll show Barack is actually only 23 years old, hence, ineligible to run for president! It’s a giant age conspiracy, not an ethnicity conspiracy!

  77. 77.

    Grumpy Code Monkey

    Huh, I can’t post at NQ either. Dang, the other Hillary deadender blogs require you to register, so no more mocking the nuts.

    So it’s not just me, then.

    I commented on the Larry Sinclair saga, pointing out that the reporters at the presser thought he was full of shit and posted some quotes from the Telegraph to illustrate (on the details that matter, he was vague, on the details that didn’t matter, he demonstrated extraordinary recall, etc.) An hour later the comment was gone. I figured I must have popped a synapse and didn’t verify that the comment actually got posted, so I created a new one. An hour later, that one was gone too. I tried a third time.

    After that, I couldn’t submit comments anymore.

    And I swear to $DIETY, I wasn’t trolling; I was simply pointing out that some reporters were questioning the veracity of Sinclair’s statements. But God forbid you question the narrative; dissenting voices will not be heard.

    That’s part of why I think NQ is a true ratfuck operation; Flowbee was pimping Hills because that was the candidate the Goopers wanted, the one they were prepared for, and the one they felt confident they could manipulate either into losing outright or governing as a Republican Lite, and whipping Hillary’s real supporters into a psychotic froth is part of the plan.

    Barack Motherfucking HUSSEIN Obama scares the living hell out of them, which is why they’re throwing the kitchen sink at him (uppity bi-sexual drug-abusing Marxist Black Panther Terrorist Muslim Negro and his racist family and friends). The cognitive dissonance is so thick you need an aqualung to breathe.

  78. 78.

    Cain

    If his boy parts are really too large for pants, I think citizen journalism demands we learn the nature of his underwear, or is he too endowed for that also?

    Feel free to stick your hand up there and find out. But you find any drool please wipe it off before shaking other people’s hands. While you’re at it, please find out what kind of countertops he has. That’s what citizen journalists do!

    cain

  79. 79.

    bago

    Utilikilts is based on the other side of the hill from me. Also, amazing how techies would prefer the candidate with a CTO and a social networking site over the doofus who can’t use a computer.

  80. 80.

    Delia

    That’s part of why I think NQ is a true ratfuck operation; Flowbee was pimping Hills because that was the candidate the Goopers wanted, the one they were prepared for, and the one they felt confident they could manipulate either into losing outright or governing as a Republican Lite, and whipping Hillary’s real supporters into a psychotic froth is part of the plan.

    I really don’t think NQ started out as a ratfucking organization. Larry started out as a friend of Valerie Plame Wilson’s, and he was really, really pissed off by that whole affair and the way the Wilsons were treated. NQ used to be a really good site for information on national security and military strategy and how the Bushies were screwing up that aspect of national life. He linked to a lot of interesting stuff I would otherwise have known nothing about Susan Hu/SusanUnPC came over from the GOS and she used to be pretty good as well. There was a really good community of people who posted there. They certainly had a right to pick Hillary as their candidate. But even before the start of the primary season, Susan started taking the attitude that all the candidates who weren’t Hillary were sleazebags and scum. By the time Edwards dropped out she allowed that he was a fine human being, but that was only to win over his supporters to Hill. After that point, the site became pretty much what it is now. One tabloid story after another on the villainy of Obama. Once in a while they still did one of Larry’s national security stories, but all the old commenters have run away. So Larry and Susan do more extreme stories and they attract more extreme whackjob commenters, and they let the whackjobs write stories, which they post . . . so pretty so they’re designing Hillary posters that show her as the Sun Goddess and they’re trying to prove that Obama isn’t eligible to run for President because Hawaii isn’t a state, etc.

  82. 82.

    jaime

    they’re trying to prove that Obama isn’t eligible to run for President because Hawaii isn’t a state, etc.

    They’re so nuts they’re starting to become dangerous. The FBI has been called, and this hapless heap of stupid are taking up collections to pay a private investigator to search Obama’s birth records.

    They have seriously sought the help of Dog, The Bounty Hunter/

  83. 83.

    stuck in 200

    political prisoner Larry Sinclair

    At least this one isn’t likely to rape and murder anybody after they get him sprung.

  84. 84.

    grumpy realist

    Vis-a-vis Monty’s kilt argument et al…..to quote from a wonderful French joke (translated): “hell, throw it over your shoulder and go as a gas pump.”

  86. 86.

    Delia

    The FBI has been called, and this hapless heap of stupid are taking up collections to pay a private investigator to search Obama’s birth records.

    They have seriously sought the help of Dog, The Bounty Hunter

    Well, at this point it’s probably for the best that none of us can post on NQ and tell them they’re wasting their precious dimes and nickels. Let them spend themselves into pauperdom. When all they need is The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Private Investigation.

    So appropriate in every way.

  87. 87.

    Grendel72

    Considering Dog’s reputation for respecting black folks I’m sure the No Quarter people would get along famously with him.

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