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You are here: Home / Past Elections / Election 2016 / Tuesday Evening Open Thread: TBOGG Alert!

Tuesday Evening Open Thread: TBOGG Alert!

by Anne Laurie|  May 12, 20156:06 pm| 33 Comments

This post is in: Election 2016, Open Threads, Republican Stupidity, Assholes, Republican Crime Syndicate - aka the Bush Admin.

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Hot scoop from Jennifer Jacobs the Des Moines Register:

No Iowa Straw Poll for Jeb Bush.

The likely Republican presidential candidate will instead attend a competing event, the RedState Gathering in Atlanta, the day of the Iowa event, GOP sources in Iowa told The Des Moines Register on Tuesday. A spokesman for Bush confirmed the report…

Late Monday, the founder of RedState, Erick Erickson, announced on his blog that Bush, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker would speak during the four-day RedState Gathering Aug. 6-9. The Register was first to report that Bush will address the GOP activists in Georgia on Aug. 8, the same day as the Iowa Straw Poll…

My emphasis, of course. Many a blogger — and not just among us DFHs, either — has mocked Erick “goat-fvcking child molester” Erickson’s self-promoting circle jerk, but TBogg’s takedowns were the best.

Of course, if he really wants to Raise Media Awareness, Infinite Ericks should nut up and challenge Joni “Pig Castrator” Ernst, mano a mano…
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Apart from ordering popcorn, what’s on the agenda for the evening?

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  1. 1.

    Amir Khalid

    May 12, 2015 at 6:13 pm

    If Erick ibnu Erick were to challenge Joni Ernst, wouldn’t that be mano a mujer?

  2. 2.

    Benedict Arnold Schwartzenager

    May 12, 2015 at 6:15 pm

    Link to the TBogg takedown?

  3. 3.

    Marc

    May 12, 2015 at 6:17 pm

    I was wondering who would the other mano be?

  4. 4.

    Major Major Major Major

    May 12, 2015 at 6:19 pm

    Has anybody played this Nekoatsume app? (Tutorial) It’s this adorable Tamagochi-ish thing where you put out cat food, and cat toys, and different cats come and play with them from time to time. When they leave, they reward you with in-game currency (fish), and you can use that to expand your house and buy more cat toys.

    It’s entirely in Japanese, but you don’t need to know a lick of it to play. Anyway, highly recommended. Not really a time sink, just free and adorable. Follow that link for download instructions if you don’t know how to type ねこあつめ on your phone :)

  5. 5.

    Brachiator

    May 12, 2015 at 6:20 pm

    I never got a chance to watch this week’s Wolf Hall. So that, and and occasional peek at the Clippers game is the night’s lineup.

    The news article suggests that the Iowa Straw Poll is a waste of time, so I guess it’s understandable that the GOP klown Kar would not be making a stop there, thus creating an opportunity for other carny shows to take its place.

    And little Bobby Jindal as a speaker? He’s like the M. Night Shyamalan of politics.

  6. 6.

    KG

    May 12, 2015 at 6:21 pm

    @Brachiator:

    And little Bobby Jindal as a speaker? He’s like the M. Night Shyamalan of politics.

    that’s not fair, Shyamalan had one good flick and one decent flick, Jindal hasn’t been nearly that good…

  7. 7.

    Brachiator

    May 12, 2015 at 6:23 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    If Erick ibnu Erick were to challenge Joni Ernst, wouldn’t that be mano a mujer?

    Hand to woman?

    The translation error of mano, “hand,” for “man” comes up with some frequency.

  8. 8.

    SatanicPanic

    May 12, 2015 at 6:25 pm

    @KG: more like the Uwe Boll

  9. 9.

    fuckwit

    May 12, 2015 at 6:26 pm

    I see a pattern here. Those are all corporate-whore candidates, vetted and approved by the 1%. That’s who Corporate America wants to lick its balls for it.

    Noticeably absent: Huckabee, Santorum, etc. Looks like RedState at least isn’t so keen on the religious freaks.

  10. 10.

    Iowa Old Lady

    May 12, 2015 at 6:28 pm

    The Straw Poll is a fundraiser. Participants pay to bring people in to vote for them. They provide busses and food. Anyone can go. Mr IOL was offered the chance to be bussed in on Pawlenty’s behalf last time, and he’s a registered Democrat. He was tempted for the entertainment value, but decided spending the whole day on that was too much.

  11. 11.

    KG

    May 12, 2015 at 6:29 pm

    @Brachiator: hand to woman probably gets you arrested, and seeing Erickson in the drunk tank might be fun, in a I’m-a-terrible-human-being kind of way.

  12. 12.

    Amir Khalid

    May 12, 2015 at 6:30 pm

    @Brachiator:
    I’m still only a novice in Spanish.

  13. 13.

    Germy Shoemangler

    May 12, 2015 at 6:32 pm

    Rapper J. Cole’s new music video ‘Wet Dreamz’ tells a tale of young love through adorable puppies

  14. 14.

    Howard Beale IV

    May 12, 2015 at 6:33 pm

    Wow-who would’ve thunk it-half of the clown car is ratfvcking their own election.

  15. 15.

    Brachiator

    May 12, 2015 at 6:38 pm

    @Amir Khalid: I’m sure you’re ahead of most folks in attempting to master foreign languages, especially me. My Spanish used to be pretty good, but is fading. Even in Los Angeles, I don’t practice it much, for fear of sounding like a complete idiot. I have been playing with foreign language apps. This new thing about a Skype translator looks interesting.

    We took a look at Skype Translator in an advanced preview, and since then, the gates to this translation wonder have remained locked up behind a slow-rollout invite process. Well, no longer. Everyone can now try Skype Translator—with live translating for English, Spanish, Italian, and Mandarin—to your heart’s desire. Have an abuela in South America or a conversation partner in Chongqing? Call ‘em, and connect. It’s not exactly as fluid as talking natively on the phone, but building the future of how we communicate is slow work.

    http://gizmodo.com/skype-translator-hands-on-close-but-no-babel-fish-1671457117/1703958570/+darrenorf

  16. 16.

    trollhattan

    May 12, 2015 at 6:41 pm

    If I believed Jebbie! were just heading there to placate the mouth-breathers and “prove” to his corporatist paymasters that “See, I can even go talk to them” that would be one thing. A little like Rand Paul going to Howard University to show he’s down and all that But I suspect Jebbie! is going there because he prefers to.

    Just great. Is he actually the Sarah! of the Bush family?

  17. 17.

    trollhattan

    May 12, 2015 at 6:43 pm

    I give you Pegasus, the great Dane puppy.

  18. 18.

    SFAW

    May 12, 2015 at 6:43 pm

    Infinite Ericks should nut up and challenge Joni “Pig Castrator” Ernst, mano a mano…

    He’d only do that if’n his wife lets him borrow her shotgun.

  19. 19.

    Fair Economist

    May 12, 2015 at 6:45 pm

    Why is RedState timing their event to clash with a major event like the Iowa Straw Poll? There’s got to be some interesting behind-the-scenes politics involved. Wish I knew what they were.

  20. 20.

    Gimlet

    May 12, 2015 at 6:52 pm

    Who could have predicted?

    “He will lose his eyesight if he doesn’t get care. He will go blind,” said Dr. Malcolm Edwards, the Lancaster, S.C., ophthalmologist who examined Lang.

    Lang is a self-employed handyman who works with banks and the federal government on maintaining foreclosed properties. He has done well enough that his wife, Mary, hasn’t had to work. They live in a 3,300-square-foot home in the Legacy Park subdivision valued at more than $300,000.

    But he has never bought insurance. Instead, he says, he prided himself on paying his own medical bills.

    http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/health-care/health-care-challenge-blog/article20696283.html

  21. 21.

    JustRuss

    May 12, 2015 at 6:53 pm

    The likely Republican presidential candidate

    The fact that that phrase is used to describe Jeb Frickin Bush makes me sad on so many levels. Honestly, given the choice I’d take Mittens for pres over Jebbie.

  22. 22.

    trollhattan

    May 12, 2015 at 7:01 pm

    @JustRuss:
    Willard’s inaugural: Worst. Kegger. Ever.

  23. 23.

    NotMax

    May 12, 2015 at 7:03 pm

    North Korea is a Red state.

  24. 24.

    NotMax

    May 12, 2015 at 7:04 pm

    @trollhattan

    Actually, root beer out of a keg is pretty good.

  25. 25.

    WereBear

    May 12, 2015 at 7:09 pm

    @Gimlet: Had its own thread this afternoon.

  26. 26.

    tones

    May 12, 2015 at 7:10 pm

    @Brachiator
    Yep, Hand to hand [combat]: mano a mano las manos are hands.

  27. 27.

    Mike in NC

    May 12, 2015 at 7:22 pm

    In a recent interview with USA Today, 86 year old billionaire prick T. Boone Pickens declared JEB! will be elected in 2016, so you can just quit blogging right now.

  28. 28.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    May 12, 2015 at 7:36 pm

    A new analysis of voter registration data shows that under the McCrory administration, North Carolina may be systematically failing to provide state residents with the opportunity to register to vote when they apply for public assistance — such as food stamps or welfare — in violation of the National Voter Registration Act.

  29. 29.

    Ben Cisco (onboard the Defiant)

    May 12, 2015 at 7:55 pm

    @Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism: Shocked. SHOCKED I TELL YOU!

  30. 30.

    Hal

    May 12, 2015 at 8:13 pm

    Today’s “Who asked her anyway? Who cares?” award goes to:

    When Hannity interjected to insist the Obama administration is having a rough term and speculated that it is distracting people by focusing on the Baltimore protests and other race-related controversies, Coulter agreed, saying “distract from it all by constantly crying racism.”
    Coulter added that white Americans are “making it up now” for slavery and the proof is in the fact that black teens are “getting admitted to Princeton when you can’t read.” “Is that enough yet?” she asked.
    Coulter finished by declaring there are no race-related biases in our criminal and justice systems. “This nonsense about how many blacks are in prison. How did they get there?” she asked. “In addition to the peaceful Baltimore protester I want to put on a milk carton—‘Have you seen this?’—I want to see the innocent person in prison.”

  31. 31.

    tybee

    May 12, 2015 at 9:23 pm

    @Hal:

    coulter makes sewage look appetizing

  32. 32.

    Anne Laurie

    May 12, 2015 at 9:33 pm

    @fuckwit:

    Noticeably absent: Huckabee, Santorum, etc. Looks like RedState at least isn’t so keen on the religious freaks.

    Infinite Erickson is studyin’ for his preacher license now. Those other Bible-bangers are the competition.

  33. 33.

    low-tech cyclist

    May 13, 2015 at 10:03 am

    Scott Walker’s giving Erick’s shindig the patina of legitimacy by attending. (No word yet on whether he’ll also be at the Iowa straw poll.) Without him, the attendees so far look like a list of people who know they’re screwed in Iowa, but with him and Jebbie, Erick’s got the two heavyweights.

    If Rubio also attends Erick’s gathering, while the religious wingnuts like Huckabee and Santorum only go to Iowa that weekend, it’ll be an interesting split indeed.

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