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Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

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Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

“I was told there would be no fact checking.”

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

In my day, never was longer.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

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The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

We’re watching the self-immolation of the leading world power on a level unprecedented in human history.

When I was faster i was always behind.

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

If you cannot answer whether trump lost the 2020 election, you are unfit for office.

Compromise? There is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

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There are a lot more evil idiots than evil geniuses.

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  2. 2.

    licensed to kill time

    How does one ” fire a cyber attack”, anyway? Do you need a cyber gun?

  3. 3.

    MikeJ

    Back in, uhm, ’93 or so, somebody broke into a network accessible resource I had created. I hired the guy rather than nuking Park Slope.

  4. 4.

    Mnemosyne

    Don’t forget the now-classic Pat Buchanan response: “I wouldn’t nuke someone for hacking into my computer, no.”

    When you’re too paranoid for Pat Buchanan, you’ve crossed some kind of threshold.

  5. 5.

    Chyron HR

    Does Republican trolling count as a Cyber-Attack? We should take out the next Palin rally just to be sure.

  6. 6.

    JGabriel

    John Cole:

    Even then, though, I probably would have though launching nuclear weapons was an over-reaction for a cyber attack.

    Which just goes to show you were never manly and macho enough to be a Republican in the first place. Not like Sarah Palin.

    .

  7. 7.

    cyntax

    When you’re to the right of Pat Buchanan, you know things aren’t going too well:

    Matthews: If something is happening to our computer system, we just strike with nuclear weapons.

    Buchanan: I don’t think I’d strike with nuclear weapons if they hacked into my computer, no.

    Palin/Bachmann 2012!

  8. 8.

    jl

    Cole has become too much a weak cowardly Democrat even to confront the strike out comment emergency in the prevous thread.

    If Cole were a real man’s man he would nuke that thread, and nuke it now.

    Or, does Cole not even pack nukes?

    If not, then he is lying about how he hunted mice, small game and other varmints since his youth.

  9. 9.

    Cacti

    What if a foreign leader says “Nanny nanny boo-boo” and sticks his tongue out.

    Does that warrant Nukes, Bio/chemical, or conventional weapons?

  10. 10.

    Noonan

    I mean, we’re talking about people who thought end of life counseling involved George Soros giving a thumbs up or down on Aunt Maude. So this seems about right as far as proportional fear goes.

  12. 12.

    Violet

    Michelle Bachmann thinks that a cyber attack means the computers get up off the desks and start attacking us. Ouch! That keyboard hurts! Stop strangling me with the mouse cable!

  13. 13.

    Alex S.

    I love Michele Bachmann, mainly because she is too over-the-top to be taken seriously. I don’t want her to go.

  15. 15.

    cyntax

    I hired the guy rather than nuking Park Slope.

    On the flipside, there’d be a lot less fauxhemians these days…

  16. 16.

    Linda Featheringill

    It is when I read things like this that I wish there were a God to whom we could pray for divine intervention to protect the earth and all its inhabitants from total idiots.

    Is there a good way to keep Bachman powerless?

  20. 20.

    Polish the Guillotines

    There’s a top secret plan in the Defense Department known only as “Operation Enzyte.” When executed, all Nigerian bankers will be exposed to lethal doses of pen1s enhancement supplements.

    But I’ve said too much.

  22. 22.

    Cacti

    Under the Bachman Doctrine…

    On an individual level, if someone hacks my computer, can I blow up their house with a dirty bomb?

  23. 23.

    Josie

    When I read statements like this by Bachmann and her ilk, I think that one of two things are true – either she really is this incredibly stupid and she got elected, or she actually believes that her voters are this incredibly stupid and will elect her again. Either possibility is so scary.

  24. 24.

    Keith

    I wonder what she thinks is an appropriate response to hacking into Sarah Palin’s email.

  25. 25.

    FormerSwingVoter

    How did “cyber attack” get mentioned in there with biological and chemical weapons, anyway? Like, dusting NYC with anthrax is equivalent to someone reading your email? Really?

  26. 26.

    Osprey

    @Josie:

    I think it’s both. Incredibly stupid people elect incredibly stupid people, but I’ll bet she thinks she’s smarter than those who elected her.

    And…for JC, I remember the old 28.8 days of FPS gaming…and come to think of it, Bachmann and Palin’s voices remind me of those modems…remember those horrific screeching noises they would make when you signed on? Awful.

  27. 27.

    Ed Drone

    @Cacti:

    What if a foreign leader says “Nanny nanny boo-boo” and sticks his tongue out.

    Does that warrant Nukes, Bio/chemical, or conventional weapons?

    No, that warrants a Sarah Palin book tour.

    SATSQ

    Ed

  28. 28.

    Violet

    @FormerSwingVoter:
    Because it includes the word “attack.” Bachmann has no idea what “cyber” means and her standard response to any kind of attack is “nuke ’em.”

  29. 29.

    licensed to kill time

    Where’s the Hillary hole tag for this post? I demand a Hillary hole tag for black hole Bachmann (where all reason and sanity gets sucked in, never to be seen again).

  30. 30.

    ThatLeftTurnInABQ

    @Mnemosyne:

    When you’re too paranoid for Pat Buchanan, you’ve crossed some kind of threshold.

    There are days when I sort of wish that ole Tricky Dick himself were still around to comment on l’affairs d’GOP. Then I realize that Pat is still here and on TV, and that is about as close as we’ll ever get.

  31. 31.

    Sentient Puddle

    OT item:

    You may recall a few months ago Jay Rosen making the suggestion that Sunday talk shows run a fact check of what the guests say an post it online.

    ABC is going to be teaming up with PolitiFact and giving this idea a try.

  34. 34.

    Osprey

    @Sentient Puddle:

    Jesus Christ being raped by Pope Benedict, with all the stupid, incorrect shit they blart out on those shows, they would need so many fact checkers they could solve the unemployment crisis.

    And if they’ll be fact-checking, I suggest buying stock in Google and Wikipedia.

  36. 36.

    fucen tarmal

    i think they think a cyber attack will come from cyberia, across the bering strait, which would make sarah palin the rudy giuliani of the whole think, sort of, maybe the ed koch or david dinkins to be technical, but she would there, and she would know more than the experts.

    and bachmann played a lot of missle command in college and no one should question her credentials.

  37. 37.

    David in NY

    OT and meta, as they’d say at GOS: Since we’ve got a working reply button, couldn’t we get another one resembling the “like” button on FB or the “recommend” button on GOS to signal appreciation for a well-turned comment without undue time- or word-wasting?

  39. 39.

    cfaller96

    I’m still torn about a Palin-Bachmann 2012 ticket. From the perspective of a partisan: YES PLEASE. From the perspective of a normal American: PLEASE MAKE THE CRAZY STUPID GO AWAY.

  41. 41.

    Whackjob Militia Leader soonergrunt

    OT, but only a little as it still concerns right wing crazy-assed stupid shit, ref this posting, it looks like Treasonous Bastard has deleted and closed the comments to that posting on his site. It’s his site, he can do that. Of course, having done so, he is pretty obviously a coward.

  43. 43.

    David in NY

    @IndyLib:

    “mediocre rise”

    Probably a close-captioning or transcription error.

    OK, the guy said “mediocre.” Not the world’s greatest public speaker by the way. Maybe if he’d had a teleprompter …

  44. 44.

    Osprey

    @cfaller96:
    The thing that scares me would be the debates. They’d say something so cosmically idiotic that Obama wouldn’t know what to say. I think he’d get so frustrated at the stupidity he’d just go Chris Rock on one of them “THIS BITCH CRAZY!.

  45. 45.

    Midnight Marauder

    @Mnemosyne:

    When you’re too paranoid for Pat Buchanan, you’ve crossed some kind of threshold.

    Seriously. Let us not forget that the man is a recent author of some of the grossest historical revisionism to date.

    Was the Holocaust Inevitable?
    __
    If Hitler were out to conquer the world, why did he not build a great fleet? Why did he not demand the French fleet when France surrendered? Germany had to give up its High Seas Fleet in 1918. Why did he build his own Maginot Line, the Western Wall, in the Rhineland, if he meant all along to invade France?
    __
    If he wanted war with the West, why did he offer peace after Poland and offer to end the war, again, after Dunkirk?
    __
    That Hitler was a rabid anti-Semite is undeniable. “Mein Kampf” is saturated in anti-Semitism. The Nuremberg Laws confirm it. But for the six years before Britain declared war, there was no Holocaust, and for two years after the war began, there was no Holocaust.

    And this guy thinks Michelle Bachmann is the loony one.

  47. 47.

    licensed to kill time

    Uh oh. Someone used a strikethrough again. Is it going to bork the thread?

    ETA @Indylib : The Hunting of the Snark is our Daily Special, forget the veal.

  48. 48.

    Violet

    @David in NY:
    Didn’t we have a discussion about that around here a little while ago? I think the general consensus was that people didn’t want a comment ratings system. I’d prefer not to have a comments rating system, personally. I don’t particularly like them.

  50. 50.

    General Egali Tarian Stuck

    Bachmann, Beck, Hannity (Mr. pro palin/Bachmann 2012 ticket), Limbaugh etc… are the entertainment wing of the GOP and now have taken over the serious politics wing of the party as well. It will be interesting how many votes they can turn out with mad dashes and jingoistic fear mongering/ I doubt enough to put one of these clowns in the Oval Office, but not seriously doubt — But wtfK’s these days with digital sound bites hardwired minute to minute into our brains and a black islamofascist in the WH.

  51. 51.

    Kryptik

    I don’t know about you, but I’d love to see Bachmann learn a little more about internet terminology. Particularly the term ragequit. Maybe it’s time for her to do so, and make everyone happy.

  52. 52.

    David in NY

    @Violet:

    Thanks. Missed that, Violet. Just thought that comments that say merely “This!” or “Wins the thread!” or even, “I agree with X,” could easily be done with some sign of approval (wasn’t thinking of anything either negative or numerical).

    But, in the immortal words of Emily Latella: “Never mind.”

    Ed.: Oh, and I used the strikethrough and the thread did not go nuclear!

  53. 53.

    cfaller96

    @Osprey:

    Never bet on Obama “losing it” in any situation. He’d handle whatever Caribou Barbie gave and he’d give it right back, all with a sweet smile and a calm charming voice. He’s good.

    As for the viewers, the debates might hurt a bit, especially for the brain, optimism for the future, guilt at what we’re handing over to our children, etc. But OTOH, the Saturday Night Live skits would be Epic, no?

  55. 55.

    call_me_ishmael

    If I remember my ancient gaming memes, I think the proper response to such an attach is:

    “Move Zig for Great Justice”.

  56. 56.

    georgia pig

    @beltane: Oh, I imagine it was pretty mediocre. Personally, I can’t wait for Palin/Bachman ’12. Double the fun and tons of Daily Show material. We’d also stand to get a veritable feast of rightblogger lesbian bondage fantasies as an added treat (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Steele was just thinking ahead, prepping the new recruits for the next campaign.

  57. 57.

    Polish the Guillotines

    @Violet:

    Didn’t we have a discussion about that around here a little while ago? I think the general consensus was that people didn’t want a comment ratings system. I’d prefer not to have a comments rating system, personally. I don’t particularly like them.

    Absolutely right on.

    The last thing this place needs is to succumb to what I’ll refer to as the “Kos Korollary” (h/t Godwin): As the number of comments in a thread increases, the probability that 51% or more of them will be arguments about ratings abuse approaches 1.

  59. 59.

    David in NY

    @Polish the Guillotines:

    “ratings abuse”

    In my pathetic defense, I merely suggested a “like” button to replace the necessity of replying to show approval. The “abuse” crap at GOS arises from use of the troll rating button, which I did not suggest. Anyway, I had missed the prior discussion and fully concede: “Never mind.”

  60. 60.

    MikeJ

    @Polish the Guillotines: Badly designed systems don’t make all systems bad. Having no negative rating solves the problem with people troll rating stuff they disagree with.

    JSK has a [x] liked this comment thingee. Perhaps the only good thing about JSK.

    That said, if it were up to me, I’d make no effort to add anything like it here.

  62. 62.

    Joshua

    I assume all of you have not played Darwinia. Shit is dangerous out there (or should I say in there?).

  63. 63.

    ThatLeftTurnInABQ

    @cfaller96:

    Never bet on Obama “losing it” in any situation. He’d handle whatever Caribou Barbie gave and he’d give it right back, all with a sweet smile and a calm charming voice. He’s good

    If they can’t hire Tina Fey to do the job, then who on the Dem side would draw the short straw and have to play Palin in the debate prep rehearsals? I’m thinking there would need to be lots alcohol or drugs involved – they might require hazard pay and/or workman’s comp.

  64. 64.

    Mark S.

    Has anyone seen a video of this? Does Palin or anyone in the audience do a double take or anything? My guess is everybody just cheered.

  67. 67.

    James in WA

    You know@Alex S.:

    I love Michele Bachmann, mainly because she is too over-the-top to be taken seriously. I don’t want her to go.

    Amen. Her theatrical comedic value is matched only by Sarah Palin. Whenever I think about a 2012 Palin/Bachmann presidential run, my heart skips a beat!

  68. 68.

    Bnut

    In her official confessional photo she is wearing a hounds tooth jacket. How dare she sully the Bear’s good name. He was a mean drunk but at least he wasn’t bat shit nanners.

    Also, why are we assuming Palin would head the ticket? Does Bachmann not have more experience (chortle)?

  69. 69.

    Bnut

    Also do I get bonus points for posting from an in-game browser on EVE Online? No? Good, because that would be encouraging my behavior.

  70. 70.

    Violet

    @James in WA:
    Be careful what you wish for. It doesn’t always work out the way you hope. It could be very, very scary for the country should those two run and win.

  71. 71.

    cfaller96

    @ThatLeftTurnInABQ:

    If they can’t hire Tina Fey to do the job, then who on the Dem side would draw the short straw and have to play Palin in the debate prep rehearsals? I’m thinking there would need to be lots alcohol or drugs involved – they might require hazard pay and/or workman’s comp.

    I’m thinking that playing Palin in a presidential debate would require drugs and alcohol just to get the part right. I know I sound more like Sarah Palin when I’m drunk and/or high.

  74. 74.

    teh Stoopid hurts my head

    It’s pretty hard to top this one, via

    Mackenzie Eaglen, defense analyst at the Heritage Foundation, does not agree with Squassoni[:]

    The Nuclear Posture Review unnecessarily takes sovereign U.S. options off the table when responding to various types of chemical or biological attacks.
    Americans intuitively understand the flaw in this approach. Special agent Jack Bauer of “24” had to thwart terrorists attempting to steal nerve gas. If this had actually occurred, the President should not tie one hand behind the nation’s back when evaluating the appropriate response to defend American citizens.

    While limiting the declared use of nuclear weapons and response options, the strategy rests faith in the United States’ ability to deliver devastating conventional attacks against perpetrators. This increases both the role and value of conventional forces.

    Yet Obama is busy reducing U.S. military conventional capabilities held for the past half-century.

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