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Open Thread: Can You Define “Kinsley Gaffe”, Mr. Gregory?

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Too funny not to share. Dan Amira a NYMag‘s Daily Intel:

Asked on Today this morning about pressure on Herman Cain to end his increasingly embarrassing and distracting run for president, Meet the Press host David Gregory replied, “Well there is no, you know, grand wizard in the party right now who can really force the issue.” Of course, the reason there is currently no “grand wizard” in the GOP is because the GOP is not the Ku Klux Klan. Gregory is sorry if his remark implied otherwise.

Of course, it could be considered depressing that Karl Rove’s favorite backup dancer obviously doesn’t care that the GOP and the KKK are rapidly approaching a single-circle Venn diagram, but courtiers will be courtiers and mockery is healthier for those of us restricted to the gallery seats.

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  2. 2.

    David in NY

    @Redshift: Oh, now you have got to remind me what a “Kinsley gaffe” is, and why.

    And Gregory’s remark is awesome.

    ETA: Oh, nevermind. (E. Litella, in memoriam). Looked it up.

  5. 5.

    Napoleon

    In the last 2 hours here in Ohio I have already seen 2 ads on tv from the right (one from Crossroads) aimed at the next cycle. These are not left over ads accidentally running a day late. All new aimed at the presidential election.

  6. 6.

    PIGL

    So there is no Grand Wizard in the GOP.

    “Currently.”

    That is to say, not at the present moment. mmmmK.

    This piece of Grand Wizardry hales from 2004, or roughly the Cenozoic Era of the Interwebz. Enjoy.

  7. 7.

    Poopyman

    That’s clearly not true, if I’m recalling correctly that David Duke is still in the party.

  8. 8.

    C. Isaac

    An interesting article in Rolling Stone about how the Republican party devolved into what it is; the party of the rich. Definitely worth the read right here.

  11. 11.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @trollhattan:

    Good gas mileage is a commie plot.

    A friend of mine who drive a biodiesel VW actually had a conversation with some clown who insisted that biodiesel was “unamerican”.

    My friend pointed out that he was paying American farmers, not Arab potentates, for fuel, and the guy didn’t quite get that.

  13. 13.

    Martin

    “Well there is no, you know, grand wizard in the party right now who can really force the issue.”

    Does that mean they’re hiring?

  14. 14.

    existential fish

    Even better epilogue: Rush started his show today by claiming that he was the grand wizard.

  15. 15.

    Martin

    @lamh35:

    Feds investigate if Penn State officials violated US law

    Yep. It’s going to get very big, very ugly, and very damaging.

    The state of Pennsylvania is going to pay a very high price for their football.

  19. 19.

    Jay in Oregon

    @existential fish:

    Even better epilogue: Rush started his show today by claiming that he was the grand wizard.

    Wow, it’s one of the rare occasions where I can agree with Rush Limbaugh unconditionally.

  20. 20.

    SiubhanDuinne

    I’m just reading a pretty horrifying article in the WaPo (I know, I know, don’t tell me) stating that the “Dover Air Force Base mortuary for years disposed of some dead troops’ body parts by burning them and sum ting the ashes in a Virginia landfill, a practice that officials have since abandoned in favor of burying the remains at sea.” it goes on to say that the relatives of fallen service members were typically not notified about the manner of disposal. This is all part of that ongoing investigation. Really awful reading. The policy has since been changed.

    Oh, I see I inadvertently failed to mention the years during which remains were sent to the landfill. 2003-2008. How long until this becomes an Obama scandal?

  23. 23.

    Gilles de Rais

    “Well there is no, you know, grand wizard in the party right now who can really force the issue.”

    Probably the first and last time I can say this about Gregory; every word he said is true. This is precisely the problem for the GOP.

  24. 24.

    Roger Moore

    Of course, the reason there is currently no “grand wizard” in the GOP is because the GOP is not the Ku Klux Klan.

    But they’re working on it.

  25. 25.

    pat

    The ladies are white, blond…. Has anyone else had the thought that if this had happend a few decades ago, he could have been lynched for real?

  27. 27.

    a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)

    @pat: That’s the most offensive part about the “high tech lynching” cry. Not that long ago, a man who looked like him who did half of what multiple (white) women claim (credibly, given the similarities) that Cain did, would have been literally lynched.

    How dare he say that? Fucker.

  28. 28.

    Evolving Deep Southerner (tense changed for accuracy)

    Can somebody tell me why the whole “frothy mixture” meme around Rick Santorum has not gotten stupid and tiresome now?

    I see the whole “Michael Moore/Al Gore is fat!” snark trotted out all the time, and I do cringe when I hear “our side” – the intelligent side – go on and on about Chris Christie’s weight, Mitch McConnell’s chin.

    But the whole “frothy mixture” thing? I could see that in the case of David Vitter or Senator Widestance, et al, if you’re referencing some previous behavior. Has Rick Santorum had some kind of frothy-mixture-of-lube-and-fecal-matter incident I don’t know of? If he hasn’t, it’s dumb. Too many other things to pick on other than that nonsense, which really is kind of creepy when you give it some thought. A toilet-humor Internet ratfucking. Is it still really that fucking funny?

  29. 29.

    Lancelot Link

    The reason there is currently no “grand wizard” in the GOP is because he has been legally disqualified from running for public office as part of his guilty plea for tax evasion.

  31. 31.

    Bubblegum Tate

    @Poopyman:

    That’s clearly not true, if I’m recalling correctly that David Duke is still in the party.

    Last week, I had a wingnut freak out on me when I mentioned that David Duke is a Republican. He insisted that Duke “only became a Republican for political convenience.” I asked him why a racist like Duke would find it “politically convenient” to become a Republican, and he…called me a soshulist. I guess that wound hasn’t quite healed for them.

  32. 32.

    Evolving Deep Southerner (tense changed for accuracy)

    @Gex: That’s the first time it’s ever been explained to me. Makes sense now. Glad I asked. Thanks.

  33. 33.

    Violet

    @pat:
    Yeah, I thought of that right away. What he did is awful. To try to claim it’s akin to lynching, without recognizing the weight that word carries, is just slimy.

  34. 34.

    lol

    @Evolving Deep Southerner (tense changed for accuracy):

    There’s a few reasons, but the biggest is that it’s *clearly* gotten under his skin and, ahem, worked him into a froth.

    He’s a bully who’s whining like a little bitch now that he’s witnessing the power of this fully armed and operational internet.

    That’s why the joke has lost none of its sheen.

  35. 35.

    Mitch Guthman

    Perhaps the GOP does not have a Grand Wizard at this moment because the post is vacant?

  37. 37.

    Anne Laurie

    @Evolving Deep Southerner (tense changed for accuracy):

    Has Rick Santorum had some kind of frothy-mixture-of-lube-and-fecal-matter incident I don’t know of? If he hasn’t, it’s dumb. Too many other things to pick on other than that nonsense, which really is kind of creepy when you give it some thought. A toilet-humor Internet ratfucking. Is it still really that fucking funny?

    Santorum took to the floor of Congress to complain that acknowledging gay marriage, or even civil unions, would lead to legalizing “man on dog sex”. Actual quote, which last I heard he was still using in his fundraising appeals. I for one can’t blame Dan Savage, gay-marriaged except in the eyes of Santorum’s narrow-minded Jeebus, for not appreciating the comparison.

  44. 44.

    Crza

    The joke turned Santorum’s homophobia on him so hard that it ruined his political career. So yeah, funniest joke of the 21st century so far.

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