America’s first black Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, was written off for dead by the so-called experts because of the mighty, mighty Republican/Teabagger opponents running against him in Nevada. Gosh, the Tea Party even drove many of their sedans and creaking RVs to Reid’s tiny mining-post hometown of Searchlight, where Alaskan anger bear Sarah Palin briefly stepped out of her golden chariot (that belonged to somebody else) to bless whatever local nutter was running for Reid’s seat. And now? Chicken-bartering wingnut Sue Lowden had been the favorite to defeat Reid, but new polls show her support down to a within-the-margin-of-error 3-point lead over Sour Harry, with 10% undecided and 6% saying “none of ‘em” and 3% saying “other teabaggers.” Michelle Obama is on her way to Nevada to activate the Muslim Voting Armies of Las Vegas, and a slight improvement in Nevada’s slots/hotel-based economy would make a big difference, with unemployment currently at 13.7%. [Washington Post]- Good news for gay people who want to get killed fighting brown people in Central Asia and the Middle East: The House of Representatives voted to repeal the military’s official ban on being homosexual, and the Senate armed services committee approved similar legislation. It will be a proud day for Equality when a cargo plane lands in America with nothing but rainbow-flag-covered coffins. [Reuters]
- That plume of dark horror from the Gulf has been stopped, for the time being, by BP’s bold “Buttplug in the Bottom of the Sea.” But the oil could start pouring out again at any moment, so … Happy Memorial Day weekend? Barack Obama will be on the Gulf coast today to yell at the water. [NY Times]
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May 28, 2010
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“It will be a proud day for Equality when a cargo plane lands in America with nothing but rainbow-flag-covered coffins.”
I’d like to describe that as “profound snark” but that’s an oxymoron, right?
And I’m sure Chicken Sue’s inability to formulate one thought about the Civil Rights Act probably didn’t help much. Surely she could have mustered an “I hate it!” to bolster her Tea Bag cred. That would have skyrocketed her ratings.
Could it be that Sue Lowden’s campaign ads in the Nevada Poultry Fancier’s Journal aren’t working? I’ll have a breast, please.
Also:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37852.html
Has anyone see Dick Cheney lately? Is he in his secret lair planning a heroic rescue of the spilling oil? Sarah Palin’s latest Facebook rant is Passing The Buck Doesn’t “Plug the D#*! Hole”. She wouldn’t pass the buck. The buck lands right in her bank account.
And Charlie Christ bravely weighs in on the DADT issue:
Ultimately, as in all military matters I defer to the Pentagon and to the Generals and what the Senate is doing today is giving them the ultimate authority to do what is best for our military. So, I would be inclined to support the Senate’s action on this.
Actually, I think it was more like BP’s “Mud Enema in the Bottom of the Sea”, but either way, BP is giving a high hard one to the people and sea life of Mississippi and Louisiana.
Daddy will plug the hole.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To vote for Harry “spineless” Reid because it was scared shitless that that crazy bitch Lowden would cause chicken genocide in the name of health care “reform.”
For Harry Reid, victory tastes like chicken.
[re=587168]Texan Bulldoggette[/re]: Didn’t she offer to accept her pay in chickens?
“Good news for gay people who want to get killed fighting brown people”
You’d think baggers would’ve been *behind* this (*rim* shot) from the beginning. Since they hate ‘em both, it’s win-win.
And somebody should tell teh Count of Orangey Cristo that the military defers to the civilian authority, else we’re fucked. Oh never mind, I forgot – we *are* fucked.
What’s Reid done to piss off the people of Nevada so much? That anyone is willing to vote for the chicken lady after she proved herself to be such a complete and total moron is mind-boggling.
Wait, I forgot that to the wignuts being stupid is actually a positive trait for a politician.
Heh. You said butt plug.
I was trying to explain to my daughter last night that my grandfather had stolen chickens to eat, during the depression, out of sheer hunger. Then we got to what he did with them after he stole them, and that they were dead when he ate them, and how they came to be dead after being alive. (She’s 4, and a good one with the questions.) Then she asked about Grandpa, and it turns out that he’s dead now, because he was very old before, and no, she can’t see him…
I’m sorry – this chicken issue is really hitting a nerve with me today – the rest of you go on – I’ll catch up. I just need a minute.
DADT exiting gaily, stage left. Harry Truman issued an Executive Order integrating the armed forces in 1948 and it’s only taken 62 years to finally get there.
Oh wait, there still are some grrrl issues outstanding. Never mind.
[re=587170]S.Luggo[/re]: That headline writer needs to work on his poultry puns.
Georgie plugged the hole. Right Condi?
So Harry Reid’s a deadhead?
So Harry Reid’s a deadhead? Who knew?
Keep fucking that chicken, Sue.
I’m sure Nevada would like a Brewster’s Millions option.
Ron Paul voted for the DADT repeal. Gays must serve in the military; it’s in the Constitution.
[re=587173]disgustedcitizen[/re]: Mud enema-gack, now I have coffee and chunks of everything bagel coming out of my nose. I don’t mind the coffee, but the bagel gets stuck in my sinuses, causing my brain artery to swell shut. Now I want to vote for Dick “Dick” Cheney again.
For Harry Reid, the Ides of March are come, but they are not gone.
Today, like Smedley Butler, we are all, gays included, gangsters for Big Oil.
Aw man, are we going to have to keep Reid around? I wanted to see Chuck Schumer cut someone.
The secret that many republicans in Nevada don’t really want you to know is that they would rather keep Harry Reid over a freshman republican senator. Having the SML from your state even if he’s of the opposite party is a big deal and has a huge influence on the federal dollars that come here. The smart republicans (I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but there are some smart ones out there) know this. Reid also knows water and mining rights like no one else, and both of those issues are very important out here. As Mark Twain once said, “Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over.”
[re=587168]Texan Bulldoggette[/re]: Sue plans to announce the businessed shout allow to serve only the white meat.
[re=587183]FMA[/re]: win
Any truth to the rumor that BP got that buttplug from Rush Limbaugh?
[re=587189]JMP[/re]:
“Would you have voted for the Civil Rights Act?”
“That’s a ‘Gotcha’ question and I’m not going to answer it.”
How extreme are these people?
I am still not sure how this new conservative tactic of telling everyone gays are unstoppable killing machines is supposed to convince people to not let them in the military.
“Barack Obama will be on the Gulf coast today to yell at the water.”
Just like a Republican, blaming the victim.
[re=587173]disgustedcitizen[/re]:
“Actually, I think it was more like BP’s “Mud Enema in the Bottom of the Sea”, but either way, BP is giving a high hard one to the people and sea life of Mississippi and Louisiana.”
AND Alabama. BP’s rig is only 100 miles from the coastal town where I live. Why is it that catastophes most always fall on the poors? Ever see a tornado hit a mansion? Always trailer parks.
Could they vote “all of them”? You betcha.
[re=587231]Red Zeppelin[/re]: Chicken fucking is best when you break one wing for the happy ending.
Spin spin spin.
[re=587190]proudgrampa[/re]: Thinking of that I gotta go now for a Tea Bag Movement.
Gonna go for a good old BM “W”.
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