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Shorter Byron York

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Sure, polls say Obama and his agenda are wildly popular and enthusiastically supported by the public, but if you don’t count black people, you could say Obama and his agenda are merely really popular.

They just can’t help themselves.

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*** Update ***

I officially retire from “shorter” posts and will leave it to the masters. I just suck at them.

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57Comments

  1. 1.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    Putting it in quotes makes it sound like he actually said it. I think it should be italicized.

  2. 2.

    Michael

    Byron just doesn’t want to count black people. It is unpleasant for him, and shows his real worldview.

    I’ll be waiting for Klan shills Tom Sowell, Walter Williams and Alan Keyes to excoriate him any day for that.

  4. 4.

    BobJ

    I think a black persons opinions only count as 2/3 of a real opinion under the constitution.

  5. 5.

    WereBear

    I knew how awfully obtuse, xenophobic, and clueless they could be, but the height they have fallen from in about a year is incredible.

    Is this the same party which had a lock on every aspect of government in 2005?

  6. 6.

    Leo v.2.0

    Oh my god, DougJ’s question actually made it into Hiatt’s chat:

    Rochester, N.Y.: In his first 100 days, Obama hasn’t showed much strength when it comes to dealing with enemies like North Korea and Iran (his great heroism with the pirates notwithstanding). Do you think this is why we’re seeing increased attacks from things like the swine flu?
    Fred Hiatt: You mean the swine flu virus could tell that our defenses were weakened? I don’t think so.
    I think on a lot of international issues, you could see this administration’s stance as “weakened,” as you say, or as prudently laying the predicate for more aggressive diplomacy down the road. It’s too soon to say what the foreign policy will end up looking like.

  8. 8.

    TenguPhule

    but if you don’t count black people, you could say Obama and his agenda are merely really popular.”

    And if we ignore 75% of Americans, Republicans are still popular and in control.

  10. 10.

    Tom

    I’m not sure how it makes sense that this means Obama’s positions are “more popular overall than they actually are”, unless you’re arguing that black people don’t actually count.

    I’d like to see York try and stammer his way out of that one.

  11. 11.

    JK

    All-Time Dumbest Quote by Byron York

    It is here, in the Tuscan Ballroom, that Rudy Giuliani has come to address supporters in the wake of his resounding defeat in the Florida primary. And it is probably wildly inappropriate to say, but in this setting and under these circumstances, it is hard not to think of Fabrizio Quattrocchi, the courageous Genoan who, taken hostage by Islamic terrorists in Iraq in 2004 cried out, “Now I will show you how an Italian dies!” just before he was shot.

    Source: The End of Rudy, http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDE0Njg5NTNlY2RhMDQ5MTUxNzVkNzEyOWZlMDNjNzg=

  12. 12.

    Mr. Stuck

    Yep. I read this earlier. You used to could count on York to use at least several brain cells in his writings. But no more, the GOP death rattle virus has got him too.

    but if you don’t count black people, you could say Obama and his agenda are merely really popular.”

    GOP, In the Year of Our Lord 2009

    “There must be some way out of here,” said the joker to the thief, “There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief.

  13. 13.

    smiley

    @Michael: If you read Adam’s post you’ll see he’s saying that York and others don’t think it fair because blacks support Obama’s policies and approve of his performance because he’s is black, and only because he’s black. To York the support is based on nothing other than their shared blackness.

  14. 14.

    Mr. Stuck

    Fred Hiatt: You mean the swine flu virus could tell that our defenses were weakened? I don’t think so.

    A question a normal person would not answer.

  15. 15.

    os

    well i guess the assumption is that black people support barack on every move because of racial solidarity, i mean nothing like say white christian evangelicals who support repulbicans because of their solid hatred of all things not white christian evangelical

  16. 16.

    Cat Lady

    In a few short days, the right wing talkers and print pundits are just going to stop even trying to talk to anyone other than each other, and drop all the code they use in polite company. They’ve wanted to all along, but there are rules to follow if you want to go on anything other than Fox and Rush’s show. Hopefully they’ll all get their hate on in whatever netherworlds they occupy outside of view, and burn themselves out for once and for all.

  17. 17.

    Faux News

    I think a black persons opinions only count as 2/3 of a real opinion under the constitution.

    I think it’s 3/5 according to US law before the Civil War.

  18. 18.

    geg6

    Speaking of idiots…

    Has anyone been over to Glenzilla’s lately? He has the funniest post I’ve ever seen there about Virginia Foxx (R-NC) holding him up as a shining example of good reasoning against hate crimes legislation. Seriously. Go over and read it. Frickin’ hilarious.

  20. 20.

    TenguPhule

    Oh my god, DougJ’s question actually made it into Hiatt’s chat:

    When they can’t tell the spoofs from the true believers, it’s time worry.

  21. 21.

    Tom

    York might have a point. Maybe a solution is to count the response of black people as 3/5th of a regular response.

    Then these polls wouldn’t be so skewed.

  26. 26.

    slag

    Obama’s really popular, but if you don’t count people who can’t spell or use the CAPSLOCK button properly, then he’d be even more popular.

  27. 27.

    Zifnab

    Wait, so are we to assume that black people reflexively support Obama because he is black and therefore don’t count?

    What does that say about our last 43 Presidents?
    “Yeah, I wasn’t a real big fan of Carter, but then I was thinking, like, he’s white like me. So I should cut him some slack.”

  28. 28.

    geg6

    Another gem from Rep. Foxx during the hate crimes floor debate today:

    “The bill was named after a very unfortunate incident that happened, where a young man was killed, but we know that that young man was killed in the commitment of robbery. It wasn’t because he was gay. The bill was named for him, the hate crimes bill was named for him, but it’s, it’s really a hoax, that that continues to be used as an excuse for passing these bills.”

    I think we should start a betting pool or something for stupidest wingnut statement of the day. Or maybe one of those word a day calendar type things. Either way, I think we should try to make some cash off of the implosion of the GOP and help pay off the deficit or something.

  30. 30.

    binzinerator

    @Michael:

    Byron just doesn’t want to count black people.

    Unless he can count each one as three-fifths of a person. Those were the gool ‘ol days, eh Byron?

  32. 32.

    joes527

    I’m coming to the conclusion that the Decline and Fall of the Republican Party was put on the fast track by AM Talk radio and Fox News.

    It can’t all be the media’s fault, though maybe the very beginning of the end for the Republicans was the Nixon/Kennedy debate where Dick (your father’s Dick, not your Dick) “learned” that media image was everything.

    In any case, Karl Rove put together a perfectly reasonable plan to take over the world. He would harness the power of stupid to fill the sails, while he and his kept their hand on the tiller to keep the ship sailing in the direction of world domination.

    What went wrong? Somehow stupid transformed itself from a means that served Rove’s diabolical plan into an end itself. And what blew the wind of stupid into a hurricane that would end up puting Rove and his evil companions on the rocks? Fox News.

    At least that’s what I’m thinking.

  34. 34.

    dmsilev

    @joes527:

    What went wrong? Somehow stupid transformed itself from a means that served Rove’s diabolical plan into an end itself. And what blew the wind of stupid into a hurricane that would end up puting Rove and his evil companions on the rocks? Fox News.

    The monster *always* gets away from the Mad Scientist and causes much havoc and destruction. I wonder who Igor is in this analogy.

    -dms

  36. 36.

    passerby

    Byron York: but if you don’t count black people, you could say Obama and his agenda are merely really popular.

    Sounds like he has a bad, undiagnosed case of White Privilege.
    There’s a lot of that going around, but the media refuse to report on it.

    (…and visquine and duct tape won’t keep you safe from it.)

  37. 37.

    Laura W Darling

    @geg6: I think John should go open a Cafe Press store. He could put the BJ logo on a bunch of t-shirts, ball caps, coffee cups, neti pots and the like. When something super cool is said, he can run over and slap the quote onto the merchandise.

    Wake me when we reach Peak Wingnut!

    Maybe part of the profits could go to animal rescue groups?
    You’re welcome John. Always thinkin’ over here.

  38. 38.

    Zifnab

    @joes527:

    What went wrong? Somehow stupid transformed itself from a means that served Rove’s diabolical plan into an end itself. And what blew the wind of stupid into a hurricane that would end up puting Rove and his evil companions on the rocks? Fox News.

    I assumed the hurricane was created by global warming.

  39. 39.

    tc125231

    @TenguPhule:

    And if we ignore 75% of Americans, Republicans are still popular and in control.

    So , what’s your point? Those are not “real” Americans, they should be ignored.

  40. 40.

    Cat Lady

    @joes527:

    Right. The problem was when the fundie rubes stopped just showing up to fill the sails, and wanted their turn at the rudder. They then proceeded to mistake the giant protruding rock for the shore of Jesusland.

  41. 41.

    Mark S.

    Do Republicans ever wonder why they have so little support among blacks? Are they ever at all embarrassed by it?

  42. 42.

    comrade scott's agenda of rage

    As the late Steve Gilliard usta say, not all Republicans are bigots but all bigots are Republicans.

    Steve never met some of my Appalachian relatives, all white, all Democrat and bigoted as all gitout.

    But you get my point.

  43. 43.

    gil mann

    I’m a pretty far cry from being aware of all internet traditions, but isn’t a “shorter” supposed to be more damning than the original, for comedic effect or whatever?

  45. 45.

    Bubblegum Tate

    @Mark S.:

    Do Republicans ever wonder why they have so little support among blacks? Are they ever at all embarrassed by it?

    Why, because the islamocommienaziLIEbruls bought off the blacks with welfare, of course. (That is a serious argument that they make, and no, they aren’t at all ashamed to make it.)

  47. 47.

    geg6

    Laura W Darling: I like it. 1) Making fun of wingnuts. 2)Kibble for rescues. 3) ??? 4)PROFIT!

  48. 48.

    gypsy howell

    Add a fur coat and a large silk cravat, and Byron is starting to look more and more like Oscar Wilde .

    I’m not sure what that means.

    Oh wait. Maybe I do.

  49. 49.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    I officially retire from “shorter” posts and will leave it to the masters. I just suck at them.

    Yours was fine and made the point. Sadly, No went for the snark. Different animals.

  50. 50.

    NR

    And if you factor out all the people who don’t believe in evolution, Obama’s probably up around 80-90% or so.

    Anyone can play this dumb game.

  52. 52.

    Ash Can

    I officially retire from “shorter” posts

    No, don’t do that. You’re better at it than you give yourself credit for. Both you and the Sadly, No! shorters had me laughing out loud.

  54. 54.

    Screamin' Demon

    I actually prefer the “shorter” here to Sadly No’s

    Both you and the Sadly, No! shorters had me laughing out loud.

    Sadly No! are by no means the masters of the shorter. That would be one Elton Beard. He could nail the essence of an article using less than half the number of words in a typical Sadly No! shorter.

    There’s a reason why it’s called the shorter…

  56. 56.

    lucslawyer

    I suggest a new name for the “GOP”….the WPE…the White Power Evangelical Party….

  57. 57.

    Wile E. Quixote

    @John Cole

    Shorter Byron York
    Sure, polls say Obama and his agenda are wildly popular and enthusiastically supported by the public, but if you don’t count black people, you could say Obama and his agenda are merely really popular.

    I like it. Oh, by the way John, you can say that the Pittsburgh Steelers won the 2006 Superbowl, but if you don’t count the last three quarters of the game the Seattle Seahawks won by three points.

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