ThinkFast: October 16, 2008
ThinkFast: October 16, 2008
Socialist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez “mocked US President George W. Bush as a ‘comrade.’” “Bush is to the left of me now,” Chavez told an audience of international intellectuals debating the benefits of socialism. “Comrade Bush announced he will buy shares in private banks.”
More than 200,000 registered Ohio voters “may be blocked from casting regular ballots on Election Day because of a federal appeals court decision on Tuesday requiring the disclosure of lists of voters whose names did not match those on government databases.” Once local officials receive the names, they may “ask partisan poll workers to challenge these voters on Election Day.”
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) is breaking with the conservative line on voter fraud and ACORN, saying yesterday, “‘I think that there’s probably less [voter fraud] than is being discussed. As we’re coming into the closing days of any campaign, there are some who enjoy chaos.”
A revised draft of the Iraq-U.S. security agreement “includes a previously discussed timeline for the withdrawal of American combat troops, with the troops moving out of Iraq’s cities and towns by the middle of next summer and leaving the country in 2011,” according to Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh.
19 days to go: Barack Obama will headline a gathering at Mack’s Apples in Londonderry, NH, and will then attend the Alfred E. Smith dinner in New York City with John McCain. Before the dinner, McCain will attend a rally in Dowington, PA, and then appear on the Late Show with David Letterman.
Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) third-largest donor “is a $14 billion New York City hedge-fund firm led by a man — nicknamed ‘the Vulture’ — who squeezes distressed companies and countries for their last dollars and boasted that the current U.S. economic crisis is ‘the opportunity of a lifetime.’”
FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair criticized the federal government’s bailout plan “for failing to take more aggressive steps to prevent Americans from losing their homes, highlighting a rift between her and other senior U.S. officials over terms of the $700 billion rescue package.” “We’re attacking it at the institution level as opposed to the borrower level, and it’s the borrowers defaulting,” said Bair.
Global markets tumbled yesterday “amid mounting anxiety that the world economy is plunging into a deep and protracted recession.” “European stocks fell 3 percent by midday after Wall Street and Japan’s Nikkei both suffered their worst one-day losses since the stock market crash of 1987, and the MSCI World stock index traded 3 percent lower.”
Several of the nation’s largest banks reported that consumers “are increasingly unable to pay off their credit cards,” forcing them “to hoard cash to protect against future losses and lend to fewer people.” According to J.P. Morgan, “the number of credit card loans in default rose 45 percent in the third quarter from the comparable period a year ago.”
And finally: Think you might be feeling lonely on next Valentine’s Day? Then consider joining right-wing luminaries such as former attorney general John Ashcroft and Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) on a 10-night cruise hosted by the Young America’s Foundation. After all, who can resist sharing “pressing thoughts with individuals who have done so much to advance the Conservative Movement”?
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Good morning!!
October 16th, 2008 at 9:52 amhow many Hail Mary’s is this for McCain? Is he in his final throes yet?
I have developed a complicated algorithm to predict John McCains next moves, aided
by cider, xanax, and the green leafy substance of your choice.
The conclusions I have reached:
John McCain will adopt an abortion.
John McCain will claim Sarah Palin has uncovered a plot
by gay polar bears to siphon off all of america’s oil to Russia.
Putin and his rearing head will be implicated.
John McCain will blame Obama for your grandmother’s burnt toast.
John McCain will annouce that Bristol Palin will be marrying the baby’s REAL father, Joe
the Plumber. Rumors of gay 3 ways with Joe Sixpack and Joe Lieberman will be denied. The
National ENquirer will give salacious detailed of the bizarely homophobicerotic “Joesome”
McCain will offer free kegs and glossy 8×10’s of Sarah Palin skinning a moose in a g-string at the
at the polls on election day. Republican focus groups have not yet determined whether
Sarah or the dead moose will be wearing the G-string.
McCain will release d@mning new evidence that Barak Obama once looked at a picture of
Willy Horton while smiling.
McCain will publish Obama’s secret recipe for Jewless “Jew Soup” and “Whitey Stew”. Rumours
will circulate that the recipes are not only sinister formulas for the destruction of the white race,
but are also plagarized from Rachel Ray.
McCain will claim Barak Obamas gay muslim arab hermaphrodite pastor shot him down in vietnam.
With bullets made by illegal aliens.
McCain will claim Obama has an illegitimate white baby. Whose gay. And muslim.
McCain will claim Obama invented the “blue screen of death” and enlarged prostates.
McCain will question Obama’s whereabouts on the night Laci Peterson dissapeared.
McCain will reveal Obama’s insidious plan to spend our tax dollars on
esctacy/viagra cocktails at gay al-qeeedduh weddings..in mexico.
McCain will offer to personally bomb a different country of arab/muslim/terrorist descent every day
until the threat of radical islam, and all its children, have been murdered..
McCain will reveal that Obama once spoke poorly of american beef.
Obama will be identified as authoring a bill to tax or outlaw any pregnancy that
does not end in abortion, vegetarianism, or a gay wedding. In reality the bill was
one meant to ensure babies arent born with AIDs.
Taking his catchphrase “my friends” to its ultimate and absurd conclusion,
McCain will send a Myspace friends request to everyone on the internet,
through a series of tubes that Sentator Ted Stevens was never given a bill for.
McCain will claim Obama is the reason that the Coke machine down the hall only takes
exact change.
To show how much of a maverick he is, McCain starts ending all his tv ads with “I’m john mccain, and
I don’t approve this message”
that is all, thank you and good night my friends.
October 16th, 2008 at 9:52 amThink you might be feeling lonely on next Valentine’s Day? Then consider joining right-wing luminaries such as former attorney general John Ashcroft and Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) on a 10-night cruise hosted by the Young America’s Foundation. After all, who can resist sharing “pressing thoughts with individuals who have done so much to advance the Conservative Movement”?
Oh barf…
October 16th, 2008 at 9:54 amI’m having trouble posting this morning but this is good stuff if I can mangage to post it:
Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher related to Charles “the Crook” Keating. Oops.
president material, I don’t think so!!!
October 16th, 2008 at 9:55 amSocialist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez “mocked US President George W. Bush as a ‘comrade.’” “Bush is to the left of me now,” Chavez told an audience of international intellectuals debating the benefits of socialism. “Comrade Bush announced he will buy shares in private banks.”
Heh. Just go to the heart of the matter, Chavez, and twist the knife. :D
October 16th, 2008 at 9:56 amyeah, wonder who would gain from that chaos? Should we ask Al Gore?
October 16th, 2008 at 9:57 amMore than 200,000 registered Ohio voters “may be blocked from casting regular ballots on Election Day because of a federal appeals court decision on Tuesday requiring the disclosure of lists of voters whose names did not match those on government databases.” Once local officials receive the names, they may “ask partisan poll workers to challenge these voters on Election Day.”
Cuz there’s nothing Republicans love more than mass voter suppression.
October 16th, 2008 at 9:57 am#1 – Zooey Says:
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Good morning!!
October 16th, 2008 at 9:52 am
And a good morning to you too, Zooey!
A co-worker of mine said “I’m only going to watch Ohio on November 4th. Once it goes for (Sen.) Obama, the race is over!”
While I admire her optimism, I’m not quite as complacent as is she. There’s still plenty of time for the election to flip between now and November 4th. I’m optimistic about Sen. Obama’s chances, especially now that the debate shows that Sen. McCain isn’t presidential material, but it’s not a done-deal yet!
October 16th, 2008 at 9:57 amSen. Mitch McConell’s (R-KY) third-largest donor “is a $14 billion New York City hedge-fund firm led by a man — nicknamed ‘the Vulture’ — who squeezes distressed companies and countries for their last dollars and boasted that the current U.S. economic crisis is ‘the opportunity of a lifetime.’”
Mitch is from the right state…
October 16th, 2008 at 9:58 amThen consider joining right-wing luminaries such as former attorney general John Ashcroft and Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) on a 10-night cruise hosted by the Young America’s Foundation.
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Being stuck on a ship out at sea with Ashcroft and Tancredo for 10 days has to be one of the sections of h*ll…
October 16th, 2008 at 9:59 am#3 – Zooey Says:
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“…Ater all, who can resist sharing “pressing thoughts with individuals who have done so much to advance the Conservative Movement”?
Oh barf…
October 16th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Well, we could always hope they decide to go through areas in which pirates are known to prey on shipping. ;-)
Honestly, though, if they’ve done “so much to advance the Conservative Movement” I wish they’d keep up heir work! At this rate, “conservatives” could be placed on the endangered species list by next year! LOL
October 16th, 2008 at 10:01 amSocialist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez “mocked US President George W. Bush as a ‘comrade.’” “Bush is to the left of me now,” Chavez told an audience of international intellectuals debating the benefits of socialism. “Comrade Bush announced he will buy shares in private banks.”
How do the last of the single-brain-celled conservatives who supported Bush rationalize their Decider socializing the banking industry?
October 16th, 2008 at 10:02 amMore than 200,000 registered Ohio voters “may be blocked from casting regular ballots on Election Day because of a federal appeals court decision on Tuesday requiring the disclosure of lists of voters whose names did not match those on government databases.”
Silly Republicans. They really thought it would come down to Ohio again in the election, and put all of their voter-disenfranchizing efforts into just that one state. LOL.
CNN has already predicted Obama has won the election – without Florida, Ohio and four others. LOL
October 16th, 2008 at 10:05 amAh man, last night was everything I could’ve have hoped for and more! Thanks for overshadowing every single word with your bad temper, McCant!
(Rumor has it, by the way, that Joseph T. Plumber, with his invalid concerns, isn’t even registered to vote. He’s just the GOOPERS next cartoon character in their desperate pivoting smear campaign.)
When Obama described with great interest the Lillie Ledbetter case, McCain arrogantly brushed it off with a shot a trial lawyers.
Women make up..51% of the workforce? GOODBYE MCCAIN.
And Good morning to you, Zooey, if there ever was one!!
October 16th, 2008 at 10:06 amGlobal markets tumbled yesterday “amid mounting anxiety that the world economy is plunging into a deep and protracted recession.”
But we were already in a Recession when stocks surged up 933 points on Monday.
Further proof that the human brain hasn’t yet evolved large enough thinking and planning regions.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:08 ami wish everybody would ignore the polls… i don’t trust them…
i still remember watching zogby, i think, on jon stewart very close to the 04 election, and he had kerry in a good lead…
yes, it was probably stolen, but that could only happen without
OVERWHELMING DEMOCRATIC VOTER TURNOUT
and i worried then that voters would get lazy and complacent thinking that it was in the bag…
and i worry about that now.
.
OVERWHELMING DEMOCRATIC VOTER TURNOUT.
THEY CAN’T STEAL IT IF IT’S NOT CLOSE.
IT CAN’T BE CLOSE.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:12 amCrist just recently chose to go to Disney World instead of a McCain campaign rally. Couple this with his latest statement and one would think Mr. Crist is looking to distance himself from the GOP train wreck and attempt to set himself in position to be a contender in 2012.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:13 amFlorida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) is breaking with the conservative line on voter fraud and ACORN, saying yesterday, “‘I think that there’s probably less [voter fraud] than is being discussed. As we’re coming into the closing days of any campaign, there are some who enjoy chaos.”
Thanks Governor Crist! They hate with a burning passion any turnout and provided security for the low-income and minority votes, especially as it pertains to progressive policies!
October 16th, 2008 at 10:14 amMcWars Says: Ah man, last night was everything I could’ve have hoped for and more! Thanks for overshadowing every single word with your bad temper, McCant!
The Conservatives have become too predictable. If their strategy isn’t working, they decide it’s a quantity rather than quality issue, and just up the volume.
All kinds of polls showed the backlash of McCain’s attacks against Obama in the other debates as well as in general, so what does McEinstein do? Attack twice as much as he was attacking before. It made him even more unlikable than before, according to CNN.
I’m so ready for this to be over and for Obama to be President.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:14 amThank you, Chocolate Jesus – I needed that laugh this morning!
October 16th, 2008 at 10:17 amSpin Fast
George Bush’s hard line approach to Hugo Chavez may be paying off as Chavez recently called Bush “comrade” during a meeting with international intellectuals.
More than 200,000 registered Ohio voters “may be blocked from casting regular ballots on Election Day” is expected to reduce feared electoral confusion this November as Ohio will be less able to muck things up like they did in 2004.
A draft agreement setting the withdrawal of American combat troops by 2011 will allow President Bush to declare victory in Iraq probably before he leaves office.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:18 am“Thanks to George Bush’s leadership we will have won the war in Iraq” said Dana Perino in a press gaggle. “In fact, I think that’s the second or the third time we’ve won the war” she added. “No other president in history would dare to make such a claim”.
Here’s a question. If Obama becomes president and there is a fillibuster proof majority of democrats in both the house and the senate, will there be a push to expose the criminal acts by the Bush administration?
October 16th, 2008 at 10:19 amAfter last night’s debate I thought about buying a bottle of champagne to pop on the night of Nov. 4th, but then I realized I can’t afford a bottle of champagne.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:19 amNow that we know Joe sixpack is a plumber, when does McCain divulge who Palin really is?
Chocolate Jesus, I think you’ll discover the g-string on the Moose.
McCain looked & sounded like an angry, erratic, uninformed, bullying, old white man last night…just what he didn’t need.
Cindy, I think it’s time you shared your Valium with Johnny.
It’s obvious Obama has connected with our women voters. McCain, on the other hand, quickly dismissed any discussion of equal pay for equal work, regardless of gender.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:26 amSpin Fast
News that European stocks fell 3 percent by midday, Japan’s Nikkei suffered it’s worst one-day losses since the stock market crash of 1987, and the MSCI World stock index traded 3 percent lower, whilst the DOW lost 8% “just proves that the US is still a world leader in financial activities” said Neil Cavuto, even though no-one asked his opinion. .
October 16th, 2008 at 10:26 amhellinabucket Says: Here’s a question. If Obama becomes president and there is a fillibuster proof majority of democrats in both the house and the senate, will there be a push to expose the criminal acts by the Bush administration?
I had heard Obama, during the primaries say that he would investigate, and if warranted, he’d have his AG take appropriate action (which sounded like he was saying that he would).
However, with Pelosi and Reid still at the helm, I won’t hold my breath on Congress supporting him.
I think we still might see some of the Conservative, Corporate-owned Democrats cause issues – even with a true majority. Thom Hartman was right when he said that people will divide themselves into factions within factions, no matter how much you eliminate their competition. We just enjoy the conflict.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:27 amMcCain didn’t do any favors for women last night. Not only did he dismiss women’s health by putting it in air quotes, but he apparently believes it’s more important to starve trial lawyers than to guarantee women equal pay for equal work.
McCain constantly proves how unimportant he believes women are. How ANY woman can support this man is beyond me.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:27 amInTrade this morning ~ Obama 85% McIIIrd 14.1%
Yeah, McIIIrd really got his knock out zingers in.
Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode with the old guy trainer…
October 16th, 2008 at 10:28 amAhhhhh, the joy and wonder of the democratic process.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:28 amHow Paulson pressed banks to sign intervention deal
The chief executives of the nine largest banks in the United States trooped into a gilded conference room at the Treasury Department at 3 p.m. Monday. To their astonishment, they were each handed a one-page document that said they agreed to sell shares to the government, then Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said they must sign it before they left.
The chairman of JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, was receptive, saying he thought the deal looked pretty good once he ran the numbers through his head. The chairman of Wells Fargo, Richard Kovacevich, protested strongly that, unlike his New York rivals, his San Francisco bank was not in trouble because of investments in exotic mortgages, and did not need a bailout, according to people briefed on the meeting.
But by 6:30, all nine CEOs had signed — setting in motion the largest government intervention in the U.S. banking system since the Depression and retreating from the rescue plan Paulson had fought so hard to get through Congress only two weeks earlier.
No choice
What happened during those 3?1/2 hours is a story of high drama and brief conflict, followed by acquiescence by the bankers, who felt they had little choice but to go along with the Treasury plan to inject $250 billion of capital into thousands of banks — starting with them.
Paulson announced the plan Tuesday, saying “we regret having to take these actions.” Pouring billions of dollars in public money into the banks, he said, was “objectionable,” but unavoidable to restore confidence in the markets and persuade the banks to start lending again.
Read the entire article at:
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_10722647
**Somebody please explain to me why we are forcing these banks to sign on to this plan if they don’t need the cash. What were they really threatened with. This “plan” stinks more and more every day. Are they “hedging” their bets to make sure the Feds get some money back to make this thing look like it’s actually working? I am convinced that everything that is going on is manipulated and we are the victims. They don’t give a $hit about us and our struggles.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:29 amI heard this morning on NPR that “Joe the Plumber” said in a post-debate interview with CBS that his current income falls short of the $250,000 where his taxes would increase. But he’s concerned about down the road when his “income threshold” might change.
I make about $30,000 (around the median average in my state), and I’d LOVE to have my “income threshold” change to where it’s over $250,000. Give me that, and I won’t object to a tax increase, I promise.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:30 amRUC,
‘It’s GO Time!’
Yesterday the RNC chair in Ohio was interviewed by NPR. When asked if he thought the fact McCain hadn’t been to Ohio in 6 months had hurt his chances in that State, the RNC stooge quickly responded, ‘I don’t think that’s the right question’.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:32 amMuch like McCain, never expect a straight answer to a straight question when talking to a NeoCON.
unbelievable Says:
The Conservatives have become too predictable. If their strategy isn’t working, they decide it’s a quantity rather than quality issue, and just up the volume.
Good morning unb!
Marie Says:
After last night’s debate I thought about buying a bottle of champagne to pop on the night of Nov. 4th, but then I realized I can’t afford a bottle of champagne.
Good morning Marie! Who needs champagne when you have the 1/2 SNL special tonight? The material writes itself!
October 16th, 2008 at 10:33 ammisshusseinmolly Says: McCain constantly proves how unimportant he believes women are. How ANY woman can support this man is beyond me.
Rolling Stone actually called him a misogynist. Which he demonstrated with the way he treated his first wife, his mistress/second wife, and his female constituents. It’s pretty ironic that he wound up with a female running mate.
I’ve said this before but I’ll say it again – a society is only as strong as its platform on woman’s issues. When women are considered and treated as equals to men, a society has higher standards of living, health and general welfare. To deny women equal protections and equal pay is simply unconstitutional.
By the way, I can’t stand to look at Cindy McCain any more knowing she ferociously supports a man who abuses her, and would abuse American women.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:34 amMcCain still campaigning in Penn?
At 13 points down, his stump speech can only be “Please Barack, stop running up the score.”
October 16th, 2008 at 10:36 amHi McWars!
October 16th, 2008 at 10:38 amunbelievable Says
October 16th, 2008 at 10:27 am
However, with Pelosi and Reid still at the helm, I won’t hold my breath on Congress supporting him.
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I see two possible reasons for why Pelosi and Reid have been wimping out on holding Bushco accountable for anything:
1. They figured it was more politically expedient to allow Bushco to continue their dismal policies with disastrous results, as this would benefit the Democrats in 2008 (a blatant example of “party before country”).
OR
2. They have been and are being blackmailed.
Either way, an Obama presidency would change things for them.
However, when Obama is elected, he and Congress will have an ambitious agenda ahead of them WITHOUT investigating the past administration, and Obama might figure that as long as they’re gone the country would be better off by just “moving forward”.
That would be a shame, because it would send a message that if you run a corrupt administration, all you have to do is get to the finish line and you’re home free with no accountability.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:40 amOT – RNC is pulling money out of Louisiana, no longer broadly supporting John Kennedy in his bid to unseat Mary Landrieu. Mary has consistenly led in the polls and the Rethugs have now all but given up on Kennedy. It’s an odd sort of reverse-circling-the-wagons, but I guess they have to put their $$ where they think they still have a shot at winning.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:42 amI thought Joe the Plumber wasn’t ‘real’ when McCain brought him up, just a crappy metaphor.
Then I discover he is real!
And now I’ve learned he’s an idiot who doesn’t know the difference between personal income and the market valuation of a business enterprise, and whose personal example actually doesn’t conform to McCain’s economic plans but would benefit from Obama’s!
Unreal! Or rather, totally real because it’s another contradiction in a never ending litany of nonsense that McCain has been peddling from the start.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:43 amalcyone Says:
…driving through the cemetery collecting names.
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Heh… that is rather silly of ACORN , huh?
Driving thru RNC party headquarters like that…
October 16th, 2008 at 10:44 amChocolate Jesus
Not only did this post make my cheeks sore and tighten my abs, it was the wittiest mosaic of political comedy!
October 16th, 2008 at 10:46 amalcyone Says:
I wonder what the second one cost him.
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Prolly less than the typical pedo bust GOOPers always seem to be snarled up in.
***psst…*** Mr P? is that you?
Mahoney is stupid… after all he was a GOOPer before running as a Dem… and it AIN’T gonna change a thing Nov 4. The GOOP is STILL gonna get its Cheney handed to it on a platter.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:48 amMcCain seemed as if he was reading a wish list of talking points generated from the Drudge Report. The only time any excitement registered in McCain’s brain was when he had the opportunity to unleash what he thought was a clever little soundbite.
McCain, the same old stale fossilized conservative politician, talking about the same failed conservative policies as a cure for the same problems we’ve been dealing with for 40 years.
Obama last night provided a crystal clear contrast of the directions each presidency would take, and people overwhelmingly sided with the O man.
Want to flounder in the arguments of the past and never move forward? Vote for McSame.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:48 amalcyone, don’t you have work to do in the meth lab?
October 16th, 2008 at 10:49 amHe is acting like a Democrat, having sex with women that is, but up until this last run he’s been a life long Republican. Maybe you should do your homework.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:51 amAs Charlie Crist says “there are some who enjoy chaos” in our electoral process, because if there is chaos, if there is noise in the system, then it can be manipulated. Totals get fuzzy and uncertain and a few percentage points can be lost or added. It’s the chaos that we need to deal with to get clean elections, the fuzziness.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:53 am“Bush is to the left of me now…Comrade Bush announced he will buy shares in private banks.” – Hugo Chavez
Good one, President Chavez!
October 16th, 2008 at 10:54 amalcyone Says:
ACORN “voter registration drive” = driving through the cemetery collecting names.
You can beat that dead horse until it comes back to life and kicks you in the balls.
1st — prove that any fraudulent application was sponsored by this organization.
2nd — prove that any fraudulent application amounted to a fraudulent vote.
3rd — prove that this isn’t a desperate October ploy. See, voters don’t care about this because you didn’t care until a few weeks ago.
4th — prove that you aren’t singling out this organization because it helps low-income people get out their sacred vote.
5th — prove that voter suppression doesn’t exist.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:54 amSpeaking of meth, it seemed like McBane was all hepped up on Dexys last night!
October 16th, 2008 at 10:55 amChocolate Jesus Says:
how many Hail Mary’s is this for McCain? Is he in his final throes yet?
I have developed a complicated algorithm to predict John McCains next moves, aided
by cider, xanax, and the green leafy substance of your choice.
The conclusions I have reached:
Thanks for the funniest stuff I’ve read in ages.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:57 amalcyone Says:
The Republic of Stupidity….after reading your posts, I can see where you came by your name. LMAO Fortunately for me, we live in different countries.
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Uh, “mom’s basement” isn’t a different country, son.
Hone skooled too, no doubt!
October 16th, 2008 at 10:58 amJoe the Plumber is a real person. Here are a couple more interesting facts about him:
1) he is not registered to vote (yet)
2) he is a close relative of Charles Keating’s son-in-law (apparently, McNumbNuts vetted him as closely as he did Failin’ Palin); I guess McNumbNuts was just damn lucky that the Keating 5 didn’t come up in the conversation while he was vainly trying to staple William Ayers to Obama’s back
We’ll be hearing more about this story, I am sure.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:58 amLogan’s Law: Friedmanism leads to socialism.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:59 amalcyone Says:
Oh, speaking of Florida, how about that Tim Mahoney? What an idiot.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Speaking of idiotic, you speak as if a freshman democrat from a single congressional district in Florida committing wrongdoing should juxtapose with Obama’s national electoral prospects. We’re not looking to save Mahoney’s ass. Maybe the republican or independent candidate should take his seat, I don’t care. We’ll be fine.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:00 amhalcyone (as in Halcion, as in your posts put me to sleep as easily as the old UpJohn hypnotic),
Nice rebuttal.
You are the king/queen of debate, especially when the topics are “what if..” and “we shall see..”
Care to substantiate your accusations with facts?
October 16th, 2008 at 11:02 amOr shall you continue to play the baseless antagonist du jour?
This morning I saw journalists and photographers surrounding Joe the plumber’s house waiting to hear from him as if he is a celebrity.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:02 amJoe lectured the media this morning about certain local and world issues,which I could never follow.
But Joe now is competing with Paris Hilton for fame.
You might see his pictures,tool boxes,pipe wrenches etc., all sold on E-Bay in the near future.
Who is this Tim Mahoney character, and why should I, or anyone else in this country besides a small district in Fla., care???
October 16th, 2008 at 11:03 amalcyone Says:
October 16th, 2008 at 11:04 amhow’s your mom Aeolus?
alcyone Says:
McWars…cute name, did you think it up all by your little self?
Anyway, we’ll just have to check the court records across the country and see how many problems ACORN has when this all plays out.
I didn’t ask for your opinion of my handle. If you’re going to keep peddling these accusations, you are responsible for making the case.
“We” don’t work on your terms. “We” know full well that ACORN isn’t even 1/1000 of the problem that is voter suppression. “We” know that “when this all plays out” you are going to be relegated to the dust bin of history.
Be a man. Be here on November 5th.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:05 amalcyone
watch out for thunderbolts like…..Obama for instance.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:06 amalcyone Says:
The Republic of Stupidity…yep, you and I, both home schooled, the main difference is that I wasn’t having sex with the teacher.
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Who were you having it w/, yourself?
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See fool, if you don’t want to discuss issues…
“Oh, speaking of Florida, how about that Tim Mahoney?”
ACORN “voter registration drive”
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Riiiiiiiiiiiiight… these are the “meaningful issues” you’re discussing…
See ya later, Mr P.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:07 amThink you might be feeling lonely on next Valentine’s Day? Then consider joining right-wing luminaries such as former attorney general John Ashcroft and Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) on a 10-night cruise hosted by the Young America’s Foundation. After all, who can resist sharing “pressing thoughts with individuals who have done so much to advance the Conservative Movement”?
Perhaps they could get all mavericky and run that ship right through the Bermuda Triangle.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:08 amThen consider joining right-wing luminaries such as former attorney general John Ashcroft and Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) on a 10-night cruise hosted by the Young America’s Foundation.
Oh dear faulcking gawd!
October 16th, 2008 at 11:11 amIf I wasn’t married with 4 kids, I’d be on that ship in a heart beat, being confrontational and antagonistic.
I do have a distinct feeling, tho, that I’d be thrown overboard by the first day!
HEH!
alcyone Says:
Anyway, we’ll just have to check the court records across the country and see how many problems ACORN has when this all plays out.
Been watching too much Fox and Friends I see.
Here is a little info your friendly propagandists won’t tell you.
Acorn flagged and submitted a voter registration with the name Micky Mouse because they were required to do so by law. You don’t have to worry, Micky Mouse is unlikely to show up to vote on election day.
Idiot.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:13 amMr Pee is back? Oy.
Barack Obama will headline a gathering at Mack’s Apples in Londonderry, NH, and will then attend the Alfred E. Smith dinner in New York City with John McCain.
Meanwhile, George W. Bush will attend the Alfred E. Neuman dinner in Potrzebie, PA.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:13 amalcyone Says:
Anyway, we’ll just have to check the court records across the country and see how many problems ACORN has when this all plays out.
October 16th, 2008 at 10:57 am
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Do that. You’ll find that ACORN did nothing illegal and has not been convicted of any crime. When they identified problematic registration forms, they alerted authorites as required under the law.
You just hate the idea of an extra 1.3 million black people voting.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:13 ammisshusseinmolly Says:
McCain didn’t do any favors for women last night. How ANY woman can support this man is beyond me.
How any intelligent, decent and evolved man can support McNeanderthal is beyond me ;)
October 16th, 2008 at 11:15 amClusterTim:
October 16th, 2008 at 11:15 amHow is the center supposed to stay private qwhen you never shut up about it?
alycone:
October 16th, 2008 at 11:19 amDoes anyone but you still use the term “dissing”? Those real Latin Kings must really crack up when you wanna hang with them
Exit Stage Left Says:
How any intelligent, decent and evolved man can support McNeanderthal is beyond me ;)
October 16th, 2008 at 11:15 am
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Well, there’s your answer right there. The McCain/Palin base consists solely of the unintelligent, the indecent, and the “intelligently designed.”
October 16th, 2008 at 11:20 amalcyone Says
October 16th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Oh, speaking of Florida, how about that Tim Mahoney? What an idiot.
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How ABOUT that Tim Mahoney? What’s your point?
If the allegations concerning Tim Mahoney are true, he’s a real skunk and deserves what’s coming to him. IF he survives his re-election (a big IF, considering his press lately), he will most likely experience these allegations being thoroughly investigated, and if he violated congressional ethics rules and/or misused taxpayer funds, he will be censured or worse. He may be shamed into resigning.
And you may have noticed that nobody here is defending him.
However, this will only affect Mahoney himself and the district he represents. It will not affect Obama or the Democratic Party.
Next, please.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:22 amFolks, now you know it isn’t nice to tease the troll. He is having trouble with reality. “I read somewhere” is where his ‘facts’ come from. He is just angry Obama is going to win and he is lashing out. He will be able to afford his meds on Obama’s healthcare plan. Until then, use small words and don’t tax his ‘reading’ skills.
Pax
October 16th, 2008 at 11:22 amtarazan Says
October 16th, 2008 at 11:02 am
This morning I saw journalists and photographers surrounding Joe the plumber’s house waiting to hear from him as if he is a celebrity.
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I suspect that Joe will regret all this celebrity as the media and both sides of the political arena slice him and dice him to find whatever they can.
So far, they have allegedly found:
1. His relation to Charles Keating.
2. His not being a registered voter.
3. At the moment, his income falls far short of the $250,000 threshold.
I predict there will much digging into this business he wishes to buy, including its balance sheet.
The up side is that the business Joe works for (and hopes to buy) will get a lot of free advertising. The down side is that Joe won’t get any peace until his fifteen minutes are up.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:27 amhussein toasterhead Says:
You just hate the idea of an extra 1.3 million black people voting.
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I think you made one mistake in this statement, toasty…
Didn’t you REALLY mean to say, ” the idea of ANY black people voting”???
October 16th, 2008 at 11:33 amdbadass Says:
ClusterTim:
How is the center supposed to stay private when you never shut up about it?
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Heh… good point… I’ve been flagging this twit for days now. Why is he still here?
October 16th, 2008 at 11:40 am#3 – Zooey Says:
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“…Ater all, who can resist sharing “pressing thoughts with individuals who have done so much to advance the Conservative Movement”?
I had a Conservative Movement this morning.
And then I flushed it.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:53 amalcyone Says:
ACORN “voter registration drive” = driving through the cemetery collecting names.
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You are a liar and a fool and a braindead brainwashed moron.
October 16th, 2008 at 12:00 pmYou dont even KNOW what you think until Rush tells you to think it you sad pathetic cretinous troll
alcyone Says:
Oh, speaking of Florida, how about that Tim Mahoney? What an idiot.
The worst part was that he bribed the woman’s lawyer almost as much as he bribed her.
I wonder what the second one cost him.
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Let me translate from Limborgian wingnutese. WWWWAAHHHHHH look over there, or over there or anywhere somewhere some Dem must be doing something bad. Look at THEM. Stop talking about what a bunch of losers without a shred of decency the Republicans are.
October 16th, 2008 at 12:04 pmalcyone Says:
The Republic of Stupidity….after reading your posts, I can see where you came by your name. LMAO Fortunately for me, we live in different countries.
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Actually you live on different planets. ROS on Planet Earth YOU on Planet Wingnut. Where reality has no ability to penetrate your atmosphere and NO fact can penetrate your thick skull.
October 16th, 2008 at 12:05 pmalcyone Says:
The Republic of Stupidity…yep, you and I, both home schooled, the main difference is that I wasn’t having sex with the teacher.
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You waited until you were all grown up and got a paper route so you could by little boys ice creams and have sex with THEM in the park restrooms.
See fool, if you don’t want to discuss issues, I can get down with the dissing just like a good democrat.
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The right OWNS hate and vilification. Its just that most of them like YOU are so stupid they only THINK they are getting down or that they are funny. You are about as funny as a plague rat and not quite as smart.
Damn, this site is SO much fun. Will be back later today or tomorrow.
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C’mon back and we will slap you around again. You do STUPID fairly well other than that you are a waste of precious oxygen
October 16th, 2008 at 12:11 pmThe troll has to run now. The McCain website is up and taking orders for more Koolaid.
October 16th, 2008 at 12:16 pmalcyone:
“Damn, this site is SO much fun. Will be back later today or tomorrow.”
Well maybe not if all the abuse reports get looked at before you get back!
I must admit I will miss coming to this site every day to see if you are the next contestant voted out of the US by DHS and JaySus! Can I get an AMEN!
In other news G. Gordon Liddy is said to have made another donation to John McCain’s campaign. When asked why Liddy stated “I want to be John McCain’s go to guy for B&E’s and wiretaps. Maybe I can help bring down another Republican President!”
McCain had this to say about Liddy, “…congratulations on your continued success and adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great.”
Meanwhile the McCain campaign vehemently denies John McCain is speaking for the campaign. And with regards to G. Gordon Liddy one campaign staffer was overheard saying “you can’t account for the odd nut in the crowd.”
The Department of Corrections refused to make a comment saying “We cannot discuss former inmates of our wonderful system.”
For those Alaskans tuning in the Northern Lights will not be visible tonight due to Putin’s head!
October 16th, 2008 at 12:32 pmSocialist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez “mocked US President George W. Bush as a ‘comrade.’” “Bush is to the left of me now,” Chavez told an audience of international intellectuals debating the benefits of socialism. “Comrade Bush announced he will buy shares in private banks.”
At least FOX Noise’s Neil Cavuto had the Socialist Party’s U.S. presidential candidate on the other day and surprisingly let the guy talk. (You should’ve seen Cavuto’s face–unhappy at best.) Otherwise haven’t seen any alternative candidates who eschew capitalism on the corporate broadcast and cable media. Or PBS. Or C-SPAN. So much for political democracy…
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October 16th, 2008 at 12:44 pmIt is being reported that Joe the Plumber was a plant.
October 16th, 2008 at 1:50 pmHe does not have a license as a plumber.
Turns out that Joe Wurzelbacher from the Toledo event is a close relative of Robert Wurzelbacher of Milford, Ohio. Who’s Robert Wurzelbacher? Only Charles Keating’s son-in-law and the former senior vice president of American Continental, the parent company of the infamous Lincoln Savings and Loan. The now retired elder Wurzelbacher is also a major contributor to Republican causes giving well over $10,000 in the last few years.
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