Tom DeLay Channels Limbaugh: I Want Obama To Fail
Tom DeLay Channels Limbaugh: I Want Obama To Fail
Just days before the Inauguration, Rush Limbaugh famously declared, “I hope [Obama] fails.” Since then, some conservatives have been hesitant to embrace this view. Pat Robertson said, “That was a terrible thing to say.” “Anybody who wants him to fail is an idiot,” said Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC). Responding to Sanford, Limbaugh reiterated his position yesterday, saying, the “hell we don’t” want Obama to fail.
One of those “idiots” adopting Limbaugh’s stance is former House Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-TX). In an interview with ThinkProgress at CPAC today, we asked DeLay whether he agrees with Limbaugh’s statements. DeLay said Limbaugh was “exactly” right to root for Obama’s failure:
TP: Do you agree with Rush Limbaugh that we shouldn’t hope for President Obama to succeed?
DELAY: Well, exactly right. I don’t want this for our nation. That’s for sure.
Watch it:
ThinkProgress also asked DeLay if the conservative movement feels “liberated” now that President Bush is out of office. DeLay responded that conservatives feel “liberated because they’ve got an enemy they can focus on,” referring to “the left.”
It’s not surprising that DeLay is hoping for the President to fail; he has been slandering Obama for months. “I tagged him as a Marxist months ago,” DeLay boasted during the campaign, recalling his earlier assertions Obama had an “old school Marxist, radical liberal failed ideology.”
In a separate interview with ThinkProgress at CPAC today, DeLay said that Obama is a “con artist.” Watch the video here.
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Sounds to me like DeLay is asking for a bullet from Joe The Chickenhawk Plumber.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:48 pmWell, it takes a true con to recognize a con artist, don’t it?
Get thee back to jail, DeLay…
February 27th, 2009 at 1:50 pmAbsolutely no surprise there! Delay is, has been and always will be a tool.
Anyone notice how vewy, vewy quwiet Mittens has been lately? Must be out hunting wabbits! Or would that be varmints?
PEACE
February 27th, 2009 at 1:50 pmParty Uber Alles
February 27th, 2009 at 1:51 pmWhy not ask Charlie Manson his opinion as long as we are interviewing criminals?
February 27th, 2009 at 1:53 pmconservatives feel “liberated because they’ve got an enemy they can focus on,” referring to “the left.”
Gee, I thought we were all Americans.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:54 pmand backup’s quest to bring back bush/cheney
gets one more convert. congratulations backup,
you’re irresistibly smooth and convincing argument
has won your cause a valuable ally.
:)
February 27th, 2009 at 1:54 pmDelay, that pesky pest control guy… talk about failed ideologies. If this guy were around during the creation of our country, I imagine Patrick Henry or Sam Adams would have kicked his punk @ss all over the 13 colonies.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:54 pmIt apparently doesn’t faze him that his “enemy” is the majority of Americans.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:54 pmZooey channeling Americans with brains: I want you in jail.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:55 pmCon-artist!?
Obama is under indictment for money laundering?
February 27th, 2009 at 1:55 pmWiley: Very good point. I’d love to hear his answer if a reporter asked him if people who support Obama are his enemies, doesn’t that mean that roughly 68% of the nation are his enemies?
February 27th, 2009 at 1:56 pmEven if Socialism succeeds, they don’t want it, which necessarily means that ‘success’ for conservatives is defined how their political ideology would dictate alone.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:57 pmDelay’s just upset because they couldn’t sucker the President into nationalizing the banks.
They tried to get him to do that so that afterwords they could convince people he was a socialist.
Their plan was to talk him into doing it, then deny they ever had anything to do with it. Even in the midst of soundbites of Lindsey Graham and other republican leaders calling for him to do it, they’d just do like they always do and say “nuh uh”.
And some percentage of their base would believe them.
But Obama fooled them, and now they’re mad.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:58 pmWhere is chickenhawk Not-Joe-Not-a-Plumber with his gun? Chickenhawk and traitor Tom Delay is denouncing the Commander in Chief!! Think about the troops!!! Oh, the troops!!!!
February 27th, 2009 at 1:58 pmMcWars: maybe he actually meant that Obama is a corn artist — you know, making pretty pictures by gluing popcorn onto paper plates, like Tommy D. did in his 1st grade class this morning?
February 27th, 2009 at 1:58 pmWhy is it taking the courts so long to set his case in order? It’s been nearly four years.
February 27th, 2009 at 1:59 pmspencers mom Says
Anyone notice how vewy, vewy quwiet Mittens has been lately? Must be out hunting wabbits! Or would that be varmints?
By “Mittens”, do you mean Mitt Romney? I had to avoid him on both FAUX and MSNBC.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:00 pmOh dear lawd!
It truly is the USofRL (United States of Rush Limbaugh).
All Rush, all the time.
What, do ya’ll get free OxyContin baggies with the reach around for Rush boy?
February 27th, 2009 at 2:01 pmAnd anyone listens to a bug sprayer why?
February 27th, 2009 at 2:01 pmWho is Tom Delay?
February 27th, 2009 at 2:02 pmHad to avoid Romney on both FAUX and MSNBC this morning I meant. Well, actually, I just turned off the tv when I saw his face.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:03 pmFirst of all that should be “former INDICTED Congressman”. Who the hell cares what this indicted and disgraced Congressman has to say? DeLay is one of the most despicable people to ever sit in Congressional chambers. His rants on Obama are partially due to his overall sour grapes attitude for being tossed out on his ear. By giving him even a second of airtime we validate his existence. Delay is one of those political hacks that make my blood boil.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:03 pmDeLay responded that conservatives feel “liberated because they’ve got an enemy they can focus on,” referring to “the left.”
Always has to be an “enemy” for the conservatives. They are incapable of doing anything unless there is an “enemy”. At least that is what they want their base to think. They find it quite easy to manipulate a frightened populace in order to enrich themselves. Pathetic and child like.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:05 pmLooks like troll jk has joined delay in the circular firing squad. Make sure they have live rounds this time.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:06 pmAn idiot agrees with The Idiot, what a shock. Sounds like republicans need to stock up on ‘I’m with stupid’ t-shirts. No group is so proud to be ignorant and backwards.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:08 pmI WANT DELAY TO BE INFECTED WITH LEPROSY
February 27th, 2009 at 2:08 pmI understand that John Kerry, the shit and run troll, hasn’t the foggiest idea what a socialist is or how socialism is a big part of what has made America a great nation. He also has trouble with the concept that a failed presidency is terrible for America, even with vast evidence over the last 8 years.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:09 pmWhy is this man not in jail? Why does anyone give him the time of day, including TP?
Fortunately for us and unfortunately for Mr. Delay a large majority of people in this country disagree with him. And fortunately for us (progressives) that the conservatives have become so tone deaf they continue to shoot themselves in the foot on a daily basis.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:09 pmDarn the intertubes for actually having not only transcripts of what Rush actually said, but they have clips of him saying it. Otherwise, it would be easy to just say that he was misquoted, but only a real fool would fall for that nowadays.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:09 pmWhy in the hell isn’t this man in jail yet?
February 27th, 2009 at 2:11 pmI trust Troll JK can provide a link to an authoritative source to prove his assertion?
Maybe b-cup will be along shortly to explain how, when Delay said he agreed with the statement “we shouldn’t hope for President Obama to succeed” he meant something other than what he said.
I sure hope so, because I wouldn’t want to labor under any false impressions based on what people actually said.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:12 pmFunny how the right wing nuts can never get excited about anything that is GOOD for people. Instead they have to focus on ENEMIES (the left, Obama, Pelosi, Reid, abortion, gun regulations). Kind of the party of slime, isn’t it?
February 27th, 2009 at 2:13 pmHi John Kerry:
February 27th, 2009 at 2:14 pmI realize I have offered up this item in the past but still. I have been enjoying poached monkfish in drawn butter, a mixed green salad, sashimi tuna with a ginger soy dipping sauce, and u10 cocktail shrimp. It’s all so good! Wanna chat?
I would rather see Delay fail to negotiate his path to the hot tub and fall face first into a wood chipper. Gee, is that hateful?
February 27th, 2009 at 2:18 pmjk – brain-damaged ass – has fallen victim to my new patented lurk-and-flag strategy.
if he wants to poo-and-shoo,
i’ll gladly flag-and-flee.
ass.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:18 pmOne measure used in court is the believability of the witness.
Of course, Tom Delay is beyond reproach and totally believable. Holy, I tell you. Just plain Holy.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:18 pmJohn Kerry,
A) What, specifically, is wrong with Socialism?
B) If Rush is hoping that it fails, is that based on a fear that it may actually succeed?
C) What is at stake if Obama’s policies fail?
D) Why would this be better than if they succeed?
I’ll wait.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:18 pmand I want DeLay and Limbaugh to die slow and painful deaths sooner rather than later.
so there!
February 27th, 2009 at 2:20 pmJK:
Limbaugh’s actual quote:
Not if he pursues anything… I hope HE fails.
It’s too bad he wasn’t referring to you, Troll JK.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:21 pmYou fail on a daily basis.
The con man video at the end of the post really pisses me off.
Talk about Projection!
February 27th, 2009 at 2:23 pmTroll JK, when I make an argument or a claim of fact, I usually try to support it with a relevant link to an authoritative source. I find this helpful in demonstrating the strength of my argument.
You feel otherwise?
February 27th, 2009 at 2:24 pmdbadass, you may have noticed that our friend’s doctor has finally settled on the proper dosage. It appears that his Trollette’s is now under control, but he’s not as doped up as he used to be, so he can actually respond when addressed.
Next step is to get him to respond intelligently. I think we’re gonna need more help than Big Pharma can provide for this one.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:26 pmThe Rommster. He got robbed. No really his house was robbed.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/26/romney-home-robbed-say-police/
February 27th, 2009 at 2:28 pmWhy does the JK Troll have to bold his posts? And the Great Rishie? Wow. Can’t even spell his hero’s name?
Zero cred.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:29 pm42. Also try thinking for yourself, JK…it’s groupthink like yours that got us into Iraq and screwed up the economy for the last eight years…
February 27th, 2009 at 2:31 pmYeah, but is cred really necessary for a tackling dummy?
And don’t discount JK’s “troll cred”. He’s got that in abundance.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:33 pmjk troll talks like he is posting from the playground.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:34 pmJohn Kerry Says:
Hey lib wackos!! If you’re going to quote the Great Man (Rush) I’d suggest doing it correctly!!
The great Rishie said that he hoped Brotha O would fail IF (anyone understand what IF means????) he pursues his SOCIALIST policy!!
UNDERSTAND???????????
You can always rely on a dittohead to come along and explain what Rush “really” meant. It never fails (unlike Rush and JK).
February 27th, 2009 at 2:35 pmIs DeLay out on parole? He doesn’t need to tell us he wants the president to fail. We have seen his work and he has always wanted the government to fail. As an exterminator in Houston he swore he was going to Washington to get even for them regualting he chemicals he used to kill bugs. While there he became one of the most despicable bugs on earth. Why do criminals like him, Rush, and KKKarl Rove walk the streets?
February 27th, 2009 at 2:35 pmllama, I used to push around tackling dummies smarter than JK!
February 27th, 2009 at 2:36 pmJohn Kerry Says:
Hey Llama Boy (aka Man child with no job!)
Uh, why not TRY and be a big boy and go to the great man’s site or search for it yourself. It will do you good. I promise. Same for all you other out-of-work children who’re still living at home with mommy!
Because the original quote is no longer on the “great man’s” site. Fortunately for us people downloaded it off his site before he scrubbed it. He version he is now peddling is the one where he said “I hope his policies fail”.
Too bad for Rush and trolls like JK that it’s very hard to hide something on the internet.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:36 pmIf the GOP is listening to Rush, John Bolton, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Joe the Plumber, et al for advise on how to take the government over, they are surely lost in the wilderness.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:37 pmTroll JK:
There’s no ‘IF’ about it…
Where’s the qualification in that statement?
February 27th, 2009 at 2:37 pm“Troll JK: I have Failed.”
Is it any wonder that advertisers line up to spend money on Limbaughs’ show? 2 of 3 threads on this site alone are promoting him again.
Too bad I can’t buy stock in the Rush Limbaugh show, it would be one of the few investments that would actually increasing in value.
Is it any wonder that Sheldon Drobny tried to off himself after wasting money on Rhodes and Malloy.
I wish Mr. Drobny a speedy recovery in hopes that he can waste the rest of his fortune trying to compete with Rush.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:38 pmSharksBreath Says:
The Rommster. He got robbed. No really his house was robbed.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/ 2009/ 02/ 26/ romney-home-robbed-say-police/
What is so funny about this is that Mrs. Rommster has an employee who is her “jewelry coordinator”. She has no idea what expensive jewelry she had sitting on a shelf in her walk in closet (bigger than most apartments) so she can’t tell the police what is missing. Good luck on filing an insurance claim Ms. Rommster.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:39 pmWanna hear him say it, Troll JK?
February 27th, 2009 at 2:39 pmHere it is…
There is nothing American or patriotic about Rushpo, KKKarl Rove, Tom DeLay or any of the other chickenhawk cowards at CPAC.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:40 pmJK, I could stick a fork in you and the irony juices would overflow.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:40 pmBarbera, yeah, someone has to be an ambulance chaser and make a profit off of other peoples misery, kinda like a fly egg, what do we call those….oh yeah, maggot.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:41 pmTom Delay channels a drug addict. Well done Tom. Now goa away
February 27th, 2009 at 2:41 pmIs anyone surprised? DeLay is the same vile scumwad who proclaimed to the legislature his delight that thousands of “pagans” had been killed in the tsunami a few years ago. The politics of hate = ne plus ultra for him and his toadies.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:42 pmJK –
I AM your Mommy!
February 27th, 2009 at 2:45 pmBarbera Says:
I wish Mr. Drobny a speedy recovery in hopes that he can waste the rest of his fortune trying to compete with Rush.
Progressive radio is never going to be able to compete with Rush as long as 90% of our MSM is controlled by conservatives. If it were a level playing field, I’m betting you would find progressive talk competitive with conservative talks. As a matter of fact, Randi Rhode’s show in Florida regularly beat out Limbaugh, whom she went head to head with.
The people who owned Nova M Radio made some bad business decisions and over extended themselves. I fail to see how that was Randi Rhodes or Mike Malloy’s fault.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:45 pmMANCHILD?
If an intelligent, fact-based poster using proper grammar and punctuation and appropriate use of caps and bold is child-like like in JK’s empty-skull, I’d hate to read his profile of an adult.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:46 pmJK- your link is to the television interview he did walking the statement back… up above at #61 is the audio from the original broadcast…
Tell me where the ‘if’ is in the statement we have audio of at #61.
Thanks.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:46 pmOh, uh, JK, that remaining brain cell of yours has a message to relay: IT WANTS A DIVORCE. OUT. GONE.
No strings attached. Just leave a micro-size opening in your skull for the movers to arrive.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:49 pmI just wish you could comprehend that you are wrong, about everything…..
February 27th, 2009 at 2:50 pmJohn Kerry:
For real do you have a favorite meal? What about restaurant?I also would be interested in the make, model, and year of your primary vehicle.
Thanks-
I have these really good anchovie stuffed olives that I have been holding back for a special occasion. Your coming out might be just the time.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:55 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
The people who owned Nova M Radio made some bad business decisions and over extended themselves. I fail to see how that was Randi Rhodes or Mike Malloy’s fault.
Of course you fail to see it, that’s why you would make the same bad business decisions the Drobnys made.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:55 pmlooks like backup’s leaving it
to jk and barbera to carry the
water this time.
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racism and anti-americanism in the same day?
he’s not up for that.
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February 27th, 2009 at 2:56 pmFred Says:
what do we call those….oh yeah, maggot.
Ya but you only say it when sitting in the Valet Shack. As long as you shuffle and grin when you bring my car around you’ll still get your gracious gratuity.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:59 pmBarbera, spell your name correctly and stop raping this country.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:01 pmYour babbling again, barbera. Just what do you hope to achieve, power?
HA!
February 27th, 2009 at 3:02 pmTroll JK, why do assume I’m not capable of finding the information?
All I said was I find it useful for my purpose, when making a comment that makes a statement of fact, to provide to others an easy way of confirming the truth of what I’ve posted.
You apparently find it less important than I do.
I wonder why that is.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:05 pmHow about that address by our commander-in-chief at Camp Lejeune, troll? It’s about time our men and women in uniform once again feel appreciated and part of a ranging process.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:06 pmrepublicans hate facts Says:
Yeah, POINTING OUT he’s a LYING LOSER FAT RACIST JUNKIE is REALLY HELPFUL TO HIM! ROTFL!!
As for RUSH’s SUCCESS, it doesn’t HURT that he’s effectively a MONOPOLY because the RIGHT WING COMPANIES THAT OWN MOST OF RADIO and MOST COMPANIES are *AFRAID* to PERMIT or ADVERTISE on a LIBERAL SHOW! ;)
WHAT! Is GenieDebra taking the day off or what? Good job FILLING IN but I usually just COPY AND PASTE his stuff because it’s ALL THE SAME.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:06 pmSo I can answer it, four words, “I hope he fails.” And that would be the most outrageous thing anybody in this climate could say.
And yet you just said it, drug-addled idiot.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:08 pmI wonder why Troll JK didn’t bold this:
I disagree fervently with the people on our side of the aisle who have caved and who say, “Well, I hope he succeeds. We’ve got to give him a chance.”
or this:
“Okay, I’ll send you a response, but I don’t need 400 words, I need four: I hope he fails.”
or this:
If I wanted Obama to succeed, I’d be happy the Republicans have laid down. And I would be encouraging Republicans to lay down and support him.
or this:
Why in the world do we want to saddle them with more liberalism and socialism? Why would I want to do that? So I can answer it, four words, “I hope he fails.”
or even:
I’m happy to be the last man standing. I’m honored to be the last man standing. Yeah, I’m the true maverick. I can do more than four words. I could say I hope he fails and I could do a brief explanation of why. You know, I want to win. If my party doesn’t, I do.
Sounds pretty unequivocal to me, but then, I am a member of the Reality-Based Community.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:09 pmKicking around empty RC Cola cans and licking the powdered cheese off your fingers is not W-O-R-K, Einstein.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:11 pmAlas yet I nurture him so, John Kerry still is so so scared…
February 27th, 2009 at 3:12 pmHaha, JK, that’s just Rush’s faux transcendence of racism he loves to claim…And too bad for dittoheads like you, it works on you…
JK, no matter what work you do, we pity you on here…because we’re bleeding hearts…We pity the fact that you can’t think for yourself…
we pity the fact that you have to resort to insults at your whim because you have no argument except for Rush’s…
We pity the fact that Rush has sold you on the class warfare his class is perpetrating on you and the middle class…
We pity the fact that you are so brainwashed that you can only come here and spout off Rush’s talking points…
February 27th, 2009 at 3:13 pmPerhaps I’m missing soething, Troll JK. can you point out where he said “if” in any of the parts you higlighted?
The only use of the word “if” that I saw was in the following sentence:
Why do we have to accept the premise here that because of the historical nature of his presidency, that we want him to succeed? This is affirmative action, if we do that.
Doesn’t sound like his opposition to Obama and his hopes for a failed presidency are conditional at all.
He explained WHY he hopes Obama fails, but he never said that his opposition was conditional in any way.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:17 pmoh and your faux outrage won’t work, JK. Your ilk claimed that any criticism of the war on terror as a failed strategy was paramount to treason and hoping the country would fail. Now you want to just brush off Rush’s comments as free speech? You did not have the decency to defend any criticism of the Bush crime family as free speech…don’t expect any sympathy for your views here…even though you’re free to spew them all you want…
February 27th, 2009 at 3:17 pmWow. Tom DeLay stays in the public picture by being an ass puppet for the conservative cause.
I guess modest TV and radio appearance fees can pay the bills! But JTB does it better.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:20 pmTom de Lay calling the President a con man? That’s a good one from Mr. Sleaze himself.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:21 pmthey always talk about the marketplace when it comes to talk radio. Why is it that Vermont, that most red of all states is dominated by conservative talk radio…and San Francisco, that bastion of conservatism and Seattle, which we all know is wingnuttia…They always ignore the people who buy up radio stations that feature progressive talk and then switch it to the 20th Christian broadcasting station in the area…
February 27th, 2009 at 3:24 pmJohn Kerry, instead of making Rush your Messiah, why not just join an established religion like Mormonism. Their Messiah, Joe Smith, was a huckster, just like Rush. Would save you from making up a story as to where Rush got his ‘orders’.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:27 pmHoni soit qui mal y pense, Repubs.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:34 pmCPAC is certainly an anti-American organization. Tom Delay wants Americans to fight other Americans. Sounds like Delay would like to start a civil war.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:37 pmTom Delay says; He would like to join the “I blow goats for Jesus” Foundation also.
Why is this criminal not in jail?
With a goat…
February 27th, 2009 at 3:47 pmI think there is only one response category left for BoldfaceLiar and that is patronizing. Full-throated, unequivocal, and over-the-top agreement with everything he posts. And a final **pat** on the head to end each response.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:50 pmTell me again how a disgraced fraud has any credibility?
Delay, Rush, whichever.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:54 pmTom JUSTICE Delayed, eh?
When will this guy ever get tried for his past crimes??
February 27th, 2009 at 3:57 pmFrom now on, CPAC should be defined as the Conservative Anti-American Movement.
February 27th, 2009 at 3:59 pmALL the members of CPAC must be attending this meeting because it appears that a super large majority of Americans approve of President Obama. This from the Gallup Poll.
February 27th, 2009 at 4:06 pmBoth Limbaugh and Delay are past their prime. Tne only way they remain relevant is be being shrill and outrageous (and that hardly qualifies as being relevant). I stopped taking them seriously a long time ago. It’s time to start having some fun and laughing about these clowns. This video of a call into the Rush Limbaugh Program is a good place to start.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb82jM9zTmQ
Enjoy
February 27th, 2009 at 4:13 pmWould all this hate speech at CPAC be encouraging this behavior?
February 27th, 2009 at 4:18 pmYou can add Newt Gingrich to that group of past primers and old timers.
February 27th, 2009 at 4:19 pmI saw this interview yesterday. It was quite disturbing. Shouldn’t he be in jail for something? I don’t exactly remember.
Mathews didn’t do us a favor by not running for office. At times in the past he has seemed very much like a right wing shill. Now I know he is. He fawned over this guy. Unblievable!
How Mathews can allow this un-american bullshi* to be aired on his show without questioning it is appalling. I will never again watch his program.
February 27th, 2009 at 4:21 pmTom Delay blows goats for Jesus?
I have an awful picture of Repugs alternating with goats in one huge daisy chain. Tom Delay, then a goat, then Rush, another goat, JK with two billy goat balls slapping his chin…. until one huge simultaneous orgasm and Jesus emerges from the foam.
While it’s an awful picture it does explain a lot of Repug behavior.
February 27th, 2009 at 4:22 pmI wish Karl Marx was still alive so he could b!tch slap Tom DeLay.
February 27th, 2009 at 4:33 pmIs DeLay out of jail on parole for the CPAC? I didn’t realize that criminals could be on television and interviewed like this.
February 27th, 2009 at 4:34 pmHello everyone.
I haven’t posted here much before, but I wanted to thank all the progressives here that are willing to take on the wingnuts. I normally post on a game forum, which has a political sub-section, and on that forum, we have been confronting these reich-wing Republicans every day for years.
It’s not a lot of fun listening to the hate mongers spread their propaganda, and it takes a great deal of free time to debunk their idiotic “facts”, but it is a fight every progressive needs to be willing to fight. Clearly, we removed Bush and Cheney from power, and we know how to confront this fascist takeover of the Republicans, but we need to keep a few things in mind.
We are supposed to be the good guys. While I agree that the wingnut trolls are beneath contempt, simply insulting them over and over is counterproductive, and its more like the way they do business than how I hope we will do business. What I am saying is let’s not be the ones that lash out with personal attacks.
I know it’s almost impossible to be the bigger person when dealing with the radical element of the Republican party, but if we are going to prevent Republicans from ever regaining political power, we need to show that we are better, not just in policy, but in demeanor.
February 27th, 2009 at 4:37 pmCondensed DeLay:
“Conservatives are poop-flinging monkeys, and we’re stoked to have a hard target at which to fling poop.”
February 27th, 2009 at 4:38 pm(ironic – I had to be the one to post the poop-flinging thing right after Levi’s call to the High Road – color me George Costanza)
February 27th, 2009 at 4:39 pmanother eliminationist murder spree,
this time in florida.
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meanwhile at cpac.
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February 27th, 2009 at 4:49 pmLevi, thanks for your thoughts. I’m sure you’re right, there are too many gratuitous insults directed at trolls, but speaking for myself, I generally try reason first and if a conservative is reasonable, I enjoy engaging him or her in discussion.
Sadly, few of the dissenting voices here are reasonable, and most are simply here to, as tombaker correctly points out “fling poo”. Once this personality profile is established, they become game pieces in spirited bouts of Whack-A-Troll™, which is the official site-wide pastime here.
February 27th, 2009 at 4:52 pmDeLay responded that conservatives feel “liberated because they’ve got an enemy they can focus on,”
Really, these repugnant Repubs could not be more unpatriotic if they really worked at it– oh, wait, they already do.
February 27th, 2009 at 4:53 pmIntriguing link, joe cantwell.
Did you notice that the Sheriff’s name is Mike Adkinson? Even though he seems to be a good guy, his moniker has an eerie ring to it, don’t ya think?
February 27th, 2009 at 4:56 pmIs that the same disgraced, run out of town, former Republican House leader Tom DeLay?
February 27th, 2009 at 5:03 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
Intriguing link, joe cantwell.
Did you notice that the Sheriff’s name is Mike Adkinson? Even though he seems to be a good guy, his moniker has an eerie ring to it, don’t ya think?
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i think of our friend backup and
his john yoo style rhetoric and
abstractionism defending limbauh
and racism. but it’s real people
who get hurt while he stays
safe comfy in his mom’s basement.
some how it’s not fair, is it?
:(
February 27th, 2009 at 5:05 pmAdd Drunky McPukeShoes to the list of traitors!
February 27th, 2009 at 5:12 pm128 Republican’s Hate Facts says:
You gotta understand, the wingnut trolls are not listening at all. They already know everything they need to know to speak. They are modern propagandists. The Republican Party has taken propaganda to a new height, using brainwashed zombies to deliver their message.
Unfortunately for the Republicans, the people most susceptible to brainwashing are not particularly intelligent. They have been told not to argue with anyone. They just deliver their anti-American message of hatred and intolerance, and they move on to the next web site to spew the same exact message somewhere else.
It doesn’t matter if you are polite to them or insult them. They aren’t listening at all. It’s like screaming into the telephone when the Republicans did their robo-calls for the election. No matter how many times I screamed that I would never vote for a Republican ever again, the calls kept coming because no one was listening.
I recommend that people try to refrain from hard core personal insults, not for the sake of the wingnuts, which deserve to be called every name in the book a dozen times, but for the sake of the progressives that want to be informed and active.
February 27th, 2009 at 5:13 pm131 ralph the wonder llama Says:
I have been playing Whack-A-Wingnut for the last 8 years. I wonder if the rules here are similar. The wingnuts are always massively outnumbered, and they are always wrong about everything. Everyone piles on the wingnuts, who feed off the attention like flounder off the shit of the fish swimming overhead.
No matter how many times you whack a wingnut, they will always claim victory, even in the face of overwhelming defeat. They make up “facts” whenever it is convenient to prove their point. They are not at all interested in logic nor are they ever willing to admit they are wrong.
Battling wingnuts online is, however, a necessary evil, because men of good conscious must do what is right. It is our duty, as Americans, to prevent Republicans from ever regaining any political power. It is our duty to confront their lies and hatred publicly, online. All I want is to watch the Republican party dissolve into a historical footnote without having to act like they do.
February 27th, 2009 at 5:28 pmOk Levi, you have onvinced me not to talk about goats and JK in an endless daisy chain, that’s just sophomoric.
I too, have tried logic and persuasion with the freaks and it’s like beating a brick wall. I personally have more fun poking fun at them. Of course they are not going to learn anything, they aren’t here to learn but just to stir shit.
The psychology of a troll who comes to a progressive site day after day just to suffer abuse is a curious thing. I personally think that they don’t really believe in the crap they post, that it’s the abusive attention they crave.
So I am doing my Good Samaritan Deed for the day by feeding them.
February 27th, 2009 at 5:40 pmwhy isn’t tom dalady in prison yet?
February 27th, 2009 at 5:47 pm*sniff, sniff*
I smell Virginia slims, hungry man dinners, and cheap perfume…
Barbera?
February 27th, 2009 at 6:44 pmDo we really, honestly care what DeLay says? He’s a has-been, wannabe now. Let him give his speeches at the no-class Repub PAC meeting. The repubs have nothing else to do but to criticize and make jokes about the President and Dems. They should be meeting to decide what they can offer this country that this country will accept. ooops….no strike that….keep on acting like fools, Repubs.
February 27th, 2009 at 7:32 pmIsn’t it sad that the Republican Party has degenerated into the Party of Ignorant Thugs? That’s PIT for short.
I thought Tom DeLay was in Leavenworth.
February 27th, 2009 at 8:06 pmJohn Kerry Says:
(anyone understand what IF means????)
UNDERSTAND???????????
Yes, Jake [as in "jakes," the slang term for toilet], we understand what “if” means. It’s quite handy for making subjunctive statements, statements of possibility. I shall demonstrate our comprehension for you:
IF a grasshopper had your brains, it would hop backwards.
IF your brains were gunpowder, you wouldn’t have enough to blow your nose.
IF you had one more cerebellar neuron, you’d have a synapse.
IF your mother had had a headache that night, we’d be spared your presence on TP.
UNDERSTAND?????
February 27th, 2009 at 11:22 pmFred Says:
Looks like troll jk has joined delay in the circular firing squad.
Is “circular firing squad” a synonym for “daisy chain” or “circle jerk”?
February 27th, 2009 at 11:25 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
. . . conservatives have become so tone deaf they continue to shoot themselves in the foot on a daily basis.
Actually, at cpac, it was a “delay” basis.
February 27th, 2009 at 11:27 pm666lattes Says:
I’ll wait.
latte, I hope you brought a good book. You’ll have a long wait. Maybe we should see if dbadass has enough sashimi to go around.
February 27th, 2009 at 11:33 pmLividLib Says:
and I want DeLay and Limbaugh to die slow and painful deaths sooner rather than later.
Not me. I’d rather see them live a l-o-o-o-ng time, lose their jobs, lose their health care, witness the on-going humiliation of the rethugs, lose their pensions/retirement funds as a result of rethug policies, and spend their declining years dependent upon the social programs which they’ve striven to eliminate.
February 27th, 2009 at 11:36 pmIt doesn’t matter what anybody “wants.” Obama is failing. Look at the stock market.
February 27th, 2009 at 11:37 pmIt doesn’t matter what anybody “wants.” Obama is failing. Look at the stock market.
It doesn’t help that you were born yesterday.
Things have been speeding down the toilet for about 6 months.
Now go play in the freeway, make mom proud.
February 27th, 2009 at 11:48 pmIf He fails , what you care Rush Limbaugh, Nothing happens to you, it will happen to us, But we will not forget about you and we will hunt you down lol.
February 27th, 2009 at 11:56 pmHow stupid some people can be like that. They want President of his country fails so his party can win next election or whatever.
Hello, Levi–glad you’re on our thread. I look forward to more of your postings!
February 27th, 2009 at 11:59 pmLevi, I do agree about the necessity to retain the moral high ground by not engaging in rethugulous tactics. But a lot of the “attacks” you’re reading now result from troll attacks in the past; TP bloggers VERY seldom start the name-calling. We DO enjoy troll-trouncing–but we’re up front about it, which the neocons are not (usually).
February 28th, 2009 at 12:02 amlevi says: You gotta understand, the wingnut trolls are not listening at all.
Levi, we DO understand that! TP gives us an opportunity to vent frustration in humor, lest that frustration turn to despair or hate. Jesting with our blogmates and jousting at trolls refreshes us: from our blogmates, we gain a sense of community across the nation; from the trolls, we gain an opportunity to vent through humor–and, in the venting, we progressives teach each other almost daily, as we’re an eclectic bunch.
My own already liberal horizons have been considerably broadened, have become better defined, and have gained an even more factual underpinning just in the couple of months I’ve blogged on TP. TP is an education!
February 28th, 2009 at 12:10 amBattling wingnuts online is, however, a necessary evil, because men of good conscience must do what is right.
So must WOMEN of good conscience! ;)
February 28th, 2009 at 12:11 amThese guys have Whack-a-Troll down to an art and a science. Should have been here during the election campaign. I am forever grateful to this website for making me laugh during a campaign that was excruciatingly painful for me.
February 28th, 2009 at 1:18 amJK’s idiocy forces me to post this again:
Limbaugh told his listeners that he was asked by “a major American print publication” to offer a 400-word statement explaining his “hope for the Obama presidency.” He responded:
“So I’m thinking of replying to the guy, “Okay, I’ll send you a response, but I don’t need 400 words, I need four: I hope he fails.” (interruption) What are you laughing at? See, here’s the point. Everybody thinks it’s outrageous to say. Look, even my staff, “Oh, you can’t do that.” Why not? Why is it any different, what’s new, what is unfair about my saying I hope liberalism fails? Liberalism is our problem. Liberalism is what’s gotten us dangerously close to the precipice here. Why do I want more of it? I don’t care what the Drive-By story is. I would be honored if the Drive-By Media headlined me all day long: “Limbaugh: I Hope Obama Fails.” Somebody’s gotta say it.”
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“Liberalism is our problem”? When so-called ‘conservative’ policies got us into the mess we’re in, and which voters rejected in November.
So, yes, Rush Limbaugh said “I hope he fails” when asked about Obama. And his bullshite about ‘liberalism’ is just that, bullshite. And, yes, Rush Limbaugh is still a big fat idiot.
BTW, at this point, I’m just flagging JK automatically.
February 28th, 2009 at 1:42 amSo must WOMEN of good conscience! ;)
Hear, hear, telestai2!
February 28th, 2009 at 1:43 amHi Jane!
February 28th, 2009 at 1:44 amWhat about you? Are you a fan of oysters. I only have bluepoint and Isd Creek but I have a lot…
Sorry, dbadass, I’m not a big fan of oysters. Clams, crabs, scallops, shrimp, I’ll eat. I know this is a big heresy for you, but I’m not a huge seafood fan.
February 28th, 2009 at 1:48 amWell I was planning on doing crab stuffed shrimp some to use stuff in the freezer. Oysters are like a fresh bite of the sea. It is just a brine thing…
February 28th, 2009 at 1:52 amSave me some of the stuffed shrimp, please? Don’t waste that on JK!
February 28th, 2009 at 1:57 amI have some absurdly large shrimp which really need to get used. I’ll set a few aside for the two fo you.
I borrowed the 7th series from a friend so when this one is over, I am to bed/
February 28th, 2009 at 2:03 amdbadass, 7th series of….? Let me know in the ‘morning’.
February 28th, 2009 at 3:25 amThe Simpson’s of course…
February 28th, 2009 at 10:51 amSo much for “Country First”.
The GOP has no idea what it stands for, and their leadership is totally devoid of fresh ideas to present to the American public. So instead they use the “shotgun” approach to politics–randomly attack Democrats and their policies, desperately hoping to hit something, anything.
So far, they’ve mostly just hit air.
February 28th, 2009 at 1:40 pmWhy the hell is ANYONE listening to DeLay and why is he still a free man? Isn’t he supposed to be in jail with Abramoff?
February 28th, 2009 at 2:58 pmDeLay responded that conservatives feel “liberated because they’ve got an enemy they can focus on,” referring to “the left.”
What I don’t understand is America has had an enemy to fight for years. Poverty, health care costs, an out of control president, loss of jobs, taxes just name a few.
Why don’t they focus on those items instead of focusing on the Democratic party.
DeLay was a piecee of shit when he was in office and stinks worse now
February 28th, 2009 at 3:21 pmTom DeLay properly roots for Obama’s failure if Obama does not seek prosecution against George W. Bush for hate crimes.
George W. Bush committed hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism (indicated in my blog).
George W. Bush did in fact commit innumerable hate crimes.
Bush was absolute evil.
Bush is now like a fugitive from justice.
Bush is a psychological prisoner.
Bush has a lot to worry about.
Bush can technically be prosecuted for hate crimes at any time.
In any case, Bush will go down in history in infamy.
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March 1st, 2009 at 2:33 amTOM DELAY FOR PRESIDENT!
He’s the perfect representative of the Republican party!
March 1st, 2009 at 8:06 amTom Delay will never grow up.
March 1st, 2009 at 9:52 pm