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Robert Gibbs was wearing a purple bracelet during his appearance on Fox News Sunday yesterday. Today he explained why, on Twitter. The ol’ “kid has cancer” bait-and-switch, he goes with. The “Chicago-Style Politics Excuse.” Well, horseshit. Since when do children get cancer? Fortunately there’s another, more conservative explanation of this bracelet’s meaning from Big Government’s Kyle Olsen, whose article provoked Gibbs’ frenzied Twitter Cover-up.
I thought it was odd that Robert Gibbs was wearing a purple bracelet (and a purple tie) during his appearance on “Fox News Sunday” and CBS’ “Face The Nation.” SEIU president Andy Stern, the top visitor to the White House, wore a similar, if not the same, purple bracelet at one point, too. And in virtually every photo of Stern, he’s wearing SEIU’s purple color.
The bracelet is kind of a signal to tell Stern that the administration has it under control and ObamaCare will be delivered. Just a few more Democrats need to be shown the Chicago way.
Am I making too much out of nothing? Maybe. Who knows.
Don’t doubt yourself, Journalist. You’re spot-on: “The bracelet is kind of a signal.”
This Olsen, who titled his article “Robert Gibbs’ and Andy Stern’s Purple Bracelets a Mark of Clintonesque Solidarity?”, backs up his argument by shitting out some old text about Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, and concluding,
Was Gibbs sending a signal to Stern, ala Clinton and Lewinsky? Doubtful. But anything is possible in the lead-up to the intra-Democratic Party showdown to deliver health care reform for Andy Stern and SEIU.
Skeptics of Olsen’s theory could argue that if Robert Gibbs wanted to communicate with Andy Stern, he could talk to him on the telephone or e-mail or in-person, all of which he probably does every day. But that wouldn’t be Chicago Politicky enough for these thugs. When they have cartoonishly evil messages to deliver to leaders of their party’s coalition, they prefer to wear color-coded costumes on the teevee. If Gibbs had shown up with a green dildo jammed in his right ear, for example, that would’ve meant, “PRESIDENT GORE: THE DOOMSDAY DEVICE IS OPERATIONAL!” And if it was left ear, “GEORGE SOROS… PLEASE FETCH ME A DOCTOR, FOR I HAVE A GREEN DILDO IN MY EAR.”
Or a nine-year-old has cancer, ha ha ha. Or that. Well, see you all in Gitmo.
Green dildo? I thought it was “Green Balloons!”. Why doesn’t anyone CC me the damn memos?
I’m not sure what this “Chicago Way” is, of which the retards speak, but if they’re against it, I’m for it.
Every Republican knows Chicago politicians use color-coded bracelets to talk to their union overlords because they know all union members (including the thugs in charge) are illiterate. Like the airline pilots. And the teachers. And the air traffic controllers. All illiterate union members.
Before color teevee, this was more difficult, of course.
V572625694: Not everyone can be as smart as a Tea-bagger. Get a brain, Moran.
This is obviously the most foul thing any person has ever done in any administration, ever. Oliver North would be proud. We mustn’t allow these “Obama buffs” have sickness in the family. It’s entitlement that our Nation can go without during our quest to further destroy the lives of millions of uninsured serfs. Mr. Gibbs— TEAR DOWN THIS BRACELET.
Thank you Blig Follycould.
I think Robert Gibbs is successful because he’s light-skinned with no Chicago dialect, unless he wanted to have one.
V572625694: Before color teevee they sent messages by pounding on hollow logs.
It’s no wonder Breitbart’s minions think a signal is being passed — this is, after all, the political movement whose greatest achievememnt was delivering a cake in the shape of a key to moderate elements in the Iranian government. Ensuring that we would never have to worry about Iranian meddling in our interests ever again.
…they prefer to wear color-coded costumes on the teevee
Well, it is either that or Gibbs is saying things like “The long sobs of the violins of autumn wound my heart with a monotonous languor” in response to questions. Or, “Les sanglots longs
des violons de l’automne blessent mon coeur d’une langueur monotone.” How would Chuck Todd respond to that?
Man, Breitbart’s gonna shit dildos when he finds out what it really is!
(And not just because he’ll need help using it…)
The wingnuts are running out of material. This is all they got to work the crazy with? Christ, Gibbs, throw ‘em a bone or something…
OH I forgot to say in the post that you should savor the Big Government comments. This is my favorite, so far:
OMG I am serious that is freaking me out. Imagine if Bush had worn something or other showing solidarity with some… I can’t think of the right-side equivalent of a Union… I don’t know, maybe if he wore a tie that said “Halliburton” or something like that. Congress would have started impeachment proceedings immediately.
Yeah, what if Bush WORE A TIE THAT SAID ‘HALLIBURTON’, it’d be basically the same thing Gibbs did yesterday.
qwerty42: In my pretend life I am an agent who parachutes into Occupied France and does secret agenty things, so I now officially adore you for that reference.
This gives Graham and his coffee klatsch the perfect excuse to bust out those satin team jackets with “Pink Ladies” embroidered on the back when the time comes for this reconciliation business. You know, to show solidarity.
Michelle Malkin will be sending frothing teabaggers to harrass the 9 year old in question at her chemo ward in 3… 2… 1…
qwerty42: Without the aid of his trusty Tapper, Todd would be totally ineffectualy.
Extemporanus: Doubles for snorkeling or “motor homing.”
Mr Blifil: I like to tie mine in a cleat hitch when docking.
V572625694: Chicago politicians use color-coded bracelets to talk to their union overlords”
I totally just read that as “Chicago politicians use color-coded bracelets to talk to their unicorn overlords.”
Mine is more Hopey-licious!
Before the unions fucked it all up this 9 year-old would have a sweatshop job and get health care from her work like a real American. Instead this ‘cancer’ victim is sucking the big government tit dry like the welfare queen she is. Why does Robert Gibbs hate children having health care?
I thought purple was Trig’s color.
Jim Newell: Halliburton is the right wing equivalent of a union? it makes so much sense now.
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Okay, but this clearly doesn’t explain the pink triangle on his sleeve. Let me know the truth. Let me know the truth…
Since the “Chicago Way” as I understand it is “never bring a knife to a gun fight”, I’m wondering what kind of fight Kyle Olsen thinks we’re having that the primary weapon is a purple rubber band.
Jim Newell: dammit Jim, you communist. You know in your heart of hearts that the GOP-controlled congress (then or now) would have impeached Bush in a heartbeat if he ever fucked up.
When Kyle Olsen wears lavender he is signaling Breitbart to meet him for a quicky in the executive suit. So he knows how these things work. Dilly dilly.
Jim Newell: Oh, of course — because Congress was just waiting for Dubya to slip up and do something illegal and they would’ve been on his ass right away. It’s just unfortunate that his administration was such a bastion of integrity that it would’ve been like finding some dirt on Dudley Do-Right. I’d like to know what some of these peoples’ recollections of the past twenty years really are — it would be truly mind-boggling.
Despite my nom de wonkerre there is nothing funny about cancer. Although, I did meet a guy named Lou Keemia once.
Vince Foster wore a purple bracelet. . . .just sayin’.
There sure seems to be a lot of ear-fucking references in Wonkette today. There’s a secret message in _that_ somewhere.
kaykel96:
We used to get a higher class of bots around here…
kaykel96: Fuck-ing shit. can you at least program the bot to be less repetitive? This one sounds like Jim deMint
Tommmcatt: I dunno, “ag e-mingle” sounds like a cool place for farmers to meet up online.
As bad as the wignut’s stretching to smear Democrats can be, usually it’s at least plausible. Well, except for the all-the-world’s-scientists-created-global-warming-as-a-hoax-for-some-reason thing. And the Obama-was-secretly-born-in-Kenya thing. And the Clintons-secretly-killed-Vince-Foster-and-other-people thing. And the health-reform-means-death-panels-for-old-people thing. Anyway, where was I? Oh yes, this is crazy, even for them.
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Joehoya: They are just modern guys, of course they’ve had it in the ear before. Tomorrow: hypnotizing chickens.
Limeylizzie: yes, well, John has a long mustache.
Maybe Gibbs was wearing the bracelet because of Big Labor but maybe it was done ironically? Like how hipsters wear John Deer trucker hats or Bon Jovi t-shirts.
Jim Newell: Yeah, what if Bush WORE A TIE THAT SAID ‘HALLIBURTON’, it’d be basically the same thing Gibbs did yesterday.
I’m pretty sure Bush wore a smirk every day that said “I just got sucked off again by a Halliburton lobbyist.”
Shit, these bozos have no clue what the “Chicago way” is. If Gibbs wanted to send a signal to SEIU, he would send Andy Stern a deep dish pizza with sausage made from random Republicans (Cantor or Boehner, maybe) - and then stuff a union gaurantee for all future government contracting in the box.
We ain’t exactly subtle out here. Just ask Blago.
Sparky McGruff: Green dildos would obviously be a message to AFSCME, AFL-CIO. If he wears gray pants, must be the Steelworkers. Don’t know if their color is gray, but steel is. Brown–meh, CWA–like copper wire, for . . .
Jesus. Watching ads against Health Care Reform has sucked out my brain. What the fuck difference does the color a shirt make? Fuck me, these people are massive dickwadddy douches.
I thought “the Chicago Way” had something to do with pizza?
qwerty42: Marie’s kitten is drinking milk
Tommmcatt: Kaykel is a pretty lame ‘bot, huh?
Tommmcatt: I thought it had something to do with hard-hitting defense, Hall of Fame linebackers, and a heavy reliance on the running game.
DustBowlBlues:
Yeah. Remember the Borgen Project? Now that was some hot bot action…
What a coincidence I’m wearing my “I hope Kyle Olsen gets the Monkey Flu” bracelet right now!
kaykel96: I’ve got a better idea. Why don’t you go fuck yourself?
Come here a minute: so did… Jimmy Hoffa !
Jim Newell: No, this one is better:
“Um, does anyone ese realize that the actual colors of the AntiChrist are in fact purple and gold?
What are SEIU’s colors? (Purple and gold)
What colors were prominent during Obama’s last healthcare speech? (Gold backdrop, purple tie)
They always wear a hint or purple, sometimes partnered with gold elsewhere.
Hellllllo? Anyone home? Nothing to see here people, move along. Just coincidental colors, that’s all, go back to sleep… ”
The Anti-Christ has “actual colors.” Colors that the SEIU selected for that very reason. Colors that people in the Obama Administration occasionally wear, also for that reason. IT’S NOT A COINCIDENCE, PEOPLE. Helllllllo.
Perhaps Pantone’s color trend forecasters can tell us exactly when the End of Days will be. It won’t be this year, because turquoise is supposed to be 2010’s Color of the Year. It means abortions or something.
Sorry, folks. I’m kaykel96’s older boyfriend; she calls me,”Daddy.” She’s been a brat all day, asking for it, and she’s gonna get a spanking.
Extemporanus: Why do I continue to click your links? I think I love you.
Jim Newell: Jesus, Bush could have come out with a strangled puppy dangling from his pierced scrotum, and these dumbshits wouldn’t have seen a problem with it.
ShamWow: Before the unions fucked it all up this 9 year-old would have a sweatshop job and get health care from her work like a real American.
And by “health care” you mean she would have had a handful of vicodin shoved in her mouth, stuffed in a burlap sack with a few bricks, and then thrown in a pond, right?
BAM, that’s a nice turnaround: Not only does he bring in cancer, but he urges people to *pray*, something we all know Real Americans do. Tighten up your cock ring, Breitbart, it’s gonna be a long night.
Yes, because if the administration was in league with the Antichrist, they would broadcast it on national television (even if only in a manner a mental patient would “get”).
Nice to see the conservative movement has devolved to trying to come up with the most interesting performance art.
Lake Affected: Hmmm. Purple and gold… aren’t those the colors of a Catholic priest’s vestment? Could it be???? Obama is the next Pope! Oh, Baby, it’s ON!!!
Lake Affected: I love the “move along people” wake-up-sheeple-ism at the end, too. IF YOU CAN’T TELL WHAT THE ANTICHRIST’S COLOR SCHEME IS, YOU’RE ALREADY DOOMED TO BE LEFT BEHIND COME RAPTURE, IT’S SO OBVIOUS!
Breitbart runs a correction on his site in 3…2…1…
We all know purple is the color of not only the anti christ, but teh gay teletubby too.
Berkeley Bear: Cantor’s Jewish so he can’t be made into sausage. Perhaps a nice, juicy brisket.
imissopus: There should be a correction on this some time after the unedited “ACORN sting” tapes are released.
Apparently the state of Minnesota is fucked when the rapturing starts…
Thank god the colors in question weren’t red, gold & green.
Single Player: And countless college basketball teams. We are so screwed.
imissopus: You could make sausage out of Cantor. Think of Kosher Knackwurst or a nice Frankfurter. You just can’t mix him in with the goy or serve him on a cheese pizza.
The more recent comments, by the way, are priceless. My favorite is,
“it’s for a nine year old girl with cancer.
stay classy, tho you guys. seriously. “
gjdodger: [Cue Beavis and Butthead voices]
“Cancer is funny. He heh heh heh heh.”
“No it’s not, you dumbass.”
“He looks like a dong with hair. He heh heh heh heh.”
“You said ‘dong’. He heh heh heh heh.”
Lake Affected: Omagawd! Here in the Bay Area there are all these elderly women wearing purple because they all read that 1960’s Jenny Joseph poem about how when they were old, they’d wear purple - and most of them are still BLONDE! Whew! Now I know they’re actually the anti-christ, parading their evil through the innocent streets of San Francisco. Consider me warned.
Radiotherapy: Was Lou’s mother Sarah Palin by any chance?
Lake Affected: And I… I have a gold one! Does this mean that me and Robert Gibbs are Anti-Christ buddies?
Hopefully this one get’s past the 24 hr moderator:
“IF YOU KNOW MATH, PURPLE IS BLUE + RED. BLUE IS OBVIESLY THE COLOR OF DEMRATS AND RED, WELL, WE KNOW THAT COLOR IS FOR (COMMIE!). BUT THEN AGAIN THE LIBTARDS CANT FIND A CLUE IF IT SH1T ON THEM.
GOD BLESS AMERICA.”
El Pinche: hahaha “get’s”….going full retard ain’t easy.
El Pinche: hahah once you get in the zone you can’t help it. it’s called method trolling.
I thought the Chicago Way was “they pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue.”
Actually, I think they might be on to something here. After all, the Haymarket Bombing famously occurred because someone wore the wrong color tie.
kaykel96: Unless you are the Pele of anal, you are out of your league here.
Okay, Big Government is, like Big Hollywood, a veritable Bruegelesque harvest festival of insanity. One of the funniest montages is the rant about how President Obama is going to take away your right to fish.
That dude points to, as his source, an essay on espn.com about a fishing strategy that some task force is working on that would limit commercial fishing. The author actually says “Led by NOAA’s Jane Lubchenco, the task force has shown no overt dislike of recreational angling.” But he then goes on an alarmist tack about how nothing precludes the task force’s recommendations applying to game and recreational and inland fishing — so — maybe — our Socialist Muslim Overlord is going to take away Opie’s fishing pole. Hysteria ensues.
betterDeadThanRed: But that would only matter if the audience was keeping Kosher. As far as I know, Stern isn’t observant.
Now, as to blood libel, I assume he’s like every other powerful Jew, and had to consume the blood of virginal Christians to seal his pact with the Devil. Apparently while wearing purple and gold to fit in with Satan’s decor.
Cranky Little Camperette: These days, it’s more like “they ask for a job, you ask for a bribe. They ask to build a hospital, you ask for another bribe. They want to be a US Senator, you ask for a fucking load of cash, because this thing is fucking golden.” Obama doesn’t seem to be a follower of the Chicago Way (Blago Edition), much to the chagrin of the folks who assumed his election would lead to widespread graft on a scale not seen since the last Illinois favorite son was in the White House (Grant, although some of Lincoln’s advisor’s made a lot of money off the Civil War).
SayItWithWookies: Oh — and the ESPN.com editor actually apologized for not clearly labeling the story as opinion and misleading a bunch of readers into thinking it was factual. Four days after said apology, Big Government dude publishes his essay without taking note of the apology. Facts would just confuse people.
Mad Brahms: I know, like, it takes a super-discerning patriot to notice the obvious Anti-Christ color scheme being flaunted, complete with official SEIU/666 lavender silicone wristband, but MY GOD, once you have it pointed out to you…how can you possibly accept the denials of the White House? “Nah, we aren’t wearing these things to communicate our allegiance to His Dark Majesty, our Lord Satan of the Netherworld, for whom we will claim the soul of this great country. It’s for kids with cancer.” You buy that? Have fun in your FEMA re-education camps, sheeple!!!!!!!!!!
Nope. Couldn’t keep a straight face while I typed it.
Berkeley Bear: I had always heard it was the blood of Muslim children. I suppose either will work, and if you have a lot of matzo to bake before Passover you may not have time to be choosy.
Berkeley Bear: Wasn’t Reagan the last favorite son of Illinois to be president? I”m pretty sure he’s from Dixon, the hometown of my (thankfully non-gipper) father. And Iran-Contra counts as some pretty delicious graft!
Mister Olsen, as you astutely suggest, purple is also the color of the Catholic Church’s Marxist celebration of Lent and “socialist justice“.
Thanks, Kyle O., for pointing out the Pontius Pilate got it right.
But who killed the Kennedys? Was it you or was it me?
IgnatiusReilly: I’m not sure why you continue to click my links either, especially considering how HTML copy & paste errors — and typo-marred commentary — regularly render them fucking retarded, rather than fucking hilarious.
I blame your drunk-ass gold digger of a mother.
Jim Newell:
“if Bush had worn something or other showing solidarity with some…”
Bush did. In solidarity with the unconscious, Bush worn med-bracelet which said, “If you find me speaking in public, force feed me three gin and tonics, no lime”. Only fair.
S.Luggo: oops. Bush “wore”.
On a less grammatical note, I would like to hunt down Kyle Olsen and smear his smugness with goat feces. Aside from the fact that such would wrong, the demand for goat feces has soared ever since CPAC.
Jim Newell: Bush started to ILLEGAL WARS and Congress did shit. Fat chance he’d be impeached for wearing a tie.
Lake Affected: I can vouch for the truth of that post. My Junior High School colors were purple and gold; our mascot was the devil and all of our banners included “666″.
The Lucky Wife: Purple and gold are also University of Washington’s colors. Makes perfect sense, what with librul commie pinko Seattle full of teh gays just cold assfucking in the streets. IT’S ALL COMING TOGETHER!!!!!11111!!!!!1
So I go to Wikipedia, I type in Purple and Gold, and I find out that Prince is a Minnesota Vikings fan, that Purple and Gold are also the colors of the Los Angeles Lakers, Louisiana State University, the Chi Psi fraternity and Richard Nixon’s old Alma Mater, Whittier college, among many others. Not a word about any antichrist on the first 6 pages.
So then I type in Colors of the antichrist and I get a whole slew of wingnutty pages, a couple of mentions of gold, one thing about purple and scarlet clothing with gold jewelry, and the invaluable information that the antichrist will be Danish, because they are from the tribe of Dan, obviously.
So, being persistent if not thorough, I type in “Colors of the Antichrist Purple and Gold” and I am led back here to my Wonkette.
Jim Newell:
No tie, but Bush does have Halliburton tattooed on the check of his arse.
Shorter fReichtard: Stern? That’s a Joo Name. Gibbs is sending secret signals to the secret Joos who secretly control the world!! In secret!!!
Christ, these people are so fucking tone deaf they can’t tell a dog whistle from a train whistle.
Reminds me of an article I saw in an underground newspaper in Pittsburgh years ago. There was actually a table showing different colors of hankies worn on the right or left depicting what kind of sex acts homos performed and whether they were tops or bottoms.
Gibbs was actually saying in code that he enjoys a good reacharound after a Cleveland Steamer. I think.
Mad Brahms: I grew up in California, brainwashed into thinking Reagan was one of “ours”. Sort of like shrub and Texas. Reagan definitely doesn’t have the profile in Illinois he does in Santa Barbara - although maybe in Dixon (and Elmira College).
gurukalehuru: Not only are purple and gold LSU’s team colors, but they got there because they’re also two of three emblematic colors of Mardi Gras/Carnival. Looks like Jack Chick was right about those Catholics, after all!
I’m a Chicago native and I’m pretty sure the “Chicago way” is to wrap that little bracelet around your throat and “explain” things to you while snipping off fingers with a cigar cutter. But maybe this is kinder, gentler Chicago politiks.
I’m more concerned that Gibbs apparently believes that bracelets and prayer have some effect on cancer. Is this a signal that health care is no longer important?
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“Am I making too much out of nothing? Maybe. Who knows.”
Indeed, it IS hard to know things when you don’t LOOK INTO THEM. Who would have thought?
Kid with cancer my ass? Does that kid know how much I pay in taxes? I’m tired of all these Democrats like Gibbs and their heartbreaking “stories” about health care.
qwerty42: Or, “The fat man does his laundry at midnight.”
mardam422: I was about to go to work, but now I think I better change my tie first.
Which color signifies a threesome with 20yr old Japanese twins?
comicbookguy: Bluekkake.
Extemporanus: Or bukhaki.
Limeylizzie: Just beware the gummi fallschirmjagers . . .
shortsshortsshorts: Shorts! You grace us with your presence. Color me pleased. Or color by bracelet, whatever.
OMG, the comments here are…full of the awesome. You folks surely can give as good as you get.
The Silver Fox. That is hilarious. I’d add that the “nine year old needs to get off her butt and get a job”.
Oh, I do honestly wish her well.