Every time I get depressed about what is going on, I remember that this jackass or the McCain/Palin team were the other options last year.
We dodged a damned bullet.
And it is so hot here that if I could figure out how to blog from a tub of cold water without electrocuting myself, I would. It was too hot to even think about eating dinner.
lamh31
I like what someone said in the comments section over at TPM: “maybe we should boycott Lanny Davis”.
Already being done, by me at least.
JK
For any fan or hater of Lanny Davis check out this video:
It’s a classic irritating performance by Lanny
Debate on Honduras: Fmr. Clinton Lawyer Lanny Davis, Lobbyist for Honduras Business Leaders vs. NYU Historian Greg Grandin
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/7/honduras
HyperIon
So…how hot is it?
I bet it’s not 103 F.
That’s what we hit in Seattle 2 weeks ago.
Top that!
eric
Lanny Davis coming before a death panel near you.
cleek
i love Whole Foods – it’s the only place in town where i can get decent fish and really good meat. but, fuck Mr Mackey and his Lanny Davis sidekick, mm k?
i’ll do without.
demkat620
OT, but I just got home from work. Congrats to Krista! A baby boy juicer. Very nice!
On topic, Lanny Davis was and always will be an asshat.
General Winfield Stuck
Dog Days of August back there. Misery index off chart.
Lanny Davis is a whiny little beatch with a permanent “kick me cause I deserve it” sign stuck to his backside.
And the “we dodged a bullet” meme can’t be stressed enough. Though I would tend to “we dodged an Apocalypse”.
Oh, and It’s ok!, we all slip off the Unicorn sometimes.
Darkrose
@HyperIon:
103? Wusses.
In Sacramento in the summer, 103 is “pleasantly warm”.
(Okay, I exaggerate. Usually we don’t say it’s “cooled off” until it gets below 95. And this year, a clerical error seems to have swapped our summer weather with the Pacific Northwest.)
JK
There’s a reason why Lanny Davis was Tucker Carlson’s favorite Democratic guest and is one of Sean Hannity’s favorite Democratic guests. It’s because he drives sane democrats crazy.
feral1
Has air conditioning not come to WV yet?
boom! you’re roasted!
Seebach
Well, if Lanny Davis wants me to go shop at Whole Foods, how can I possibly say no?
MBSS
but who do you hate more-
lanny davis or joementum lieberman?
this is a close one.
Violet
How hot is it? If it’s not at least 100 degrees, it’s not hot. Another measure – what are your lows? If your coolest temperature is below 80, it’s not hot.
d0n camillo
Since Lanny is so used to pissing liberals off, it might not have occurred to him that the CEO of a company whose customer base is almost certainly overwhelmingly liberal might want to think twice before pissing those same liberals off. It will be interesting to see what that editorial does to Whole Food’s bottom line. It was a nice touch putting it in the editorial section of the WSJ too, because there’s no way that would antagonize any customers.
JK
OT
Dick Armey is resigning from DLA Piper law firm amid a wave of negative attention his grassroots organization, Freedom Works
h/t http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26128.html
Seebach
Remember,
Not shopping at Whole Foods = Shooting up the Holocaust Museum
JK
OT
Dick Armey is resigning from DLA Piper law firm amid a wave of negative attention his grassroots organization, Freedom Works has drawn for helping to organize protesters at health care town hall meetings.
h/t http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26128.html
D-Chance.
God bless FAIL Blog and God bless Fox News…
Leelee for Obama
Lanny used to be a Republican Congressman. Need I say more? No? Good!
That is all.
Litlebritdifrnt
Yeah we dodged a bullet, and yeah, we should be grateful, but I am going all emo along with John right now. I want POTUS and all his troops calling out these liars for what they are, I don’t want to hear “they are misrepresenting” I don’t want to hear “they are misinterpreting” I want to hear “What these people are telling you are bare faced lies in order to incite fear” call these mother fuckers out for what they are – liars. And in Palins case not only a fucking liar but a hypocritical liar, the worst kind. I understand that Obama has said that he will get a bill passed even if it means that he is a one term president, I believe him, I believe that he is that passionate about it, but right now I do not have any belief in the intelligence of the American people to understand that this will be the best thing for the country. I haz a sad.
MikeJ
In Sacramento everyone has a/c. In Seattle, not only do many homes not have a/c, when you want to go out to eat to avoid using the oven in your house you will discover that many restaurants don’t have a/c either.
Fortunately, it is a balmy 67 ° right now.
Litlebritdifrnt
PS) ditto on the A/C question, you guys don’t have A/C where you are? I thought that only happened in barbaric England and stuff.
eric
Does WV have horseless carriages?
Violet
@eric:
Yes, of course. And they get their news from the wireless.
HyperIon
@MikeJ: Right on. I was gonna say the same thing.
I had a tiny window unit in my bedroom and so did not suffer at night. The good news: I was pretty sure that there would be no power outages given the low % of AC’ed houses/business. It was HOT!
Leelee for Obama
It would be nice if we could anticipate where the next BIG LIE would come from, but I ask you-Why would anyone expect the Pubs to pull this “kill Granny”shit out of their asses when they are, almost to a one, on record supporting the idea of end-of-life counseling to save money? Gingrich was hawking this only a few weeks ago. The Media have to call them on it-with film if possible. No one can prepare for onslaughts of horse-shit. For the most part, Dems believe in what their eyes and ears tell them, you know, scientific. The Pubs are forever creating realities of their own. Ask any Psychiatrist how hard it is the predict what a schizoid will do.
Unabogie
Dammit, I had the word “s ocial ism” and my comment got eaten!
R-Jud
A cool shower with Dr. Bronner’s Peppermint Soap generally does it for me when it’s hot and there’s no AC.
Not that “hot” has been a problem here in Blighty this summer.
And yes, I am up late. DILUTE, DILUTE! OK!
Indylib
@Litlebritdifrnt: Most houses in southern California don’t have AC. Our house in San Diego had full southern exposure and we were just far enough from the beach for the nice breeze coming off the Pacific to peter out before it got to us. When it was 90 degrees outside, it was 88 degrees in the house.
Fencedude
As a Floridian, I will state that I will never live in a house without central air.
Ever.
Warren Terra
Now, I can totally understand why the only people who have to resort to hiring Lanny Davis are repulsive slime, because if they weren’t so execrable then representing them in public would be less repugnant, and so could find someone less abhorrent willing to back their cause for money. So, I get why they can’t find anyone better than Lanny.
What I can’t figure out is why they think, given this choice, that taking advice from Lanny Davis and having him as their public face is better then having no-one at all. Having Lanny Davis as an advocate can only hurt their brand – which considering who still hires him is itself something of an achievement – and Davis will be sure to make them pay massive amounts of money for the privilege.
Blue Raven
@Litlebritdifrnt: Many houses in the SF Bay Area (allowing for one’s definition of same) don’t have AC, either. If the county touches the ocean, odds are you don’t have AC. The inland ones that touch the Bay are more likely to do so, but they hit the 90s without trying hard for half the average summer.
MBSS
no AC on the central coast of cal either.
and R-Jud, Dr. Bronner’s FTW. a company that you can be sure is not on the Dark Side.
Rosali
Lanny Davis was out saying big lies in support of Joe Lieberman during the CT primary fight.
Skepticat
It’s been what I’d consider very warm (mid eighties) here (north shore of Boston), so I’m on my warm weather diet–mango ice cream, root beer float ice cream, italian ice, and coconut sorbet. Oh, and watermelon as a palate cleanser. Cook? Who cooks?
Linkmeister
We let our central air die 25 years ago due to prevailing tradewinds.
MBSS
@ skepticat
aaaaaaaaraghhh. Mango Ice Cream?? you guys are killing me.
i am going to eat for two tonight.
MBSS
@ linkmeister
an answer to a question you asked me long ago.
yes, my friends are all dodger fans. do you live in L.A.?
amorphous
Eh, shut it, Cole, it’s been 100+ every day for almost three months in Austin.
Allan
Would this be a good time to suggest that Lanny Davis eat a bag of overpriced organic dicks?
Obama Death Panel Chairman (formerly glocksman)
It ain’t the heat, it’s the humidity.
Here in the lovely lower Ohio Valley we get lots of summer days that have 90+ heat coupled with 90%+ humidity.
I’d rather deal with dry desert heat than the humid weather we get here.
When I was a kid back in the 1970’s, I’d park my ass in a lawn chair right next to the central A/C compressor with a good book in hand, simply because while I wanted to be outside, I didn’t want to deal with the humidity and the dry hot air from the compressor was the perfect antidote to the sticky weather.
rs
I’ve never watched a performance by Lanny Davis that I didn’t want to reach through the screen and strangle the motherfucker. Sharing a stage like he did with Grandin forces him to stray within 90 degrees of the truth. He’s at his most execrable when he’s able to spout his lies unchallenged, like on Washington Journal several months ago where he defended the Israeli massacre of civilians and ongoing blockade in Gaza.