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McCain Draws A Blank When Asked About Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Yesterday in an interview with Phoenix’s KTVK 3TV, the local news anchor asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to play a quick word association game. McCain was left tongue-tied and speechless when the reporter asked him to give a one-word response to what he thinks about the controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio:

HOST: Health care.
MCCAIN: Needs reform.
HOST: That’s two words. [weird laugh] Iraq.
MCCAIN: Success.
HOST: Arizona.
MCCAIN: The best.
HOST: US-Mexico Border.
McCain: Cartels.
HOST: GOP.
MCCAIN: Transition.
HOST: Sheriff Joe Arpaio:
MCCAIN: Umm

Watch it:

Though McCain — who is up for re-election — failed to provide his own constituents with a clear answer last night, he offered CNN’s national news anchor John King a much more extensive reaction when asked about Arpaio back in February:

KING: You have had a roller-coaster relationship with this sheriff [Joe Arpaio]. He says he is just simply enforcing the law. He goes into businesses, he’s rounding up people. John Conyers, others in Congress say racial profiling. Is the sheriff in line or out of line in your view?

MCCAIN: Having been engaged in the presidential campaign, I haven’t paid as close attention. I’ve disagreed with the sheriff fundamentally about the fact that we need to have a comprehensive approach to illegal immigration.

Watch it:

Here’s some one-word responses McCain could offer next time when asked about Arpaio: dangerous, unconstitutional, racist, wasteful, stubborn, self-promoting, media-whore.



171 Responses to “McCain Draws A Blank When Asked About Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio”

  1. evangenital says:

    Retirement time…


  2. the great GOPsby says:

    HOST: Sheriff Joe Arpaio:

    —————–

    w-power!

    (one word!)



  3. Doodlebug Shayne says:

    Buckie Boy, where are you?


  4. hormiga brava chavez says:

    I think McCain meant to say rascist! But you know, he’s gotta get those votes – dontcha know!


  5. kasinca says:

    Republicans and especially McSame are irrlelevant.


  6. Another Joe says:

    If AZ is gonna re-elect this @aahat, they deserve him. If progressive/liberals can just hold obama and the dems accountable for what they do/do not do, we will see positive change.

    If repugs like mclame are successful watering down or obstructing real change in health care, military-spending, illegal wars, environmental protection, workers rights, basic equality issues, immigration, and real economic recovery that includes family supporting jobs, it is only because the dems let them.

    That is why we need to hold BOTH dems and republicans accountable for their rhetoric.


  7. Another Joe says:

    You are all being too hard on him – he is not talking the vast array of drugs and pharmaceuticals now that he was talking last fall – it isn’t that import of a race and he doesn’t have to be fully coherent or even awake.

    His core constituency is stupid, his party is thoroughly marginalized, and most of America could not care less what he has to say.


  8. Badmoodman says:

    McCain Draws A Blank When Asked About Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio

    – - Host: Sarah Palin
    McCain: Ummmm…



  9. dixie blood says:

    From the post above:

    “HOST: Sheriff Joe Arpaio:
    MCCAIN: Umm…”

    How would McLame finish off “Umm…”?

    A) Joe’s a straight up guy!
    B) Joe’s a racist sh|t sucking peckerwood.
    C) Joe’s too stupid to hold public office.
    D) I’m too facist and racist and stupid to answer beyond “umm…”
    E) All of the above.


  10. ranus69 says:

    HOST: That’s two words. [weird laugh] Iraq.
    MCCAIN: Success.

    MCCain still kissing Cheney’s a$$. What a joke.


  11. krystalview says:

    I see s e n i l i t y creeping up!


  12. Jane E. Schneider says:

    OMG, who thought that it was a good idea to play Word Association with Gramps?


  13. WaltTheMan says:

    Host: Honesty
    McCain: Ummmm…


  14. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    grampy can’t remember what he had for breakfast nor when was the last time someone changed his pamper. you really think he even recalled who is Joe Arpaio?


  15. The Young Republican says:

    If black people didn’t vote, McCain would be president right now.


  16. P.D. says:

    Just think if McCain won! Him and Sarah Palin? Dear Lord, did we ever dodge a bulliet!


  17. WaltTheMan says:

    If Diebold and Kathlene Harris did not vote, W would have never been president.


  18. The Young Republican says:

    Just think, a world where capitalism rules over socialism and babies arent killed everyday. A world where the president isn’t in charge of private business. A world where the president actually cares about the constitution.


  19. The Young Republican says:

    Watch the news, look at every modern day city, look at the increased levels of violence since the 1960’s……and tell me hitler was wrong about inferior races.


  20. dbadass says:

    Hi The Young Republican
    Are you a pussy by any chance? See there is a reason I am asking…


  21. WaltTheMan says:

    TYR,
    You just described a polar opposite from what happened from 1/20/2001 through 1/19/2009.


  22. Roket says:

    It’s just that McSenile knows so many Joe’s, sometimes he gets confused. Perhaps he needs to come up with nicknames for them all. The big W was able to remember people through nicknames.

    Oh, and if 100% of the people voted, a republican would never be elected for anything. Not even dogcatcher.

    (Good God, he’s from another planet. Uranus maybe?)


  23. WaltTheMan says:

    TYR,
    I was responding to your July 2nd, 2009 at 10:33 pm comment.


  24. Lefty Liberal says:

    The Young Republican Says:

    Just think, a world where capitalism rules over socialism and babies arent killed everyday. A world where the president isn’t in charge of private business. A world where the president actually cares about the constitution.

    Sorry for the long post:

    Essay: A Day in the Life of a True Conservative

    Joe Conservative wakes up in the morning and goes to the bathroom. He flushes his toilet and brushes his teeth, mindful that each flush & brush costs him about 43 cents to his privatized water provider. His wacky, liberal neighbor keeps badgering the company to disclose how clean and safe their water is, but no one ever finds out. Just to be safe, Joe Conservative boils his drinking water.

    Joe steps outside and coughs–the pollution is especially bad today, but the smokiest cars are the cheapest ones, so everyone buys ‘em. Joe Conservative checks to make sure he has enough toll money for the 3 different private roads he must drive to work. There is no public transportation, so traffic is backed up and his 10 mile commute takes an hour.

    On the way, he drops his 12 year old daughter off at the clothing factory she works at. Paying for kids to go to private school until they’re 18 is a luxury, and Joe needs the extra income coming in. Times are hard and there are no social safety nets.

    He gets to work 5 minutes late and misses the call for Christian prayer, and is immediately docked by his employer. He is not feeling well today, but has no health insurance, since neither his employer nor his government provide it, and paying for it himself is really expensive, since he has a precondition. He just hopes for the best.

    Joe’s workday is 12 hours long, because there is no regulation over working hours, and Joe will lose his job if he complains or unionizes. Today is an especially bad day. Joe’s manager demands that he work until midnight, a 16 hour day. Joe does, knowing that he’ll lose his job if he does
    not.

    Finally, after midnight, Joe gets to pick up his daughter and go home. His daughter shows him the deep cut she got on the industrial sewing machine today. Joe is outraged and asks why she doesn’t have metal mesh gloves or other protection. She says the company will not provide it and she’ll have to pay for it out of her own pocket. Joe looks at the wound and decides they’ll use an over the counter disinfectant and bandages until it heals. She’ll have a scar, but getting
    stitches at the emergency room is expensive.

    His daughter also complains that the manager made suggestive overtures towards her. Joe counsels her to be a “good girl” and not rock the boat, or she’ll get fired and they’ll be out the income. His daughter says she can’t wait until she’s 18 so she can vote for change or go to the Iraq War.

    They get home and there’s a message from his elderly father who can’t afford to pay his medical or heating bills. Joe can hear him coughing and shivering.

    Joe turns on the radio and the top story is a proposal in Congress to raise the voting age to 25. A rare liberal opinionator states that it’s an attempt to keep power out of the hands of working class Americans. The conservative host immediately quashes him, calling him “a utopian idealist,” and agreeing that people aren’t mature enough to make good choices until they’re at least 25.

    Joe chuckles at the wine?swilling, cheese eating liberal egghead and thinks, “Thank God I live in America where I have freedom!”


  25. angels81 says:

    young little repug: You haven’t signed up yet to go serve this great country that you love? The military needs young strong studs like you to fight for freedom and justice. Why are you still here? You say you love your country, and know is the time for little tough guys like you to step up to the plate. What are you waiting for?


  26. blue state bob says:

    He is reminding me of Grandpa Simpson everytime I see him.

    Old Man Yells at Cloud

    http://judylobo.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/oldmanyells.jpg


  27. Lefty Liberal says:

    My apoligies, I didn’t put the link to the original:



  28. RandomChaos says:

    LL,
    That’s ok. Sometime mine doesn’t either!

    :-0


  29. dbadass says:

    blue state bob
    -
    “And another thing, there are too many zip codes. This country could do just fine with fewer zip codes”


  30. the great GOPsby says:

    we keep our daughters, our angels in the upscale housing development ($450,0000+) and daddy goes of to work in washington. where is this shit about daughters slaving coming from?


  31. angels81 says:

    gopsby, angels? do you ever make any sense?


  32. the great GOPsby says:

    angels81 Says:
    young little repug: You haven’t signed up yet to go serve this great country that you love? The military needs young strong studs like you to fight for freedom and justice. Why are you still here? You say you love your country, and know is the time for little tough guys like you to step up to the plate. What are you waiting for?

    ————————

    why did you start a war of choice in afghanistan?


  33. angels81 says:

    gopsby, you got to stop smoking all the crack. It was little bush and you repugs who started this little war in Afghanistan.


  34. the great GOPsby says:

    gopsby, angels? do you ever make any sense?

    ——————-

    neither one of you do.


  35. the great GOPsby says:

    liberal shit wants to take everything i have and spread it among their brunch clubs.


  36. Bobwurst says:

    young repuke is another frat rat pussy who is interning at the RNC this summer. His dad thinks it will make a man out of him….His mom just wants him out of the house.


  37. angels81 says:

    gopsby, Wow! the fence post evewn made less sense then his last post.


  38. the great GOPsby says:

    gopsby, you got to stop smoking all the crack. It was little bush and you repugs who started this little war in Afghanistan.

    ———————-

    the war was finished. obami wants to make a political statement by putting our troops back in harms way. and you’re embracing the blood shed.


  39. the great GOPsby says:

    His mom just wants him out of the house.

    ————-

    project much?


  40. angels81 says:

    God, I can’t type for shit tonight. Should have been “even”.


  41. the great GOPsby says:

    fail to fulfill your mortgage contract, bob?


  42. Bobwurst says:

    the great GOPsby Says:
    gopsby, angels? do you ever make any sense?

    neither one of you do

    The ” know you are but what am I?” defense? Really? Is that the best you can do? You don’t get bad grades because your professors are liberals, you get bad grades because you’re an idiot.


  43. angels81 says:

    gopsby, you just make shit up don’t ya? The war was over? Bwahahahahahahaha!!!


  44. dbadass says:

    the great GOPsby
    Tell me why you posted that crap about someone’s spouse? Otherwise it will likely become a problem. As a friend I really think you should just offer an apology now and keep it simple. Do you understand what I mean?


  45. dbadass says:

    Would it be rude to ask that the rest of you reel up. This fish has already been caught…


  46. the great GOPsby says:

    ramble much, dirty old man? i can’t imagine any employer who would hire you to do anything. the women in the workplace probably fear for their safety.


  47. Bobwurst says:

    the great GOPsby Says:
    fail to fulfill your mortgage contract, bob?

    No, but YOU did!!!!!! (pretty clever, huh.)


  48. the great GOPsby says:

    yes, you failed to make it in this free market economy. therefore you are a loser with a chip on your shoulder, a red face rambler on the internet.


  49. Bobwurst says:

    the great GOPsby Says:
    ramble much, dirty old man?

    your mom loves it when I talk dirty to her.


  50. the great GOPsby says:

    what is your state of residence, expensive-to-insure old man?


  51. the great GOPsby says:

    angels81 Says:
    gopsby, you just make shit up don’t ya? The war was over? Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

    ——————

    absolutely. we swiftly completed operations in preparations to democratize a pinnacle of the middle east, a tougher task. and the u.s. got the job done.


  52. Bobwurst says:

    You do realize that Gatsby was a devastating critique of the rich, don’t you Goppy?


  53. pete says:

    This is a bit off topic but there was an interesting Reichwing caller to the Young Turks. I found it amusing.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJMr9Bk0EIs&feature=channel_page


  54. the great GOPsby says:

    go play with yourself, carradine’s brother.


  55. RandomChaos says:

    Hey GreatGob-o-spit

    FOADYPPOS

    buh-bye


  56. Bobwurst says:

    the great GOPsby Says:
    angels81 Says:
    gopsby, you just make shit up don’t ya? The war was over? Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

    ——————

    absolutely. we swiftly completed operations in preparations to democratize a pinnacle of the middle east, a tougher task. and the u.s. got the job done.

    We?!?!?!? You lazy piece placenta, you haven’t done a thing in your life.


  57. the great GOPsby says:

    FOADYPOPOS – liberal cuisine?


  58. the great GOPsby says:

    you never really said hello …


  59. Bobwurst says:

    So great guppy, is your dad the kind of republican that cheats on your mom with a man or with a woman?


  60. dbadass says:

    So about that thing about that spouse… Are you big enough to take ownership? Pussy…


  61. OutstandingInAPlagueOfLocusts says:

    the not so great GOPsby Says:
    the war was finished. obami wants to make a political statement by putting our troops back in harms way. and you’re embracing the blood shed.

    Sweetie, the war was won until your neocon boys took their eyes off the prize and decidied to go adventioneering in Iraq. If we had followed up on the initial rout of the taliban with sufficient presence to provide safety to the average Afghani, this was one place we really could have been hailed as liberators. We could have left those folks to run their own country, which I believe is our object now. Sadly, the neglect of the last six years has made that task harder. I don’t embrace the blood shed, no sane person does, but we are now trying to finish the only military task that made sense in the wake of 9/11.


  62. the great GOPsby says:

    We?!?!?!? You lazy piece placenta, you haven’t done a thing in your life

    ———

    since when is a dirty old man the measure of anyone’s productivity?


  63. Arctic Ghetto says:

    Host: Us-Mexico border.
    McCain: Cartels.
    The cartels are in business with monied interests from the US. Do you think our economic powers would give away an annual multi-100 billion dollar market? The people who run these enterprises have dinners at country clubs with men like Senator John McCain. Its a lot of money. We are being back stabbed by those who purport to protect us.


  64. the great GOPsby says:

    Sweetie

    ——

    liberal sexism = ok.


  65. the great GOPsby says:

    but we are now trying to finish the only military task that made sense in the wake of 9/11.

    ————

    operations are over. resuming them is counterproductive and artificial to the interests of national security.


  66. Bobwurst says:

    the great GOPsby Says:
    We?!?!?!? You lazy piece placenta, you haven’t done a thing in your life

    since when is a dirty old man the measure of anyone’s productivity?

    You mom is the most productive whore I’ve ever pimped. But it’s easy to be productive when you love your work.


  67. pete says:

    I might add that, in a very quiet way, the Pakistani army is engaging the Taliban on their side of the boarder and seem to be more cooperative since President Obama took over. Coincidence?


  68. the great GOPsby says:

    the great GOPsby
    Tell me why you posted that crap about someone’s spouse? Otherwise it will likely become a problem. As a friend I really think you should just offer an apology now and keep it simple. Do you understand what I mean?

    ————

    what’s up with the fixation?


  69. dbadass says:

    Looks like pussy is the answer. Damn these weak little posers are a bummer…


  70. RandomChaos says:

    Pete,
    I am not sure how you can stomach that stuff. I only managed to listen for maybe a third of it. I refuse to listen to anything as pathetic as that.


  71. Bobwurst says:

    the great GOPsby Says:
    Sweetie
    liberal sexism = ok.

    Irony is lost on weak minds.


  72. the great GOPsby says:

    pussy = liberal sexism


  73. Bobwurst says:

    the great GOPsby Says:
    pussy = liberal sexism

    pussy = something frat rat republicans can’t get without roofies.


  74. RandomChaos says:

  75. dbadass says:

    what’s up with the fixation?

    – Nothing much other than it makes you look like a fraud and a pussy seeking attention…


  76. the great GOPsby says:

    You mom is the most productive whore I’ve ever pimped. But it’s easy to be productive when you love your work.

    ——————–

    people who’ve never done anything in life speak just like this.


  77. chingebush says:

    RandomChaos,

    A little help? What is the PP stand for in #59? I got the FOAD and the YPOS, is the second P a typo? I could fill it in, because this GOPsby puke is a POS, the sort that would clean the splatters off the back wall of a rest stop toilet wih his tongue for attention, but what is the second P for please?


  78. Bobwurst says:

    the great GOPsby Says:
    You mom is the most productive whore I’ve ever pimped. But it’s easy to be productive when you love your work.
    people who’ve never done anything in life speak just like this

    Well you certainly an expert on not doing anything in life.


  79. OutstandingInAPlagueOfLocusts says:

    the enourmous wad of GOOPsby says:
    liberal sexism = ok.

    I’m sorry, I didn’t realize “sweetie” was sexist. I’m an old southern lady, I call everyone sweetie.


  80. Republicans Love Facts says:

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/#31715244

    Did anybody else know that the unemployment rate was at a 26 yr low? Where was the liberal outrage at this?


  81. pete says:

    I can’t take it in large doses myself, RC. But, for some reason, this guy tickled my funny-bone.


  82. the great GOPsby says:

    Bobwurst Says:
    the great GOPsby Says:
    pussy = liberal sexism

    pussy = something frat rat republicans can’t get without roofies.

    —————————-

    just be sure, women, to know your place before the liberal gets what he wants. the whole “women’s rights” shtick is just cover for making his move.

    how many harassment complaints are in your file, bob?


  83. RandomChaos says:

    chingebush

    “Pathetic”


  84. ranus69 says:

    The Young Republican Says:
    Watch the news, look at every modern day city, look at the increased levels of violence since the 1960’s……and tell me hitler was wrong about inferior races.
    ========
    That’s strange because I thought Obama was Hitler to you?


  85. Bobwurst says:

    the great GOPsby Says:

    people who’ve never done anything in life speak just like this.

    Hey, I’ve done your mom. Granted, i had to stand in line for 3 hours to do her, but it was worth the wait.


  86. OutstandingInAPlagueOfLocusts says:

    pete Says:
    I might add that, in a very quiet way, the Pakistani army is engaging the Taliban on their side of the boarder and seem to be more cooperative since President Obama took over. Coincidence?

    In my humble opinion, not coincidence, statesmanship.


  87. Bobwurst says:

    What’s the matter goopy, did I touch a nerve?


  88. the great GOPsby says:

    Well you certainly an expert on not doing anything in life.

    ————–

    dirty old man blabs on …


  89. RandomChaos says:

    Or, some sort of liberal “Cheese Sandwich” when your trolling.

    GreatGob-o-spit = Cheese Sandwich = Pathetic Piece Of Sh!t.


  90. dbadass says:

    the great GOPsby
    So what is your deal anyway other than being too much of a pussy to take ownership of their own dumbass words? For real what do you see as your purpose here?


  91. the great GOPsby says:

    to bad nbc isn’t filming to catch a predator. they were just about to nail bobwurst before that lawsuit was filed by the family of the DA who offed himself. shucks, that would have been a hoot, watching him yell mom jokes to the arresting officers.


  92. Bobwurst says:

    the great GOPsby Says:
    Well you certainly an expert on not doing anything in life.

    dirty old man blabs on …

    Oh come on, you’re not even going to call me on the blatant “I know you are” rebuttal? You’re no fun at all.


  93. the great GOPsby says:

    Bobwurst Says:
    What’s the matter goopy, did I touch a nerve?

    ————————-

    no, you just turned on the lights to the laugh factory.


  94. Bobwurst says:

    the great GOPsby Says:
    to bad nbc isn’t filming to catch a predator. they were just about to nail bobwurst before that lawsuit was filed by the family of the DA who offed himself. shucks, that would have been a hoot, watching him yell mom jokes to the arresting officers.

    You shouldn’t be admitting you watch MSNBC, you’ll get your bosses pissed.


  95. the great GOPsby says:

    why would i want to pay for health care for bob? does anybody want to see him remain alive?


  96. pete says:

    Oh well, it’s off topic but the Troll said something true, assuming the “26 low” wasn’t a slip. The first quarter of Chimpy’s reign unemployment was a 18 year low. The last quarter were a 25 year high.

    Unfortunately we created a housing bubble, and a market bubble, and a commercial property bubble, and a trading bubble, while productivity in manufacturing went down. Then the whole Ponzi scheme collapsed. It was all over the news for the last couple years.


  97. Bobwurst says:

    the great GOPsby Says:
    why would i want to pay for health care for bob? does anybody want to see him remain alive?

    Appealing for help from everyone else isn’t going to get you anywhere here, goopy. And you have to have a job to pay taxes.


  98. pete says:

    OutstandingInAPlagueOfLocusts Says:
    In my humble opinion, not coincidence, statesmanship.

    That’s my guess as well but apparently no one recognizes it unless someone is shouting slogans from a balcony. And regardless of who arranged it, the cooperation of Pakistan could end the horror in a real hurry. I hope.


  99. the great GOPsby says:

    RandomChaos Says:
    Or, some sort of liberal “Cheese Sandwich” when your trolling.

    GreatGob-o-spit = Cheese Sandwich = Pathetic Piece Of Sh!t.

    ———————

    you said you were leaving.


  100. the great GOPsby says:

    Appealing for help from everyone else isn’t going to get you anywhere here, goopy. And you have to have a job to pay taxes.

    —————————–

    a job is never a luxury under a republican administration. under a liberal administration, they regulate the ability to have a job depending on what crackers like bob intend.

    bob needs to pay for his own health risk.


  101. RandomChaos says:

    I said nothing of the sort. Idiot

    GreatGOB-o-spit Spews:
    you said you were leaving.

    FOADYPPOS


  102. The Moderate Squad says:

    The Young Republican Says:
    ——————————————————————————–

    If black people didn’t vote, McCain would be president right now

    And if ignorant, racist hicks didn’t vote, we’d still have a budget surplus and unemployment under 5%.


  103. the great GOPsby says:

    pete, the bigot and baby killer, shut up about the economy. the liberals have robbed enough wealth as it is from entreprenuers who put in the effort and money to make the markets work. go cry in a corner. you have robbed the people who voted in 2000 and 2004 for george w. bush of significant wealth.


  104. OutstandingInAPlagueOfLocusts says:

    pete Says:
    I hope.

    As do I sir.


  105. Bobwurst says:

    the great GOPsby Says:
    Appealing for help from everyone else isn’t going to get you anywhere here, goopy. And you have to have a job to pay taxes.

    —————————–

    a job is never a luxury under a republican administration. under a liberal administration, they regulate the ability to have a job depending on what crackers like bob intend.

    bob needs to pay for his own health risk.

    You’re really struggling here goopy, You keep flailing about like a virgin frat rat trying to un hook a bra on a passed out girl.


  106. pete says:

    Plus, a real optimist could make a strong case that President Obama has already had better results inspiring indigenous troops/police than his predecessor.

    As a skeptic I would say that’s oversimplified and Obama can’t take all the credit since much of it was in the works but, the facts fit the theory. There has certainly been more participation by the forces we’ve trained.

    The memoirs of the generals, from all parties, will be interesting in their recollections of the change in POTUS. Too bad we’ll have to wait a few years.


  107. RandomChaos says:

    His sister does not wear a bra Bob


  108. the great GOPsby says:

    i’d love to see al dunlap squash bobwurst, but i can understand he’s a retired man who’s done his share of squashing the unproductive.


  109. Bobwurst says:

    the great GOPsby Says:
    have robbed the people who voted in 2000 and 2004 for george w. bush of significant wealth.

    Is significant wealth a small town in texas?


  110. Bobwurst says:

    RandomChaos Says:
    His sister does not wear a bra Bob

    But his mom does.


  111. pete says:

    A wise man once said, though I paraphrase: “It’s impossible for a wise man to be insulted. The truth can only educate us and lies are unworthy of notice“.


  112. chingebush says:

    Thanks RC. I had guessed Pathetic too, but was leaning more to Pssy.

    I often wonder how to recognize these toilet lickers in day-to day life. Tell me little GOPsby buddy, is that you screaming at the kids to stay off your lawn? Or carrying the hate signs at the Planned Parenthood offices? I need to know because I really want to pay my respects when you pass on.

    Some people give flowers, some leave different……well, gifts, to the dearly departed.


  113. the great GOPsby says:

    You keep flailing about like a virgin frat rat trying to un hook a bra on a passed out girl.

    ———————————–

    the old man continues to project. pro-woman, indeed.


  114. Bobwurst says:

    Goopy, Next semester, work on your dangling modifiers…


  115. the great GOPsby says:

    Is significant wealth a small town in texas?

    ——————–

    certainly not in a tea-sipping shit hole in massachussets. what do you know about wealth? your coin bag for cleaning toilets in prison doesn’t count.


  116. OutstandingInAPlagueOfLocusts says:

    pete Says:
    As a skeptic I would say that’s oversimplified and Obama can’t take all the credit since much of it was in the works but, the facts fit the theory.

    True, but he did change the tone of the whole discussion. It’s easier to deal with allies when they sense that you respect their way of life, and do not seek to impose yours.


  117. the great GOPsby says:

    bobwurst has experience dangling something else at a wild boar. i’m sure that worked out ok – ouch!


  118. Bobwurst says:

    the great GOPsby Says:
    Is significant wealth a small town in texas?

    certainly not in a tea-sipping shit hole in massachussets. what do you know about wealth? your coin bag for cleaning toilets in prison doesn’t count.

    First off, we smoke our tea in Mass, and second of all, I’m a professional circumciser. The base salary isn’t much but the tips are fantastic.


  119. Leftside Annie says:

    HOST: Sheriff Joe Arpaio:

    LEFTSIDE ANNIE: Baloney!


  120. angels81 says:

    Well I can see gopsby has highjacked another thread with his meaningless BS. Its time we just pass over his meaningless BS and maybe we can have a honest debate about the issues TP posts on this site.


  121. The Moderate Squad says:

    I think the The Retarded GOPsby would like for everyone to believe he is wealthy, but if that were so he certainly would have purchased a clue by now, one would think. Or at least a ghost-writer to clean up his non sequitirs…

    Have pleasant evening citizens.


  122. Bobwurst says:

    the great GOPsby Says:
    bobwurst has experience dangling something else at a wild boar. i’m sure that worked out ok – ouch!

    Editing hint goopy, if you have to add something at the end of a joke, it’s not that funny, Ka Ching!


  123. Bobwurst says:

    the great GOPsby Says:
    bobwurst has experience dangling something else at a wild boar.

    That’s no way to talk about your mom! Ka Ching!


  124. the great GOPsby says:

    so you admit to fondling patients, bob?


  125. The Moderate Squad says:

    First off, we smoke our tea in Mass, and second of all, I’m a professional circumciser. The base salary isn’t much but the tips are fantastic.

    Classic…


  126. pete says:

    OutstandingInAPlagueOfLocusts:

    I still expect great things from that change in image, both here and abroad, because despite our impatience there’s a substantive change too. The sheer volume of problems makes it seem like nothing is happening fast enough. Yet, I don’t think deliberation is a bad thing.


  127. Bobwurst says:

    angels81 Says:
    Well I can see gopsby has highjacked another thread with his meaningless BS. Its time we just pass over his meaningless BS and maybe we can have a honest debate about the issues TP posts on this site.

    Fair enough, my apologies to the adults in the room, I felt the need to play whack a troll, my bad.


  128. the great GOPsby says:

    don’t you have to get up early for that great liberal job, bob? or did you hit the retirement age of, what is it, 30 in mass?


  129. the great GOPsby says:

    it’s not meaningless to bob, that dirty old man appears quite interested.


  130. pete says:

    And a half a hundred blazing, bleeding, convulsing emergencies are not conducive to setting long term policy. There is much to be said for dealing with immediate emergencies first.


  131. pete says:

    This one is so senseless that it doesn’t matter whether one whacks it or ignores it.


  132. the great GOPsby says:

    I felt the need to play whack a troll, my bad.

    —————————–

    wash your hands and go for another round, this time in bed.


  133. chingebush says:

    GOPsby toilet licker,

    There are better ways of getting attention. Really.

    I appreciate that your Daddy did some horrible things to you when you were a kid, but you need to understand that that’s not normal behavior. That was your Dad’s fcked up psyche and you are a victim. It’s ok, little guy, really.

    Break the cycle. Stop hating yourself.


  134. OutstandingInAPlagueOfLocusts says:

    pete Says:
    The sheer volume of problems makes it seem like nothing is happening fast enough. Yet, I don’t think deliberation is a bad thing.

    Nor do I. We must all remain patient and continue to advocate for what is right. It is unfair to place the entire burden on the man we elected president, and then fuss that change is not swift enough. (Not that I’m accusing you of that). As mentioned previously in this thread, the alternative we had in the last election was indeed scary.


  135. Zooey says:

    Ok, this thread is a lost cause.

    Here’s a fun cartoon for y’all to enjoy:
    I can’t do it…WE’LL DO IT LIVE!!!


  136. angels81 says:

    We’ll I’m out of here. I sick and tired of trolls highjacking these threads, were we end up talking about nothing but meaningless BS. This is supposed to be a progressive blog about issues that matter. Instead it becomes the joke fest for some troll.


  137. Zooey says:

    angels81,

    It’s gonna be a long, troll-filled weekend at TP…I probably won’t be around much either.

    *sigh*


  138. pete says:

    Zooey Says:
    Ok, this thread is a lost cause.

    I don’t know, Zooey.

    OutstandingInAPlagueOfLocusts and I are having a nice little off topic discussion about the change in mood in U.S. foreign relations since Obama was inaugurated. With a side, side, discussion about our impatience.

    The troll scat is a deterrence though.


  139. Zooey says:

    Sorry, pete. I didn’t read everything after seeing the initial troll-burst. I’ll check it out…


  140. angels81 says:

    chingbush, gopsby has done a very good job of highjacking the last two threads with his bullshit. The issue of both threads were forgotten and the threads became all about gopsby and his BS posts. The issue that the thread was about was forgotten, and all the time was spent on gopsby.


  141. pete says:

    No problem, Zooey. It’s nothing earth shattering. Just musing really. I don’t know if it’s even worth pouring through the troll scat.


  142. Zooey says:

    Well done, pete & Outstanding. Thoughtful comments in the midst of all the troll shit. :-)

    pete, I just did a word search on your name and didn’t read a single troll slobber. ;)


  143. OutstandingInAPlagueOfLocusts says:

    And y’all are right about the trolls. I joined this blog last fall. I stay because I can discuss issues with sane folk that I must later discuss with those in my circle who disagree. Some of you are so intelligent, or such excellent writers, that I have at times stood in awe of you and felt priveledged to be the recipient of the wealth of information provided. Lately, I’ve noticed the “troll scat” seems to have decreased the number of thoughtful discussions, like the one I’ve had tonight with pete. Don’t let the trolls chase all you smart folk away, I need you!


  144. pete says:

    But, on the off topic. I guess I’m in a medium optimistic mood.

    It’s od that the American media doesn’t seem to enthused by the increased commitment of Iraqi, Afghan, and even Pakistani forces. Combat is always bad but the less we have to do with it the better. Mainly because the people we are fighting, despite their image, would rather not shoot at neighbors.

    There’s some sign that one or all of those parties may be able to soon conduct arrests of the really dangerous ones. As these countries resume control, it’s just a matter of giving the right people the right list. I hope.


  145. OutstandingInAPlagueOfLocusts says:

    pete Says:
    It’s od that the American media doesn’t seem to enthused by the increased commitment of Iraqi, Afghan, and even Pakistani forces.

    Oh pete, I think war is only news in the shock and awe phase. Cooperation, not such a big story.


  146. Zooey says:

    Outstanding (and anyone else tired of troll shit), if you ever get tired of all the crap, you’re certainly welcome to stop by TheZoo. Just click on my name. :)


  147. pete says:

    Oh! I’ll still whack the occasional troll, Zooey, but I’ll take the compliment tonight. Frankly, I’m just letting my “new” pet ferment his frustration. I like them to start spitting and spluttering before I twist their tails too hard.

    And don’t worry, OutstandingInAPlagueOfLocusts. There are still enough good discussions to stay interesting. And some, though it’s been out of hand many times, troll presence can add vitality. Even if it’s just by exasperation.


  148. pete says:

    I have an uncanny knack of checking out the zoo when all the angles have been covered. And I seem to check it out about an hour after everyone has signed off. But I do read you daily and I’m bound to catch a passionate discussion in progress before long.


  149. Zooey says:

    Thanks, pete. :)

    It’s just me and krystalviews over there right now.


  150. The Young Republican says:

    nearly 1am here, the libs are still on. Of course, they don’t have jobs to go to tomorrow. Bunch of pot smoking work ethicless failures who live off the government.


  151. Zooey says:

    It’s not 1 a.m. everywhere, f uckwit.


  152. Zooey says:

    And in case you haven’t noticed, YOU are still on, you moronic troll.


  153. The Young Republican says:

    Oh I forgot, most of you are west coast. Or as I like to call, left coast.


  154. Zooey says:

    Most of us? No, merely some of us.


  155. pete says:

    Just an FYI. I’m retired and have always been a nightowl. And yes. I collect Social Security, and a small union pension that I had to fight for, after a lifetime of paying in. My needs are adequately met and my modest luxuries are sufficient.


  156. Zooey says:

    pete,

    Your comments look so youthful! I had no idea you were retired.


  157. pete says:

    Zooey,

    I retired young and spent much of my career with younger employees and coworkers. And I have a voracious thirst for new data. Growing up I was taught to respect the newest data over old knowledge and have tried to avoid the trap of being caught within my generation.

    And another part is that my parents were old enough to be my grandparents while my grandfathers served in WW1. So I was raised by people who were a generation older than most and then I spent much of my life with younger generations. So, I can mingle with people from anywhere or any age.


  158. Zooey says:

    An excellent outlook on life, pete. One of the greatest things about going to school at this age is spending time with young people. Some of them are “late bloomers,” but more of them are just really great people. I enjoy being around them.

    I always enjoy your comments, and usually learn something from them. :) I also enjoy the rare occasion when you go off on a troll. It’s truly a sight to behold!


  159. Max Anax junius -1 says:

    .

    Dear Senator John McCain,
    When you said Iraq was a success, in what terms?

    We went in on a LIE … = SUCCESS?
    Hundreds of thousands have died… = SUCCESS?
    Al-cia-duh came in AFTER we went in… = SUCCESS?
    Abu Ghraib… = SUCCESS?
    TORTURE… = SUCCESS?

    Please Senator, explain.

    XXOO
    America

    .


  160. Max Anax junius -1 says:

    .

    Electrocuted soldiers… = SUCCESS?
    MILLION$ of DOLLAR$ LO$T… = SUCCESS?
    War crimes… = SUCCESS?
    Contractors… = SUCCESS?

    .


  161. Max Anax junius -1 says:

    .

    No YELLOW-CAKE uranium from Africa… = SUCCESS?
    The only smoking guns were our own… = SUCCESS?
    The only slamming and dunking were was on innocent people… SUCCESS?
    Vials of “Freedom Dust” Colin Powell held up to the UN… SUCCESS?

    .


  162. Max Anax junius -1 says:

    .

    I am so glad we aren’t calling him the McPresident…
    … Because Ronnie is the only clown in my McWorld.

    .


  163. Max Anax junius -1 says:

    .

    Dear TYR,
    The only way, and I mean ONLY WAY that I can take you is if I read what you write as being extremely sarcastically snarky.

    Am I even close?

    .


  164. combatdoc says:

    JOHN !! Call home, you forgot you medication !!


  165. blue state bob says:

    “The Young Republican Says:

    nearly 1am here, the libs are still on. Of course, they don’t have jobs to go to tomorrow. Bunch of pot smoking work ethicless failures who live off the government.”
    ——————————————-
    And where do you work? In what trailer park in what welfare sucking red state do you live? I can guarantee that most on this board can buy and sell trash like you. So why don’t you get out of mom’s basement (can trailers have basements)? Maybe some day you can trade up from moonshine and malt liquor to pot. Aim high….loser


  166. Tim Vaculik says:

    We need MORE Sheriffs like him!!!

    I figured a socialist web site filled with clueless posters would naturally take issue with one of the BEST Sheriffs in the country.

    Where I live USED to have a Sheriff with balls of steel… In those days you didn’t F$#^ with my county.


  167. drew3rd says:

    How dare Arpaio enforce the laws of Maricopa county? Who does he think he is, Sheriff? You would think hetook an oath or something.

    Yet more proof that McCain is unfit for command. He holds WISHED FOR “comprehensive reform” above the ACTUAL LAW!!!! I guess he missed the part where Phoenix (aka Maricopa county)is second only to Mexico city in kidnappings throughout the world. Can you imagine this geriatric jerkoff as commander-in-chief? Boy, did we dodge a bullet.


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