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He really is that stupid.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Second rate reporter says what?

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Putin dreamed of ending NATO, and now it’s Finnish-ed.

Spilling the end game before they can coat it in frankl luntz-approved dogwhistles.

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Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

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Got the internet turned on and rocking at the new place, and man is it speedy- ping of 29 and my download speed was pegged red on every speed test. Now that I have internet and can connect with the outside world, it is safe to move furniture into the new place.

Priorities. You get the internet connected and the modem running before you move your bed.

I’m back at the old place now, “borrowing” someone’s wireless while I get everything ready for the final move. Just consider me incommunicado until tomorrow night, at which point I might have pictures.

BTW- moving sucks, although I have taken about eight loads to Goodwill and thrown a bunch of crap out. Let’s face it. I’m never wearing those levi’s I fit into in the Army. Have at it!

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  2. 2.

    Mike Kay

    you hear that?

    you hear that?

    yup — silence.

    it’s been a whole week and we haven’t heard a whine from the hippie industrial complex.

    That’s the sound of total victory.

  3. 3.

    J.W. Hamner

    BTW- moving sucks, although I have taken about eight loads to Goodwill and thrown a bunch of crap out. Let’s face it. I’m never wearing those levi’s I fit into in the Army. Have at it!

    This is true. When you move a lot you definitely streamline your existence, since the first thing you think of when you consider buying something is “Do I want this so much that I want the hernia from carrying it to the moving truck in 6 months?”

  4. 4.

    JenJen

    Congratulations!! Worst part of the whole move is always the bed, if you ask me. Hope you have strong friends, and a case of beer.

    Also, you’re going to miss the McCain-Palin: The Squeakel event! Lucky dog.

    Best anticipatory tweet so far comes from @Kombiz: “Please god, let McCain and Palin come in via a bus with Rocky theme blasting”

    I want smoke machines and “Barracuda” personally, but his image works too.

  7. 7.

    JGabriel

    John Cole @ Top:

    Priorities. You get the internet connected and the modem running before you move your bed.

    You say that like it’s something strange …

    .

  8. 8.

    jibeaux

    @JenJen:

    I have seen the Squeakquel, in the theater, right down to its dramatic conclusion of a six-chipmunk chorale ensemble singing Beyonce. And I will see it again if necessary if the alternative is listening to those two.

  9. 9.

    Chat Noir

    @jibeaux: Massachusetts going from Teddy Kennedy to Scott Brown is like going from the Beatles singing anything to Paul Anka singing “You’re Having My Baby.”

  10. 10.

    licensed to kill time

    One of the saddest things about getting older is the trail of smaller jeans you leave in your wake.

  13. 13.

    demo woman

    @jibeaux: Brown ignored the question about Sarah Palin’s cross-hairs face book page. I think that indicates that he’s a coward.

  14. 14.

    Uloborus

    Another open thread? Once again: Curse you all for your frequent and inappropriate use of the term ‘Cognitive Dissonance’!

    Thank you, I’ll be here all week!

    Now, what were we talking about? Lessee… ah, Teahaddists and Peak Wingnut! Okay!

    I think we’ve reached it, actually. But here’s the trick. We’re gonna sit on this plateau for awhile, the plateau’s kinda scary. There could be an assassination attempt or two, a church tower gunman, god forbid maybe a serious bombing. The wingnuts have completely flipped their lids because they lost and what they were told was the worst has happened.

    But there just isn’t going to be widespread violence or an armed uprising. THEY think there will be, but to be blunt most of them are aging white men with medical problems. More importantly, they’re as organized as rabid cats. How many Tea Parties are there? What kind of AWESOME job are they doing integrating and working together? Or are they actually spending most of their time pulling apart into smaller groups as they argue about who’s the most pure?

    Eventually, they’ll realize they’re cowards and there’s not going to be a huge uprising that they can stand at the back of and shout encouragement to, and for some mysterious reason Granny hasn’t been dragged off by a death panel. At that point they’ll proclaim their bafflement that anyone thought THEY were one of those silly militia types.

    Unfortunately, this could take months, and if it stretches on until the midterms, whatever the results are will extend it a little while. Until then, they’ll just sort of simmer and yell a lot. We mostly have to worry about the things a single lunatic can do.

    This has been: Groundless speculation by a random person on the internet.

  16. 16.

    jibeaux

    @Mike Kay:

    If only he had shook his head sadly from side to side, wondering aloud whether any Democrats would at long last stand up and denounce this kind of rhetoric? Have we no shame?

  18. 18.

    Splitting Image

    Good stuff, man. I did my own move in January and I’m still head over heels in love with the new place.

    Let’s face it. I’m never wearing those levi’s I fit into in the Army.

    Defeatocrat. A Republican would have broken his hipbone if he had to trying to squeeze himself in. “I will never compromise. Never!”

  26. 26.

    Duane

    Can someone explain to me how this happens: on Sunday our free market capitalist country ended and we entered socialist hell never to return. In sign of disapproval of this move the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the first week in socialism is going to be up. around 100 points. I miss the days of just over a year ago when every move DOWN in the stock market meant Obama was destroying our country.
    Oh and ATT which is claiming a $1 billion charge for health care costs thanks to the reform law……stock price is UP!!!!

  28. 28.

    freelancer

    moving sucks, although I have taken about eight loads to Goodwill and thrown a bunch of crap out. Let’s face it.

    This, we are constantly shocked by how much we consume when we move. I’m flying to Phoenix next month to see about possibly relocating there, and if I do, I’m only going to be taking down what can fit in my car.

  29. 29.

    jibeaux

    @cleek:

    “take up your arms” means voting, “reload” means to vote again, and the bulls’ eye over the representatives’ faces means to make sure you punch all the way through the ballot and have no hanging chads.

  32. 32.

    Pharisaic Theology Won (fka Michael)

    At Newsmax, they’re getting even nuttier than ever.

    http://w3.newsmax.com/a/apr09/0409_300.jpg

    Could Jesus be any whiter than in this portrayal? Why don’t they have Him in a cleancut suit? And don’t only commies wear beards?

    I like how they’re eagerly awaiting the carnage of the End Times.

  33. 33.

    Mark S.

    Citizens United goes into effect:

    In a decision that reflects the broad impact of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down limits on contributions to political groups that spend money to support or oppose candidates. The court found that the $5,000 annual limit on contributions to such groups is unconstitutional, writing that the Citizens United ruling “resolves this appeal,” in favor of SpeechNow.org, a group that appears to have been created with the specific purpose of challenging campaign-finance regulations.

    If this gets upheld, I don’t think any campaign finance law is possible. If you’re a billionaire who wants to spend unlimited money, all you have to do is create a 527 (ForTheChildren.org) and you can put as much of your own money in there that you want.

  35. 35.

    patroclus

    Why don’t you get Jake Tapper to help you move?? He’ll giggle at all your jokes, even if they’re non-factual; he’ll pretend that you’ve received death threats every bit as serious as any a Democratic Congressman has ever received, he’ll appropriately minimize any vandalism with your gas line and he’ll create a false equivalency in any dispute you may have with a new neighbor.

  38. 38.

    kommrade reproductive vigor

    Let’s face it. I’m never wearing those levi’s I fit into in the Army. Have at it!

    Your pants? Bristol’s ex? Wha?

    Defeatocrat. A Republican would have broken his hipbone if he had to trying to squeeze himself in. “I will never compromise. Never!”

    OK, that made me laugh one of those scary hacky laughs that result in a lung on the ground.

  39. 39.

    WereBear

    The thing I hate most about moving is the way one kitchen drawer, once liberated, expands to fit seventy cartons that cannot be easily labeled.

  41. 41.

    drew42

    I’ve been watching this over and over all day, laughing every time. Via Something Awful. And the actual game intro is here.

    I guess it’s because I used to own Fester’s Quest. And although I played it for many hours, I don’t remember ever actually enjoying it — the game was terrible.

  44. 44.

    Brick Oven Bill

    Since commencing my warehouse labor, dodging female-driven forklifts with great agility and grace, my military-era pants fit nicely.

    Na na na na na na.

  46. 46.

    licensed to kill time

    @WereBear:

    The thing I hate most about moving is the way one kitchen drawer, once liberated, expands to fit seventy cartons that cannot be easily labeled.

    That would be the famous Junk Drawer, no doubt. A friend of mine was watching my house once, and through some strange combination of a nap + a curious cat + a water tap there resulted a sink overflow that flooded my junk drawer and I had to throw all the contents out.

    I told her she did me a great favor.

    (Naturally, once I wrote this I realized how easily riffable the term junk drawer would be to the BJ commentariat….)

  47. 47.

    comrade scott's agenda of rage

    @Mike Kay:

    Clearly you have the FDL filter turned on. The cacophony of whine from that quarter led by the Queen of Meeeeeeee is hurting my dog’s ears at the moment.

  48. 48.

    Roger Moore

    @Svensker:

    What would they do on Sunday mornings?

    Invite former Senator John McCain to be on their shows? Officially offer McCain the job of co-host, instead of having him as a permaguest?

  49. 49.

    geg6

    Moving sucks, John. But I think I already told you that.

    Can I just say how much I am enjoying the massive FAIL that is Eric Cantor? Notice how they haven’t had him parading around the Village media outlets today?

    Other than the Oompa Loompa from Ohio, Eric Cantor is my GOPer I most love to hate.

  54. 54.

    Mike in NC

    Today’s screed from Doktor Krapphammer in the WaPo:

    Obama is going to cram the Value Added Tax down our throats so we’ll be more like those terrible Europeans!

    At this point his ODS is so bad he’s just making shit up.

  55. 55.

    Linda Featheringill

    Financial regulatory reform.

    [If I nag long enough, will we get some action on this?]

    Anyway, as I see it at this time:

    The stated goals of the bills [House and Senate] include
    1. Stability of the financial system
    2. Regulation of risky instruments [such as derivatives, etc.]
    3. Protection of consumers from risky financial products

    The points of contention seem to be
    1. The effectiveness of steps to avoid having to bail out businesses that are “too big to fail”
    2. The Federal Reserve emergency lending authority [perhaps vulnerable to abuse]
    3. Efforts to regulate executive pay and whether they would be successful or just too intrusive
    4. Authority and efficacy of the consumer protection agency, with attention to its independence from the people it is supposed to be regulating

    Please fill in all they stuff I have missed.

  56. 56.

    Paul in KY

    John, make sure you have plenty of kleenex ready on Sat. night. As I mentioned in another thread, we beat y’all last year with a Gillespie team that ended up in NIT.

    Mr. Patterson wants to go to the Final Four & I don’t think he’s gonna be denied.

    Go Cats!

  57. 57.

    Pharisaic Theology Won (fka Michael)

    Tony Blankley gets even more apocalypic.

    http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=ZDEzYWQ1NGY3Y2M3ZjFkZWQyMmRlYmFhODYxOWI2MGM=

    And just as the free states could not tolerate the spread of slavery into their midst, so, too, free middle-class America — if it still has its historic character — will not tolerate the yoke of socialism being put upon their necks.

    If the shit hits the fan, how fast can assholes like Jonah, Tony, Andy and K-Lo run in order to escape the libertarian rape and cannibal gangs?

  60. 60.

    demo woman

    Since this is an open thread, over at the AJC, political insider blog someone wrote this comment.

    You have completely missed the point. The fact that Lewis and his entourage felt the need to walk through a crowd of mostly white tea party protestors was done so solely to incite, which is a form of racist activity, or simply race bating. Was this “march” necessary, and, if so, why only the “black” caucus and why not a representative group of Democrats of all races. The “march” by Lewis and his group was certainly done to incite racist reaction and as such was racist!

    It’s the it’s your fault that I beat you excuse.

  61. 61.

    JGabriel

    licensed to kill time:

    A friend of mine was watching my house once, and through some strange combination … there resulted a sink overflow that flooded my junk drawer
    __
    …
    __
    Naturally, once I wrote this I realized how easily riffable the term junk drawer would be to the BJ commentariat…

    Yes, a flooded junk drawer does have certain Vitter-like connotations. Or, alternately, suggests the reactions of the Fox Party’s fearful adherents.

    .

  62. 62.

    Pasquinade

    If you don’t have a Twitter account, sign up for one so that you can add to the hilarity:

    http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23CantorTallTales

    virginiavoter4 Eric Cantor’s hair did a guest appearance on Bravo’s Shear Genius

    garyreinhardt Eric Cantor was Deep Throat

    virginiavoter4 Eric Cantor shot JR Ewing

    thecitizeNY Eric Cantor says Mary Poppins beat him up with her umbrella

  63. 63.

    Carrie

    Priorities. You get the internet connected and the modem running before you move your bed.

    I hear ya, i always make sure the cable is connected before i move into a new place. I usually put on a talk show or game show and i find the audience applause help me while i unpack.
    Kinda like having a cheer section.

  64. 64.

    JD Rhoades

    @Mike in NC:

    I was noticing that earlier too as well. Krauthammer’s arguing with the voices in his head again. His “reasoning” seems to run like this: We now have soshulized medicine. So does Europe. European countries have the VAT. Therefore, we will too (even though no legislator has even floated the idea of proposing that).

    BE AFRAID! BE VERY AFRAID! AAAAAAAAAAAH!

    It’s some truly breathtaking wingnuttery.

  65. 65.

    wrb

    Sheesh.

    I just read that FDL thing.

    Queen Jane Apopolexy has lost what was left of her mind.

  66. 66.

    tyrese

    My favorite part is how he called Obama saying “go for it” “inappropriate”.

    Obama was rubbing their noses a bit in the Repeal Trap situation the republicans were dumb enough to walk into.

    Which I’m totes down for.

    If I had such an intemperate opponent as McCain I’d be constantly taking little tiny shots at him, and await the explosion.

  68. 68.

    mcc

    The fact that Lewis and his entourage felt the need to walk through a crowd of mostly white tea party protestors

    Weren’t they just walking, like, in the front door? Of the U.S. Capitol? Which the protestors were standing in front of?

  69. 69.

    Ugh

    This ought to be a heck of a fun time:

    Tea Partiers To Hold ‘Conservative Woodstock’ Event In Harry Reid’s Hometown

    And what is such a thing, you might ask:

    So what do they mean by a “conservative Woodstock?” “I guess the uniqueness of having a huge number of people descend on a place where they otherwise wouldn’t be going,” … There will also be musical entertainment, from acts that have toured the Tea Party circuit, such as Lloyd Marcus. In addition to Palin, other speakers include Joe “The Plumber” Wurzelbacher, former Saturday Night Live actress Victoria Jackson, Andrew Breitbart and others.

    “Tea Party Circuit” Sign me up!

  71. 71.

    kansi

    Let’s face it. I’m never wearing those levi’s I fit into in the Army.

    One of the cruelest lessons of life….I’m never gonna wear this again.

  72. 72.

    Legalize

    “Moving”

    Mrs. Legalize: Do you need this “I Love NY” piggy bank?

    Me: Yes.

    Mrs. Legalize: ….

    Me: ….

  74. 74.

    beltane

    @Ugh: I wrote a comment year last year which predicted that the tea party protests of the future would be a “Woodstock of the Damned”. It is hard to believe that prediction has come true.

    I can haz Peak Wingnut now?

  79. 79.

    MikeTheZ

    @Pasquinade: Oh, God, i should be doing a take home exam, but instead I’m going to spend the next hour looking at these.

    mimva Eric Cantor ate my homework #CantorTallTales

    Maybe that can get me out of it

  81. 81.

    wmsheppa

    @Ugh: Las Vegas City Life (weekly paper) has some great columns on it in the opinion section. You should check them out (Knappster and Damn Pundit).

  82. 82.

    Chat Noir

    @geg6: I still can’t decide whom I despise more: Eric Cantor or John Boehner. They are both loathsome individuals.

  86. 86.

    Little Dreamer

    @Ugh:

    “I guess the uniqueness of having a huge number of people descend on a place where they otherwise wouldn’t be going,” …

    Because it’s way out in the middle of bum-fuck NV, with few facilities, little water, a handful of restaurants and not much to do besides stand around and get angry about the state of the country and then get into a car and drive home behind thousands of other people who are all going to be driving the same 50-100 miles stretch of roadway to get home. Sounds like a lot of fun, NOT!

  87. 87.

    Chat Noir

    @Annie: I have a pair of Calvin Klein jeans that I got for Christmas 1983 (junior year of high school). I take them out every now and then to see if they fit (they do!). You can tell they are old because the tag says they were made in the USA.

  88. 88.

    Annie

    @Ugh:

    Unfortunately the media will make a big deal out of this love fest. What they won’t document is how many of the “woodstockers” are getting some type of government-sponsored support. Nor, will they point out that the roads that got them to this rural paradise are paid for by the government.

  90. 90.

    Ugh

    Nor, will they point out that the roads that got them to this rural paradise are paid for by the government.

    But they’ve never taken a handout!

  92. 92.

    Pasquinade

    @owillis: unintended consequence of overcoverage of mccain rally? reminding dem base why they were so glad to vote for obama

    @kombiz: Looks like we got angry mccain today..

    @Shoq: “The lamestream media…. that I’m now a part of.” Sarah Palin

    @kombiz: Palin proudly proclaims that the GOP is the party of hell no

  93. 93.

    Annie

    @Chat Noir:

    LOL. You are now my inspiration…although even if they fit, I doubt I will ever, ever where my “bell bottom” jeans again — or maybe just around the house…

  95. 95.

    Dollared

    I am old – I thought that first you had to hook up the stereo, then F(*)*&k with the network connections, then get the furniture.

  98. 98.

    Annie

    A friend at work told me today that her grandmother hates Obama and HCR because she now knows that she will have to appear at a “senior citizen death panel” before she receives any more care…This is the legacy of talk radio, the religious right, and the Republican leadership…Scaring the elderly to gain political advantage…

  99. 99.

    Josie

    Svensker – If you are still there, I must thank you for the recipe for Mexican turkey meatballs. I used it to make turkey burgers the other night and my son ate three and looked for more. In return, I want to suggest my own recipe for Ranch turkey burgers – you just mix a small package of Ranch dressing mix into one pound of ground turkey. You can add bread or oatmeal and an egg if you want. Either way is good.

  100. 100.

    Sentient Puddle

    Having moved four times in the past four years, I hear ya on the Internet stuff. First two moves were handled by roommates, so I relaxed. Third time, I had to wait a whole fucking week for the local guys to hook it up. Near about felt like the worst week of my life. Last time just had to wait a weekend. Still was bad enough that I spent a lot of time sitting in a lawn chair in my old place just to have a connection.

    But I’d also add utilities to all this. One of those times, I moved in without gas, which meant no hot shower (and in my case, it thus meant no shower). The gas man was supposed to show up at some undetermined point between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. to turn things on. Waited and waited and waited, calling the company back at 3 p.m. to find out that they did indeed show up at 9:15, but just never let me know. Fuckers.

    Last move, water company decided to show up and turn off my water because they thought I hadn’t set up an account with them.

    All those times, whatever was missing, it felt like it didn’t matter that all my shit was moved in, it was just there for show, and I couldn’t actually live in it yet.

  101. 101.

    JGabriel

    Krauthammer via Mike in NC: Obama is going to cram the Value Added Tax down our throats …

    Sigh, never gonna happen, since Obama will no doubt end up with the same analysis as Clinton’s: that producers just add the VAT directly onto products, such that it merely becomes a regressive sales tax.

    Which is the proper analysis, IMO.

    .

  103. 103.

    gregw

    @demo woman: It’s over now, but it was amazing. McCain at the podium, Palin and Cindy (sp?) behind him with a huge American flag in the background and him spewing all the talking points one after the other. I don’t think Palin said a word, just stood there looking purdy.

  105. 105.

    Midnight Marauder

    @Pasquinade:

    Truly some amazing stuff from Sarahgeddon this afternoon:

    She derided “this BS coming from the lame-stream media about us inciting violence,” but added, “We know violence isn’t the answer. When we say takin’ up arms, we’re talkin’ about our votes.”

    O RLY? (<– link)

    At the rally on Friday, Palin proclaimed that the Republican Party isn’t the party of no — “we’re the party of hell no!”

    Because that one just becomes increasingly effective the more you repeat it?

    All of this just makes me that much more giddy for Sarah Palin’s Bizarro Alaska on TLC. And Republican primary season.

    I am going to have SUCH A FUCKING BLAST watching these know-nothings eat each other alive.

    Such a fucking blast.

    EDIT: I don’t know who mentioned this the other day, but it’s actually pretty disgraceful that fucking is censored in the “this is a big f—–g deal” header. Seriously, Cole? SERIOUSLY?!

  106. 106.

    Violet

    Boo, I’ve been gone all day and missed the McCain-Palin hilarity. Anywhere to go to get any worth-seeing highlights?

  109. 109.

    Violet

    @Midnight Marauder:

    At the rally on Friday, Palin proclaimed that the Republican Party isn’t the party of no—“we’re the party of hell no!”

    Whoever was sitting in for Limbaugh today said, “We’re not the Party of No. We’re the Party of ‘No comma here are our ideas'” or words to that effect. He then went on to say that “No comma describe ideas” wasn’t very graceful but that just being the Party of No wasn’t going to work. They had to frame things in a positive way and show their better ideas.

    He’s not going to get another shot at the Limbaugh chair after that poor performance.

  110. 110.

    trollhattan

    Once upon a time, when a bachelor dude moved into his new place the first thing to get hooked up was the stereo, set to “11” to hail the neighbors.

    Now the first thing is a survey of down and upload speeds? I haz a sad.

  111. 111.

    SiubhanDuinne

    From the comments at the article about Scott Brown:

    This fellow is too dumb to play dead in a cowboy movie.

    I am *so* stealing that line.

  113. 113.

    Annie

    Michelle Bachmann said today in an interview that before Sept. 2008, 100% of our economy was private.

    Of course she somehow forgot to mention the millions she made from government farm subsidies….

    I assume that in the imediate future, we will see her picture in the middle of Glen Beck’s blackboard?

  115. 115.

    jibeaux

    @Violet:

    I bet that confused the hell outta some people. And then made their heads hurt when they tried to think of something to put after the comma.

  116. 116.

    Midnight Marauder

    @Violet:

    Whoever was sitting in for Limbaugh today said, “We’re not the Party of No. We’re the Party of ‘No comma here are our ideas’” or words to that effect. He then went on to say that “No comma describe ideas” wasn’t very graceful but that just being the Party of No wasn’t going to work. They had to frame things in a positive way and show their better ideas.
    __
    He’s not going to get another shot at the Limbaugh chair after that poor performance.

    Ha, like that’s any fucking better or more truthful! It would be somewhat laudable if after that comma, they were able to present any ideas other than “tax cuts”, “drill, baby, drill”, “let the free market work”, or “BECAUSE SHUT UP, THAT’S WHY!”

    And you are spot on; this dude is going to get eviscerated by the wingnuts who heard him today. Well, assuming there’s any consistency to their rage, but we all know how that turns out, right?

  118. 118.

    Midnight Marauder

    @mcc:

    Sarah Palin is going to vote against you from a helicopter.

    For the win! And as long as it’s not this helicopter, I think I’ll be all right.

    “Lame-stream media”?

    I love this. Either she is a part of that “lame-stream media” now, or this is the final proof that there is nothing legitimate, journalistic, or mainstream about Fox News.

  120. 120.

    Chuck Butcher

    A couple years ago I thought about taking a profit on my home, that I either re-built or built new (1870s). I looked around me at 20 yrs of accumulation and started laughing at myself. Besides, I don’t want to be somewhere else.

    My sympathies, John – I used to do that moving stuff every couple years.

  121. 121.

    Midnight Marauder

    “Hey by the way, I see today that Fidel Castro likes ObamaCare, but we don’t like ObamaCare. Doesn’t that kinda tell you something?” Palin said.

    GET THIS WOMAN TO THE WHITE HOUSE ASAP!

  122. 122.

    And Another Thing...

    @BruinKid: We’re talking Louisiana, it was always going to get “fixed.” Best bumper sticker of all time was when David Duke was running against Edwin Edwards for governor. The sticker said: “Vote for the crook. It’s important.” Everybody knew who the crook was, and Edwards was re-elected.

  123. 123.

    robertdsc

    just stood there looking purdy.

    Thankfully that’s something she can’t quit doing. /starbursts

  124. 124.

    RedKitten

    @WereBear:

    The thing I hate most about moving is the way one kitchen drawer, once liberated, expands to fit seventy cartons that cannot be easily labeled.

    Oh, the kitchen. That is the WORST room to pack, hands down.

  126. 126.

    Annie

    @Ryan S.:

    Totally sickening…these sub-humans would be the first to complain if they were denied any government-sponsored benefits…Teabaggers can attend teabagger events BECAUSE they have received help…It is all about race, and taking back the country for white Americans.

  127. 127.

    Andy

    although I have taken about eight loads to Goodwill and thrown a bunch of crap out.

    Three moves is as good as a fire.

  128. 128.

    Mike Kay

    @Bob K: it’s a dominatrix outfit. Nothing wrong with that, but completely inappropriate for a campaign rally, but Palin has always traded on her T&A appeal, going back to her pageant competitions. I mean, she doesn’t wears those ridiculous 5 inch heels because they’re comfortable.

  129. 129.

    Annie

    OMG. Sarah Palin in leather at the McCain rally…Not one to speculate but behind the scenes is there some “Whose my Daddy” going on….

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    Calliope Jane

    @Midnight Marauder: Blech. She’s here, spewing her garbage. They didn’t campaign in AZ because he didn’t want to / didn’t think he needed to. Amazed she could even find her way here, since according to her map she thinks Tucson’s up near the Grand Canyon.

    The party of hell no

    That’s bumper-sticker material right there.

    Grr. I want this to backfire on Walnuts so much.

  134. 134.

    Annie

    @Mike Kay:

    True irony. While Ms. Sarah, in her leather attire, was making a joke about Obama’s use of a teleprompter, she was reading off of notecards….

    Does she not know that technology exists? Maybe we should start by introducing her to electricity…And, then slowly move to advances including the Internet. And, then, again slowly, show her how notecards and notes on her hand, can be displayed on a teleprompter through the wonders of technology…

    Or, is that asking too much…

  135. 135.

    Svensker

    @Annie:

    While Ms. Sarah, in her leather attire, was making a joke about Obama’s use of a teleprompter,

    They’re still doing the teleprompter thing? Don’t they worry about sounding like the wacky old uncle at Thanksgiving whom everyone is starting to think is displaying Alzheimer’s symptoms and repeating bad jokes too often?

    ?

  137. 137.

    Annie

    @Svensker:

    You would think….But, to me, the fact that Ms. Sarah was reading from her notes was even crazier…She was READING notes while making a joke about a teleprompter…

    Seriously, she really does not understand that reading notes on paper in front of her and reading text off a teleprompter is the same thing…

    In the end, the one main difference is that when Obama uses a teleprompter it is because he has carefully and thoughtfully prepared his thoughts…

    When Sarah reads off of notes or her hand, it is because she has no idea what she is saying, except to use buzzwords in the proper order and at the proper time…

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    Dave Paulson

    Did anyone else find the whole Palin / McCain thing hard to watch? She’s just such an empty-headed bimbo, and all the crazies love her . . . She is my new litmus test for my conservative friends (more family, since you can’t choose them). I ask what people think of Palin, and dependent on their response, you know if anyone’s home.

    Did you catch her bit about Castro liking the HC plan? I’m just so sick of tired socialist rhetoric.

    On another point, did anyone catch Beck on O’Reilly last night? He’s prognosticating that the Democrats will pick up immigration as their next big issue. I’m sure they’d like to see that, but the Dems would have to be loony to tackle that before the election.

    I think they’re afraid of a fight on financial reform. Even though Dodd’s a crooked turd, the Republicans are even deeper up big banking’s ass. And everyone hates the banks right now. It’s gotta be the fastest route to rise before the votes are cast.

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    asiangrrlMN

    @Annie: Plus, there are PLENTY of vids of him speaking extemporaneously (off the cuff, Palin, and not from the cuff like you). They really need to give it a rest.

    As for the himbo, good lord. We don’t like the bad stuff? Who the fuck does?

    @gbear: Want! I will buy some, even though they discriminate against the animals who get adopted the least (black).

    Luck, Cole on the move. Try to take it easy.

    Oh, and happy birthday, NANCY SMASH!

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    Chuck Butcher

    I watched BO during the Primaries in Pendleton, OR (from about 15 feet away) hours after the monster rally in Portland. It was a speech followed by Q&A – no notes, no teleprompter. Some were trying to make trouble for him with their questions – nope, in fact made them happy.

    What was in evidence was a powerful and quick intellect with an ability to interconnect seemingly disparate issues. None of the teleprompter jokers ever want to debate him…

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    Cain

    Goddam it, I wish dailykos would stop stealing our stuff.. somebody is saying “hulk smash” on the front page.

    cain

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