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Poor Ben Porritt. The other night this tragic McCain spokesflak was on David Shuster’s show, trying to explain Sarah Palin’s latest stupidity about how the First Amendment should protect her from being criticized by the press, and it was very clear that this sad young douche needs a vacation. But with only a few days and eleventy states left for John McCain to campaign in, Ben Porritt has no time for sleep, or for saying things that make sense. Instead he had this bit of weirdness to say about Joe Biden this weekend:
“Less than 24 hours after John McCain energized thousands of Ohioans, Joe Biden lulled his way through today’s speech, seemingly accepting his position as a drag on the Democrat ticket.”
Ha ha, who even knew that “lull” was a (UPDATE: intransitive!) verb? Anyhoo yes, the ticket that has to worry about the VP being a “drag” is definitely the Democratic one. Ben Porritt is the new Dana Perino.
GOP: Biden is a ‘drag’ on Dem ticket [The Hill]
Oh NOEs we will lozenow!help
I think he meant “LOLed”.
Lull is definitely a verb, but it’s double-transitive. Why does the McCain Campaign hate verb aspect?
Between this douchenozzle, Tucker Bounds and Nancy Hossenfepffeffer; Worst. Spokesbeasts. Ever.
enthusiasm gap!
Biden was lulzing, I think.
Um, well, yeah, ‘lull’ is a (transitive) verb: to cause to sleep. His usage is all fucked up, though.
Also, ‘lull’ means ‘laugh out loud, esp. by a cat’, hence LULLZ.
I look forward to seeing Joe Biden in drag.
It’s a TRANSITIVE verb, not a wishy washy one, as he used it.
lull |ləl|
verb [ trans. ]
calm or send to sleep, typically with soothing sounds or movements : the rhythm of the boat lulled her to sleep.
i love joe biden. who can’t love the guy? he’s all heart, smart and sassy and pretty hot for an old guy.
just more rethug douchebaggery. fuck ‘em all. with their own douchey nozzles.
In psychoanalysis, we call this “projection”.
If he’s the new Perino does that mean Perino can get back to filming new episodes of CSI Miami?
I for one welcome our new lulspeak overlords
Why are you unpatriotic, leftist, fag and dyke America haters trying to squelch Ben’s First Amendment Rights?
who knew wonkette had so many grammar experts?
It’s like saying, “I calmed my car through the snow.”
Of course Biden’s a drag on the ticket. Stories about threesomes in Ohio notwithstanding, those Jazz Hands show he da Geyz.
greensprout: whew, that’s hot!
“What American’s need to know is that Barack Obama is the first presidential candidate of the modern era to advocate for tax hikes during an economic crisis.”
And who knew “American’s” was a plural noun?
Lull is indeed a transitive verb. The jerkwad used it intransitively, though, and obviously without shame. I’ll bet he also “gifts” people on their birthdays.
saw Biden in Evansville Indiana 10 am Saturday…he has a great opening line now…”Hi, I’m Joe the Biden.” barnburner of a speech, too.
gjdodger: Or that “advocate” needed “for”? (I’m feeling my domineditrix muscles this morning, and they are firm.)
Subtext to spokesflak’s quote: “Please! God! I’m not ready to return to work as the night manager at Denny’s yet!”
HeyHey: I love me some liberal intellectual elites! Transitive verb indeed.
Hey Wonktards. There’s a new article on our sexy nerd girlfriend Rachel Maddow in the pro-abortions New York Magazine.
http://nymag.com/news/media/51822/
Isn’t this how Biden lulls?
http://punditkitchen.com/2008/10/17/political-pictures-joe-biden-sarah-palin-nuclear-lolz/
I trust there is someone in the Obama campaign making lists of all these sorry, useless fucks for IRS/Homeland Security harassment come January 21.
Today we are all hairplugs.
I lulled my way through Gargantua and Pantagruel in college. Did the same with Paradise Lost if I recall correctly.
Tommy Says Soooo: I thought we were buttplugs around here.
How can he be a drag? He’s practically invisible. Unlike Palin, who’s turning out to be a bigger albatross than Dan Quayle.
magic titty: It sez there that Maddow tries not to read the blogs about her. That being said, I think the “Secret” to Rachel Maddow is she wears the strap-on.
Biden did it for teh lulz
Joe Biden is Barry’s attempt to find a designated “crazy brother,” since he doesn’t seem to have one he’s aware of.
Big Ass Belle: I actually do not love Joe Biden.
He never met a piece of stupid Drug War legislation that he didn’t adore.
For example, he authored and sponsored the Moral Panic Drug Hysteria-related R.A.V.E. Act (in which property owners could be held responsible, jailed, and heavily fined if people used illegal drugs on their land), an extension of the already-suspect-on-civil-rights-issues “crackhouse law”.
After the R.A.V.E. Act failed to pass the House *both* times it came up for a vote, he tucked it onto the Amber Alert Bill, so that even my fiercely socially liberal Congresswoman had to answer my letter of protest with something like, “So … you don’t *CARE* about Abducted Children???”
Sigh.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reducing_Americans%27_Vulnerability_to_Ecstasy_Act
Stupid piece of legislation, and very much part of some Democrats’ “SEE! *We* can be all Tough on Crime, too!!!” act.
But I’m not a retarded single-issue voter, so … his presence on the ticket made me wince, but I’m certainly not going to vote for Grumpy Grampy and Winky because of it.
A drag? What? Seriously people. Quite the opposite, he brings foreign policy like nobody’s business.
http://plightofthepumpernickel.blogspot.com
Like Dick Cheney gave anyone an erection?! At least Biden doesn’t make you feel like you are staring into the eyes of Satan himself.
I don’t feel that I need to defend Joe Biden. I’m EXTREMELY proud of him. I just couldn’t be more excited about what he’s doing for this campaign. Plus his teeth are fucking amazing.
RadioFreeBabylon: The correct locution, apropos Bob Dylan, is “you unpatriotic rotten doctor commie rat.”
Oh no he di’nt!
ScoutFinch: We are twins
Heh. I was just imagining Joe Biden in drag.
Tommy Says Soooo: Um, someone pass me a kleenex.
Mara47: Ooooh, sexeh! Whip me, edit me, make me conjugate!
Yeah, I was waiting for 4 teh to comment on the lulz.
Old Karl Rove trick. Take your biggest weakness and claim that it, in fact, your opponent’s biggest weakness.
Serolf Divad: The Canterbury Tales and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight lulled me admirably. Or, to put it accurately, made me hate college.
iolanthe: Joe Biden truly is the Dick Cheney to ecstasy-popping club-goers in Long Island.
Big Ass Belle: I was with you up to “pretty hot for an old guy.” You have clearly been blinded by election fever.
Not_So_Much: How can you be so mean to Brad Blakeman? He wants to be on the list and he’s earned it.