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Must see tv

by DougJ|  August 22, 201012:37 pm| 121 Comments

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I don’t know if my cable service will include this crazy new right-wing station, but this trailer for one of their show is amazing.  The guy in the blue blazer and the director himself could very well be liberal moles.

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  1. 1.

    drunken hausfrau

    August 22, 2010 at 12:42 pm

    does this show’s coverage count as “in kind donation” to these campaigns?

  2. 2.

    DickSpudCouchPotatoDetective

    August 22, 2010 at 12:43 pm

    This is from hollywood dot com, two years ago:

    Former Frasier star Kelsey Grammer has received a string of death threats over his political views.

    The actor, who is a staunch supporter of the Republican Party, admits he is often targeted by members of the public who are unhappy about his outspoken opinions.

    He says, “I’ve had death threats, stuff like that – mostly for my political views. They say ‘I should kill you’. I do think people are entitled to different opinions but one of them was really adamant about it. It was about ten years ago. I’m trying to remember what it was that they were upset about. It was an odd thing from a weird person.”

    And Grammer insists that he has also been victimized for his religious beliefs.

    He adds, “I’m a Christian Scientist but I’m not a full blown practising one. I actually visit doctors and I do take medication. But a lot of the principles of my approach to faith are rooted in that, which is pretty much mind over matter, if you want to reduce it to one thing.”

    —// end excerpt

    I think the telling part is the “kinda Christian Scientist” blurb. I think he thinks he is what he says he is, but come on, the guy is a Hollywood flake at heart. A wannabee. And something of an idiot.

    Another way to say “mind over matter” is “magical thinking.” So there ya go.

  3. 3.

    Zifnab

    August 22, 2010 at 12:43 pm

    Oh Kelsy Grammar. Why are you such a tool?

  4. 4.

    ruemara

    August 22, 2010 at 12:52 pm

    I support all efforts at ratfucking Kelsy Grammar’s new venture. I just wonder why “serious” candidates would essentially sign up for “real World-The Candidacy”. Wasn’t some president trying type realling dinged for celebrity stuff a bit ago? Who was that guy? I thought being popular on the tv was bad.

    OT
    What would you say to caramelized bacon in a maple vanilla cupcake? I’m thinking of maybe a thick strip on top too. Wonder if it might be too much. Or if I should put caramel bits in the cupcake with the bacon bits to make it really too much.

  5. 5.

    maya

    August 22, 2010 at 12:55 pm

    So are these everyday people candidates running as Republicans, Teabladders, the Neo-Right party, any/all of the above, or just against Dems? Stay tuned to find out, eh?

  6. 6.

    Pasquinade

    August 22, 2010 at 12:57 pm

    Kelsey Grammer: Family Values avatar of the Republican Party

    Kayte Walsh PREGNANT: Kelsey Grammer’s Girlfriend Expecting His Fifth Child

    Kayte Walsh has been identified as the blonde girlfriend of Kelsey Grammer, and according to her father, she’s expecting a child with the former ‘Frasier’ star.

    Kayte, 29, is a stewardess for Virgin and has recently been photographed in New York with the actor. It’s unclear exactly how long she been dating the 55-year-old Kelsey, whose third wife Camille filed for divorce in early July.

    This will be his fifth child as Camille and Kelsey have two children together, and he has two from previous relationships.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/11/kayte-walsh-pregnant-kels_n_679485.html

    Soooooo Grammer’s adultery is proved by girlfriend’s pregnanccy.

    Kelsey Grammer Divorce: The Last Straw That Went Down On Father’s Day

    tmz.com: We’re told the tipping point for Camille was Father’s Day, when Kelsey was 2,475 air miles away from his family and didn’t call his kids.

  7. 7.

    kommrade reproductive vigor

    August 22, 2010 at 12:58 pm

    Nothing says ReaLAMErican like the using the flag to cover your balls!

    I’d suggest Morrisey’s Dial a Cliché as the show’s theme song, also2.

  8. 8.

    Chad N Freude

    August 22, 2010 at 1:03 pm

    @ruemara: This is either a reality show targeted at a precisely-defined demographic or a reality show hoping to convert any uncommitted reality show addicts. I avoid reality shows like the plague that they are, but I might watch this one to see the seriously dedicated self-sacrificing jerks, fools, and idiots make jerks, fools, and idiots of themselves.

    I caught the reference to the congressional seat “infested” by Henry Waxman. Waxman is my congressman, I vote for him in every election, and I will do everything that I can to help defeat the smarmy nitwit in the trailer.

  9. 9.

    Chad N Freude

    August 22, 2010 at 1:06 pm

    @Pasquinade:

    Kayte, 29, is a stewardess for Virgin

    The Flying Irony Monster strikes again. All I can say is “Snort!!!”

  10. 10.

    Carl

    August 22, 2010 at 1:07 pm

    Clint Didier is already out, and I’d never heard of any of the others. Must see TV, surely.

  11. 11.

    morzer

    August 22, 2010 at 1:07 pm

    @maya:

    Judging by their records, they represent the widespread teabagger-kook-glibertarian axis of weevil that infests the sundown towns of Lesser Ignoramia.

  12. 12.

    Violet

    August 22, 2010 at 1:08 pm

    @ruemara:

    What would you say to caramelized bacon in a maple vanilla cupcake? I’m thinking of maybe a thick strip on top too. Wonder if it might be too much. Or if I should put caramel bits in the cupcake with the bacon bits to make it really too much.

    I’m thinking crumbled bacon on top, like sprinkles. Inside the cupcake could be too much, plus the texture could go soggy if it’s not done right. The thick strip on top might look interesting, but would have to be eaten separately unless it’s so crispy it can be broken in two easily.

    As for the show, wow. Wouldn’t that somehow violate advertising rules or something? It’s like free advertising for these candidates, especially if it makes them look good.

  13. 13.

    arguingwithsignposts

    August 22, 2010 at 1:08 pm

    @Pasquinade:

    We’re told the tipping point for Camille was Father’s Day, when Kelsey was 2,475 air miles away from his family and didn’t call his kids.

    Not to bag on you for this, but aren’t the kids supposed to call the father on father’s day? Am I reading that wrong?

    I mean, my mom doesn’t call me on Mother’s Day, either.

    ETA: the concept of cupcakes + bacon just seems so wrong to me for some reason.

  14. 14.

    ruemara

    August 22, 2010 at 1:10 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    He may have opted to be unreachable. Well, by his actual family. The skanky young thing, not so much.

    @Violet:
    I’ll be baking the bacon with brown sugar, a technique I pulled from a bacon chocolate chip cookie recipe. Makes it very crisp and candy coated. I just got a yen to bake some treats, so now I got to work out the recipe. Oh well, if it’s not perfect, it’s still delicious.

  15. 15.

    morzer

    August 22, 2010 at 1:11 pm

    @Violet:

    I think half of them have already lost, so it’s a moot point. Although you could argue that this is just bigging them up for the next round of celebrity rightwing jerkoff leads the whackjob hordes into the polling booth.

  16. 16.

    wasabi gasp

    August 22, 2010 at 1:12 pm

    Also Ran, Too

  17. 17.

    DougJ

    August 22, 2010 at 1:12 pm

    @kommrade reproductive vigor:

    I had the same thought.

  18. 18.

    Cynicor

    August 22, 2010 at 1:13 pm

    “Man, your boys can swim!”

    Even at age 50, Republican men are VIRILE.

  19. 19.

    quaint irene

    August 22, 2010 at 1:13 pm

    What would you say to caramelized bacon in a maple vanilla cupcake? I

    Are you contemplating going on FN’s Cupcake Wars? ;-)
    Be prepared, their judges are particularly dick-ish.

    Has Right network signed up S. Palin yet, since her star seems to be tarnishing over at Fox.

  20. 20.

    Martin

    August 22, 2010 at 1:13 pm

    So, we have a candidate that proudly wears the US flag on his ass and numerous others that admit to shortchanging their family to run for office. Well, whole new set of family values and respect going on.

    I think I see a new home for Dr. Laura though.

  21. 21.

    Roger Moore

    August 22, 2010 at 1:15 pm

    @Chad N Freude:

    Waxman is my congressman, I vote for him in every election, and I will do everything that I can to help defeat the smarmy nitwit in the trailer.

    That shouldn’t be too much trouble, given that the 30th is a safe Democratic seat; Waxman hasn’t gotten less than 70% of the vote for over a decade. Something tells me that Pelosi doesn’t have much to worry about, either.

  22. 22.

    Cat Lady

    August 22, 2010 at 1:15 pm

    A doctor exhausting herself running for elective office while practicing medicine- what could go wrong?

    The football thrower needs a tire swing, and the cowboy and the others are all just pathetic aggrieved middle aged white men trying to get their dicks hard “country back”. This is Pfizer’s generation.

  23. 23.

    Martin

    August 22, 2010 at 1:15 pm

    @Violet: Citizen’s United. It’s just free speech now.

  24. 24.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    August 22, 2010 at 1:16 pm

    @DickSpudCouchPotatoDetective:

    one of them was really adamant about it. It was about ten years ago. I’m trying to remember what it was that they were upset about. It was an odd thing from a weird person.”

    So Kelsey Grammer, who IIRC became a Republican after his friend/producer was killed on 9/11, got death threats for his political views, but he doesn’t really remember, in 1998?

    He’s had a pretty fucked up life, from what I’ve read. Funny thing is, he seems so normal, even in that little clip. Dennis Hopper, Jon Voigt, Patricia Heaton, they all give off a kind of crazy vibe, Hopper even in those brokerage commercials he did.

  25. 25.

    asiangrrlMN

    August 22, 2010 at 1:16 pm

    Not getting off that fucking boat.

    @arguingwithsignposts: I think it would depend on how old the kids are. Remember Sanford and hiking the Appalachian Trail on Father’s Day. Not the best way to promote family values. I don’t give a damn about who’s fucking whom except it constantly amazes me how Republicans can be such vocal supporters of family values while straying in every way possible.

  26. 26.

    Violet

    August 22, 2010 at 1:17 pm

    @DickSpudCouchPotatoDetective:

    He adds, “I’m a Christian Scientist but I’m not a full blown practising one. I actually visit doctors and I do take medication. But a lot of the principles of my approach to faith are rooted in that, which is pretty much mind over matter, if you want to reduce it to one thing.”

    I’ll say he visits doctors and isn’t a “full blown pracitising Christian Scientist.” His children with his soon-to-be-ex-wife Camille were carried by a surrogate. Using a surrogate to carry children is pretty involved and the man has to undergo fairly stringent government-required testing for various transmittable diseases. It’s more involved than basic STD tests because the surrogate is exposed to the man’s sp erm and potentially could contract diseases from him. Can’t do any of that without doctors.

    Now if they used a sp erm donor, then he wouldn’t have been required to get the tests. But still, his children came from high tech fertility treatments. That’s doctor, doctor, doctor. What a hypocrite.

  27. 27.

    Chad N Freude

    August 22, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    @Violet: I couldn’t resist googling “bacon dessert”. As one who believes that [SNARK ALERT] bacon can’t possibly be bad for one’s arteries, heart, blood pressure, cholesterol level, weight control, and immortality prospects {END SNARK] I was thrilled at the results. After I sopped retching, that is.

    Eating bacon is pleasurable, as is unprotected random sex. I forgo both.

  28. 28.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    August 22, 2010 at 1:20 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts: Not to bag on you for this, but aren’t the kids supposed to call the father on father’s day? Am I reading that wrong?

    I’d say it depends on how old they are. If they’re ten or under, I’d say it’s your job to be there to pretend to be excited about the homemade card.

    there is so much stupid in that clip, from the star’z’stripes bathing suit, to the guy complaining about his crying daugher, it’s hard to believe it’s not a goof

  29. 29.

    quaint irene

    August 22, 2010 at 1:21 pm

    One of the RightNetwork shows is called “Running,” which Grammer described as a reality show following six political rookies running for the first time. The theme through the promotional clip is that these folks are running against “polished politicians.”

    “Polished politicians.” In other words, people who know what the hell they’re doing.

  30. 30.

    balconesfault

    August 22, 2010 at 1:22 pm

    I love the one where the guy misplaces his webcam, and seems convinced that someone broke into their offices and stole nothing else from himself or anyone else.

    Looking forward to episode 3, when he reaches into his desk to pull out his Bible to make a point, and finds the webcam wedged behind it in the drawer.

  31. 31.

    Chad N Freude

    August 22, 2010 at 1:24 pm

    @Violet: Sort of like “I’m a Jew/Muslim [take your pick] but not a full-blown practicing one. I eat pork.” (cf. bacon references above.)

    I will add that with his track record of impregnation, Grammer probably doesn’t need full blowing.

  32. 32.

    Snowwy

    August 22, 2010 at 1:24 pm

    I am OH. SO. HAPPY. to see Republicans (c’mon, there are no TeaPartyhadist candidates) trying to unseat people like Pelosi and Waxman. Those two don’t even have to campaign to keep their seats.

    Keep wasting that money, GOP!

  33. 33.

    soonergrunt

    August 22, 2010 at 1:25 pm

    @ruemara:

    What would you say to caramelized bacon in a maple vanilla cupcake? I’m thinking of maybe a thick strip on top too. Wonder if it might be too much. Or if I should put caramel bits in the cupcake with the bacon bits to make it really too much

    On one hand I think I would like about a half dozen. On the other hand I think i would save time just packing a syringe with lard and injecting it straight into my carotid artery.

  34. 34.

    Chad N Freude

    August 22, 2010 at 1:26 pm

    @soonergrunt: A man after my own heart attack prevention strategy. (See my comment upthread.)

  35. 35.

    Violet

    August 22, 2010 at 1:28 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts:
    The kids were born in 2001 and 2004. They’re probably a little young to be expected to remember to phone Daddy on Father’s Day.

    If Republicans are going to be preaching family values at all of us, the least they should be expected to do is to live up to them.

    From Kelsey Grammar’s wiki:

    Grammer has been married three times.
    __
    His first marriage, to dance instructor Doreen Alderman, lasted from 1982 to 1990. They had one daughter
    __
    His second marriage, to stripper Leigh-Anne Csuhany in 1992, lasted one year. Grammer says that she was abusive and shot a gun at him,and that, after talk of divorce, she attempted suicide, which resulted in the miscarriage of their child. During this marriage, Grammer had a daughter out of wedlock, Greer Kandace (born February 15, 1992), with hair and makeup stylist Barrie Buckner.
    __
    In 1994 he met 28-year-old Tammy Baliszwewski, also known as Tammy Alexander, at a bar. In December 1994, the two of them appeared on the cover of People magazine announcing their engagement and Grammer’s substance abuse problems.
    __
    In August 1997, Grammer married Camille Donatacci, a former Playboy model. They met on a blind date in 1996. They have a daughter, Mason Olivia (born October 24, 2001), and a son, Jude Gordon (born August 28, 2004), both born to a surrogate mother.
    __
    On August 12, 2010 Grammar announced that he was going to be a dad for the 5th time with girlfriend Kayte Walsh.

    Three marriages, including one to a stripper and one to a Playboy model. One out of wedlock daughter and another out of wedlock child on the way. One failed engagement with a girl he met at a bar. Substance abuse.

    Yep, sounds like a typical Republican.

    Edit: Link to wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelsey_Grammer#Family. I edited it slightly for length.

  36. 36.

    kommrade reproductive vigor

    August 22, 2010 at 1:28 pm

    I love the one where the guy misplaces his webcam, and seems convinced that someone broke into their offices and stole nothing else from anyone else.

    Be fair. You can’t expect the man to say he misplaced it after that last meth-fueled Crisco party and he’s been sweating like a pig and checking Utube compulsively ever since.

    [OK, I see your update – Bwahahaha! But he’d just claim the miscreants got scared and returned it.]

  37. 37.

    WereBear

    August 22, 2010 at 1:29 pm

    The ultimate irony of this tale is that Kelsey Grammer became rich and famous playing an egotistical, snobbish, insensitive, blowhard.

    Which makes me figure he’s not much of an actor, either.

  38. 38.

    Schad

    August 22, 2010 at 1:29 pm

    Sadly, that looks to be the best of the shows which are advertised on the network’s site. From what I can tell, they’re also going to have:

    – a show featuring a bunch of wingers playing poker and talking about Nancy Pelosi (for those who don’t want to drive to the in-laws).

    – a stand-up comedy program with all the laughs of the Politico comments section.

    …and, well, that seems to be about it. With less than three weeks until its launch date, there doesn’t seem to be much programming. So it has that to recommend it, I suppose.

  39. 39.

    ruemara

    August 22, 2010 at 1:29 pm

    @soonergrunt:
    Ja-heez! live a little! Organic bacon, whole grain flour, turbinado sugar, no lard, and coconut oil. Small doses of joy in a cupcake is fine. Not a half dozen.

  40. 40.

    kommrade reproductive vigor

    August 22, 2010 at 1:31 pm

    Yep, sounds like a typical Republican.

    Needs more wetsuit.

  41. 41.

    DougJ

    August 22, 2010 at 1:32 pm

    @balconesfault:

    I love the one where the guy misplaces his webcam, and seems convinced that someone broke into their offices and stole nothing else from anyone else.

    That was genius. It reminded me of Steve Carrell on The Office.

  42. 42.

    Chad N Freude

    August 22, 2010 at 1:32 pm

    @Violet:

    The kids were born in 2001 and 2004. They’re probably a little young to be expected to remember to phone Daddy on Father’s Day.

    My grandkids were born in 2001 and 2003. They don’t have to remember by themselves, their parents see to it that they call me on Father’s Day and my birthday.

  43. 43.

    Corner Stone

    August 22, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    @Chad N Freude:

    Eating bacon is pleasurable, as is unprotected random sex. I forgo both.

    More of both for the rest of us!
    America! Fuck yeah!

  44. 44.

    Corner Stone

    August 22, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    BTW – does anyone own a “total pillow”? The commercials look very enticing.

  45. 45.

    asiangrrlMN

    August 22, 2010 at 1:35 pm

    @Chad N Freude: But usually, if a father has young kids, he is with the kids on Father’s Day, and even if he isn’t, he’s not with his mistress. OK, I don’t know if he was with his mistress on Father’s Day, but it would be irresponsible not to speculate.

  46. 46.

    Corner Stone

    August 22, 2010 at 1:37 pm

    @Violet:

    Three marriages, including one to a stripper and one to a Playboy model. One out of wedlock daughter and another out of wedlock child on the way. One failed engagement with a girl he met at a bar. Substance abuse.
    __
    Yep, sounds like a typical Republican.

    Also kind of a heroic figure to some lingering pre-adolescents such as myself.
    A modern day Odysseus, really.

  47. 47.

    Violet

    August 22, 2010 at 1:37 pm

    @Chad N Freude:
    What do you do to celebrate Father’s Day when your kids were six and nine years old? Did you spend the day with your mistress on the other side of the country? Seems like that’s Kelsey Grammer’s idea of how to spend the day.

  48. 48.

    Chad N Freude

    August 22, 2010 at 1:38 pm

    @Corner Stone: Go for ’em, dude. Keep in mind that bacon is a commodity with a limited supply, the other, not so much.

    Wait, wait! Is there a market in unprotected random sex futures?

  49. 49.

    Corner Stone

    August 22, 2010 at 1:39 pm

    I’m just going to put this out there – there is nothing hotter than the Deal or No Deal models in Boy Scout uniforms.

  50. 50.

    Roger Moore

    August 22, 2010 at 1:39 pm

    @quaint irene:

    “Polished politicians.” In other words, people who know what the hell they’re doing.

    I think it’s more of the latest TP talking point. You can only say Washington Insider so many times before it starts wearing thin, so they have to come up with some new ways of saying the same thing. And “Polished Politician” can also be used to talk about somebody who’s only run for state offices before, or who has some experience but has done enough other things that you can’t plausibly call them a career politician.

  51. 51.

    morzer

    August 22, 2010 at 1:40 pm

    @WereBear:

    Did you really expect him to actually like work for a living?

  52. 52.

    soonergrunt

    August 22, 2010 at 1:41 pm

    @kommrade reproductive vigor:

    Needs more wetsuit

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

  53. 53.

    Corner Stone

    August 22, 2010 at 1:41 pm

    @Violet:

    What do you do to celebrate Father’s Day when your kids were six and nine years old? Did you spend the day with your mistress on the other side of the country? Seems like that’s Kelsey Grammer’s idea of how to spend the day.

    Is somebody giving me the option?

  54. 54.

    malraux

    August 22, 2010 at 1:42 pm

    I suspect by Christian Scientist, what he really means is that he opposes his women using birth control.

  55. 55.

    soonergrunt

    August 22, 2010 at 1:42 pm

    @Corner Stone: You beat me to it.

  56. 56.

    Chad N Freude

    August 22, 2010 at 1:42 pm

    @Violet:

    Did you spend the day with your mistress on the other side of the country?

    Damn! That thought didn’t occur to me at the time.

    I’m not defending or attacking anybody, just saying that the present parent can prod the kids to call the unpresent parent. Grammer, of course, might choose not to answer the phone, being busy impregnating Kayte (it is Father’s Day, after all.).

  57. 57.

    MikeJ

    August 22, 2010 at 1:44 pm

    @Roger Moore: I suppose Didier could differentiate himself from polished politician Rossi who runs and runs and runs. It’s hard to call the perennial loser as a career politicians.

  58. 58.

    soonergrunt

    August 22, 2010 at 1:47 pm

    @Chad N Freude: Dude, the birds and the bees thing? It works for pigs too. There’s pretty much an unlimited supply for all intents and purposes.
    Which is good, because that means we can have bacon ice cream.

  59. 59.

    kommrade reproductive vigor

    August 22, 2010 at 1:47 pm

    And “Polished Politician” can also be used to talk about somebody who’s only run for state offices before, or who has some experience but has done enough other things that you can’t plausibly call them a career politician.

    I thought “Polished Politician” meant a Repub who’d had his cock buffed to a glossy shine by an attentive and loving media.

  60. 60.

    debbie

    August 22, 2010 at 1:49 pm

    I’ve seen enough Kelsey Grammer interviews over the years to know he wasn’t employing any acting chops for his Fraser role.

  61. 61.

    Chad N Freude

    August 22, 2010 at 1:49 pm

    @soonergrunt: You have a point. The market is in pork bellies, not pork penises.

  62. 62.

    arguingwithsignposts

    August 22, 2010 at 1:50 pm

    @Violet and others:

    The kids were born in 2001 and 2004. They’re probably a little young to be expected to remember to phone Daddy on Father’s Day.

    Um, that’s why they have mothers, right? To dial the phone.

    Look, I’m just asking if there wasn’t something else going on. I agree, being 2,000 miles away was pretty crappy – and there are obvious reasons why I wouldn’t use Grammer as a poster-child for responsible parenting.

    But why is it the father’s responsibility to call the kids on Father’s Day? Would you expect the mom to call the kids on Mother’s Day?

    I never expected my father to call me on Father’s Day. My mom made calls to him and grandparents so I could talk to them.

    ETA: I think all these “extended family” holidays are essentially bullshit pushed by the greeting card industry. If your father sucks, he sucks 365 days a year, and making one day so you have to pretend he doesn’t is sort of typical of the American way.

  63. 63.

    Chad N Freude

    August 22, 2010 at 1:52 pm

    @soonergrunt: I posted a response that is at the moment in moderation because I used the word that is almost an anagram for “pennies”.

    SO: You have a point. The market is in pork bellies, not pork male organs of reproduction. (Not as comical, but I can’t wait for TSA clearance.)

  64. 64.

    ruemara

    August 22, 2010 at 1:53 pm

    @soonergrunt:
    Man, I could make that. And then I would be divine. But candying the bacon, that’s what’s happening first. Then, nirvana.

  65. 65.

    Joel

    August 22, 2010 at 1:57 pm

    @maya: Didier is stealing the “hypocritical, government-subsidized wingnut” vote from Dino Rossi. Or at least some of it. I’m hoping someone will start a write-in campaign on Diddler’s behalf.

    Dino Rossi, for his part, is the kind of smarmy douchebag that is truly worthy of representation by Kelsey Grammar.

  66. 66.

    morzer

    August 22, 2010 at 1:57 pm

    @Chad N Freude:

    The market is in pork bellies, not pork male organs of reproduction.

    You mean Boehners rather than boners?

  67. 67.

    WereBear

    August 22, 2010 at 1:57 pm

    A Christian Scientist who goes to doctors.

    If we had a brain map of the wingnut mind (kind like what John put up as the cat’s brain) there would be this big hole in the middle labeled “Denial.”

  68. 68.

    Chad N Freude

    August 22, 2010 at 1:58 pm

    Hey, everybody! Go to the Rightnetwork website and look at the flag flying as the background image. Don’t ask me about it, just go look.

    ETA: Probably worth a thread discussion all its own.

  69. 69.

    Corner Stone

    August 22, 2010 at 1:59 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    I think all these “extended family” holidays are essentially bullshit pushed by the greeting card industry.

    Well, yeah. It’s another form of rent.

  70. 70.

    chopper

    August 22, 2010 at 2:01 pm

    i hit ‘stop’ as soon as i saw kelsey grammer.

  71. 71.

    Linda Featheringill

    August 22, 2010 at 2:01 pm

    I thought that the whole thing looked as polished and well thought out as the rest of the “reality” shows on the telly.

    So if you were a reality show fan anyway and if their politics did not offend you, you might actually enjoy what they had to offer.

    It might even be a success.

  72. 72.

    ruemara

    August 22, 2010 at 2:02 pm

    @Chad N Freude:

    Wow. As an animator and video type-that’s some crappy smugtastic tv. Oh well, people gotta get paid. Wish I could lie with a straight face.

  73. 73.

    Chad N Freude

    August 22, 2010 at 2:03 pm

    @Linda Featheringill: For me, it might work as unintended self-satire.

  74. 74.

    adolphus

    August 22, 2010 at 2:03 pm

    What makes me sad about this, is that there might be a good show in here somewhere if they followed a number of different candidates from both parties, and third parties and no party, say everyone running for a particular half-dozen congressional seats chosen for geographic diversity and asked them similar questions. I think that might be fascinating.

    And then follow up with them every few years (maybe just the winners) to see how actually being a politician changes them, or not.

    Sort of a mix between Spellbound, Street Fight, and Michael Apted’s Up series.

    I’d pay to see that.

  75. 75.

    Linda Featheringill

    August 22, 2010 at 2:05 pm

    @soonergrunt:

    Hey Sooner! When do you go in for interior redecorating?

  76. 76.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    August 22, 2010 at 2:05 pm

    @ruemara: The Right-Wing comedy show looks like must-see teevee, though. (Jon Lovitz? Really?)

  77. 77.

    Chad N Freude

    August 22, 2010 at 2:05 pm

    @ruemara: Yeah, it’s poorly done, but the flag, man, the flag! Hint: Hammer & sickle. Another hint: Crescent. Could it possibly be accidental?

    ETA: Since I don’t know your gender, the use of “man” was purely colloquial.

  78. 78.

    Violet

    August 22, 2010 at 2:07 pm

    @Chad N Freude:
    It looks orange. Does John Boehner have something to do with that network?

  79. 79.

    trollhattan

    August 22, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    I notice host-interviewer-cowboy-hat-dude has banished “g” from his speech, Sarah-style(tm). That’ll get ‘er done.

    Plucky protopoliticians fightin’ off the Democrat[sic] Chicago-style(tm) machine poly-tikks. Should be rivetin’ teevee (cracks beer in anticipation).

  80. 80.

    licensed to kill time

    August 22, 2010 at 2:09 pm

    Did the vid get any better after 1:16? That’s as far as I got bef

    >.<

    …..wah? huh? oh sorry, I must've dozed off there.

  81. 81.

    gnomedad

    August 22, 2010 at 2:10 pm

    @Roger Moore:
    A “polished politician” is someone who cheats in a debate by using facts and logic.

  82. 82.

    ruemara

    August 22, 2010 at 2:12 pm

    @Chad N Freude:
    I never get annoyed at the use of “man” in reference to me on the internets. Despite the obligatory dropping of my natural IQ, style points and general wonderful grace with the switch of my gender.

  83. 83.

    Chad N Freude

    August 22, 2010 at 2:13 pm

    @gnomedad: Not necessarily. Smooth talkers like Boehner and Gingrich are polished, and they don’t come more polished than the late, great Saint Ronald.

  84. 84.

    KG

    August 22, 2010 at 2:14 pm

    The “Polished Politician” thing is great. And the principle should be used in other areas of life. I love basketball but I am so tired of polished basketball players that I’m not going to watch the NBA anymore, I’m going to stick to watching pick up games at the local park. I also don’t see the need to pay for a polished doctor, I’m sure the guy who works out of a 1978 van conversion can do the kidney transplant just fine.

    On one level, I do appreciate these folks running. But I wonder if there is anyone in their lives that said, “You know, this might not be the best idea. You’ve never run for office before, you don’t really know what is involved. Why not try running for city counsel or the state legislature first? You know, gain a little experience.”

  85. 85.

    Violet

    August 22, 2010 at 2:14 pm

    @Chad N Freude:
    The logo’s sort of a mirror image of the hammer and sickle.

    Holy cow. They have an anthem for their network. No I am not making that up.

    Okay, I just wasted two minutes of my life watching that crap. It’s just an ad for the network. Hilariously, one of the captions says, “A place that tunes out cliche.” After watching that video…bwahahahahaha. Liars.

  86. 86.

    Chad N Freude

    August 22, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    @Violet: I’m tempted to email them asking why they chose the hammer & sickle as an emblem. And another email asking why their logo contains a crescent.

    ETA: It’s the background flying flag image rather than the flat rectangular flag.

  87. 87.

    Janus Daniels

    August 22, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    The Michael Steele network?

  88. 88.

    arguingwithsignposts

    August 22, 2010 at 2:19 pm

    @Chad N Freude:
    Okay, you might also want to tell them why auto-play videos are teh suck on the Internets while you’re at it.

  89. 89.

    Chad N Freude

    August 22, 2010 at 2:21 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts: It’s the only way they can assure that everyone sees at least a few nanoseconds of whatever they’re videoing. They won’t pay any attention.

  90. 90.

    Violet

    August 22, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    @Chad N Freude:
    On my laptop, the background flag image is mostly hidden by the smugtastic auto-play (which are teh suck) video. Only if I scroll down enough does the image become partially visible.

  91. 91.

    Tim in SF

    August 22, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    Woah… Blue Blazer Guy was at the Best Buy getting a new web cam. I was just at that Best Buy yesterday! There’s a taco truck out front of it that we hit all the time. Best carnitas tacos in the whole damn city.

  92. 92.

    stuckinred

    August 22, 2010 at 2:23 pm

    Bye to Lou and Bobby at Wrigley.

  93. 93.

    asiangrrlMN

    August 22, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts: I would just like to say that if I were a mother on a trip that took me 2,000 miles away from my kids on Mother’s Day, and I was not having teh hawt sexx with my mister/mistress, then I would call my kids. And, if the mother did not want to make the kids call Grammar while he was sexxing up his ladyfriend, I can’t exactly blame her.

    Update eleven-billionty and nth: I am not a mother, nor have I played one on TV. And, like you, I don’t believe in holidays.

    Update eleven-billionty and nth plus one: I know holidays exist; I just don’t believe in celebrating them.

    Update eleven-billionty and nth plus two: Did you get some sleep last night?

  94. 94.

    Joel

    August 22, 2010 at 2:34 pm

    As long as RightWingNetwork has a place for Roy Awesome, I’m on board.

  95. 95.

    arguingwithsignposts

    August 22, 2010 at 2:40 pm

    @asiangrrlMN:
    I would assume that a parent would be calling their kids much more often than on a holiday, but that would be me. I just think that having the parent call the kid on {parent} Day sort of perverts the whole idea of the holiday. Just like having a child have to call the parent on a child’s birthday would.

    Update thirteen-billionty and one: Yes, I actually slept. thanks for asking.

    Update thirteen-billionty and two: BalloonJuiceStock should be in either Minneapolis or Madison. We need a committee, obviously. And some flyers. And some top flight entertainment.

    Update thirteen-billionty and three: I’m thinking Jeffreyw is on the hook for the grub.

    Update thirteen-billionty and four: I am reminded of sandra bernhardt’s (?) joke: “I don’t have any children … that I know of.” :)

  96. 96.

    Mojotron

    August 22, 2010 at 2:42 pm

    I’m confused as to why they included that comedian without health insurance.

  97. 97.

    Sentient Puddle

    August 22, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    Am I alone in thinking that this is the sort of thing that will be totally counterproductive to their side? Put six normal people through the hells of a campaign to receive no more than 30% of the vote…that’s quite a way to encourage future candidates!

  98. 98.

    soonergrunt

    August 22, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    @Linda Featheringill: The 8th of September at 7:00 AM, supposedly, barring other issues.

  99. 99.

    Roger Moore

    August 22, 2010 at 2:54 pm

    @gnomedad:

    A “polished politician” is someone who cheats in a debate by using facts and logic.

    “Not a polished politician” is the latest centrally planned, focus-group tested way of saying “political outsider”. If the people using it to try to show how they’re not slick, overproduced insiders like the other guys had the slightest sense of irony, their heads would explode. Apparently, inability to recognize irony when it hits you over the head is a prerequisite of being a wingnut.

  100. 100.

    DougJ

    August 22, 2010 at 2:58 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    Update thirteen-billionty and two: BalloonJuiceStock

    I was thinking of calling it the Balloon Juice Ideas Festival. Though I think that if we could come up with name based on Altamont or Jonestown, that would be even better.

  101. 101.

    DougJ

    August 22, 2010 at 2:59 pm

    @Tim in SF:

    That dude is running in San Francisco? He’s the guy running against Pelosi?

    That makes the idea that Democratic goons broke into his office to steal his web cam that much more funny.

  102. 102.

    arguingwithsignposts

    August 22, 2010 at 3:04 pm

    @DougJ:
    GuyanaJuice? (based on the great, yet underappreciated Judys song)

  103. 103.

    Linda Featheringill

    August 22, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    @soonergrunt:

    Okay. We’ll keep you in mind on that date.

    BTW – When you are in the hospital and they ask you how you feel, don’t be brave. List all of your complaints. It will help them monitor your progress.

    This is a major operation so even when it turns out well, you might feel like you were run over by a truck. That will pass.

    Good luck!

    Linda

  104. 104.

    Violet

    August 22, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    @DougJ:

    Though I think that if we could come up with name based on Altamont or Jonestown

    Balloontamont? Juicetown?

  105. 105.

    Svensker

    August 22, 2010 at 3:19 pm

    @soonergrunt:

    Which is good, because that means we can have bacon ice cream

    I don’t think that fits into a kosher diet, does it?

  106. 106.

    Dan

    August 22, 2010 at 3:26 pm

    @Violet:

    Append images/background.jpg to the end of http://www.rightnetwork.com/ and you will get the unadulterated background picture w/o anything obscuring it.

  107. 107.

    Svensker

    August 22, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    @Dan:

    That is a cool trick!

  108. 108.

    asiangrrlMN

    August 22, 2010 at 3:31 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts: I see what you’re saying. I can’t help thinking that the word ‘back’ was excluded from the end of the sentence as in, “He didn’t call them back.” Eh, whatevs. We have more important things to discuss such as the name of the upcoming Balloon Juice Stocking Festival and where it should be held, etc.

    Update a billionty-billionty and beyond: jeffreyw. is DEFINITELY on the hook for grub (including apple butter), along with TaMara.

    Update a billionty-billionty and beyond plus one: I’m glad you got some sleep. I am about to take a nap.

    Update a billionty-billionty and beyond plus two: If the BJ Stocking Fest is in Minneapolis, I will be in charge of morale boosting or something. Not food, though. I am a sucky cook.

  109. 109.

    soonergrunt

    August 22, 2010 at 3:34 pm

    @Linda Featheringill: I’ll remember that. I remember reading somewhere that being in pain or discomfort tended to slow a patient’s healing and I don’t want that. Thanks.

    @Svensker: I assume that it wouldn’t since pork is not considered either kosher or hlal. Of course, I’m a Christian by religious training and an agnostic/atheist by temperament and ideology, so I’ll take a double helping.

  110. 110.

    kommrade reproductive vigor

    August 22, 2010 at 3:38 pm

    A Christian Scientist who goes to doctors.

    Only because p3n1s pills aren’t sold OTC.

  111. 111.

    Chad N Freude

    August 22, 2010 at 3:41 pm

    @Dan: It’s the partially obscured image that’s so suggestive (at least to me). Still, with the “R” so stylized, it could be any secret coded message you want.

  112. 112.

    bago

    August 22, 2010 at 3:55 pm

    @Svensker: It’s not really a trick. It’s just grabbing the url of the item.

  113. 113.

    Violet

    August 22, 2010 at 4:00 pm

    @Dan:
    Thanks! It doesn’t look any different from the logo, except it’s at an angle and in the waves of the flag. Still weird. It’s a stylized, reverse hammer and sickle. Odd choice for the rightwing network.

  114. 114.

    Ron

    August 22, 2010 at 4:06 pm

    @Chad N Freude: You can give up bacon. More for me!

  115. 115.

    Left Coast Tom

    August 22, 2010 at 4:20 pm

    @KG:

    On one level, I do appreciate these folks running. But I wonder if there is anyone in their lives that said, “You know, this might not be the best idea. You’ve never run for office before, you don’t really know what is involved. Why not try running for city counsel or the state legislature first? You know, gain a little experience.”

    I wonder why nobody in Meg Whitman’s life said any such thing to her.

  116. 116.

    Zuzu's Petals

    August 22, 2010 at 5:01 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    Yeah, my thought exactly. They were stupid enough to show two different candidates using this talking point and thus tipped their hand.

  117. 117.

    Zuzu's Petals

    August 22, 2010 at 5:06 pm

    @WereBear:

    There are plenty of ’em out there. Christian Science doesn’t prohibit the use of conventional medicine.

  118. 118.

    hilzoy fangirl

    August 22, 2010 at 5:25 pm

    @Schad:

    They’ll probably fill 90% of their airtime with informercials. They have the “right” demographic for that, after all…

  119. 119.

    Zuzu's Petals

    August 22, 2010 at 6:12 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Looks like they’re just using Lovitz’s comedy club. But the acts are totally teh suck.

  120. 120.

    Marc

    August 22, 2010 at 6:22 pm

    I know I’m coming to this late in the day, but that video has a real “holy shit” moment at 16 seconds.

    One of the candidates profiled on “Running” is Chris Simcox. As in Minuteman founder Chris Simcox. And as in allegedly threatened to kill his wife Chris Simcox. It says a lot about the “Right Network” that this is one of the candidates they choose to promote.

    (One of the things it says is that they’re incompetents who couldn’t land any top-tier candidates; Simcox dropped out of his Senate bid in February to support J.D. Hayworth. That doesn’t seem to have stopped the Right Network any more than his racism or family problems did.)

  121. 121.

    Ecks

    August 23, 2010 at 3:55 am

    @Violet:

    “A place that tunes out cliche.” After watching that video…bwahahahahaha. Liars.
    Rep

    No, just bad spellers. They meant “a place that TURNS out cliche”.

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