Why anyone would want to do this is simply beyond me. Although it is nice to see Trump’s birtherism paid off in Republican circles.
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by John Cole| 57 Comments
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Why anyone would want to do this is simply beyond me. Although it is nice to see Trump’s birtherism paid off in Republican circles.
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piratedan
wonder who picks up the tab, the american taxpayer or your retirement account
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Christ, I rolled my eyes when Obama asked if I wanted to have my picture taken with Sarah Jessica Parker.
John PM
Oh my God this is real! I thought this was a joke.
MikeJ
Gambling to win it, yet.
Just Some Fuckhead
Where is dinner going to be held, the Trump mansion or the Romney mansion?
cathyx
Perhaps those birthers have a lot of money.
gogol's wife
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Yes, I don’t react well to these appeals based on dinner with Clooney or a picture with Sarah Jessica Parker. I have zero desire to meet these people.
Now Colin Firth, that would be a different matter.
Liquid
“Speak softly and carry an armored tank division, I always say.”
Hey John, there is nothing on this earth sexier than a man surrounded by 60-some tons of armor.
I suppose the polar opposite would be a confederation of stoats wearing a suit with the King Stoat as hairpiece.
cathyx
It’s only $3 for a chance to get up close and personal. Who’s in?
Schlemizel
I’d love to have dinner with the dumb-old. I’d bring one of those small personal fans with. I’d whip it out & blow back that shit-nest he wears on his head just to see the coo-coo bird pop out.
If I could have cameras reasdy it would be well worth the cost of having to actually be in the presence of the slime-wad
bemused
Before Bush two got in the White House, I never could have imagined the cuckoo’s nest this country has turned into.
SiubhanDuinne
@Just Some Fuckhead:
bemused
@gogol’s wife:
I second that.
joeyess
Hey, Cole……. Fuck all of these people and wish Mr. Zimmerman a happy birthday.
Fuck…
In the words of this beloved blog…… “Lighten up, Francis.”
SiubhanDuinne
This is the third time in as many days that I’ve put a comment OUTSIDE the /block quote, and my comment ends up inside the block quote Every. Single. Time.
It never used to do that. What’s causing it, and how can I avoid it in future?
TIA, BJ Hivemind.
Alexandra
Fairly inept illustration, there… although points for making a stab at Trump’s ridiculous hair.
beltane
The GOP no longer has many celebrities anyone would want to have dinner with. There are probably still a lot of people who would like to have dinner with, say, Arnold Schwarzenegger, but he’s not in his party’s good graces right now. Ted Nugent is always available but his table manners are likely not up to the standards of Romney’s donor bas
piratedan
OT: but funny as hell:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4102695045342.2181863.1221948597&type=1
Litlebritdifrnt
@gogol’s wife:
Keanu would get me throwing money at it! :)
TaMara (BHF)
Ha-ha-ha-ha.
But, I think the next BJ fundraiser needs to be have dinner with John. Who is in?
MikeJ
Remember last summer’s Steve Carell movie, Dinner for Schmucks?
(Sorry, my photoshop fu is incredibly weak and I did it in about 90 seconds. Somebody good ought to use the idea.)
Svensker
$3 for a chance to have dinner with Donald Trump? What does the runner-up get — two dinners?
Comradde PhysioProffe
One of my family members is a member of the Mar a Lago dinner club that Trump owns in Palm Beach (used to be the Merriwether Post mansion or some shit like that), and I have interacted directly with the motherfucker. He is even more grotesque up-close in a quasi-personal interaction than you could possibly even imagine from his public presentation of himself. It is mind-boggling how repulsive he is in person, and you can tell that even the other super-rich assholes that circulate around him find him grossly repugnant, and only are there because he’s richer than they are.
GeneJockey
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
I want Obama to invite me to have dinner with him, Paul Krugman, and Robert Reich.
Clooney? Not so much. I’d look so old, fat, and ugly by comparison.
Sarah Jessica Parker? Not so much. I’d look like Creepy McOldGuy.
Omnes Omnibus
@gogol’s wife: Colin Firth? If you say so, but, as a straight guy, I don’t really see what you folks see in him.
Phylllis
@gogol’s wife: Or Benedict Cumberbatch. Better yet, both.
dr. bloor
I’d be happy to start a collection to send Garry Trudeau.
Omnes Omnibus
@Phylllis: That one really confuses me.
Zach
It’s trolling plain and simple. Romney’s campaign hasn’t proven to be good at much, but they’re good at that. Tons of little tweaks that get Obama’s folks up in arms (even if Obama himself doesn’t sweat it) running around wasting their time. See also the ad that quoted Obama quoting John McCain on the economy, etc. If Romney’s going to build a campaign around lies and ridiculousness, there’s no point in responding to individual acts of lies/ridiculousness.
It shouldn’t be hard to paint Romney as a jerk/bully who will bend the rules to get his way at everyone else’s expense so long as the net result is more money or power for Mitt Romney. This is one of many examples you could use to build such a case, but you need to throw that story together in a compelling way rather than reacting to every stupid slight that comes out of Mitt’s campaign.
Phylllis
@Omnes Omnibus: He’s the modern-day Sherlock on Masterpiece Mystery.
PurpleGirl
@Just Some Fuckhead: A pizza place in Times Square no doubt. The place The Donald took Sarah Palin.
Omnes Omnibus
@Phylllis: I know that part. I just don’t get why women find him so appealing. Seems an ordinary skinny dude to me.
gogol's wife
@Omnes Omnibus:
That’s because you are a straight guy.
gogol's wife
@gogol’s wife:
And I just realized what it would be like to have Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, AND Obama in the same room. I almost fainted when I saw Obama alone, so this would be a coma for me.
Phylllis
@gogol’s wife: You’d have to mop me up and wring me out into a bucket, I believe.
gaz
I think I’m going to enter.
He’ll need therapy after dining with my fabulous, genderqueer self. =) I’ll dress extra sexy – and bring some mace. I love giving douchebags boner confusion.
Should I go stealth, let him make a couple of awkward passes at me, and then drop the bombshell after the cameras roll, or should I freak him out at the door? =P
waratah
I am saving my money for dinner with POTUS and Bill Clinton.
Yutsano
@gaz: Oh definitely let him make a couple of passes first. Think the bar scene with the cross-dresser in “Crocodile Dundee”. Only actually entertaining. And more epic.
danimal
@joeyess: When I first saw your comment, I thought, “Crap, I share a b-day with George Zimmerman.”
Now, I’m honored to say I share a b-day with Bob Dylan. Thanks for the good news; I learned something on the internet that makes me smile!
Jager
@Comradde PhysioProffe:
Did you notice the huge painting of the Donald hanging in the entryway of Mar Lago? He is in tennis whites wearing a sweater. The artist must have used a body builder model to paint the body and then stuck the Donald’s head on top. The piece of shit must be 6×14 in a god damned gilt frame.
Davis X. Machina
I had Democratic friends who wanted twenty years ago to run Trump for president on the D ticket.
Something about the man clouds peoples’ brains — or about his wallet.
reflectionephemeral
Well, the good news is, the post title reminded me of “Running with the Devil”. I’m a bit late to the party on this one, but Van Halen I? It’s f*cking awesome.
This was rattling around the internets a couple years ago.
Jebediah
@gaz:
Stealth!
ETA: Then punch him in his fucking neck.
freelancer
@reflectionephemeral:
The “singer” from smashmouth had a vocal track of some inane song they made and a friend of the Nerdist podcast made this awesome duet. So fucking funny.
SiubhanDuinne
@gogol’s wife:
This. THIS. THIS.Thisthisthisthisthisthisthis.
ETA: Also, too, Alan Rickman.
SiubhanDuinne
@waratah:
That works for me too.
SiubhanDuinne
@danimal:
Happy birthday, danimal!
gaz
@Jebediah: My punches suck. I’ll cut a bitch tho! =)
gaz
@Yutsano: I’ll be all coy and quiet first – then when stares at my tits, I’ll do my deepest “I wanna tear you apart” (h/t eddie murphy)
Yutsano
@gaz:
My dear, what other purpose do acrylic nails serve? :)
Mnemosyne
@Omnes Omnibus:
It’s partly the accent. G and I were watching Bridesmaids and I nodded sagely when the competing love interest turned out to be a guy with an Irish accent, because that was the only way they could trump Jon Hamm. American guys need to look more like George Clooney or, well, Jon Hamm, but a British diaspora accent will get one quite far.
Except, of course, Colin Firth. He’s hawt in any accent. So that’s where the “straight woman” thing comes in. (Though he has his gay male fanbase, too, to be sure.)
@gaz:
I say you split the difference — wait for a lull in the conservation about halfway through dinner and then spring it on him once there’s no escape from the social awkwardness that just getting up and leaving would create.
gaz
@Yutsano: my nails are natural , but now that you mention it, this may be the one good purpose for acrylics. =P
I was thinking of just breaking the base off of a champagne glass and sticking the stem in the nearest jugular, but your idea has merit =P
gaz
@Phylllis: Micheal Williams > *
I want to have his babies.
Comradde PhysioProffe
@Jager:
Yes, I fucken avert my eyes every time I walk in there so I don’;t fucken hurl.
Jebediah
@gaz:
Whatever works for you – after all, you’re the one suffering through being in the same room as the short-fingered vulgarian…
The prophet Nostradumbass
I hope Cletus and Brandine enjoy their dinner with Trump’s hairpiece.
LosGatosCA
@cathyx:
Collectively they do have a lot of money. Trump was always running to get the birther mailing list he has now. It’s like money in the bank. Oral Roberts, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Billy/Franklin Graham have used variations of the same list to become rich and in three of their cases have enough left over to start universities.