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Waterlewd!

by John Cole|  March 22, 201010:07 pm| 62 Comments

This post is in: Excellent Links, Humorous, Republican Stupidity

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Apparently I wasn’t the only one to get the wild idea to taunt Jim DeMint with Abba. Apparently some merry Facebook pranksters had the same idea:

Heh, indeedy.

The pranksters are still having fun attaching pictures to his site:

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  1. 1.

    Cat Lady

    March 22, 2010 at 10:11 pm

    There is no such thing as too much Waterloo, there is only not enough Waterloo.

  2. 2.

    freelancer

    March 22, 2010 at 10:12 pm

    merry Facebook pranksters are shrill.

  3. 3.

    D-Chance.

    March 22, 2010 at 10:12 pm

    The moment HCR passed, I predicted that Drudge would pull out the old daily stock chart pic. And, he did… and he waited as long as he could until it was obvious that the market wasn’t going to tank. Now, it’s only a faded memory.

  4. 4.

    PsiFighter37

    March 22, 2010 at 10:13 pm

    Ugh, my subletter in the apartment (thankfully for all of 9 more days) is watching Faux News in the living room. I always suspected he was a closet Republican but my drunken heckling of Boehner last night while watching C-Span must’ve driven him over the edge.

    What a turd sandwich.

  5. 5.

    Mark S.

    March 22, 2010 at 10:14 pm

    “Suck it, Demint” has a nice ring to it.

  6. 6.

    General Egali Tarian Stuck

    March 22, 2010 at 10:15 pm

    No rest for weary and stupid.

  7. 7.

    Peter J

    March 22, 2010 at 10:15 pm

    This is great news for President, and Abba fan, John McCain.

  8. 8.

    robertdsc

    March 22, 2010 at 10:16 pm

    Good times. Fuck you, DeMint.

  9. 9.

    dmsilev

    March 22, 2010 at 10:17 pm

    Hmm. So what battle are the wingers going to fight next? Will immigration reform be Obama’s El Alamein? Will financial regulation be his Cannae? Cap and trade his Dien Bien Phu?

    -dms

  10. 10.

    scav

    March 22, 2010 at 10:18 pm

    ooo, the French must buuurn. . . . le pauvre. le pauvre dément.

  11. 11.

    Pigs & Spiders

    March 22, 2010 at 10:20 pm

    “This will be X’s Waterloo!” will be a phrase carefully avoided for some time to come.

  12. 12.

    scav

    March 22, 2010 at 10:24 pm

    @dmsilev: what is that, War is how God teaches Americans geography and so he is teaching Americans historical warfare using reform measures? Yoikes, what a lesson plan.

  13. 13.

    Violet

    March 22, 2010 at 10:24 pm

    @Mark S.:

    “Suck it, Demint” has a nice ring to it.

    I caught that too. Excellent.

  14. 14.

    Joseph Nobles

    March 22, 2010 at 10:24 pm

    As I said in a previous thread, Bill Kristol postponed Waterloo for a Friedman Unit.

  15. 15.

    Jim Once

    March 22, 2010 at 10:25 pm

    “This will be X’s Waterloo!” will be a phrase carefully avoided for some time to come.

    Not if I can help it.

  16. 16.

    Jim Once

    March 22, 2010 at 10:27 pm

    Suck it, DeMint

    As a former resident of Waterloo – this.

  17. 17.

    Max

    March 22, 2010 at 10:29 pm

    Um, Mr. Cole, I believe the picture on the horse was used in support of the public option. You better take it down, lest you violate the decorum of the intertubes… :)

    I just found out that the rental house I was hoping to get is all mine! The move is going to go so much smoother now that I know Max the Wheaten and I have a house with a yard to move into.

    Going to be living in Camas, WA (Prune Hill actually). So friggin’ excited. I want to move now!

    Max +1.5

  18. 18.

    General Egali Tarian Stuck

    March 22, 2010 at 10:33 pm

    @Max: Sounds like things are running smooth for your move. I love the NW, it is beautiful and a milder climate than the ice box of Montana I lived in for a while.

  19. 19.

    Sly

    March 22, 2010 at 10:35 pm

    @dmsilev:

    My money’s on the Jobs Bill being his Battle of Singapore. It will be the greatest Republican victory since Governor Thomas Dewey defeated whats-his-name in 1948.

  20. 20.

    TR

    March 22, 2010 at 10:36 pm

    Hilarious.

  21. 21.

    Jim C.

    March 22, 2010 at 10:38 pm

    Well, PERSONALLY I’m a very polite and mild mannered sort.

    However…

    My wife has stated the opinion that “that jerk needs to be ****ed with a sandpaper wrapped dildo” so take it for what it’s worth. :P

  22. 22.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 22, 2010 at 10:38 pm

    @dmsilev: Infrastructure renewal will be Obama’s Siege of Vienna. Mark my words.

  23. 23.

    arguingwithsignposts

    March 22, 2010 at 10:39 pm

    @TR:

    Looks like he scrubbed all the Waterloo links. Time to reload.

    You’re implying DeMinted actually knows how to use a computer. It’s some dipshit 20-something staffer who’s scrubbing that stuff. DeMint wouldn’t know how to point a mouse (speaking as a former resident of the Palmetto State).

  24. 24.

    Max

    March 22, 2010 at 10:39 pm

    @General Egali Tarian Stuck: Thanks! I reserve the right to bitch about the rain a little in the winter. :)

  25. 25.

    Robin G

    March 22, 2010 at 10:41 pm

    The schadenfreude will never get old, I think. I feel all warm and cozy, and I haven’t even been drinking or gotten laid or burrowed into a comforter.

    Now I shall make myself dinner seasoned with Glenn Beck’s salty tears.

  26. 26.

    merrinc

    March 22, 2010 at 10:43 pm

    Speaking of southern nutjobs, we have a candidate running against the ever odious Virginia Foxx. There’s a meet and greet with Billy Kennedy in Winston-Salem tomorrow evening; details on Facebook. It’s less than a two hour drive so my husband and I will probably be there. Unfortunately, I opted for the B-J mousepad so I won’t be recognizable by a Tunch or Lilly shirt; sorry.

  27. 27.

    burnspbesq

    March 22, 2010 at 10:44 pm

    I do loves me some Jane Mayer. In the forthcoming issue of the New Yorker, she detonates a Truth Vest and destroys Thiessen’s book.

    http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/03/29/100329crbo_books_mayer?currentPage=all

    The money quote is right at the end – and it is as much about Obama as it is about Thiessen. Sad but true:

    By holding no one accountable for past abuse, and by convening no commission on what did and didn’t protect the country, President Obama has left the telling of this dark chapter in American history to those who most want to whitewash it.

  28. 28.

    PeakVT

    March 22, 2010 at 10:47 pm

    Did somebody say water?

  29. 29.

    dmsilev

    March 22, 2010 at 10:48 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Yes, but what will be Obama’s Gallipoli? The next Supreme Court nomination?

    -dms

  30. 30.

    BethanyAnne

    March 22, 2010 at 10:49 pm

    @Joseph Nobles: LOL for real. hehehe

  31. 31.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 22, 2010 at 10:52 pm

    @dmsilev: That I don’t know, but the next Assistant Secretary of Commerce nomination will be his Tewkesbury.

  32. 32.

    Sentient Puddle

    March 22, 2010 at 10:55 pm

    It actually appears that the links weren’t scrubbed. The wall just defaults to DeMint posts. But if you click the “Jim DeMint + Fans” button…

  33. 33.

    KDP

    March 22, 2010 at 10:55 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts: The fan pics are still there though. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/senatordemint?v=photos&ref=ts

  34. 34.

    Joseph Nobles

    March 22, 2010 at 10:56 pm

    Elba, bitches!

  35. 35.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 22, 2010 at 10:58 pm

    @Joseph Nobles: St Helena might be better if we are sending DeMint there.

  36. 36.

    arguingwithsignposts

    March 22, 2010 at 10:58 pm

    Michelle’s war on obesity will be his Battle of the Bulge!

    (sorry)

  37. 37.

    Violet

    March 22, 2010 at 11:00 pm

    @Joseph Nobles:
    Not Elba. Saint Helena. Exiled for life.

  38. 38.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 22, 2010 at 11:00 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts: Well done.

  39. 39.

    Violet

    March 22, 2010 at 11:01 pm

    Will Financial Reform be the Republicans’ Maginot Line?

  40. 40.

    TR

    March 22, 2010 at 11:01 pm

    @Sentient Puddle:

    It actually appears that the links weren’t scrubbed.

    Yep, that was my bad, I’m a Facebook newbie.

  41. 41.

    Fred

    March 22, 2010 at 11:08 pm

    @max

    You can bitch about the rain, just don’t bitch about the paper plant.

  42. 42.

    scav

    March 22, 2010 at 11:08 pm

    If only Boehner could get a little jaundiced then we could re-enact Custards Last Stand . . .

  43. 43.

    SIA

    March 22, 2010 at 11:11 pm

    Just did what I said I never would do – JOINED FACE BOOK. pls come friend me, Screaming N. Atlanta. It was worth it to read the fun comments on DoDo DeMints page. Fun times.
    http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=19787180818&share_id=102708783098565&comments=1#!s102708783098565

    ETA: One of Jim’s new “friends” is from Moran, WV. JOHN IS THAT YOU?

  44. 44.

    Mike in NC

    March 22, 2010 at 11:14 pm

    DeMint wouldn’t knows how to point stuff a mouse up his ass (speaking as a former resident of the Palmetto State).

    He’s another one of those kinky konservative heroes.

    Copies of DeMented’s book about saving us all from the dreaded S-word are still available at Wal-Mart for a buck.

  45. 45.

    FormerSwingVoter

    March 22, 2010 at 11:16 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    Michelle’s war on obesity will be his Battle of the Bulge!

    I’m sorry, but I am obligated to hate you now.

  46. 46.

    Sentient Puddle

    March 22, 2010 at 11:16 pm

    @TR: I made the same mistake when I went looking myself. Facebook’s interface isn’t exactly what I’d call intuitive.

  47. 47.

    SIA

    March 22, 2010 at 11:23 pm

    Another of Jim’s new friends is a Jane Gault. Hmmm. Also, there’s a Bob Argue and a Lord Ansur.

    DFHs are so creative. :)

  48. 48.

    Comrade Kevin

    March 22, 2010 at 11:25 pm

    @Mike in NC: I believe you mean “gerbil”, not “mouse”.

  49. 49.

    Bad Horse's Filly

    March 22, 2010 at 11:36 pm

    So much win in this whole post. Makes me all warm and happy.

  50. 50.

    Jean

    March 22, 2010 at 11:47 pm

    Unlike at Napoleon’s Waterloo, at Demint’s there were helicopters–laughing.

  51. 51.

    Elie

    March 22, 2010 at 11:48 pm

    @Max:

    So where is Camas, Max?

    I live in NW WA state — Whatcom County — 8 miles or so south of the Canadian border…

  52. 52.

    BDeevDad

    March 22, 2010 at 11:57 pm

    I also find it amusing and ironic that the bit.ly link to this post from twitter ends in KKK.

    http://bit.ly/aB0KKK

  53. 53.

    DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal)

    March 23, 2010 at 12:02 am

    Absolutely hilarious! Nice to see an accurate portrait of DeMint that is suitable for hanging. No, not that kind of hanging… we don’t swing that way. :)

    What is hilarious about the bill passing is that Obama sat right there in that meeting with the House Republicans and told those shitheads that they have essentially painted themselves into a corner. That they can’t participate in the legislative process any more without fear of retribution. They have frozen themselves out of the process, making themselves completely irrelevant, and they did it with the help of one Democrat. Who could have guessed that all it would take to get Republicans to bow out of the governing process to elect a president who wasn’t pasty white?

    Thanks to President Obama and you Obots who helped to put him in office. Yes we can and yes we did! :)

  54. 54.

    danimal

    March 23, 2010 at 12:28 am

    The good news–HCR passed! I’ve been humming Waterloo by Abba all day today.

    The bad news? I’ve been humming Waterloo by Abba all day today. Must.Kill.Earworm.

  55. 55.

    Yutsano

    March 23, 2010 at 12:46 am

    @Elie: Go down I-5 until you see the Columbia River, then turn left. Camas is just east of Vancouver. I know, I drive through it when going to visit my aunt all the time. And FWIW I’m four hours due east of there.

  56. 56.

    Joe Lisboa

    March 23, 2010 at 1:04 am

    On the bright side, the GOP did just declare a hard-fought victory in the battle of who could care [about America] less.

  57. 57.

    DougL (frmrly: Conservatively Liberal)

    March 23, 2010 at 1:43 am

    @Yutsano:

    I’m about six+ hours south (and west) of there and pass through when I decide to take the Washington side of the gorge over to the Tri Cities.

    I prefer hauling ass on a restricted two lane with rarely a cop ever around. I beat the I-84 traffic all of the time going that way and it’s fun on a motorcycle. Same when driving the Mustang.

    :)

  58. 58.

    SRW1

    March 23, 2010 at 8:21 am

    That headline is golden.

  59. 59.

    slightly_peeved

    March 23, 2010 at 8:24 am

    This all reminds me of a great quote from the British political sitcom, Yes Prime Minister (a follow-up from Yes Minister):

    “After all, Sir Humphrey, this could be my Falkland Islands.”
    “Yes, Prime Minister. And you could be General Galtieri.”

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