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You are here: Home / Politics / Republican Stupidity / The Republican Twitter Revolution Is Off With a Bang

The Republican Twitter Revolution Is Off With a Bang

by John Cole|  January 8, 20098:15 pm| 16 Comments

This post is in: Republican Stupidity, Clown Shoes

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Every new venture is going to have a rocky start, so why should the Republican foray into the mysteries and vagaries of the intertrons and teh google be any different:

“Our majority was emaciated by electoral liposuction, our bold rebranding initiative put speed freaks to sleep and our approval rating nose-dived faster than Bozo on a bender.”

—Republican House Policy Committee Chairman Thaddeus McCotter, who — help us — is “blogging” now for Andrew Breitbart’s “Big Hollywood”

So much fail.

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  1. 1.

    Funkhauser

    January 8, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    Dear GOP,
    Please leave analogy-butchering to experts like Thomas Friedman.

  2. 2.

    TR

    January 8, 2009 at 8:21 pm

    Thaddeus McCotter — wasn’t that the name of the prep school asshole from every John Hughes movie?

    In any case, he’s about as good at metaphors as Ray Romano’s sportscaster character from that SNL sketch:

    Chet Harper: Alright, I’ll go, I’ll go, I’ll go! But let me just say one thing: I’ve always wanted to be a sportcaster. Your clever metaphors and catchphrases escape me. Like a fat girl waving her trophy from the smell contest. But I want you to listen here! I’m not giving up! Alright? I’ll be back. If it takes me two-hundred years, I’ll be back! Lord Sweet Pappy Johnson with an erection, I will be back!

  3. 3.

    RoonieRoo

    January 8, 2009 at 8:27 pm

    Is McCotter a cat? Only reason I can think of that you used the cat blogging tag is if McCotter is actually a "blogging" Republican cat. Meow.

  4. 4.

    MAX HATS

    January 8, 2009 at 8:33 pm

    The whole concept of the much hyped "Big Hollywood" blog is mind blowing. Change the politics of Hollywood with a blog composed of 3rd rate conservative blowhards? Uh, okay. Sure. And I’m going to change NASA through interpretive dance.

  5. 5.

    TR

    January 8, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    Over at Kung Fu Monkey, John Rogers has a brilliant takedown of the very premise of Big Hollywood.

  6. 6.

    TR

    January 8, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    And that Rogers post led me back to an even more classic takedown of a similar effort.

    Brilliant stuff.

  7. 7.

    Comrade Kevin

    January 8, 2009 at 8:56 pm

    Joe the Plumber’s apparently so hot he’s got flames behind him in that ad. Did PJTV summon him from the pits of Hell?

  8. 8.

    Silver Owl

    January 8, 2009 at 9:26 pm

    Clueless is not just a movie. lol

  9. 9.

    Justin

    January 8, 2009 at 9:36 pm

    WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!

  10. 10.

    maxbaer (not the original)

    January 8, 2009 at 10:41 pm

    Couldn’t they at least start calling him Joe the ex-Plumber?

  11. 11.

    libarbarian

    January 8, 2009 at 11:21 pm

    My God that explosion is beautiful.

  12. 12.

    Fencedude

    January 9, 2009 at 1:19 am

    @Comrade Kevin:

    Also, the photoshopping on that banner is atrocious. I’ve done better cropping than that and I suck at photoshop.

  13. 13.

    Ash Can

    January 9, 2009 at 4:57 am

    So when does Joe the Plumbing Tool actually start, y’know, finding people who want to talk to him reporting from Israel?

  14. 14.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    January 9, 2009 at 7:19 am

    Dear Thad,

    Your alma mater owes you (or your parents) a refund.

  15. 15.

    Karen S.

    January 9, 2009 at 9:40 am

    My gosh, that McCotter blog "entry" is almost Fellini-esque in its absurdity and surreality. What does it mean??????

  16. 16.

    jibeaux

    January 9, 2009 at 10:31 am

    It’s like Hunter S. Thompson, writing sober. Maybe. Who can say?

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