What is Hurricane Isaac to certain more outspoken member of the Republican party? A disaster, perhaps, that could destroy the northern Gulf Coast yet again? Maybe it’s an Obama Commerce Department conspiracy. Or a welcome opening of the skies that keeps Joe Biden away. Or maybe it’s nothing, and no one should give a shit, as long as Republicans win the election. Let’s share some Republican “takes” on Hurricane Isaac, the official storm of RNC2K12.
Rush Limbaugh has a theory about Hurricane Isaac; let’s post it again. Limbaugh is very clear, while delivering his conspiracy theory, that he is not delivering a conspiracy theory:
Rush Limbaugh, while repeatedly insisting he is “not alleging a conspiracy,” suggested Monday that the National Hurricane Center’s forecast models for Tropical Storm Isaac were altered to help President Barack Obama and “cast a pall” over the Republican National Convention.
“I’m not alleging conspiracies here. The Hurricane Center is the regime; the Hurricane Center is the Commerce Department,” Limbaugh said on his talk show. “It’s the government. It’s Obama.”
But according to Ted Cruz, then, isn’t the evil Obama Commerce Department doing Republicans a favor? “We have some many things to be thankful for, so many blessings,” Cruz said at yesterday’s Faith and Freedom Coalition gathering in Tampa. “We can be thankful for Hurricane Isaac. If nothing else it kept Joe Biden away.”
Rep. Darrell Issa said he “doesn’t care” about a hurricane ruining everything, as long as he can turn it into a terrible metaphor about Republicans regaining control of the White House:
“I think what you have to remember is Republicans are going to take Washington by storm on January 20th of next year, so if this is the first storm of Republicans taking control of our country again, making America competitive again, I’m fine with that. I don’t care if we get blown in by a hurricane or a tornado, ultimately there’s going to be an earthquake in Washington next January.”
And with that, all opinions about Hurricane Isaac have been offered.
[Politico, Buzzfeed, Politico]
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… and this is Obama's fault, right?
You had to ask?
He's Storm. Barack Obama is just his secret identity, he's really an African princess with the mutant power to control the weather… You should see him with his weave, uhh… girlfriend!
That does explain why his hair has been going white so fast.
Of course. If a bitterly flaps its wings in the Sahara it can cause a volcano to erupt, yada yada
Same thing…if a fascist, commie, black man is born in Kenya…same thing.
Not to nitpick, but I think it's kinda funny that in a comment about the Republicans bitching and moaning about Obama yet again, you typed "butterfly" as "bitterly".
And I read it as 'bitterfly'… Go figure.
I thought it was *deliberate.* Damn, Wonketz, u r 2 CLEVER 4 MEEEE!
Whoopsie! I'd blame autocorrect for that one, but it was probably Freudian.
Butterfly!
You know that stiff neck you woke up with the other day?
Obama's fault.
And that extra three pounds that just appeared out of nowhere?
Totally Obama's fault.
And that dickhead who wouldn't let you merge onto the freeway?
Taking orders directly from the Kenyan muslin.
etc.
If you're going to speculate that Barack Obama has his hands on HAARP and can somehow control or even influence severe weather, it might be a good idea to try to get on his good side, instead of pissing him off.
Just sayin'. After all, these are the asshats who pray to get in God's good graces ahead of tornado season or hurricane season or blizzard season or…or just after the indictment's been handed up.
Rep. Darrell Issa said “I think what you have to remember is Republicans are going to take Washington by storm on January 20th…"
Well, sorta like a storm – they'd definitely leave devastation in their wake.
Darrell Issa knows about taking things. If Obama leaves the window open, Darell will hotwire the election and drive it off to a chop shop.
Man, that deserves to be tattooed on someone. Like Darrell Issa. WIth votes.
I'm sure there will be many attendees taking shelter in Tampa's fine homosexual-populated-adult-beverage-serving establishments.
Oh, hell to the yeah. Street hustlers are totes excited about this because the Repubs like to flash cash.
HI Z!!!!!!!
Hey, sweetpea! So glad to see youse! (Hugs the little star, kisses each cheek)
Is the Republican meltdown fun or wut? You got popcorn? (proffers bowl)
Etiquette requires that the popcorn come out awhile after the bowl has been passed and taken effect.
*Hugs teh Z back. I luuuurves me a good republican meltdown. Is that carmel popcorn?
Electric Six was made for this moment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulPgWVC08KI
You forgot Michele Bachmann!
Something Rush Limbaugh has never seen.
The link is here. I was trying to fix it when someone replied, damnit:
Yeah–I know I'm praying for a hurricane (of votes!) to wipe out the Reeps…
Wait, what? She's pouring out a 40 for who, now?
Careful, Michele. Watch out for flying houses.
That curly-feet bit creeps me out, every time.
"What in the hell is that woman talking about?" – What I say every time I hear Michele Bachman talk.
I'm ready to "suit up'" for the convention. Now where did I put my Speedo?
Is she showing one and all the size of Marcus' corn dog?
Marcus hasn't ever let her see that… No, Marcus is a good christian man and he won't allow his god fearin' wife to see his penis until 6 months after he's dead.. That's in the bible!
(Note: His buddies are allowed to come over and play with it all the time because that's just good christian fun!)
Rush Limbaugh is a fat, fucking idiot.
QED
It looks kind of like a misshapen conical dick.
Limbaugh?
Who knows; under that FUPA I doubt anyone has seen what that dick looks like in half a century.
I just meant Limbaugh himself.
And who would want to????? Ick, ick, idk…..
Or part of a woman's anatomy:
http://weknowawesome.com/2012/08/27/giant-uterus-…
That'll get the Republicans to run away screaming.
And why wouldn't a giant uterus be headed directly for Florida? It's America's Wang.
'Conical Dong'– think of it as a sequel to Tubular Bells.
That Kenyan usurper in the WH have got the Gopers so off-balance, they can't stay on message like they used to. Their opinions are all over the place; it's actually quite refreshing, or would be if they used their brains when forming their opinions.
Luntz didn't have enough time to poll this and give them the right thing to say.
Most recent memo by Luntz: Just say whatever on rape, what's the worst that could happen?
I knew Barry controlled the weather! Yay!
So he's to blame for this nearly 120 damned degree heatwave in this god forsaken desert, too?
Man, it's been hot even up here in the low foothills. Fucking Obammaz.
(Although it cooled off a bit today — probably Bamz snickering about the cancellation of the first day of the RNC).
I tell you, this man Obama is so powerful, I’m scared. Its like he’s the god of hellfire.
Arthur Brown LIBEL!
OT, but true: a friend was in a Kmart years ago when this song came up in the Muzak rotation on the PA. "I am the god of hellfire! And I bring you [beep] "SHOES!" [beep]…" and the song continued.
Hahaha.
It's always great when someone has some 'Mart balls!
Yes, but does he also control the weather underground…?
It is well known that he pals around with terrorists.
Above ground, underwater — he controls that shit ERwhere!
Barack Obama is Storm from the X-Men.
I'm confused. So are they saying it's Obama's fault or are they calling it the wrath of God coming down to sweep the Republicans into power in which case, shouldn't it have hit Broward County and not Tampa?
I don’t care if we get blown in by a hurricane or a tornado, ultimately there’s going to be an earthquake in Washington next January.”
Rule #1 of living in earthquake country: We Don't Fuck Around With Earthquake Jokes
No shit. (Hugs MissTaken in a way meant to be comforting, and yet scared.)
Earthquake country? Is that NoVa?
Prolly more like SoMa.
Will anyone outside California understand that?
No. However, the big pharma conspiracy theorists are almost certainly going to conflate it with Prozac.
It is my distinct pleasure to announce that I finally have a single follower. It took me several hours deconstructing HTML to figure out who it was so that I could return the favor, and found, to my untrammeled and thoroughly egotistical delight that it is our very own MittBorg. I have rarely had that kind of compliment, and would be even more delighted if IntenseDebate's follow-this-person link actually did what it was advertised to do. Perhaps IntenseDebate dislikes Safari, not sure, but I'll try another browser or two on the morrow.
Thank you, sir/ma'am, you made an aging nerd very happy. I'm equally sure this won't do my reputation meter any good, but I am way past caring about that.
I hear you.
Those damn Fracking Earthquakes suck big time.
I thought hurricanes were reserved for gays and heathens. I guess god just doesn't give a shit anymore.
Let the indiscriminate smitings begin!
It's almost as though this "god" person doesn't exist or if (s)he does that (s)he doesn't have any control over the weather or… well… much of anything else…
But that couldn't be!
They say this God works in mysterious ways — it's a kind of cosmic "Get out of jail free" card which means they can say any damned thing about him that comes into their heads.
Au contraire, I'd say god is displaying a convincing bias TOWARDS gays and heathens and against these fucking louts who have been trying to convince the rest of us they speak in its name.
Seems just as, if not more, likely…
I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying the Republican meltdown, because it would totally fucking ruin my reputation here of being, you know, a *nice* guy.
Maybe this shows that the Republican Party is made up of gays and heathens.
It is all starting to make sense.
Or perhaps it is that whole "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to get into heaven" thing.
God is just chaotic….wild….
Since when has the modern Republican Party not been populated by (closet) gays and (closet) heathens?
Hurricane Isaac is a wingnut's conspiracy theory of the black man giving whitey the "Shaft." Just like "Katrina and the Waves" was another conspiracy to show how clueless and aloof Bush II was.
They know who's a sex machine with all the chicks. (Can you dig it?)
Oh, I'd LERVE to give these mofux the shaft till they scream "Just the tip!" They need the mother and father of an asskicking, and it looks like Mother Nature has decided to deliver it herself.
Borg, please… for your own sake… at LEAST triple bag before shafting any of these degenerates…
HAHAHA, you're kidding, right? Because I was planning on doing them with Ann Coulter's dick.
You seem to be feeling pretty spry today.
Not even with someone else's dick. It is tempting though to" sell them a rat's asshole as a wedding ring" (if that wasn't such a Republican thing to do).
Basically, Obama is Cobra Commander with his weather dominator and the GOPers are G.I. Joe with Glory Hole Grip.
Most excellent comment, Dude! I read it an hour ago and I'm still laughing.
"I don’t care if we get blown…"
Oh someone's getting blown in Tampa. I guess it's better than "forcible rape" since people got all pissy about it.
It's just a shame that we have such a spineless media, because it would be wonderful to catch these people doing all sorts of nasty stuff while they were in Tampa and broadcasting it on the internet and all those news shows.
One less day of misquoting Obama and claiming lower taxes are God's will. Yay.
Wait! Didn't Issa steal Isaac's hub caps back in the day?
Isaac, the hilarious bartender from the Love Boat? Nooooo!
And he sold them to his cousin Dough-Bro to make resonator guitars.
I wasn't going to reply to this stretch, but since no one else has, I'll just slide in this comment.
Doe that make them National-ists?
An Open-ly G-rand comment!
DTIDSWYDT.
GOP weather forecast stupid followed by heavy down pours of fucktard.Winds blowing from they're asses,heavy chops to Medicare,and a huge tidal surge of tax cuts for the super wealthy.
Issa: "I also hear the hired boys of Tampa are volcanically hot."
You missed this flake.
When did Mimi Bobeck become a pastor?
I was waiting for the first repub to say how God specifically saved the convention from the storm.
But god doesn’t see fit to save the people in the direct path of Isaac, does he? I guess no one is praying for them.
Nobody prays for poors…
They can't afford the postage to get their message across.
So it can hit those worthless blahs in New Orleans again, (see God's Wrath, above)….
I wonder how the folks in, say, Biloxi, will respond to this news.
They gon' be lovin' them some Rev. Dumbfuck.
I'm sure that worked, so now it's up to some god-awful bible church in Mississippi/Louisiana to pray it over to Houston/Galveston, who can punt it on to Mexico to become "What hurricane?".
I'm surprised they haven't gone with the "God shifted the storm west so it didn't hit Tampa" line.
…yet.
See el_donaldo above.
Oops.
Well at least your not surprised anymore. More like Prophetic.
I understand that Rev. Pat Robertson has said precisely that – the very same Rev. Robertson whom God keeps alive so that sane people can laugh at him and remember why not to vote for Republicans.
ultimately there’s going to be an earthquake in Washington next January
The Seattle Wonkette drinky thing with the Editrix is being postponed? Becca you said sometime in September???
I don’t care if we get blown in by a hurricane or a tornado
We shall be blown on the beaches, we shall be blown on the landing grounds, we shall be blown in the fields and in the streets, we shall be blown in the hills; we shall never reach around !!
I will stand on record as saying that I will get blown on the beaches, I will get blown on the landing grounds, I will get blown in the fields and in the streets, I will be blown in the hills….
So… who's offering?
"I don’t care if we get blown in by a hurricane or a tornado"
That makes two of us.
Oh, a mighty wind's a-blowin'..
It's blowin' you and me
In my dreams.
Great movie.
Much preferable when Bush had no fucking clue NO was about to be drowned while he ate cake, played pretend guitar, and had to have his staff prepare a DVD of collected news broadcasts to get "the Decider" up to speed.
And you are correct. There is no way anybody would be crass enough to presume that the people advising Bush might have had drowning NO on their agenda to be a case study on how little we need "wasteful government programs."
Crikey! Will someone please get on the blower to Obama's Regime Weather Hurricane Office and find out is this or is this not a legitimate hurricane? And don't you believe any of those science analyzing types, you make sure to speak to a supervisor!
We'll know in a month or so if it was legitimate if Florida winds up pregnant…
You'd think with all of the viagra in that state, it would be able to get it up a little higher.
This is not a question for "science" it is a question for Miss Cleo.
Is it wrong to hope that 50,000 people will be swept out to sea?
Think of them as a corporation, my friend.
Who the hell can fuck in this weather?
Find me 3 or 4 brave womenfolk and I will give 'er the old college try!
Not ME, dood. I'm just minding my own beeswax over here.
I suppose, if you got all gussied up, it might be possible.
These are the winds that come with the tropical hurricane.
These are the coconuts falling on your head.
This is the rain that comes with the tropical hurricane.
Oh, great. Now it's "let 'em eat earthquake."
Must consult the rhyming dictionary to find out what's next.
What's next? Well after it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane – Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn, world serves its own needs, dummy serve your own needs. Feed it off an aux speak, grunt, no, strength, The ladder starts to clatter with fear fight down height. Wire in a fire, representing seven games, a government for hire and a combat site. Left of west and coming in a hurry with the furies breathing down your neck. Team by team reporters baffled, trumped, tethered cropped. Look at that low playing! Fine, then. Uh oh, overflow, population, common food, but it'll do. Save yourself, serve yourself. World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed dummy with the rapture and the revered and the right – right. You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light, feeling pretty psyched. It's the end of the world as we know it.
They're rioting in Africa, they're starving in Spain.
There's hurricanes in Florida, and Texas needs rain.
The whole world is festering with unhappy souls.
The French hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Poles.
Italians hate Yugoslavs, South Africans hate the Dutch.
And I don't like anybody very much!
But we can be tranquil, and thankful, and proud,
For mans' been endowed with a mushroom-shaped cloud.
And we know for certain that some lovely day
Someone will set the spark off, and we will all be blown away.
They're rioting in Africa, there's strife in Iran.
What nature doesn't do to us, will be done by our fellow man.
Wasn't that the Kingston Trio version?….
Beefcake, please…
Pattycake
Hurricane Isaac Party!
Who has the safety glasses concession?
"I don’t care if we get blown in by a hurricane or a tornado…" OK, so the GOP is good with all the damage Isaac is sure to cause? Way to work for the people! Hurricane/Tornado 2012!
Art Bell seems to have given his empire over to Rush.
Art Bell is moderately entertaining… Rush is just insane…
Yeah, I listen to Coast to Coast, sue me… :P
I can see the beacon lights flashing atop Art's antenna array, about 7 or 8 miles away. He sold his radio station, but still has his compound.
Think of it this way, Art Bell ("Coast to Coast w/ George Noury?) is the whole of Weekly World News, Rush Limbaugh is just Ed Anger.
That Issa guy is heavy into his stormtrooper fantasies…
Conspiracy: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1015100986…
I KNEW the blahs were to blame!
Aren't they *always*?
Chef!
"Now, remember, children — a football is like a beautiful woman."
Rust Cornhole really thinks the NWS manipulated the weather models? He does realize there are other models than American ones right? What an insufferable butthole.
As someone whose various family members have survived Betsy, Camille, Rita, Gustav, and Katrina, I feel that I can safely say to all these pin-headed shitholes:
Fuck the motherfucking fucking fuck off, you fetid assbaskets. Enjoy Hell, also, too.
If I didn't know better, I'd think you were a tad *bothered* by the assfuckery of the Republican party.
ETA: Hoping you and all your family are safe.
I was supposed to report for active duty in Biloxi on the day Camille came ashore. I stopped in Jackson and went to Biloxi the day after, figuring nobody would care (they didn't — I probably could have waited a week, but then I would have missed the dead horses).
My point, such as it is — hurricanes, like earthquakes and tornadoes, are not fucking metaphors, and if this one happens to miss those fuckers in Tampax, it's gonna hit somebody else. Happily, it sounds like it'll only be a Cat 2.
It's a BIG fuckin' storm, though (we're getting occasional stray rain bands here in SC) so I hope all our Wonketteers stay safe.
As for only being Cat 2, I'll just leave this here as a reminder: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Allis…
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that a Cat 2 couldn't cause damage. Just that it probably won't carry freighters a half mile inland.
Sorry- I didn't intend to sound reproachful- I didn't think you were saying a Cat 2 wasn't dangerous.
Yes, all good thoughts to you and yourn and everyone else in the hurricane's path. Good thing is, state & Fed govt seem to be on top of this already, with lots of people jumping in to help others out. Obama has signed the emergency declaration for LA, and NOLA seems prepared.
Issa transcript reworked by NYT for greater clarity: "What will feel like hurricanes will blow us from the right, and tornadoes blow us from the left, until we can take no more blowing, and are left quaking in our airport restroom stalls. We will bring competitive blowing to Washington this winter, taking the city by storm."
And with that, all opinions about Hurricane Isaac have been offered.
Let's see — we've got conspiracy theory, extended clumsy metaphor, divine wrath, redemption from divine wrath, just plain stupid — wait, something's missing. What could it be? Oh yeah — science.
OT But much more adorable than the GOP http://www.flickr.com/photos/13152388@N00/7876564…
Is that your newbie? AWWW CUTE!
It's my stepdaughter's first baby, I am so smitten!
adorable.
So cute! And I'm not kidding, I felt love rays emanating from the photo, there was so much love directed at that baby.
"I'm asleep, dammit. I'll accept your adoration later."
Congrats to all.
Welcome to the world, Dakota! Lots of love and happiness, always!!!!!!
Welcome to the Garden of Earthly Delights.
Welcome to a billion Arabian nights.
BIRDS!
My beloved Goldfinches! Aren't they beautiful? You are such an avian lover.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww…
Llongyfarchiadau!
Yes, Nos Da.
This so reminds me of the birth of daughters. My wife looked at me after I brought each of them home on the 3rd or 6th day (complications with the 2nd daughter Loretta) and said "they learn hate." I'm proud of my daughters and I am proud for you Limey. Just don't let them learn hate. Celebrate these moments and mark every calender with birthdays and holidays.
I hope Mr. Limeylizzie health is well. And thank you for sharing this with all of us. It's a special moment.
Having a natural disaster in the middle of a man-made (literally, since no one on the platform comittee was equipped with a vagina) disaster might be enough to convince folks of the existence of some sort of supreme deity. It'll take a whole bunch of lightning bolts in fat spotty white asses to make the sale for me. But if that happened, I would be at the church door the next morning wallet open.
Hey, it's super SUPER easy for Christians to prove that they're right…
Just have their god come down and tell us that they're right… Like.. perform a few miracles create a universe y'know, pedestrian stuff for a god… Just have him come down and do it… That shouldn't be too complicated, right?
I don't think God is very much into these people, after all Jesus said the "meek will inherit the earth" and these jerks aren't paying attention to anything He said.
nawww, … meant for lizzie
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Obama and the Hurricane Center TOTALLY punk'd the GOP!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
They're RLY going to hate Science now.
APPARANTLY YOU LIBS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAARP IS AND THE GLOBAL POWER OBAMA AND NWO HAVE OVER CLIMATIC FREEDOM.
CHEMTRAILS!!!!
No one but me has control over my climatic freedom.
This reminds me of one of my favorite ecology terms: "Climax Forest".
Yes? (connects recording devices)
They did "Precious and Few" about ninety years ago, right?
Maybe not, but I can spell "apparently" without looking it up.
IM NOT A SLAVE TO AUTOCORREKSHUN!!
That was certainly anti-climatic.
Needs moar Lizard People.
Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout
Till you have drench'd our steeples, drown'd the cocks!
etc.
*Discreet "brava"*
If only.
What with all that blowing, drenching, cracking of cheeks and drowning of cocks, that kind of talk is absolutely unacceptable in Elements of Literature for Christian Schools. For shame.
Hmm. plan a convention in Florida during hurricane season and blame Nobama for the hurricane. Those fuckers have some real chootzpah alright.
I suppose to the GOP hurricanes are just another form of urban planning, much like "rape is another method of conception" (in the words of Paul Ryan). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-slansky-/paul-…
For New Orleans, Katrina was another form of very, very urban planning.
How long until a Republican points out that "Issac" is often a black man's name?
Yeah, like that Isaac dude in the Bibble.
He was on Love Boat and in the Bible?
That Rush is a dumb mutha…
Watch your mouth!
Just talkin' bout Rush!
Or one'a'them non-Christian types, if you know who I mean.
"“I’m not alleging conspiracies here. The Hurricane Center is the regime; the Hurricane Center is the Commerce Department,” Limbaugh said on his talk show. “It’s the government. It’s Obama.”"
Likewise, I am not commenting here. I am merely typing letters into the "post a new comment" box.
"I am not saying fuck you with a rusty chainsaw, Limbaugh; I am merely transmitting electrons into the intertubes."
Hurricane Isaac interrupts convention of men who like tying up young boys.
There are many songs about wind…and movies about blowing.
I don’t care if we get blown in by a hurricane…
Yes, well, we've all known that about the GOP since August, 2005.
You know Who Else liked to take countries by stürmen?
The Schutz-Staffel?
Bartenders?
Enough with the Isaac/Love Boat thing,already!
Eye agree. Let's abstain from further hurricane discussion.
BTW friend, that FZ quote is my favorite too. I also like "it's like punching an eclair."
Not really bitching, it's what we do here–pick a meme and wear it out.I like almost anything FZ said or wrote. I only got to see him live once, at the Berkeley Repertory Theater in 1980. Pissed me off that Frank could smoke onstage, but I couldn't in the cheap seats…
The Beatles?
Rossini?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKrz1pl9oPw&fe…
these are shameless people who karma takes it time with. probably
insufferable assholes
Well it is the republican convention so it would mean they are insufferable assholes.
Hurricanes have a liberal bias.
Go to Nawlins and tell 'em that.
It did seem to turn to the left.
“I think what you have to remember is Republicans are going to take Washington by storm on January 20th…"
I don't think I've heard anyone call an unfortunate episode of explosive mouth diarrhea a "storm" before.
Issa should do something productive with his life: like pursue changing the hurricane's name from Issac to Ronald Reagan. Or sticking a fork in his eye. Dickwad.
Can we crowdsource this? 'Cause I'm up for the fork.
One flay at a tine.
Not good enough. He should stick it through his eye into his brain and swirl it around for awhile.
Not like that would bother him in the slightest, since there's nothing *there.*
Issa is still pissed that Schwarzenegger screwed him and the maid, but only the maid got a house.
Just so long as it's not still a hurricane when it hits St. Louis, I'm good.
“I think what you have to remember is Republicans are going to take Washington by storm on January 20th"
And we all know how Republicans deal with storms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31ySL9ZHUiQ
Kind of off topic, but you want to know how worried Republicans are about November? Just look at the Republican pollsters trolling in states that aren't even close, but polling them with samples that make them look close. There was another poll out of Michigan, today, by Mitchell Research that shows a tie. This has been a polling trolling this state for months trying to make it look close. These fuckers are absolutely terrified.
Fear of a black planet.
If they were not terrified of losing so badly, there would not be the whole manufactured "voter fraud" meme (which of course requires disenfranchising non-whites, poors, etc.).
these are the comments that keep me coming back here like a bad addiction.
everywhere else i turn (including today: the economist's american coverage) immediately makes me want to slit my wrists b/c, it's so bloody close.
but it doesn't feel bloody close. but then what do i know?
so. i come back here like a bad addiction.
Again, only like two of the six or so regular pollsters that have polled here in Michigan show it tied. The two I'm talking about have routinely showed in tied for the last three months despite more reputable pollsters showing the president with a comfortable lead. There is NO WAY Michigan is closer than Ohio or Pennsylvania.
Yes, they are terrified, but they are also loaded with money and have demonstrated a willingness to play very, very dirty and to steamroll voter and civil rights to get what they want. The feces they've been throwing at Obama the last four years is nothing compared to what I expect to see in the next two months. Send $$, drive a neighbor to the polls, get Irish on your other neighbors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5OWRRJh-PI
I understand they've gone from polling *registered* voters to *likely* voters to make it look like the gap is narrow.
They need to keep the candidate credible, otherwise the base won't turn out and they could lose the House. But seriously, a Romney victory is downright scary.
"These fuckers are absolutely terrified."
So am I, but not for the same reason:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/admit-it-i-scare…
Issa, Issac, I A Sac. What's going on here? Because, nothing is happening somewhere yet.
I'm thinking Ted Cruz is the new Marco Rubio. Sorry, Butch.
I see the end of the drought in Tennessee.
i wish these moronic cockwagons would choose a narrative: is barry nobama a nefarious infiltrator secretly pulling the levers of power to destroy america or is he a hopelessly inept academic elitist who ain't never done no jorb kraytion?
make up your fucking minds, please.
i had this exact conversation with my (WSJ reading) mother last week. i would like to say there was less use of the term 'fuck' but that would be inaccurate.
Depends if you are in the bully or victim mode.
they can be in both modes at the same time. rove was on fox today spinning mittens and the birth certificate joke. turdblossom tried to dismiss the remark while also whining about how barry should have thanked mittens for not being an overt birther during the primaries(nevermind mittens fellating trump at every turn, obviously).
actually it's a running theory of mine about the ease these sociopaths swing from bully to victim and back again so seamlessly.
See, there's your problem right there, assuming they have *minds* and shit.
HEY, MITT SO FUCKED HIMSELF YOU GUYS!
http://www.drudge.com/news/160414/romney-calls-ab… http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/mitt-ro… http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/27/1124842/…
And, yet, he'll be able to wiggle out of all of this flip-flopping since 40+% of Americans will vote for a ham sandwich if it has an "R" by its name.
"Did I say not on the ballot??? I meant on the ballot."
"Did I say not for the bailout??? I meant for the bailout."
Did I say I'm flipping out??? I meant flopping out.
(Just ask Ann about what I'm like when unzipped.)
I think this might finally be a bridge too far.
I think the conjunction of his writing taxpayer-funded abortion into law with Romneycare and his reaping some $50 million in profits from Stericycle's disposal of the aborted fetii combined with the fact that he's courting the nutbaggiest of the RWNJ godbag vote is about to sink his ass in a glorious, tear-inducing, bosom-wracking meltdown of a spectacle.
I heard today one of the RWNJ's say, "the Democrats have cranked up the slander machine."
Mitt had better be praying for excellent weather on Nov 6, because I don't know how many folks would brave bad weather to vote for someone they are so lukewarm about…
If Milquetoast Mitt keeps saying shit like this, the one-issue (abortion-obsessed) voters might not be motivated to show up…
They're gonna be eyeing these statements with a mighty cynical eye.
I did know some evangelicals who were disillusioned by Bush somehow not getting Roe v Wade overturned after EIGHT years, & claimed they would show their discontent by either not voting, or voting for a third-party candidate of their own stripe.
Of course, voting against Obama wasn't on their RADAR like it may be now…
"Mitt had better be praying for excellent weather on Nov 6, because I don't know how many folks would brave bad weather to vote for someone they are so lukewarm about…"
Yeah, but there are plenty who would run barefoot through the sleet to vote *against* The Black Guy.
There were plenty who turned out to vote against him 4 years ago, also, too. But how many bitter old racists have died since then? And how many people who were terrified of Obama 4 years ago are still terrified?
I dunno. The people who are loudest about their politics tend to be pretty extreme so it's hard for me to gauge.
Ham on white (R).
worst. campaigner. in. history.
I am but Mitt north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.
"It's not taking away your rights if you aren't yelling about it. Now lie still and this'll be over soon enough."
These conspiracy theories make me laugh!
It's obviously the Moon Nazis churning up whirly-storms with their ocean waveguide weapons.
I thought Apollo 11 was supposed to have defeated the Moon Nazis. My bad, Apollo 11 was filmed in an LA studio to convince Americans we had actually defeated the German menace on the moon. I have the hardest time keeping these conspiracy theories straight.
Re: Romney and Abortion tonight…. This is not surprising…. For a couple of years I worked in a high profile group under another business whiz (Carly Fiorina) and got to see the style and tactics of these phonies up close. Everything was always on the table, values meant nothing and promises to customers or anyone else were whatever you happened to fart out when you thought of it.
Don't confuse selling and delivery is what we used to say…..
Sweet tittyquack McWaffle! A politico, buzzfeed, politico reference line?
Darryl Issa: Louisianans hope you get blown down, blown over, "blown in" (whaa?). Never just blown. Never. Ever.
This proposal will get Romney votes. Welfare eligibility should be based on the willingness of the recipient to have her tubes tied; dead beat dads must be cuffed, pulled into a doctor’s office and forced to have a vasectomy. Both processes are reversible but pricey. This suggestion will lower taxes, but greedy churches and poverty p-imps stand in the way.
Troll, be gone.
What the fuck has happened to the mobile app? Every time I try getting here using my Android tablet, it cinverts the URL to touch.wonkette.com and gets all bizarro on me. Droid phone is fine, PC and laptop are fine…
wonkette.com/?onswipe_redirect=never should work.
wonkette.com/?onswipe_redirect=never should work.
Thanks, I'ma try that…
"Rush Limbaugh, while repeatedly insisting he is “not alleging a conspiracy,” suggested Monday that the National Hurricane Center’s forecast models for Tropical Storm Isaac were altered to help President Barack Obama and “cast a pall” over the Republican National Convention."
This reminds me from a scene from the old M*A*S*H show:
Hawkeye: We're trying to make you look foolish, Frank!
Frank Burns [highly indignant]: Well, I don't need your help!
It's even worse than that…. The National Bureau of Standards is tinkering with the Atomic Clock at the Naval Observatory and pushed time forward three days for Obama!!!! It's Friday already – and the convention is already over.
Bastards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I don’t care if we get blown in by a hurricane or a tornado, ultimately there’s going to be an earthquake in Washington next January.”
But they will blow me firs–…
Oh, wait.
That doesn't work.
And anyway, it was Mel gibson.
If Obama is really so diabolical and powerful, how come Rush hasn't mysteriously choked on a ham sandwich or Dominican rent-boy by now?
Heck of a job, brownie?
OT: I used the margins to park my mouse. Now, apparently I use the margins to launch a popup for some puppet movie. Oh well.
The wind blows. It rains. No one knows why…
I'm calling for a drone strike on that ad that starts the Balloon Adventure movie blaring every time I accidentally roll over it.
YES!
Riiiiight. We remember how well you predicted your ascension to the California Governorship once you got rid of Davis, too. Tissue?
Gimme that brownie! (dusts it off, checks for haha hash marks)
At least there is a National Hurricane Center. If the GOPbaggers have their way that will probably be cut, too.
I'm enjoying the fuck out of watching the Republicans melt down live, en masse, in public. I've waited nearly TWELVE YEARS to see these fuckers get their comeuppance, and it is SWEET.
You know how the deity is. HAHAHAHAHA!
Well, I do now!
Mitt, That was hilario…
Wait, there’s a call on my cell from mr. Deity.
He told me to never call again.
Very nice! Thank you!
It would look so *perfect* on their stubby, podgy, money-grubbing little fingers, though.
The whole series is on YouTube, you know. (Eyes Biff reproachfully)
Living, as I do, on the very edge of Hell, I don't have a lot of bandwidth to mess around on the youtubes much…
I'm tellin' ya. The guy is COLD.
Aw, Biffster! (hugs the Biff) Dammit, why won't people just give the fuck up and elect me god? I would SO take care of the whole world and every creature in it.
Awesome. Although, I wiped out big time on my bike yesterday- nothing broken, but I'm pretty fucked up. Why does Mr Deity hate me?
The hardcore RTLers are not happy at all, and they're starting to erupt with questions. I'm tellin' ya. It's just gonna get better.
Yes, how DARE those Dems repeat the words Republican candidates have said & use them as weapons against us?
As we all learned in law school, truth is an absolute defense to libel.
Aw, ouch, man, sorry to hear that. Hope you're icing or heating or whatever's needed.
FWIW, Mr. Deity hates EV'body. GP.
What kind of bike is it?
Mr. Deity has standards.
Innit, though. (beams)
More insider humour. So wry.
Hey! They're not all "short-fingered Vulgarians"– some of them are long-fingered reptiles.
And some just have tentacles…
(still laughing and re-reading)
Now you're just straight-out dissing Cephalopods, man, and we can't have that.
It's a folding bike I've had for 9 years. First time it's folded when it wasn't supposed to…
Yeah, icing everything and meds. We shall overcome!
Shhh, explaining it kills the joke. Just doing my part to make everybody's day a little more surreal.
I have thirty freshmen about to attempt their first class on Game Theory, pray for me.
Upon further reflection, don't.
You waited this long to light up, man?
Dood!
Hey! I was THERE! We were smoking reefer in the back.
We can do whatever your heart desires, li'l lady! Hahahaha. Dang, this is so fun. Today is JanBrewerMeltdownDay, YAAY!
We could come over there and exterminate them. With paintball. For the lulz.
On the PLUS side, this is a great opportunity to catch up with all the seasons of Mr. Deity!
Mycoxafloppin?
Republicans missed that class, too. Clashed with "religious instruction," I think.
There are BLACK REPUBLICANS at the convention. BLACK FEMALE Republicans. And they're supporters of Todd Akin.
Just kill me now.
Right now, Obama is beating Romney by 40 points or more among: Women; Latinos; Blacks. I don't think Romney can win the election with *just* the votes of white Republicans and teabaggers. Karl Rove is now openly calling for white Democrats to cross the lines and vote for Romney. They're not even bothering to hide it any more.
I was drinking from my flask in the balcony. Good times!
Youth. Totally wasted on the young.
Not until Mommy and Daddy's check clears, svp.
Mais oui, cher, certainement.
Dood, it's my undiluted pleasure being as how you are delightfully argumentative and well armed with facts, not to mention witty in the extreme. I am so looking forward to a long, delightful, mutually entertaining relationship, also too. Us aging nerds have to stick together 'n shit.
ID doesn't like any browser AFAIK. Hey, man, it's GREAT for your reputation to be followed around by a Borg. Simply great. Just stay well out of assimilating distance.
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