Wonkette
Before his mouth was sewn shut by southern slaveholders, RNC chairman Michael Steele was always talking about the “battle royale” or “royale with cheese” that would define his dynamic, hippity hop leadership: a special election in rural New York State, to replace Democratic congresslady Kirsten Gillibrand, because now she’s got Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat, because blind-ass David Paterson decided the best thing to do was appoint a Democratic congresslady from a rural congressional district where Republicans have a good chance of winning because of all the poor white Hudson Valley trash up there, thus giving the GOP a very early chance to start a “comeback” narrative, which will fuel right-wing listserv The Politico for the next eight years of “seizing the day.”
David Paterson is an idiot. (So, again, this is all the fault of Slate blogger Eliot Spitzer.)
Luckily, the race between Republican Jim Tedisco and Democrat Scott Murphy has turned into a race between Republican Jim Tedisco and various wingnut political action committees and the RNC itself. This is magical.
The National Republican Trust PAC, a well-heeled Washington, D.C.-based political group, has spent $190,000 to put that ad on the air. But according to the non-partisan Siena Research Institute, for whom Greenberg is a spokesman, negative ads against Murphy are not paying dividends. According to the Siena Poll released on March 12, Murphy has closed a double-digit gap and is now just four points behind Republican candidate Jim Tedisco. Only 12 percent of voters said the ads they saw for Tedisco made them more likely to support the Republican, to 28 percent who said they became less likely to support him.
Voters may be blaming Tedisco for a campaign he isn’t running.
Tedisco is now trying to get in control of his own campaign, while the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee and wingnut PACs such as the National Republican Trust all run their own variations of Tedisco’s campaign, to make sure he loses.
The National Republican Trust is also raising and spending millions of dollars to, of course, somehow prove that Barack Obama is a secret African alien and that his “handlers” (the Soviets?) faked his Hawaiian hospital birth and announcement of said birth in Honolulu’s daily newspaper as part of a highly organized 47-year effort to install a single mom’s biracial kid as president, in order to …. well we are not sure yet, but this “helping children have health care in America” thing is fairly ominous.
Hard-Right PAC Complicates GOP Mission [Washington Independent]
How can you lose with a name like “Tedisco”? It’s practically “Ted Disco”, which is awesome.
You know, if we get rid of this particular district, we still have like 400 others.
…David Paterson should have seen this coming!
Pls to just give them to Canadia?
It’s like the climax to Life of Brian as the various Judean Liberation Groups rush in to save or kill Brian before he gets nailed to a piece of wood.
I take it that this National Republican “Trust” PAC is playing the role of the Judean People’s Front. Crack suicide squad.
May the words “New York” and “Republican” some day be as rare together as “buggy” and “whip”.
AngryBlakGuy: That’s easy to say in hindsight.
If only the true leader of the Republican Party would step forward and show us the way.
Reagan! Why have you abandoned us in this our most dire hour! If only Bush hadn’t blocked the damn stem cell research, we could have him back and leading us now.
a highly organized 47-year effort to install a single mom’s biracial kid as president, in order to …. make us all Communist, Ken, filthy Communist.
But as a member of the media, you already knew that, didn’t you Ken. Why are Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh the only ones willing to tell the truth!
The election is on Friday which means the country will be riveted to hear the results… of the Syracuse vs. Stephen F. Austin basketball game. Seriously, they’ll be lucky if anyone notices the election winner before April.
ph7: I see what you did there.
btw, Ken Layne owns.
And I used to think that it was the Democrats who were trying to lose! This kind of leadership makes Harry Reid look like Machiavelli.
“Scott Murphy bragged he created thousands of jobs,” said a female narrator, in a tone of voice that made her sound like Murphy’s disappointed homeroom teacher. “But just not here in New York. He created jobs in India. And just like the rest of Wall Street, Murphy paid big bonuses to executives while working people struggle to get by.”
Murphy should be all: “You’re damned right I created jobs in India… and you know what? That’s a bunch of Mexicans who won’t be crossing our borders looking for work. Plus, if I can create jobs in backward-ass country like India I sure as shit can create jobs in the best goddamned district, in the best goddamned state, in the best goddamned country on Earth!” [Sound of roaring crowd]
This “helping children have health care in America” is dangerous for the Republicans because, c’mon, those kids who need health care are obviously not Republicans. And as any good Republican would tell you, it better to let those kids die young than grow up to be Democrats.
…my interpretation of the above photo is: “To earn your stars in the GOP you must be anally humped by a senior GOP official”!
ph7: …but he will continue to look forward and not be blinded by past failures!
blind-ass David Paterson decided the best thing to do was appoint a Democratic congresslady from a rural congressional district where Republicans have a good chance of winning because of all the poor white Hudson Valley trash up there
Well, and she had tits, let’s not underestimate the importance of that.
Hot tip for The Politico: Certain liberals in the media have drinks and dinner together at publicly undisclosed locations, and they have conversations that they don’t publish the next day. Sometimes they use the telephone machine to talk further and they refuse to make these telephone conversations public. A Republican operativer calls this practice “creepy.”
Run with it, Politico!
Gorillionaire: Ted Disco doesn’t advertise.
David Paterson needs to learn that a House seat is a fucking valuable thing. You don’t just give it away.
hippity hop leadership
Michael Steele is Little Bunny Fufu?
Poor White Hudson Valley Trash loved them some Hillary.
Lionel Hutz Esq.: Why are Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh the only ones willing to tell the truth!
It’s the oxycontin. It’s a lot like sodium pentothal.
[re=267005]AngryBlakGuy: “David Paterson should have seen this coming!”
Resist, Dust Bowl Blues, resist. You promised Jesus that if he healed your Bell’s Palsy you wouldn’t ever make fun of retards or deformed people again, remember?
Fuck it. I’ve had this shit for going on 4 months.
Of course the blind ass-backwards guv didn’t see it coming.
Sheesh. If anybody should be sayin’ “Thanks, but no thanks”…
I used to read Politico, but Ken has ruined it for me. Thanks a lot, wonkette.
TEDISCO INFERNO
This needs to be an NY Post headline!
Every time I hear “Tedisco,” I start doing the Hustle.
AngryBlakGuy: That’s pretty close to what they used to tell us in Catholic school.
“We don’t talk to the Tedisco campaign,” said Scott Wheeler, the executive director of the National Republican Trust PAC. “We refuse to respond to their pleading phone calls, angry threats, or restraining orders. It just encourages them.”
“I believe what I say,” Wheeler said. “That’s why some political insiders describe me as a wingnut. That, and this live chicken I wear on my head. Mr. Nuggets wants to see Obama’s birth certificate too, don’t you, Mr. Nuggets?”
Oh, sure, everybody’s ragging on blind David Patterson, but if Murphy wins, will you be saying “O.K., so maybe he’s not a complete retard.”? Might as well be optimistic, eh.
Oh, I get it. The elephant with the stars is Rush Limbaugh.
gurukalehuru: Eyeless in Gaza or crazy like a fox?
If Murphy wins and Teh Disco loses, then it’s only a matter of time before Michael Steele is out and the next guy (a white one, a bald one who thinks he’s God) is in.
AngryBlakGuyph7: You guys are racist! Against blind people! Blindism! Also!
Speaking of being racist….
jagorev: What is it with white trash living in valleys? Central & San Fernando Valleys, Mat-Su Valley, Hudson Valley…they’re all like depressing white people on parade…
assistant/atlas: Willamette Valley, represent!
True fact: the Dallas (oregon) High School Dragons are not named for the Dragon from Tic-Tac-Dough. No no! It’s the Grand Dragon. You know, the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan?
Oregon remains Kentucky with a coastline and superior beer.
It’s like having Gary Busey as your auto-pilot.
AngryBlakGuy: Limbaugh’s a top? Well this changes everything.
Dave “blind ass” Paterson. This would be a great name for a blues singer.
Got me a Congresswoman, mean as she can be,
(Yes I) Got me a Congresswoman, mean as she can be,
She ain’t no four-diamond hooker,
But then everybody looks the same to me.
ForTheTurnstiles: Willamette Valley! Woo!
So I was working the other night and I got the license plate from the car of a guy shop lifting beer from the store. The police called us to identify them and the guy had a trunk full of moonshine in addition to the stolen beer. I think goes nicely with the Willamette Valley Grand Dragon High School.
Jesus, I thought I left the Klan and moonshine behind when I moved out of the South.
AngryBlakGuy: …and he pledges never to be blindsided by this sort of controversy again.
Lionel Hutz Esq.: In order to resuscitate his campaign and to spite his opponent, Ted Disco has come out against stem cell research. And the stimulus package, also.
http://www.dailygazette.com/weblogs/sprint-20th/2009/mar/16/murphy-backs-stem-cell-research/
In David Paterson’s defense it has taken him a really long time to read through the New York State Official Governor’s Instruction Manual, for obvious reasons.
Holy crap, Scott Murphy is ridiculously HOT! OMG! (for reals): http://nysyd.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/5-thngs-you-can-do-to-help-scott-murphy/
ForTheTurnstiles: Question. So what happened to all the rich hippie losers who started that commune in the Willamette Valley back around 1974 while waiting for the spacepeople to come pick them up after they gave away all their money and other valuables? We’ve lost touch and I don’t see them on face book. Property is always so cheap in Klan areas how much is a small place on the beach?KTHXBAI.
When Murphy wins and Steele gets fired, this Michigan native would like to see him get hired as the Ohio State University Athletic Director. Woo hoo!
102415: The beach? Sorry son, this ain’t Florida. You can’t buy the beach in Oregon. Beaches are public places where you can barbecue placentas and wave as Baghwan Shree Rajneesh offers shaktipat from a caravan of Rolls Royces driving past.
As for former residents of Rajneeshpuram (which was in the rain shadow, not the Valley), some are in Fiji attending to the burial rites of Adi Da Samraj, some are in highly placed business ventures that have tons of potential development for implementation of paradigm growth strategies (snake oil), and others moved back to New Jersey and currently splash around in Carl’s pool &c. That’s you, Meatwad.
Scarab: They’ll notice a lot sooner if the winner ends up in the Mayflower wearing diapers in the company of with a couple of three diamond hookers. That is, if this happens after the National Collegiate Professional Sports League Tournament, coming to a sports book near you.
102415: There’s still a bunch of communal farm type stuff around, if that’s your kinda thing. And the Merry Pranksters bus. FortheTrunstiles is right, can’t own beach here. Since noone can afford their mortgages there are actually some reasonably priced houses on the coast though, in the 150k range. Its all in the Tsunami Zone though and we’re overdue for a big one, so there’s that.
ForTheTurnstiles:There is something about Carl’s pool I have never felt comfortable with so I stay here in my roomy EV pod going up on the roof and now and then waving a couple of Lite-brite signals once every decade.Thanks for the update.
It must be a peculiar kind of Klan place that doesn’t allow rusty doublewides to litter the beaches.
102415: They live in the mountains. Oldsters live on the coast.
Gorillionaire: Tedisco is probably a bastardization of Tedesco, which means “German” in Italian.
So apparently this guy is two kinds of fascist, considering his name and probable ancestry, and of course his political party. So, uh, three kinds.
HungryMohican: Damn Skippy! and he worked for Governor Mel Carnahan. Yes, that Mel Carnahan who even though he died in a plane crash in October 2000 and still beat John Aschroft in that year’s Missouri Senate Race
“That’s right Johnny, the dead man scares us less than you” - Robin Williams
Good luck to him!
HungryMohican: Have you seen Scott Kleeb of Nebraska?! Damn!
https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/scottkleebforsenate?refcode=website
Ah, but what does Jane Hamsher say about Scott Murphy? If he’s not liberal ENOUGH, she’ll dis him on her blog, which is an automatic FAIL. Just ask Caroline Kennedy.
HungryMohican: Holy crap, Scott Murphy is ridiculously HOT! OMG! (for reals): http://nysyd.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/5-thngs-you-can-do-to-help-scott-murphy/
Yes, if they made “Fellatio” number 6 on the list, I’m sure there would be a queue.
DemmeFatale: Yum
No bitch is safe from Disco Ted.
Here in NY’s 20th CD, we have begun a last minute campaign to register hundreds (if not thousands) of moose…the some moose who have ILLEGALLY CROSSED THE BORDER FROM CANADA!!!! Yes, that’s right and we know for damn sure how these moose are going to vote don’t we? All of these moose will be getting the Real ID compliant NY driver’s license as well. I’d write more, but a certain senator from Iowa is coming on that knife show infomercial to endorse a line of hari-kari swords, offering special rush one-day delivery if your zip code is in certain sections of Manhattan, all of Greenwich CT and most all of Westchester County NY.
Hey, I live in the Hudson Valley!! You callin’ me white trash??!!! lol. Now that I think of it, it is kind of trashy around here…lot’s of ignorant republicans around here too. Still though, most of the white trash around don’t even know there is a “republican” option in the voting booth ballods, so hip hoppin’ Steele has alot of work to be doin’yo. (Am I doing it right?)
HungryMohican: You’re clearly missing the point. That picture doesn’t show his pecs or his package, and he might be short. Also.