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  1. 1.

    ChrisB

    Yes, this has been around for a bit. Olbermann had Ed Morrissey and others who went crazy over Ayers and Wright appearing on the list as some of his “worst persons” last night.

  4. 4.

    MattF

    The world beyond the wingnut Schwarzchild radius is different. Everyone has a different name, fascists are liberals, the moon is made of Dijon mustard, and there’s teleprompters everywhere. Especially Kenya.

  5. 5.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    Who is Hugh G. Rection and Why Is He Visiting the White House?

    How do we know it’s a “he”?

  9. 9.

    cleek

    that was a lovely little bit of troll-baiting the WH did there.

    obviously they knew the wingnuts were gonna shit themselves when the name “William Ayers” showed up.

    dance, monkeys! dance!

  16. 16.

    jibeaux

    There was a lot of buzz about the Russian guy, Pikov Andropov, but he just turned out to be a chauffeur.

  18. 18.

    jibeaux

    I have a very deep reserve of Simpsons episodes and Car Talk credits, so y’all can just bribe me to stop whenever.

  19. 19.

    soonergrunt

    You know they’re just dying to find this guy, Michael Hunt, and find out what his counter tops look like.

  21. 21.

    Third Eye Open

    I heard that Obama has seen the writing on the wall, and has already put the crack attorneys from Dewie, Cheetum, and Howe on retainer. I can say with all certainty, that we are living through the twenty-first centuries’ first failed presidency. HUZZAH!

  24. 24.

    slippy

    I don’t know if he visited the WH, but some Stu Pedasso clearly was involved in whipping up the fires of this conflagration of idiocy.

  26. 26.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    The Dick Armey crowd is filled with Randy Johnson fans. This leaves them at a distinct disadvantage when teabagging as the balls go by to quickly for any real pleasure to be had. Is it any wonder they are in a perpetual state of rage?

  29. 29.

    Perry Como

    Who is Hugh G. Rection and Why Is He Visiting the White House?

    Jeff Gannon is back in the press corps?

  31. 31.

    John S.

    Who is Hugh G. Rection and Why Is He Visiting the White House?

    Well, maybe the records show Hugh G. Rection didn’t actually visit, but I’m sure Obama was thinking about having him visit, so the comment stands.

    /wingnut

  36. 36.

    Max

    Haywood Jablomey was spotted earlier this morning.

    Oops, sorry, that was Bill Clinton. They look alike.

  37. 37.

    Fulcanelli

    O/T…

    From the new dead tree edition of the Atlantic…

    Article Title Fail: “The Economic Tool That Gets Everything Wrong” by Megan McArdle.

    You can’t spoof this stuff. Oh, the humanity…

  39. 39.

    Brick Oven Bill

    Emmanuel is smarter than to let Bill Ayres into the White House, and has the power to limit his movements on Pennsylvania Avenue. Emmanuel, however, does not have the power to keep Bill Ayres from visiting Brick Oven. I am proud to welcome Ayres as a commenter.

  41. 41.

    arguingwithsignposts

    @Fulcanelli:

    From the new dead tree edition of the Atlantic…

    Article Title Fail: “The Economic Tool That Gets Everything Wrong” by Megan McArdle.

    You can’t spoof this stuff. Oh, the humanity…

    I wonder if her headline writer has it in for her. That’s priceless – a paean to herownself.

  42. 42.

    Allan

    they then blamed it on the WH for not warning them that different people can have the same name

    How can we expect the nation’s press corps to actually read the official statement that accompanied the release:

    A lot of people visit the White House, up to 100,000 each month, with many of those folks coming to tour the buildings. Given this large amount of data, the records we are publishing today include a few “false positives” – names that make you think of a well-known person, but are actually someone else. In September, requests were submitted for the names of some famous or controversial figures (for example Michael Jordan, William Ayers, Michael Moore, Jeremiah Wright, Robert Kelly (“R. Kelly”), and Malik Shabazz). The well-known individuals with those names never actually came to the White House. Nevertheless, we were asked for those names and so we have included records for those individuals who were here and share the same names.

    That would be an unreasonable request.

  48. 48.

    MikeJ

    One funny thing about the list of names: the WH didn’t just release a list of everybody who visited, they released names that were specifically requested. One that I heard had been requested for release if he had visited: R. Kelly. Because, well, he’s black and stuff. So he must have gone to the White House.

  49. 49.

    Morbo

    The burden of course is on the White House to prove that they’re not “that” Bill Ayers or Jeremiah Wright. I am serious there, but I’ll counteract that bit of contrarianism with more of the same and ask, so what if they were? I, for one, would also like them to clear up for the record that the Gary Bauer on the list is not “that” Gary Bauer. I’m not going to throw a shitfit if they don’t though.

  51. 51.

    David

    Everything from Michelle Obama’s belt to an anti-Global Warming agreement between China and India are Liberal Plots to Undermine the Republican Party.

  53. 53.

    Brachiator

    Ya know, if Hugh G Rection stays over more than four hours, you have to call a doctor.

    Just sayin’

  54. 54.

    Free At Last

    Can we have a Bart Simpson Award competition for 2009? If so, I nominate the title of this post.

    As the year comes to a close we need something to honor our wittiest comments. Maybe SamSonOfRedKitten will inspire his Mom to outdo her entry from last year.

  55. 55.

    gnomedad

    @bemused:

    Rightwingers have to be the most gullible people on earth. They will fall for anything.

    Gullibility for their cause is a virtue. See: Iraq War.

  56. 56.

    Porlock Junior

    @soonergrunt:

    You know they’re just dying to find this guy, Michael Hunt, and find out what his counter tops look like.

    Well, if they want his counter tops, they can go to Helen Hunt for them.

    Come on, this is getting too easy.

  58. 58.

    Matthew Hooper

    See, now, usually I expect a pretty high class of commentators over here at BJ, but I should have known that the title of this post would open the floodgates on the potty humor. Er, so to speak.

    (Did Ivana Tinkle visit, dare I ask?)

  60. 60.

    eponymous

    Next thing you know, the wingnuts will be complaining that the White House didn’t release information on the food served to the guests that visited.

    Because we all know that wingnuts like fishsticks…

    /South Park

  69. 69.

    The Dangerman

    Whaddya expect; these ignorant fuckers worshipped Bush (not that that is an entirely bad thing).

  71. 71.

    licensed to kill time

    Brick Orgasmatron Bill, now starring in “The Night of the Living Dead”, or “Bongwater Never Dies, It Just Gets Stale”.

  73. 73.

    Brick Oven Bill

    Plato’s Third Understanding is that, although the physical applications of mathematics may change, the thoughts themselves are eternal, and are in another realm of existence.

    This being known, consider the following:

    1. Only 28% of Chinese women have experienced orgasm.
    2. I have had Asian girlfriends. There was no such problem with these ladies. One became a groupie.

  83. 83.

    gnomedad

    I think BOB has an attack of near-sanity once in a while and scares himself. The whiplash is a killer.

  84. 84.

    GregB

    I can’t believe none of the wingnutteratti were upset by the White House visits of known communists Hal Jalikeakik and Harry Nutsack.

    -G

  85. 85.

    Ash Can

    Is Oliver Klozoff on the list? If so, the RW blog-n-flailers might want to watch alert the authorities.

  86. 86.

    kay

    @Mark S.:

    I’d like to see the lowly state-level career public servant defend against noted law professor Althouse face to face, in a debate, or even a casual encounter, on “good feminism”.

    That will never, ever happen though.

    Too bad. It would be fun to watch Althouse get her clock cleaned.

  87. 87.

    binzinerator

    I think Miles Long poked around some, and Wetton Reddy came too.

    Also, the log noted Ali Menterycanal passing through as well.

    Or was it that the log passed through her?

  93. 93.

    mellowjohn

    as long as we’re all stealing names from click and clack, has anyone mentioned Andy Horzeerodinon?

  94. 94.

    bemused

    I once met someone with the name Dick Rasch. You’d think his parents would have thought twice about the nicknames before naming him Richard.

  97. 97.

    gnomedad

    A few years ago, I was at a eye clinic scheduling surgery (I’m fine). The date was April 1st. Someone paged “Seymour Clearly”. FSM’s truth.

  99. 99.

    Ed Drone

    My understanding is that two possible terrorist-sounding names had to be double-checked against the Terror Watch List:

    Hassan ben Sobr
    and
    Mustafa Bath

    But it turns out they were just poor schlubs who invested in toilet paper futures and a revolving-door company, and were wiped out before they could turn around.

    (RIP U. Utah Phillips)

    Ed

  100. 100.

    R-Jud

    @freelancer:

    My best friend’s name, no joke, is Sharon Heiny. She hated her parents during Middle School.

    I have a very good friend named Kara Mehl who also hated her parents for a long time.

  101. 101.

    Throwin Stones

    One more believe it or not: my wife went to high school with a Tera Hyman. Her father was an MD and should have known better.

  102. 102.

    licensed to kill time

    Some friends were having their first baby, wanted suggestions for names. Last name was Hymen, we suggested Buster.

  103. 103.

    GuyFromOhio

    @Ed Drone:

    Gaia help me, this thread is now officially toxic.

    (Me: LOL)
    (Her: What are you looking at now?)
    (Me: Tera Hymen!)
    (Her: I thought you weren’t supposed to look at that stuff at work anymore.)

  105. 105.

    mellowjohn

    i went to high school with a guy whose brother was named stamford peden… stam. for short.

  106. 106.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @gnomedad
    @jibeaux #57

    My personal favourite is the head of the Working Mothers’ Support Group: *Erasmus B. Dragon*

    Wouldn’t you love to get Click ‘n’ Clack drunk and off-mic some night? They have me on the floor anyhow most of the time; I can hardly conceive of what they’d be like uncensored.

  107. 107.

    Jamie

    Article Title Fail: “The Economic Tool That Gets Everything Wrong” by Megan McArdle.

    Oh, my god. That is the funniest thing I’ve read all week.

    That is analogous to this, except, well.

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