Washington Times’ Tony Blankley: Obama might be a ‘dictator.’
Washington Times’ Tony Blankley: Obama might be a ‘dictator.’
In the Washington Times today, former Newt Gingrich aide Tony Blankley tries to cast Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) as a potential “dictator” in waiting. Claiming that Obama made a “shockingly dictatorial assertion” last month when he said Americans can’t expect to be considered world leaders while still driving SUVs and eating “as much as we want,” Blankley asks if he is a “dictator or democrat?“:
Dictator or democrat? Radical or liberal? Who in the world is this man? Where in the world is the responsible media? What’s going on?
Blankley’s column is just the latest entry in the right wing’s outlandish efforts to paint Obama as a scary radical. Last week, former House minority leader Tom DeLay (R) said of Obama, “unless he proves me wrong, he is a Marxist.”
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Oh my god — they really got nothin’.
The question is: do they know they got nothin’ and are just flailing? Or are they delusional enough to think that this crap makes sense?
Knowing Tony Blankley, I’d say it was a bit of a toss-up.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:49 pmDesperation.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:51 pmAny reasonable person need only consider Chimpy W to define a dictator.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
Oooooh!! TWO words that start with “D”!!! Way to put it together, Tony!
Hey! I got a third “D” word here, boy, just for you: dipsh*t.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:52 pmif they are describing Obama as a “dictator” what does this make Dumbya ?
June 11th, 2008 at 1:53 pmNo, sorry, the chymp already has that sewn up.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:53 pmAnd McIIIrd might be an oligarchist… Boy that’s easy!
The march of the slime has begun — last week he was too Marxist, now a potential dictator.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:55 pmThe personal jabs against him have fallen away, so let’s attack him with false comparisons.
Blankely (and by association, his beloved Rev. Moon) have neglected to look in the neighborhood of the White House for dictators.
Woe be to the man who would get between Newt and Tony and their next high calorie meal.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:55 pmwho’s the dictator . . . cuz blankley surely ain’t speaking of his boy toy mr. the u.s. constitution is just a goddamn piece of paper. dictator, where you been for the past 6 years Tony? where U BEEN?
besides, tony’s kind appears to loves them a diktator. they chose bush not once but twice. why the change of heart now
June 11th, 2008 at 1:57 pmHow dare the liberal media print something so libelous as that against Senator McCain! It just shows how evil the liberal media can be! And you just watch, the liberal media won’t even report on this outrage!
What’s that, they weren’t calling McCain a dictator? They were calling Obama a dictator??
nevermind
June 11th, 2008 at 1:57 pmThe latest batch of koolaide must have had way too much Stupid added to it.
wow
June 11th, 2008 at 1:58 pmCan you IMAGINE what this country would be like under a DICTATOR?
/snarkity-snark
June 11th, 2008 at 1:58 pmI can’t wait till November when the Washington Times fades back into obscurity where it belongs.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:00 pmObama’s a “dictator” and, what, we’ve been at Dairy Queen for the last eight years?
June 11th, 2008 at 2:01 pmRepugs are more and more beginning to resemble Jerry Springer panelists.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:01 pmThe extremists are trying to make Obama out to be another extremist, just in the wrong direction. It’s obvious with all the extreme labels being thrown around. One week he’s socialist, the next week, he’s communist, the next week he’s a fascist.
The extremists are very scared of Obama. Why?
June 11th, 2008 at 2:01 pmlet’s me see: “Eating as much as we want; driving SUVs”- he said that so he must be a dictator.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:02 pmWhile Bush says…”we can torture whomever we want, arrest and keep isolated anyone we want, spy on whomever we want…”
Yeah, I hear they have to keep the mixture balanced just right — too much Stupid and their minions won’t get enough Lock-step. Their Faith-based nutrients might suffer reduced levels, as well.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:04 pmFrom the AFP article:
Pitching his message to Oregon’s environmentally-conscious voters, Obama called on the United States to “lead by example” on global warming, and develop new technologies at home which could be exported to developing countries.
“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” Obama said.
“That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen,” he added.
So let me see if I’ve got this, cause I’m a little confused. By suggesting that perhaps Americans – in the effort to remain competitive globally and solve the most pressing environmental concern of this century – will need to conserve energy a bit, Obama is acting dictatorially and doing away with 250 years of democratic governance?
Nope, I’m still not getting it. Someone please explain this one to me.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:06 pmForTruth Says:
The extremists are trying to make Obama out to be another extremist, just in the wrong direction. It’s obvious with all the extreme labels being thrown around. One week he’s socialist, the next week, he’s communist, the next week he’s a fascist.
The extremists are very scared of Obama. Why?
They fear the loss of their power and ability to make gobs of money off the backs the middle class and the blood of our military.
It must be feeling like what was happening in the bunker in Germany right before Adolf and Eva took the long siesta.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:06 pmThese dildos were up in arms everytime some one said Bush is a liar.
Now they run around invoking Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot willy nilly.
As they lose their grip they scream louder and louder and more incoherently than ever.
Go back to the UK, Fat Tony.
-GSD
June 11th, 2008 at 2:06 pmHey, crappy, we appreciate you overloading your cannon with prodigious amounts of crap in one shot.
One big load makes a mess, but it’s easier to clean up than a lot of little loads.
Thanks.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:07 pmTrollit overflow on 17.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:08 pmcrapcannon Says:
this says it all!
June 11th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Indeed. Your name is a quite accurate description of your posting quality.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:09 pm‘Desperate’ isn’t enough to describe you reich-wingies, huh crapcannon (very humble of you!).
June 11th, 2008 at 2:09 pmcrapcannon Says:
this says it all!
You’re an idiot; Now THAT says it all…
June 11th, 2008 at 2:09 pmSorry, HTH. I’m taking a night course in Wingnut, but all I can translate so far is the spastic exclamations of trolls.
Tony Blankley is advanced wingnut.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:09 pmCrapshooter,
Is there any relevancy in that wacko post?
You 23%ers are REALLY scraping the bottom of the latrine.
November is going to be so much fun. Heh Heh
June 11th, 2008 at 2:11 pmBullies always display their weakness when challenged. That is why the upcoming debates are going to be very sweet. I can almost see McSame bursting a blood vessel while trying to tell everyone that he is no George W Bush. Everybody in the first few rows ought to bring a poncho for protection.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:11 pmIf the next president is a dictator, we can thank the GOP. They invented the idea of unlimited presidential powers under the so-called “unitary executive.”
June 11th, 2008 at 2:12 pmWell, we do have a DICKtator now in the White House.
What is really sad, is that the Low Information Voters will believe anything these FK heads print or say.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:14 pm“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” Obama said.
This is one of the most accurate statements of our time. Play the “socialist” card all your want righties, but the chickens are coming home to roost.
Why do we continue to tolerate people driving 30mph in a 15mph zone?
Why do we continue to allow smokers and the obese to continue their habits so they can get sick and be unable to pay their bills, where the costs are passed on to people who become ill without such eggregious habits?
June 11th, 2008 at 2:15 pmAh, I see the RNC let the Newt slither out from under his rock and he brought his minions. Hey Newt you criminal, liar, hypocrite and all around unethical SOB, how’s that Contract with America thing working out? I guess he’s been brought aboard to assist McCant with his high road, no below the belt campaign that he promised. Wait, what other things has McCant promised and flip-flopped on? Oh, then never mind. Hey Newt, go CHENEY yourself!
June 11th, 2008 at 2:15 pmTon B. is a sack of shit. Bush is the dictator.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:15 pmSo did the right side ever figure out in Obama is a Muslim or a Christian? I need closure on that question.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:16 pmNewt’s Contract on McDonald’s should be in order to limit his portion sizes.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:18 pmBlankley is a buffoon. A water-carrying, kool-aid drinking, idiot. the rag he works for is a Moonie-sponsored scandalsheet. I’ve seen him on the Mclaughlin Group and he is ALWAYS full of shit.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:18 pmJinJin:
June 11th, 2008 at 2:20 pmI am gonna so kick you ass! Don’t worry about your PC. Worry about your personal well being
Bummer…TP edited crapcannon out I guess, didn’t get to read it. Oh well.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:22 pmJinJin why do you keep adding that spam link???
FLAGGED FOR SPAM
June 11th, 2008 at 2:23 pmdbadass,
This must be so embarrassing for TP to not be able to stop the Jin2 spamming.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:24 pmKeltoi Says:
The name ‘crapcannon’ should be all the info you need.
i.e. you missed NOTHING.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:24 pmSo far Obama has been not black enough, too black, closet Muslim, radical afrocentric Christian, appeaser, continuation of Bush, marxist, Jimmy Carter, Herbert Hoover (?!?) and now a dictator. I am probably missing a few.
Looks like the right wing noise makers didn’t get the memo and ate the brown acid anyway. Enjoy the bad trip fellas.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:24 pmKeltoi Says:
Bummer…TP edited crapcannon out I guess, didn’t get to read it. Oh well.
You didn’t miss much, K. Consider it a gift.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:25 pmupside99 Says:
TP is too dumb to even install a simple spam filter on this site.
Pretty pathetic by any blog standards.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:25 pmTony Blankley has been very public about his love for his SUV. And one lok at him and you can tell he eats as much as he wants, whenever he wants. I think like too many Americans, he’s nervous about a black man being a position of power over him.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:26 pmGet your game face on and wake up. Blankley knows that Obama is not a dictator in waiting. That is not the point of his rant. This has been the coordinated attack of conservatives and Republican for years against Democrats. It is the politics of ridicule and demeaning your opponent. It does not matter how far a stretch that you must make as long as you are calling the Democrats unpatriotic, radical, extremist, country hating and undemocratic.
THE PROBLEM IS THE FAILURE OF DEMOCRATS AND LIBERALS TO RESPOND TO THESE ATTACKS BY POINTING OUT THOSE REPUBLICANS WHO FILL EXACTLY THESE DESCRIPTIONS. Do you really expect this kind of smear campaign to have absolutely no impact? We saw Gore, Kerry and Edward feminized, called girlee boys, unpatriotic and extremist. Do you then have any reason to wonder why they lose elections to the Republicans?
June 11th, 2008 at 2:26 pmThe wingnuts want to shove their “values” down people’s throats, tell them how to conduct their personal sex-lives. But when there is a suggestion that the folks who have more than enough of everything, maybe cut back on consumption, they go ape sh!t and want to bring up their freedoms to rape the planet, shove their wealth in everyone’s faces, and be general a**holes to their fellow human beings.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:29 pmcrapcannon Says:
this says it all!
Not really…
But this sure does:
Wayne Says:
crapcannon Says:
Arizona began statewide recording of births and deaths in July, 1909 according to Office of Vital Records.
From the top of the thread:
Shirley Preiss was born in 1910 in Kentucky, before the state issued birth certificates.
Do you feel stupid yet?
You sure look it.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
June 11th, 2008 at 2:32 pmNote to self: purchase copy of “Advanced Wingnut for Dummies” …
June 11th, 2008 at 2:33 pmYeah, before McSame ran the “Jimmy Carter” thing up the flagpole, he said Obama reminded him of William Jennings Bryan.
I sh!t you not.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:38 pmLet’ssee:
Washington Times circulation: 100,000
Washington Post circulation: 700,000
Wash. Times owner: Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church
Do we need to know any more about this rag?
June 11th, 2008 at 2:38 pmAnnie, I was bout to point out the redundancy of that title, but then I realized that anyone who wants to understand Wingnut really needs to think like a Dummy.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:39 pmThis is going around. A teaching colleague at my public middle school told this to kids in his class several weeks ago. It was based on a CNN Ballot Bowl cut to video as Obama was in the middle of answering a question — which was not in the video– and a bad transcript of the event. What little context there was was ignored. It is amazing that educated people are so unskilled in comprehending the English Language. Based on the teacher’s comments, kids actually came out of this guy’s class into mine saying, “Obama won’t let us drive our cars, or have our food!”. To his class, the teacher used “socialist” to describe Obama and words such as “pink” and “collectivism” in his email to me when I questioned him. I really don’t know whether these people are paranoid, unscrupulous, or worse.
Fear is a strong motivator– my counter-argument failed to convince my students who had learned from this science teacher that Obama was a dishonest, evil man.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:41 pmKeltoi Says:
Bummer…TP edited crapcannon out I guess, didn’t get to read it. Oh well.
Same type of crap that got its
toiletboyjohnboy sockpuppet banned this morning.Didn’t miss much.
It will be back with a new “crappy” name, I suspect.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:42 pmDeranged individuals are sometimes hard to dissuade, heh.
Tony Blankley might be a rreally fat and ugly drag queen.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:42 pmOh, Zooey! Was that really necessary?
June 11th, 2008 at 2:47 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
Annie, I was bout to point out the redundancy of that title, but then I realized that anyone who wants to understand Wingnut really needs to think like a Dummy.
Wow, ralph, not sure Annie would want to whack herself with a mallet that many times, to think on the level of Dumb it would take.
Would cause such a frightful headache.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:47 pm8)
We already have a dictator: Incurious George.
Let’s see:
Marxist.
Communist.
Lenninist.
Muslim and/or Creepy Christian. (this does not compute?)
Socialist.
Radical.
Liberal.
Elitist.
Can’t wait for the next round.
As for our a$$hole trolls…do you really expect any level of intellectual honesty there? I suppose one has to have ability for intellectual…scratch that.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:47 pmWell stated, JMOHR.
The Republican method of running a campaign, where democratic opponents are seen not as competitive challenges but as dirty dogs to kick around, has been successful throughout the years, thanks to the masses who vote against their own interests. Some of the aforementioned I took from a recent Obama quote I’m unable to find.
Their tactics are now failing. People are reading more into democratic proposals are getting the whole story. More people understand that “every man for himself” is regressive and does not form a well-developed society.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:49 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Fp8IG8NKDK0&feature=related
this is very juicy!
June 11th, 2008 at 2:53 pmoops, sorry, I meant the whole thing
June 11th, 2008 at 2:54 pmOh really? Obama might be a dictator?
Wow.
Gee, do you think he might go so far as to suspend habeus corpus? Or sign bills into law with caveats that claim the right to interpret them however he wants to (maybe they would be called “signing statements” or something similar)? Could it be that, like any good dictator, he would push for laws that allow him to have anyone, anywhere, arrested for actions that he himself defines as illegal (golly, he might even come up with some term for such folks, say “enemy combatant”; and if he says you’re an “enemy combatant” you get thrown in jail with no constitutional rights)?
Boy, he’s right, we sure wouldn’t want anyone as president that would do *any* of those things, much less *all* of them.
I’m sure glad mr. blankley is looking out for evil like this in the good ol’ you ess of ay. You can be sure that if anyone started doing any of those things mr. blankley would be the first to warn us.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:54 pmBlankley is shooting blanks.
June 11th, 2008 at 3:00 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
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Oh, Zooey! Was that really necessary?
June 11th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Yes. Although Tony Blankley isn’t a really fat and ugly drag queen — as far as I know. ;)
June 11th, 2008 at 3:03 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
Oh, Zooey! Was that really necessary?
I smell a namejack.
June 11th, 2008 at 3:03 pmMedia Matters (godbless’em) archived the following about Newt’s former press secretary:
June 11th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Ralph
The William Jennings Bryan comparison isn’t surprising. I understand McCain was a big McKinley supporter back in the day and old rivalries die hard.
June 11th, 2008 at 3:03 pmlol or not lol
June 11th, 2008 at 3:03 pmNews FLASH!! Lemme Guess! Tony the Blank is a fat moron who drives a Hummer!
June 11th, 2008 at 3:04 pmLet’s have a contest to guess Fat Tony’s weight, while driving his ginormous SUV!
June 11th, 2008 at 3:05 pmWinner gets a free copy of the WaTimes, suitable for bird cage lining.
“I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends… that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.”
June 11th, 2008 at 3:07 pm-Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.
No name-jacking, Wayne. My tone probably wasn’t clear. I meant to cheerfully castigate Zooey for conjuring up that unpleasant image, not for any breach of decorum.
I mean, seriously, how does one deal with the visual of Tony Blankley in drag? He’d make Rudy Giuliani look like Marilyn Monroe.
June 11th, 2008 at 3:11 pmupside99 Says:
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dbadass,
This must be so embarrassing for TP to not be able to stop the Jin2 spamming.
————–
I’ve flagged this idiot for the last three days and alerted the site monitor, to no avail. What gives?
June 11th, 2008 at 3:21 pmre: Tom DeLay
Unless he proves me wrong, he’s a moron.
June 11th, 2008 at 3:23 pmObama has written autobios. Read one flake!
June 11th, 2008 at 3:26 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
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I mean, seriously, how does one deal with the visual of Tony Blankley in drag? He’d make Rudy Giuliani look like Marilyn Monroe.
June 11th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Mission accomplished. :-D
June 11th, 2008 at 3:28 pmWayne Says:
ralph the wonder llama Says:
Leftside Annie Says:
Note to self: purchase copy of “Advanced Wingnut for Dummies” …
Annie, I was bout to point out the redundancy of that title, but then I realized that anyone who wants to understand Wingnut really needs to think like a Dummy.
Wow, ralph, not sure Annie would want to whack herself with a mallet that many times, to think on the level of Dumb it would take.
Wayne – is that mallet included with the book or do I have to pay extra…? ;o)
June 11th, 2008 at 3:29 pmCorrect if I am wrong, but who pays attention to the Washington Post or Tom Delay??? John Steward pointed out yesterday that no major media outlet reported on the findings of a congressional investigation into the cooked pre-war inteligence which pointed out the this administration LIED the US into a WAR of agression! Washington Post… no even as toilet paper!
June 11th, 2008 at 3:34 pmPmavrk – what’s that got to do with how stupid Toni Blanket is? Let’s see if the word ‘projection’ could be applied to him…as he is obviously projecting what the Bush Cabal has already attempted…remember ‘As Long as I’m the Dictator?’
June 11th, 2008 at 3:47 pmpmavrk Says:
Did you also know that democrats started the KKK?
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Did you know that this has absolutely nothing to do with the price of eggs in Petaluma? or the discussion at hand?
June 11th, 2008 at 3:51 pmoh, isn’t that cute! A pair of trollpups trying to stage a coordinated attack, just like the big trolls do.
This should be fun…
June 11th, 2008 at 3:53 pmLook at the little trollpup trying to act like a big troll, with the forty-five-year-old arguments and the off-topic ramblings.
Yep, he’ll grow up to be a good troll if he doesn’t get eaten by predators along the way.
June 11th, 2008 at 3:58 pm… but he’ll never be this cute again.
June 11th, 2008 at 3:59 pmralph, I have sort of an upset stomach. I’ll leave the little ones to you
June 11th, 2008 at 4:04 pmNo problem, dbadass. I’m just gonna watch ‘em, make sure they don’t hurt themselves.
June 11th, 2008 at 4:07 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
He’d make Rudy Giuliani look like Marilyn Monroe.
And you are bagging on Zooey? File that conflation away under images not needed.
June 11th, 2008 at 4:09 pmThat’s all I’m saying…
June 11th, 2008 at 4:15 pmWhy is that poster talking about the KKK?
Does Blankley belong to the KKK? Is Blankley scared of Obama?
June 11th, 2008 at 4:16 pmWho is 69 talking to?
June 11th, 2008 at 4:22 pmShhh, mary — the trollpups are playing. If you’re still and watch carefully, you can see them come out of their den and wrestle with simple concepts.
It’s very cute. This should be its own series on Animal Planet.
June 11th, 2008 at 4:22 pmBlakely: a bloviating, overstuffed bag of bullshit who couldn’t get a job at a decent newspaper. Remember this turd worked with that master deceiver, Gingrich. Everyone knows how good that load of manure was for the country.
June 11th, 2008 at 4:26 pmralph – perhaps their lesson of the day was, “How to Make a Straw Man”? I think they need a lot more practice though!
June 11th, 2008 at 4:27 pmwell, mary, you have to excuse their puppyish lack of eye-paw coordination. They’re just getting out and exploring the world for the first time. It’s all new to them.
They can’t be expected to build decent-looking straw men just yet. They can barely go potty without urinating on themselves.
But aren’t they just the cutest little things?
June 11th, 2008 at 4:32 pmNo raplh, you may not take one home! They may be cute when they’re young but they grow up to the damnedest of things
June 11th, 2008 at 4:35 pmOops sorry about that. I should probably just stick with the proper ralph the wonder llama. It is easier to spell and more respectful.
June 11th, 2008 at 4:37 pmI know you’re probably right, dbadass. I wouldn’t be able to care for them properly, or keep them shielded from facts and reality like their natural environment would.
But they’re just so damn cute at this age!
June 11th, 2008 at 4:39 pmoctamethyl Says:
Repugs are more and more beginning to resemble Jerry Springer panelists.
Speaking of Jerry Springer….Incredibly, Dan Abrams had him on a panel yesterday or the day before. Is he f’ing kidding me?
June 11th, 2008 at 4:40 pmBlakely’s in a panic because he thinks Obama might keep him from eating “as much as we want,”
Hey blubberpuss, do you own a mirror?
Maybe you’d be better off if someone kept you from eating as much as you want.
You’re starting to look like Fat Bas**** from the Austin Powers movie.
Maybe Obama can help you with that.
As far as being a prissy pudgy chickenhawk pudit, you’re on your own with that.
Maybe it’s the crowd you run…um, waddle with.
I like to take the whole lot of you, Kagen, Rove, Kristol et al and drop you into Iraq or Afghanistan and see if any of you can make it back alive….I doubt any of you overfed wing-nut welfare recipients could get too far.
June 11th, 2008 at 4:40 pmYou’re all useless outside the Beltway or Midtown Manhattan……correct that…you’re all are useless PERIOD.
You know Ralph, you have a point there. They do kind of remind me of those little baby groudhogs I have in my back yard! Jumping on each other and knocking each other over. It IS cute!
eye-paw coordination…. Kkkkkkkkkk
June 11th, 2008 at 4:54 pmpmavrk:
June 11th, 2008 at 4:56 pmWhy was this republican administration as well as Jeb Bush also a republican opposed to drilling off the Fl coast. Ever wonder about that?
ralph – Look! Is that another one of those cute baby trolls? He seems to think that it’s the Democrats fault that gas prices are so high! lol
Of course, the fact that the price goes up every time we or Israel threaten another country with military action has NOTHING to do with it!
The fact that Cheney had his oil buddies over for a secret “energy” meeting to divy up Iraq’s oil has NOTHING to do with it.
The fact that gas was under $1.50 before we invaded Iraq has NOTHING to do with it!
Those pesky details…
June 11th, 2008 at 4:57 pmI know, mary. When those trollpups prance around with those off-topic talking points in their mouths, it is so ADORABLE. They look so proud, almost like they’ve put together a decent logical argument.
I swear, animated versions of these trollpups would be perfect for a Coca Cola commercial.
June 11th, 2008 at 5:07 pmJMOHR Says:
This has been the coordinated attack of conservatives and Republican for years against Democrats. It is the politics of ridicule and demeaning your opponent.
You are so right. I just don’t understand why the wimpy Democrat’s let these people get away with this type of childish, school yard behavior. These name callers are the same kids who were sent home with report cards stating “doesn’t play well with others.”
Why can’t we ever have an election about issues?
June 11th, 2008 at 5:17 pmDid something startle the little fellers back into the den?
June 11th, 2008 at 5:17 pmBy the way, your tax happy government makes more off of a gallon of gas in taxes then the oil companies make off that same gallon in profit.
If that was really the case you would imagine that our gov’t would be making record profits every quarter!
June 11th, 2008 at 5:21 pmYeah. They’re notoriously skittish as pups. Probably because they’re so vulnerable to predators.
June 11th, 2008 at 5:22 pmShhh… one has poked its head out of the den again… it’s grappling with inaccurate statistics… damn, i wish I had my camera.
June 11th, 2008 at 5:33 pmI’ll run and get my spotting scope. Give me a sec…
June 11th, 2008 at 5:34 pmpmavrk Says:
Did you folks know that the Chinese are drilling for oil 50 miles off the coast of Florida? Did you also know that the democrats have blocked U.S. companies from drilling in just about every oil rich area in North America?
Oil will be gone in about 50-60 years based on the highly inflated reserves the oil companies and countries report. If the resource you depend on to fuel your economy and way of life is running out, shouldn’t we be looking for and developing the next energy source?
The GOP likes things the way they are and they are all waiting for the ‘Rapture’ to take them away to Heaven. The GOP knows global war will develop if we continue to drill for the ever shrinking supply of crude – so to hasten their trip to heaven, they keep demanding that we drill for more and more. The GOP just doesn’t like living people. They adore unborn babies, but they hate living people.
June 11th, 2008 at 5:35 pmHere’ I’m gonna try something; I’ll dangle this correct statistic in front of it and see if it chases it or if it runs away…
Trollpup squeaked:
Federal government nation average is around 50 cent that’s not including state and local taxes.
Reality says:
June 11th, 2008 at 5:40 pma summer gas-tax holiday that would suspend the 18.4¢ federal gas tax
Oil refineries make around 4 to 5 cents a gallon from refined unleaded gasoline. Federal government nation average is around 50 cent that’s not including state and local taxes.
Okay, using your numbers, being that the oil companies made $120 billion last year, our gov’t should have made 1.2 trillion dollars.
Someone’s using funny math.
June 11th, 2008 at 5:42 pmmaybe it is those imaginary numbers we were taught of but never understood the application of
June 11th, 2008 at 5:44 pmralph,
June 11th, 2008 at 5:47 pmDon’t you think you should have waited till Marlin Perkins arrived. Maybe not you just handled what Matlin would have just made Jim Fowler do anyway.
Be afraid, Tony, be very afraid.???
Obama 2008 = Respect 2009
June 11th, 2008 at 5:51 pmHmm… I seem to have startled the trollpup again.
Let’s see if I can draw it out of its den with this little number
trollpup squeaked:
Oil refineries make around 4 to 5 cents a gallon from refined unleaded gasoline.
right-wing website says:
Average profit per gallon of gas for oil companies: 10 cents according to the EIA.
And this is from a right-wing website (so it’s likely understated) and is was written when the price of oil was less than it is today (so definitely understated).
Now let’s watch and see if the little feller takes the bait…
June 11th, 2008 at 5:52 pmYeah after all what did the Romans ever do for us?
June 11th, 2008 at 5:53 pmHmm… trollpups are not only uncoordinated, they also have poorly developed eyesight, it seems.
Must make a note of that.
June 11th, 2008 at 5:55 pmthe aqueduct?
June 11th, 2008 at 5:56 pmpmavrk please see #109
June 11th, 2008 at 5:58 pmHeeheehee… trollpups are so cute when they get on their haunches and hiss, like they’re fearsome critters or something.
I particularly like the way they blunder ahead, stepping on twigs, rocks and piles of troll poop, oblivious to their missteps and thoroughly convinced they’re the masters of their domain.
They challenge their environment to prove them wrong, then when they’re proven wrong, they pretend like it never happened.
June 11th, 2008 at 6:01 pmwell other than the aqueduct?
June 11th, 2008 at 6:02 pmKeltoi Says:
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ralph the wonder llama Says:
He’d make Rudy Giuliani look like Marilyn Monroe.
And you are bagging on Zooey? File that conflation away under images not needed.
June 11th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Ew. What’s “bagging?”
June 11th, 2008 at 6:06 pmcareful Zooey…
June 11th, 2008 at 6:08 pmpmavrk Says:
Shouldn’t the government be doing something now to help our country make the transition? Instead, the democrats are blocking our ability to free ourselves of dependence on oil from other countries by blocking exploration and extraction of oil here in the US. Does this make sense? Especially when the Chinese are drilling 50 miles off the coast of Florida.
Back in the seventies, oil companies capped hundreds of wells, and they’ve just been sitting there, waiting to be used. The reason they aren’t used, is because the oil has a higher sulfur content, and it would cost more to refine it. They don’t talk about these capped wells, because that would hamper their efforts to get at the coastal oil fields, which has more-easily refinable crude.
June 11th, 2008 at 6:23 pm69 Says:
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I guess if its old then its not relevant.
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This thread is not about your Leader McShrub.
June 11th, 2008 at 7:17 pmI imagine Tony Blankley is frighted by the prospect of not being able to eat anything he wants since he is a big, fat pig!
June 11th, 2008 at 7:18 pmpmvrk @107,
You’re a fool.
Ponder that.
June 11th, 2008 at 7:23 pmTony needs to write a follow-up piece about Bush blathering about how great it would be if only he (Bush) were a dictator.
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“You don’t get everything you want. A dictatorship would be a lot easier.” Describing what it’s like to be governor of Texas. (Governing Magazine 7/98)– From Paul Begala’s “Is Our Children Learning?”
“I told all four that there are going to be some times where we don’t agree with each other, but that’s OK. If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator,” Bush joked.– CNN.com, December 18, 2000
“A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there’s no question about it, ” [Bush] said.– Business Week, July 30, 2001
http://thelieshavenotimproved.blogspot.com/
June 11th, 2008 at 7:40 pmTony Blankley might be an “eedjit”. My 8-Ball tells me, “Signs are good.”
But he’s definitely an a$$hole.
Cheers,
June 11th, 2008 at 8:02 pmIf Obama practices all the executive orders of the current administration, he will be acting, just like Dubya, as a dictator. Tony Blankly is as asshat.
June 11th, 2008 at 8:48 pmTry and keep it together pmavrk:
June 11th, 2008 at 10:30 pmWhy do you hate your government so? I am also interested in why you condemn the government of what you probably claim to be the greatest nation. Lastly I wonder why you only cite one of the two halfs of the two party system you seem to hate. Concern for the planet crosses party line. You show your cards and prove yourself as a charlatan by making such broad and absurd comments.
You also defeat you own presmise by such juvenile tactics as “woodgirl”. Clearly that is no typo. Please consider spending some more time in practice and training. Thanks and good luck to you
June 11th, 2008 at 10:38 pmToo bad no one is around to see the start of the meltdown…
June 11th, 2008 at 10:39 pmas opposed to the president that did destroy our economy in the 00’s
June 11th, 2008 at 10:43 pmOh jeez. How did I miss the racial fear. You really are a frightened bare I say pussy white boy. Shit…
June 11th, 2008 at 10:51 pmNot just your stupid limited view of the world. ANY KIND OF DESCRIMINATION is wrong. Affirmative action is reverse descrimination therefor it is wrong.
June 11th, 2008 at 11:39 pm—-
This is probably my favorite part. Well done. Well done.
Now tell us your worldliness. How did you come to this deep comphrehension as compared to say my “limited” view. Ever been to Haiti? Wow did that magnify my view
maybe you are indeed a backwoods boy and I don’t mean to embarass you or anything but it is spelled just like it sounds… d-b-a-d-a-s-s.
June 11th, 2008 at 11:42 pmI little over the top but still mcuh improved. Any chance you might use my “victimhood” as the jumping off point for the next one? Sort of delve deeper into that whole concept. It’ll be a cool dichotomy of the reality of my average Americana white guy experience and your zaniness. Oh yeah, guns are for pussies. Tough guys get their hands dirty
June 12th, 2008 at 12:03 amOops with the I where the A should have been
June 12th, 2008 at 12:04 amYour work shows effort especially in the bizarre obsessive section of the rubric. Still the amred service people thing is a stretch. Also I am intriqued by the Obama obsession. Myself I really haven’t displayed any srong advocacy there but if it works for you, have at it. What do I care…
June 12th, 2008 at 12:28 amBlogwhoring…so sorry.
You’re gonna love this!
Why are YOU voting Republican?
June 12th, 2008 at 12:38 amHi Ms Joanne.
June 12th, 2008 at 12:50 amNice to see you. I am just off to bed. I trust I will see you again
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You also defeat you own presmise by such juvenile tactics as “woodgirl”.
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Thanks, dbadass. I was worried that tough guy was gonna hurt me. Heh.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:07 ampmavrk Says:
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dumbass, your hatred of white men is very obvious.
Not sure why you hate white men. Personally I cannot think of one non-white individual that signed the declaration of independence and gave his life so that YOU could live in freedom. Can you
Congratulations, you’re even stupider than I thought. Ever heard of Crispus Attucks? Your ignorance is even bigger and uglier than your ego. Hint: try “The Google”, fool.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:16 amOh, oh the pain.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:23 amNo, you needn’t say more. You’ve proven to one and all that you are a fool and a loser. No more proof neccessary
June 12th, 2008 at 1:27 amThe truth is something you must hate. That’s why you’ve been avoiding it all your life. Call me woodgirl, again, will you?
Sends chills up my…never mind.
Oh, and are you obsessive about everyone’s ears, or just President Obama’s?
June 12th, 2008 at 1:33 amHey dbadass-
I own a gun. Unfortunately I had to use it to scare off a home invasion attempt on my house about 10 years ago. Probably saved my wife and children’s lives.
You said most ignorantly that, and THESE ARE YOUR WORDS, “Oh yeah, guns are for pussies. Tough guys get their hands dirty”
I also happen to be a white male. Hmmm, a white guy that owns a gun. Does that make me a pussy too, dbadass?
By your comments dbadass, I think you are a racist. Your racism just happens to be in reverse. But it is still detestable racism.
June 12th, 2008 at 11:52 amTim43:
June 12th, 2008 at 1:17 pmI too am a white male yet don’t by pmavrk’s contention of the “endangered white male”. I think there is selective misinterpretation being employed here. The gun comment was not about guns in and of themselves. It was about fellows that think bringing a gun to a fight makes them tough. I got no beefs with guns for the purpose of military usage, hunting, target practice, or whatever. I simply said it requires far more toughness to battle another with bare hands. Either way, it is of no matter to me.
pmavrk:
June 12th, 2008 at 5:09 pmIf you are about, you might want to check in on the Senator Martinez thread above. Seems he doesn’t exactly buy the Chinese oil drilling off Florida thing. Isn’t he a republican? Anyway, it was fun. Hope you had a good day and hope to see ya there
best-